SOMEONE LIKES IT ZOMBIE! - MR. ZOMBIE ORCHESTRA

Someone Likes It Zombie! is the debut album by Mr. Zombie Orchestra, a quartet mixing early jazz, tango, Italian ballroom music and classical themes with a contemporary sound. Duke Ellington and Sidney Bechet meet Jelly Roll Morton, Bizet, Satie and Secondo Casadei, as piano and electric guitar interact with double bass and inventive drums.

Available editions

• CD — Velut Luna CVLD240CD.
• Hi-Res WAV 88.2 kHz / 24 bit — Velut Luna CVLD240.

Tracklist

1. Such Sweet Thunder (Duke Ellington)
2. Petite Fleur (Sidney Bechet)
3. La Cumparsita (Gerardo Matos Rodríguez)
4. New Orleans Bump (Jelly Roll Morton)
5. St. James Infirmary (Traditional)
6. Indiana (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald)
7. Les Yeux Noirs (Traditional)
8. Ba-ba-baciami piccina (Luigi Astore)
9. Habanera (da Carmen) (Georges Bizet)
10. Gnossienne n. 1 (Erik Satie)
11. Tramonto (Secondo Casadei)
12. Milonga de mis amores (Pedro Laurenz)

Twelve tracks ranging from jazz standards to twentieth-century themes, with modern arrangements drawing on rock and improvisation.

Musicians

• Alberto Bazzoli — piano
• Riccardo Morandini — guitar
• Gabriele Laghi — double bass
• Eugenioprimo Saragoni — drums

Recording and production

The group performed collectively in one recording space, as documented by contemporary technical presentations. The original album dates from 2013; Neri Pollastri's All About Jazz review appeared in 2014. No concert audience is claimed.

Credits

Label: Velut Luna. Executive producer: Marco Lincetto. Music producers: Marco Lincetto and Mr. Zombie Orchestra. Recording, mixing and mastering: Marco Lincetto. Photography: Ilenco Tracmot. Artwork: L'Image.

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