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various artists, musical director Paulo Fresu
Sonos 'e Memoria (Act Music)
A remarkable sound track to a documentary by Gianfranco Cabiddu, recorded live as the musicians watched the film. It moves from Sardinian folk music to edgy-outside improv to structured big-band jazz, fuled by incredible musicianship.
Live recorded at Theatro Communale di Cagliari and Teatro di Sassari in 1996.
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The musicians: Paolo Fresu (trumpet & fluegelhorn) Furio di Castri (bass, multieffects ) Elena Ledda (vocals) Luigi Lai (launeddas) Mauro Palmas (mandola) Antonello Salis (accordion) Federico Sanesi (percussion) Carlo Cabiddu (violoncello) Coro "Su Concordu 'e su Rosariu" di Santulussurgiu (Voices): Mario Corona (contra), Giovanni Ardu (bassu), Antonio Migheli ('oghe), Roberto Iriu (contraltu) |
Tracks: 1. Pregadoria ( Ledda-Palmas-Lobina) 2. Freentry (Fresu-Salis-Di Castri-Sanesi) 3. Ballu (Lai) 4. Sa Pastorina (Traditional) 5. Salisolo (Salis) 6. Wanderlust (Fresu) 7. Mi E La (Ledda-Palmas) 8. Ite Bella (Traditional) 9. Filugnana (Ledda-Palmas) 10. Bass'n'drum (Sanesi-Di Castri) 11. Sonos 'E Memoria (Fresu-Ledda-Salis-Palmas -Cabiddu-Lai-Di Castri-Sanesi) |
| "Unearthed celluloid clips of Sardinia's past stir the creative juices of a group of local musicians, who jam as the images unspool, in documentary "Passages of Time." This engaging depiction of how the multimedia project unfolded -- by its creator, indigenous musicologist and helmer Gianfranco Cabiddu -- interweaves the isle's ancestral legacy with a fresh contempo vibe. Resonance with world-music aficionados is assured, making docudocu ideal for festivals, specialized tube slots and homevid.... The discovery in Italy's Istituto Luce archives of mostly Fascist-era, B&W footage of peasants, miners, religious rites and wild horse races, initially prompted plans by Cabiddu for a regular docu, to be scored by Sardinian jazz trumpeter Paolo Fresu. However, struck by the material's energy, Cabiddu and Fresu instead recruited an ensemble of local performers -- including Luigi Lai, master player of the 2,000-year-old triple pipe known as launeddas -- to come up with a sort of Sardinian symphony, combining music with images and aiming to transcend the heavy hand of tradition. Docu reflects this spirit, splicing together old and new, as with a rural, single-car train shown in past and present (graffiti-strewn) states." Variety (review of the film) |
The record label press blurb:
It isn't fictive folk music, it isn't jazz, it isn't classical, it isn't traditional or world music - it's simply Sardinian music from Sardinian musicians. The idea emerged through the work of the film director Gianfranco Cabbido, who resides in Rome. While doing research some eight years ago in preparation for his film Bakunin's Children, he was surprised by his discovery of an abundance of film material covering life in Sardinia from the 1930's to the 50's. The film was a reflection of what was even for him, as a native Sardinian, an almost forgotten world. He lovingly restored the material, and soon had developed the idea of putting the material together as a sort of documentary. And what made more sense than to have musicians accompany this visual record live on stage? The document was from the period of the silent movies, so why not do it as it had been done in those earlier days? It was only logical for the onetime amateur jazz musician Cabiddu to come up with the idea of giving a musician such Paulo Fresu this task. The ground-work for "Sonos e memoria - Sound and Remembrance" was laid. "I don't want to show the traditional side of Sardinia in the music. The film shows that. I wanted to track down the elements of the traditional music that still exist and are relevant today. We show what has developed out of the tradition up to the present day." (Paulo Fresu).
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