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| Putumayo Presents: Italian Cafe | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 15 reviews)
Sales Rank: 8435
Category: Music
Artist: Various Artists
Publisher: Putumayo World Music
Studio: Putumayo World Music
Manufacturer: Putumayo World Music
Label: Putumayo World Music
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 238
UPC: 790248023823
EAN: 0790248023823
ASIN: B00099IJ7S
Release Date: June 21, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Juke Box - Beretta | | • | Un Bacio a Mezzanotte - Garinei, P. | | • | Cannelloni - Conte, Giorgio | | • | Che Cosse l'Amor - Capossela, Vinicio | | • | Petali e Mirto - Giua, Maria Pierant | | • | Gne Gne - Conte, Giorgio | | • | Piccolissima Serenata - Carosone, Renato | | • | Dentro al Cinema - Testa, Gianmaria | | • | Le Cose in Comune - Silvestri, Daniele | | • | Tu Vuo' Fa' l'Americano - Carosone, Renato | | • | La Traiettorie delle Mongolfiere - Testa, Gianmaria | | • | Carina - Testa, A. |
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Album Description
After the chaos and destruction of World War II and the conservative musical environment Italian leaders promoted, the Italian public was ready for a more relaxed sound. Jazz, swing and boogie-woogie were achieving worldwide popularity and merged with the Italian crooner tradition. The musical rebirth of the 1950s and ?60s was like a second liberation. Putumayo?s Italian Cafe captures the music and attitude from that era and from current singers whose musical DNA follows that lineage. While most foreign music was banned under the Italian fascist regime, Fred Buscaglione wound up in a U.S. internment camp, where he was able to get a jumpstart in trying out the styles emerging from America. Quartetto Cetra emerged in the late ?40s, when they provided the overdubs for the Italian versions of the movies Dumbo and Wizard of Oz. The following decade found Renato Carosone blending Neapolitan folk music with American jazz and boogie-woogie to create a signature style that made him a household name in Italy and a chart-topping crooner in the U.S. Nicola Arigliano is the only 1950s-era artist on Italian Cafe performing to this day. Born in 1923 in a small village in southern Italy, Arigliano ran away from home when he was just 11 years old to play music in the nightclubs of Milan. Arigliano disappeared from the concert stage for 30 years. In the past decade he re-emerged with four new albums. Gianmaria Testa is more famous abroad than he is at home in Italy, where he works as a train station manager. You can hear his trademark gruff, whispering voice on two songs on Italian Cafe. Daniele Silvestri?s "Le Cose in Comune" won Italy?s equivalent of the Grammy, as best song of the year. The collection features extensive liner notes in English, Italian, Spanish and French.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Disappointed in this CD November 18, 2008
Okay, maybe we were looking for the "moon hits your eye" type of Italian fun music as one reviewer wrote. Just didn't find this CD captivating. We agree with another reviewer that so many of the songs were badly produced, with nasel voices--maybe that was what bothered us. We're sorry we purchased it, but it may appeal to mroe esoteric tastes. We found it a relatively uninteresting compilation, and did not enjoy 75% of the track.
Thanks for allowing us to give our opinion.
 Lots of fun August 13, 2008
A light and pleasant CD, ideal for driving. It is a mix of old and new popular music from Italy of the kind you might hear in a cafe. By "old" I mean the 1950s; by "new" I mean the last ten years.
There is no lyric sheet either in Italian or English, just a short description of the story line, if any. The songs are all light and about love and music, so it's not all that hard to figure them out. Sound quality is good for the newer recordings.
 Did not care for this CD July 11, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
We realize that taste in music is very subjective, but we did not at all like this CD which we ordered for an Italian-themed party we were holding at a restaurant. The vocals were expecially bad, and we also did not care for the instrumentation on the compilation. So many of the selections sounded shallow, and tinny....just don't know how to describe it but it was definitely not the robust and happy compilation we thought we were getting. Just our two cents. It wasn't what we were looking for.
A Great CD April 1, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you enjoy the variety and pleasant surprise of international music, this is a great CD to have.
 Italien Cafe January 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this music. I like what Putumayo is doing . I'm going to buy more of their stuff. Wonderful.
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