{"title":"Nicola Conte","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicola Conte is a Latin-jazz artist, composer, producer, and DJ from Bari, Italy. Born in 1964 in Bari, Apulia, Italy, he has recorded many albums of his own and has also produced for other artists such as Rosalia De Souza and Barbara Dennerlein. He frequently collaborates with musicians like Gianluca Petrella and Fabrizio Bosso. Nicola is associated with the Italian label Schema and has received international distribution by Universal Music Group. In addition to his recording work, he is known for his remixes and DJ performances worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConte's discography includes collaborations with various artists on the Schema label including Stefania Di Pierro. His music has been distributed internationally by Universal Music Group under different labels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his production work, Nicola Conte is an accomplished DJ who performs at venues around the world. He has also curated compilations such as \"Viagem\" and the \"Deep Afrocentric Modal Jazz Series\".\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"african-spirits-tribes-fred-p-interpretations","title":"African Spirits \/ Tribes - Fred P. 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A journey through sound and mind!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schema","offers":[{"title":"12\"","offer_id":50384202465611,"sku":"2007147","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/cover.ki_5_faf9ba70_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726290216"},{"product_id":"other-directions","title":"Other Directions","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis record, produced with an admired respect for the classic jazz tradition yet innovative at the same time, originally licensed to the legendary Blue Note in 2004, is now reissued in a new luxury edition. It includes an extra CD featuring the tracks previously released on vinyl (\"Other Directions\" SCLP 386 Vol.1\u0026amp;2), plus some unreleased ones. Always in balance between Jazz and Bossa Nova, \"Other Directions\" reveals a Nicola Conte's compositive soul bounded to accomplished acoustic atmospheres. Furthermore the composer's intention is to communicate not only through the music but through the lyrics too, showing a talented and learned songwriter. Inspired both by the beat literature (The Dharma Bums is a true homage to Jack Kerouac) and the English one (Wanin' Moon is inspired by a Percy Shelley's poem), also the cinema and dramaturgy influenced the composer: Le Depart is a reassessment of the piece written in '67 by Krzysztof Komeda for the namesake Jerzy Skolimovsky's movie, and All Gone is a homage to Joseph Losey's \"Il Servo,\" a '60s black-and-white movie directed by Harold Pinter. Together with a line up of Italian and international artists such as Gianluca Petrella, Daniele Scannapieco, Pietro Lussu, Lorenzo Tucci, Fabrizio Bosso,Nicola Stilo, Till Brönner, Nicola traces with great skill the sensuality of the dialogue between the winds and the piano, he beats and emphasizes its rhythms, and adds some extremely elastic voices, the most remarkable of which belongs to Cristina Zavalloni. The bonus CD contains the unreleased Danubian, Teardrop Painted Blue and Quiet Stars; the cover of Charade, a brilliant and innovative reinterpretation of the classic by Henry Mancini; Bohemian's Dilemma, Waltz Of The Sirens and the extended version of Kind Of Sunshine, all taken from the vinyl release; the alternative take of Wanin' Moon, chosen by Gilles Peterson for his compilation \"Worldwide Exclusive\", and a new version of Nefertiti, released on the Schema compilation \"Freedom Jazz Dance\". \"The music of \"Other Directions\" buds from the fascination which '50s-'60s jazz influenced me for a certain period, thanks to musicians of the calibre of Horace Silver, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Yusef Lateef and many others. It represents the heart of my artistic choices as it is reflected in my way of feeling. My intention was to offer to this Afro-American tradition a European key of reading and I believe I have given a more romantic interpretation to those atmospheres.\"\nNicola Conte\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schema","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50422274949451,"sku":"2223075","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_eefa91d5_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726763865"},{"product_id":"jet-sounds","title":"Jet Sounds","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe publication of \"Jet Sounds\" in October 2000 and its subsequent release on the international market represented the turning point from the initial productions carried forward by Schema and the new course taken by the label reaching sales of 40,000 copies and still counting. It's the year 2000 and the avant-garde of the new jazz pop Italian scene is called \"Jet Sounds\". The debut album by Nicola Conte features nearly 20 musicians and moreover the visionary, sophisticated appeal of Nicola with a sound that has already become T . He tells a cinematic story as the images become a soundtrack for the music: Scene 1: A young woman is walking on the sea shore. She's alone, only white sand and crystal blue water by her side. It's late in the afternoon and the sun is glancing over her shoulders while a soft bossa nova fills the air. Scene 2: He's drivin' fast, there's little time left and a man to chase. Like busy spiders working a web, the beat of the big band pulses a 5\/4 jazz theme. Scene 3: It's night; the park; shadows following, shadows hiding mystery? Undefined eastern\/oriental sounds adrift on a pulsing psychedelic beat. 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Both tracks are further embellished by Magnus Lindgren's arrangements and, in particular, by the voice of Gregory Porter, here still at the begining of his career and therefore recognised by Nicola Conte himself as a rising star of the contemporary vocal jazz scene.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schema","offers":[{"title":"Black 7\"","offer_id":50422370697547,"sku":"2223071","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_ec0ab301_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726764077"},{"product_id":"inner-light-joe-claussell-sacred-rhythms-versions","title":"Inner Light - Joe Claussell Sacred Rhythms Versions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInner Light\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring Raashan Ahmad on vocals is the first song from \u003ci\u003ePeople Need People\u003c\/i\u003e (SCLP\/CD 491) chosen for a series of reinterpretations that will be released throughout 2022 - this EP being the first one in a trilogy of 12\". \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoaquin Joe Claussell needs no introduction: Body \u0026amp; Soul founder and Sacred Rhythm label honcho, a true legend and purveyor of spirituality – a cosmic messenger that brings us two new proper versions of \u003ci\u003eInner Light\u003c\/i\u003e. 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