Paolo Rustichelli
Encyclopedia
Paolo Rustichelli is an eclectic smooth jazz
, rock-jazz and progressive rock composer, pianist and producer, son of Oscar nominee Carlo Rustichelli
. Pioneering the use of the monophonic synthesizer ( ARP 2600 ) and a mellotron for a movie soundtrack, Paolo composed the musical scores of numerous films since the early 1970s.
His 1996 Mystic Man rock-jazz album featured Miles Davis
, Carlos Santana
, Herbie Hancock
, Wayne Shorter
, Andy Summers
, and Jill Jones
, the song Paisa reaching the Top Ten on the Radio & Records
Smooth Jazz/NAC charts.
The song Full Moon from "Mystic Jazz" was composed for Carlos Santana and became an evergreen in various Santana albums and collections ( "Multi Dimensional Warrior" - 2009, "Spirits Dancing in the Flesh", The Best of Santana ).
Tenor Plácido Domingo sang Paolo Rustichelli's "Kyrie" in his album "Sacred Songs" in 2002.
The song "My Geisha" from the album "Neopagan" reached the Top Ten on the Radio & Records
Smooth Jazz/NAC charts - 2006 & 2007.
Smooth jazz
Smooth jazz is a genre of music that grew out of jazz fusion and is influenced by R&B, funk, rock, and pop music styles ....
, rock-jazz and progressive rock composer, pianist and producer, son of Oscar nominee Carlo Rustichelli
Carlo Rustichelli
Carlo Rustichelli was an Italian film composer whose career spanned the 1940s to about 1990. His prolific output included about 250 film compositions, as well as arrangements for other films, and music for television....
. Pioneering the use of the monophonic synthesizer ( ARP 2600 ) and a mellotron for a movie soundtrack, Paolo composed the musical scores of numerous films since the early 1970s.
His 1996 Mystic Man rock-jazz album featured Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
, Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...
, Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
, Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...
, Andy Summers
Andy Summers
Andy Summers is an English guitarist born in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England. Best known as the guitarist for rock band The Police, he has also recorded twelve solo albums, collaborated with many other artists, toured extensively under his own name, published several books, and composed...
, and Jill Jones
Jill Jones
Jill Jones is an American singer and songwriter, who was a backing vocalist for Teena Marie and Prince in the 1980s.-Biography:...
, the song Paisa reaching the Top Ten on the Radio & Records
Radio & Records
Radio & Records was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. It originally started out as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006, up until its final issue in 2009.-History:The company was founded in 1973 and...
Smooth Jazz/NAC charts.
The song Full Moon from "Mystic Jazz" was composed for Carlos Santana and became an evergreen in various Santana albums and collections ( "Multi Dimensional Warrior" - 2009, "Spirits Dancing in the Flesh", The Best of Santana ).
Tenor Plácido Domingo sang Paolo Rustichelli's "Kyrie" in his album "Sacred Songs" in 2002.
The song "My Geisha" from the album "Neopagan" reached the Top Ten on the Radio & Records
Radio & Records
Radio & Records was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. It originally started out as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006, up until its final issue in 2009.-History:The company was founded in 1973 and...
Smooth Jazz/NAC charts - 2006 & 2007.
Partial Discography
- 1973 Opera Prima (RCA Italy)
- 1991 Capri / Mystic Jazz (PolyGramPolyGramPolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:...
) - 1996 Mystic Man (Island RecordsIsland RecordsIsland Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
) - 2006 Neopagan (Next Age Music)
External links
- http://www.paolorustichelli.net/
- http://www.myspace.com/paolorustichelli
- http://www.neopagan.com/
- imdb entry
- Paolo Rustichelli: Neopagan (jazz news)
- Paolo Rustichelli: Mystic Man (allaboutjazz.com)
- http://www.applied-acoustics.com/paolorustichelli.php