Amarcord Nino Rota
Studio album by (Various)
Recorded	1981
Label	Hannibal
Producer	Hal Willner

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Amarcord Nino Rota is an album by various artists, recorded as a tribute to composer Nino Rota.

Background and recording

The album is a tribute to composer Nino Rota and contains adaptations of his compositions for Federico Fellini films.^[1] It was the first of producer Hal Willner's tribute albums, and featured then-little-known musicians such as Wynton Marsalis and Bill Frisell.^[2] It was recorded in 1981.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Amarcord"
2. "Interlude from Juliet of the Spirits"
3. "8 1/2"
4. "Theme from La Dolce Vita and Juliet of the Spirits"
5. "Juliet of the Spirits"
6. "La Dolce Vita Suite (Introduction/Notturno/Interlude/Valzer [Parlami Di Me])"
7. "Satyricon"
8. "Roma"
9. "Medley: The White Sheik/I Vitelloni/Il Bidone/The Nights of Cabiria"
10. "La Strada"

Personnel

Tracks 1 and 10

• Jaki Byard – piano, arranger

Tracks 2 and 4

• Dave Samuels – vibes, arranger

Track 3

• Carla Bley – organ, glockenspiel, conductor, arranger
• Michael Mantler – trumpet
• Gary Valente – trombone
• Earl McIntyre – tuba
• Gary Windo – tenor sax
• Courtenay Wynter – woodwinds
• Joe Daley – euphonium
• Arturo O'Farrill – piano
• Steve Swallow – bass
• D. Sharpe – drums

Track 5

• Bill Frisell – guitar, arranger

Track 6: part a & c

• Sharon Freeman – French horn, piano, arranger
• Francis Haynes – steel drums

Track 6: part b

• Muhal Richard Abrams – conductor, arranger
• Claudio Roditi – trumpet
• Emmet McDonald – trombone
• Sharon Freeman – French horn
• Henry Threadgill – flute
• Bobby Eldridge – baritone sax, clarinet
• Jay Hoggard – vibes
• Amina Claudine Myers – piano
• Fred Hopkins – bass
• Warren Smith – drums

Track 6: part d

• Michael Sahl – keyboards, co-arranger
• Chris Stein – guitar, co-arranger
• Deborah Harry – vocals
• Charles Rocket – accordion, bells
• Lenny Ferrari – drums

Track 7

• David Amram – penny whistle, double ocarina, shanai, guitar, claves, arranger
• Jerry Dodgion – flute
• Sharon Freeman – French horn
• Victor Venegas – bass
• Ray Mantilla – percussion
• Steve Berrios – percussion

Track 8

• Steve Lacy – soprano sax, gong, arranger

Track 9

• William Fischer – conductor, arranger
• Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
• George Adams – tenor sax
• Branford Marsalis – woodwinds
• Kenny Barron – piano
• Ron Carter – bass
• Wilbert Fletcher – drums

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