Mando Liscio

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CD
TRACKS
PLEASE NOTE, This CD is a NOT a reissue of the 2008 recording. The CDs are NOT shrink-wrapped, nor are they mailed inside a plastic jacket. They will arrive in a paper sleeve. LINER NOTES BELOW
Track # 1.
Giulia (Julia) is a waltz probably written during the first or second decade of the 20
th
century. Unknown composer.
2.
Passei Per Espana (A Walk thru Spain) is a paso doble that Matteo always played. It has a lively ?bull- ring? fanfare and fast-moving parts. Unknown composer, probably learned in
Sicily,
3.
Speranze Perdute (Lost Hope) by A. Morelli dates back to 1920s. It is a traditional waltz played at Italian wedding
receptions.
4.
El Zopilote Mojado (The Wet Buzzard). A Mexican polka. Probably written by A. Vicario & M. Fermat. No date. Tony Flores provided the mandolin inspiration upon which the band developed its passionate
rendition.
5.
Mio Dolce Sogno (My Sweet Dream). A waltz written by one of the most famous early 20
th
century mandolinist, Giovanni Vicari (AKA Juan Vicari). Gino di Rosa, a manolinist who lives in Rome, provided the lead
sheet.
6.
Danza Spagnola (Spanish Dance) A paso doble. It was composed and arranged for guitar and mandolins by the mandolinist and guitarist Pete Tarzia in the 1950s. Tarzia incorporated a well- known motif taken directly from the famous guitar piece
Malaguena.
7.
Il Portovoce (The Telephone) This lovely waltz was composed for 2 mandolins and guitar by G. Silvestri in 1925. It is part of the Onofrio di Bella collection. Sheri added an accordion
part.
8.
Mandolira (a winged mandolin, a visual reminder of Apollo's lyre in ancient Greece) dating back to at least the Victorian era when the Calace brothers were experimenting with this form in and around Naples c. 1880s. The World Famous mandolin brothers, Frank and Lawrence Andrini, composed this rumba which has English lyrics. No date, probably the 1940s. The title refers to Lawrence's childhood mandolira.
9.
Viaggio a Messina (aka Una Gita). The Voyage Crossing to Messina. The mile span between Reggio Calabria and Sicily's Messina is a short trip. Made famous as Odysseus' treacherous crossing between Scylla and Caribides. Matteo brought this tune to the Caffe Trieste from Sicily. Unknown composer. c.
1920.
10.
Lamento Borincano (aka Lamento Gitano, alternate correct title). A rumba. Composed by Maria Grever, 1930s. Arranged by but mistitled as Lamento Borincano by Frank and Lawrence
Andrini.
11.
Iona Tango Composed by Matteo Casserino. (named for one of our mandolinists, Iona Ali, who performed with Matteo in the Silver Strings Mandolin Ensemble for many decades). Composed in the middle-late
1970s.
12.
Sunset in Capri (rumba). This handwritten lead sheet shows both Rudy Cipolla and Pete Tarzia's name as joint composers. They regularly collaborated and lived near each other in the Sunset District in San Francisco. Possibly composed in the
1960s.
13.
Ziki-Paki, Ziki Pu A two-step march. (untranslatable title) The song's Italian lyrics revolve around an Italian soldier/sailor stationed in Pakistan and finds out his girlfriend has given birth to a baby boy who looks just like him. The band took some liberties with the basic melodic line but this version is inspired by Matteo Casserino?s style of playing it. Written by Vittorio Mascheroni, 1929.