Organetto (small diatonic button accordion) luminary Riccardo Tesi teams up with his Tuscan hometown pal, classical flautist Paolo Zampini (who worked with Ennio Morricone), to channel organic acoustics and a shared passion for prog rock. Camerock, a portmanteau of ‘chamber’ and ‘rock’, offers much more than the title suggests. Joined by a great cast including pianist Daniele Biagini, who co-wrote three pieces, the duo merges global influences with baroque, classical and rock elements. The album features newly penned compositions alongside a chamber rendition of Morricone’s ‘Nuovo Cinema Paradiso’ and an impressive take on Jethro Tull’s ‘Living in the Past’ (an adolescent idol of the pair), woven into Tesi’s ‘Presente Remoto’, where his…
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