Amarcord Nino Rota
# Amarcord Nino Rota

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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. It was the first of producer Hal Willner's tribute albums, and featured then-little-known musicians such as Wynton Marsalis and Bill Frisell. It was recorded in 1981.

## Track listing

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