Review of 50: Musica Senza Padrone

It starts "Drum dream", the first of 56 pieces spread over three CDs, and one wonders: is it possible that you either had to wait until 2015 to get their hands on an object anthology that would represent more than worthy Tullio De Piscopo? Mysteries of the discography and its strategies, but so be it. Warner has finally filled a void that no collection or poorly engraved hastily compiled, meant no alternative to baskets of the motorway, has never been able to vaguely fill.

It 'been a weird year, what you are going to conclude, by Tullio De Piscopo. Before the enterprising (and independent) Archeo Recordings vinyl reissue that absolute gem that is "Playing drums modern" (1974!), Then Warner reinterprets the musical adventures of one of the greatest drummers alive through its many (and often curious) exploits. Three CD from which emerge different truth, but two above all: if the pop vein of De Piscopo has experienced the ups and downs of an artist sometimes "loaned" to the song form of immediate enjoyment ("slow performance", here in this version "remix 2015" remains a wild card memorable, not the rule), the instrumentalist De Piscopo has instead always had an extraordinary sense of smell, by genuine connoisseur, for the right partnership.

His drumming, now powerful, now sinuous, always absolutely class, featured songs of Mina, Battiato, De Andrè. Tracks like "Our dear angel", "The era of the white boar" and "Turn the paper", however, are not sure diffcult to find, so the real added value of this box lies in songs like "Cages" ( 1979), "Black Star" (1978) or "one Rio" (1975), valuable goodies ethno-disco-funk that never deserved oblivion.
De Piscopo virtuoso who never pulls back before the possibility of a good jam, De Piscopo the Allegrone participating in Sanremo, De Piscopo who for 15 years lends his "The stadium" to the historical transmission "Sunday Sprint". Here there is everything and even more. The "more", specifically, is perhaps the third album, consisting of only instrumentals and genuine parade of flavors, arrangementi rhythms. And 'here that the good Tullio becomes more serious, almost intimidating in his wallow between genders with immaculate technical expertise and without embarrassment.
Many live versions of the songs in the lineup. DJs Balearics last generation they might have enjoyed the full in the study, the most classic "Stop bajon", but the live version here included scontenterà few.
Discrete three unpublished ("Fate and hope", with the great James Senese, a song dedicated to Pino Daniele, who also sings in "Toledo", taken from "Beautiful 'mbriana", "Song of the East", with Rocco Hunt; and "Funky virus", together with Randy Brecker and Ada Rovatti), rather than stimulating the songs composed in the current century ("It will be who knows," among many others).

50 years of "music without a master" states, but not blatantly lie, the title of this box. A career extraordinarily nomadic wandering, counterpointed by acute powerful and silent pauses. A box, perhaps belatedly, center fully the objective that every similar operation should aim: better represent the art of a musician difficult to "fill", "synthesize", "collect

Disco 1 “Drum dream”

Disco 2 “Destino e speranza”

Disco 3 “Toledo” (canta Pino Daniele)