Banda Sonora (1997)

"Originally published in 1997 by the French label Label Bleu Banda Sonora has become a cult album worldwide selling more than 10.000 copies (a lot for a jazz album) and winning several awards like Choc de la Musique and 4 Clefs of Telerama. This album testifies the long work of Battista Lena with the Bonaventura Somma band of Chianciano Terme conducted by Paolo Scatena and an "All Stars" quintet featuring Jazz legend Enrico Rava, Gianni Coscia, Gabriele Mirabassi, Enzo Pietropaoli, Marcello Di Leonardo and Lena himself. All sound like they are all having tremendous fun. Battista Lena has taken this delightfully ragged wind orchestra and put together a programme of attractive marches and waltzes for his star soloists to play with. The material owes more to Nino Rota than Rossini," (Bandcamp)