Pino Daniele
(born 19 March 1955) is an Italian vocalist, composer, and musician, whose influences cover a wide number of genres, fusing pop, blues, jazz, Italian and Middle eastern music into his own unique brand of world music.
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Biography
Daniele was born to a working-class family of
southern Italian, ancestry, where his elders originated in
Naples, Italy. His father was employed as a port worker. A self-taught
guitarist, he began his career as a musician playing for other successful singers of the 1970s.
His striking debut in the
Italian music world was in 1977 with the album
Terra mia
, which proved to be a successful mix of
Neapolitan tradition and
sounds. Daniele defined his music with the term "taramblu", which indicated a mix of
tarantella,
blues and
rumba. His lyrics also attracted critical praise: written and sung in an intense command of the
Neapolitan language, they contained strong and bitter accusations against the
social injustices of Naples, as well as Italian society in general, and included melancholic personal themes. Several of the later songs are characterized by a free intermingling of
English,
Italian and
Neapolitan passages.
Daniele's talent was confirmed on the following album
Pino Daniele
(1979). He scored his greatest success in 1980, with
Nero a metà
("Half-Black Skinned"), which was noted by some authorities as the hallmark of the rebirth of
Neapolitan song. In that year Daniele opened the
Bob Marley concert at the
San Siro stadium in
Milan. In 1981
Vai Mo
was released. The presence of some of the most renowned musicians of the Neapolitan musical milieu, including
James Senese,
Enzo Avitabile,
Tullio De Piscopo and
Tony Esposito, as
session musicians on his albums earned him additional praise.
In 1982 Daniele gradually shifted to a personal and early version of
world music: in
Bella 'mbriana
musicians, including
Alphonso Johnson and
Wayne Shorter guested on the recording. In the following year Daniele held a concert in
Havana, and later formed a Latin-American band featuring
Juan Pablo Torres,
Adalberto Lara and
Nanà Vasconcelos. In (1984), the former
King Crimson member
Mel Collins played on Daniele's album
Musicante
. Daniele's skills in creating well-balanced blends of
Mediterranean, Blues,
rock,
music, salsa and Neapolitan melodies are well shown in his first live work,
Live Sciò
of 1984.
Later Daniele collaborated with the American singer/guitarist
Richie Havens on
Common Ground
, an album written and played together. His interest in
Arabic music is emphasized on
Bonne Soirée
(1987), while the subsequent
Schizzechea With Love
(1988) was more Mediterranean-oriented. In the same year he started a collaboration with the Italian actor and director
Massimo Troisi: Daniele completed scoring music to the soundtracks for Troisi's films
Le vie del Signore sono finite
and
Pensavo fosse amore invece era un calesse
.
A certain loss of inspiration and a move to a more pop-oriented songwriting can be detected in his greatest commercial success,
Mascalzone Latino
(1989), a success confirmed by the following albums
Un uomo in Blues
(1991) and
Che Dio ti benedica
(1993). The latter contains two songs produced by
Chick Corea.
Non calpestare i fiori nel deserto
, released in Spring 1995, is an attempt to revive inspiration through African and Ethnic influences, and sold more than 800,000 copies. Italian rap-artist Jovanotti collaborated on two songs. The subsequent tour ended with a double date with Jazz guitarist
Pat Metheny.
In 2002, after a collaboration with
Eros Ramazzotti, Daniele sang and toured with two other famous Italian singers,
Francesco De Gregori and
Fiorella Mannoia. His latest album containing previously unpublished songs is
Passi d'autore
of 2004''.
After his divorce from Dorina Giangrande, who had sung in the chorus on
Terra Mia
and gave him two sons, Daniele currently lives with Fabiola Sciabbarasi. The two have a daughter, Sara, to whom Daniele dedicated an
eponymous song on the album
Medina
.
Discography
Albums Studio
- Terra mia
(1977)
- Pino Daniele
(1979)
- Nero a metà
(1980)
- Vai mò
(1981)
- Bella 'mbriana
(1982)
- Musicante
(1984)
- Sciò live
(1984, double live)
- Ferryboat
(1985)
- Bonne soirée
(1987)
- Schizzechea with love
(1988)
- Mascalzone latino
(1989)
- Un uomo in blues
(1991)
- Sotto 'o sole
(1992)
- Che Dio ti benedica
(1993)
- E sona mo'
(1993, live)
- Non calpestare i fiori nel deserto
(1995)
- Dimmi cosa succede sulla terra
(1997)
- Yes I Know My Way
(1998, anthology)
- Come un gelato all'equatore
(1999)
- Napul'è
(2000, double anthology)
- Medina
(2001)
- Concerto Medina Tour 2001
(2002, live containing two new songs)
- In Tour
(2002, with De Gregori, Fiorella Mannoia and Ron)
- Amore senza fine
(2002, anthology)
- Passi d'autore
(2004, Pino Daniele Project)
- Iguana cafè
(2005)
- Il mio nome è Pino Daniele e vivo qui
(2007)
- Ricomincio da 30
(2008, triple anthology) ( ITA : Platinum )
- Electric jam
(2009) ( ITA : Platinum )
Singles
- Ca calore/Fortunato
(EMI Italiana) 1976
- 'na tazzulella 'e cafè/Napule è
(EMI Italiana) (1977)
- Je so' pazzo/Putesse essere allero
(EMI Italiana, 3C006-18417) (1979)
- Nun me scuccià/I say i sto 'cca
(EMI Italiana, 3C006-18430) (1980)
- Ferryboat/Amico mio
(EMI Italiana) (1985)
- Tell me now/Jesce juorno
(EMI Italiana) (1988)
- Anna Verrà/Carte e cartuscelle
(1989)
- 'O scarrafone/'O scarrafone (scaramix edit version)
(CGD, 9031 73363-7) (1991)
- Che Dio ti benedica/Questa primavera
(CGD, 06000077-7) (1993)
- Io per lei/'O cammello 'nnammurato
(1995)
- Che Male C'è/Dubbi non ho
(1997)
- Amore senza fine/Yes, I Know My Way
(1998)
- Neve al sole/Cosa penserai di me
(1999)
- Sara/Mareluna
(2001)
- Pigro/Tango della buena suerte
(2004)
References