Armando Trovajoli

thumb|Armando Trovajoli in 1960 Armando Trovajoli (2 September 1917 – 28 February 2013) was an Italian film composer and pianist with over 300 credits as composer and/or conductor, many of them jazz scores for exploitation films of the Commedia all'italiana genre. Interviews Alvise Sapori, La mia vita in musical, La Repubblica, quoted in musical.it, 15 February 2004 There is no such thing as Roman popular music.* [...] Perhaps it's because Rome was part of the Papal States for so long, and the people were only allowed to sing litanies – otherwise, perhaps, some popes would have had their heads cut off! I don't know how to write a stand-alone song; for me, a song is part of a bigger picture, part of a musical comedy, in short. Before he was a truly great actor, Marcello was a wonderful man. As an actor, he had that rare ability to understand a role, so he would get to the heart of it with apparent ease but with perfect impact. You're either born with jazz or you're not. You can't learn it, and you can't teach it; it's a language of its own. Bear in mind that, behind the door, there is always Johann Sebastian Bach. Above all, jazz is freedom. Quotes about Professionally, he was outstanding, but working with him in the booth, where he would really listen to you, wasn't easy at all. Johnny Dorelli, quoted in È morto Armando Trovajoli, Corriere.it, 2 March 2013. External links Trovajoli, Armando Category:1937 births Category:2013 deaths Category:Conductors from Italy Category:Composers from Italy Category:Pianists