• This album by classically-trained, Italian jazz trumpeter, Fabrizio Bosso, is a tribute to the compositions of the Nino Rota, known particularly for his superb film soundtracks, especially for Federico Fellini films. The centenary of Rota’s birth was in December, 2011.

• The material includes music from Coppola’s ‘The Godfather’, Zeffirelli’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’, Visconti’s ‘The Leopard’, and Fellini’s ‘Amacord’, ‘La Strada’, ‘8 1/2’, and ‘La Dolce Vita’.

• Bosso’s fine playing is backed by Claudio Filippini – piano; Rosario Bonaccorso – double-bass; Lorenzo Tucci – drums, and the London Symphony Orchestra, arranged and conducted by Stefano Fonzi. The whole album works wonderfully well, doing full justice to Rota’s idiosyncratic style.

• Bosso has worked with : George Russell, Mike Gibbs, Kenny Wheeler, Dave Liebman, Carla Bley, Steve Coleman, and Charlie Haden.