Camille 3000

10/04/2023

Piero Piccioni & Orchestra 014 - Live at Forum Studios 🎶 Now available on all platforms! Follow the link in the bio.

On the occasion of Piero Piccioni Piccioni 100, the Orchestra 014 performed some of the finest classics smooth jazz & blues .

Recorded live at this mesmerising show becomes available for the first time on all digital platforms.

Produced by Jason Piccioni &

The Orchestra 014
- Drums
- Bass
- Keys
- Guitar
Sandro Deidda - Sax & Flute
- Percussion
- Flutes
- Flugelhorn

07/12/2022

01/11/2022

Sergio Corbucci's early work "I Ragazzi dei Parioli" (1960), before his Spaghetti Westerns debut, is the director's take on the ever-popular Italian Comedy genre.
Corbucci attempts a genre crossover, mixing comedy tropes with the visual langue of film noir and French new-wave gangster movies.

"I Ragazzi dei Parioli", a story of idle sons of families posing as film producers to flirt with girls, certainly hasn't aged well. In an interview with Noël Simsolo, Sergio Leone said: "In the final sequence, the hero had to go out to fight. The story was dramatic. The spectators were moved. They were waiting for the fatality of this finale. But now the character bursts into the street doing "Pop! Pan!" He uses his fingers instead of revolvers. The public did not appreciate this conclusion in the form of a joke. A disaster. Sergio came to see me. He was desperate. He wanted to become an assistant again. »

On the other hand, Piero Piccioni delivered a solid soundtrack characterised by beautiful atmospherical jazz music that perfectly works with the bitter character of this Italian comedy. Along the just under 20' soundscore are some great jazz gems to be rediscovered, like "Parioli Notturno" or the more experimental "Parioli Suspense".

🔗 "I Ragazzi dei Parioli" is available on all digital platforms!
https://fanlink.to/IragazzideiParioli

18/10/2022

At the beginning of the film “I Ragazzi dei Parioli”, we spotted Ennio Girolami dancing to the rhythm of Piero Piccioni’s re-arrangement of Xavier Cugat’s “Cha Cha Cha”.

The seminal album was released in 1995 by Columbia as “the new Latin American dance craze”. Cugat, on his own, is one of the emblematic artists of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad Sound of “Exotica”. By unearthing Piero’s music archive, we can see how popular the genre was in the 50’ in Europe and inspired him in much of his production.

On our recently released album, “Piero Piccioni in Orbit”, you can hear the influence of artists such as Arthur Lyman, Esquivel, Martin Denny and others. On “I Ragazzi dei Parioli”, Piccioni is experimenting with Cugat’s Latin Jazz sound.

🔗🎶 https://fanlink.to/IragazzideiParioli

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11/10/2022

Camille 3000 has just released “I Ragazzi dei Parioli” - another journey into the music of Piero Piccioni, scored for the homonymous film by Sergio Corbucci.

If “I Ragazzi dei Parioli” - a story of idle sons of families posing as film producers to flirt with girls- hasn’t aged well, Piero Piccioni delivered a solid soundtrack characterised by beautiful atmospheric jazz music.

The score alternates winds and brass instruments-dominated songs to ‘ballabili’ (ballads) such as “T’aspetterò” - with vocals by Bruno Martino - and “Bailando el Cha Cha Cha”.

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🔗🎶 https://fanlink.to/IragazzideiParioli

01/08/2022

For Guendalina, a 1957 romantic comedy, Piero Piccioni delivers a soundtrack that alternates cheerful and melancholy pieces. The jazz arrangements distinguished by flutes, piano, and vibraphone are juxtaposed with the sounds of lounge exotica typical of the period at the turn of the 50s and 60s. The album, compiled by Jason Piccioni, includes tracks such as 'Voyage' with the typical Piccioni's mark.

'Guendalina,' directed by A. Lattuada, who would also use Piccioni for 'Mafioso' in 1962, is the story of A teenage girl on vacation on the Italian Riviera during the summer with her wealthy parents. The comedy, perhaps thanks partly to Valerio Zurlini's s, script, is still relevant today in its criticism of the hypocrisy of the typical bourgeois couple who are only interested in the facade.

OUT NOW ON ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS.
https://fanlink.to/Guendalina

13/07/2022

In "La Notte Brava", Mauro Bolognini, against Pasolini's advice, chose known rising Italian and French stars to perform in major roles instead of using unknowns as the screenwriter desired, ensuring the film's marketability outside Italy.

In the opening scene, Elsa Martinelli, Anna, is arguing with Antonella Lualdi, Supplizia, who's stolen the other s*x workers client. The hefty argument between the two goes on, standing against the arid urban scenario whilst Piero Piccioni's mambo sets the mood. Two small times crooked, Laurent Terzieff, Ruggeretto and Jean-Claude Brialy, Scintillone, recruit the women, without them knowing, as a cover-up to smuggle drugs. It's a dog-eat-dog world to which Piccioni adds his own jazz moody quality soundtrack.

🔗🎶Available on all digital platforms
https://fanlink.to/LaNotteBrava

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08/07/2022

Piero Piccioni wrote and directed an elegant and atmospherical soundtrack alternating jazz and blues.

✨“La Notte Brava” was directed by Mauro Bolognini (1959), with his polished gaze on the wild, morally bankrupt youth of the Roman slums. A tail of the brawling, thieving pimps, s*x workers, hustlers and black marketers that are typical Pasolini concerns who wrote the script.

🎥🎶 The Maestro soundtrack, just like Bolognini’s glamourous take on the roman petty criminals - here interpreted by professional actors as opposed to Pasolini realism - has a french new-wave touch. The elegant mood of the soundtrack perfectly matches the film's gorgeous photography. The recurring main score is reprised in different versions and melodies: slow for bassoons, with horns, a fast swing and with the addition of female voices alternating mambo, rock'n'roll, swing, and tango.

Complied by: Jason Piciconi
Remstered by: Giuliano Radiciotti

🎧🎶 Available on all digital platforms.
https://fanlink.to/LaNotteBrava

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12/04/2022

“Le Svedesi” by Gian Luigi Polidoro is, together with “La Ragazza in Vetrina” by Luciano Emmer, an early attempt at the “Italian style comedy” of travel. Although it is a neglected chapter of Italian cinema history today, it was fairly successful and made it to the US cinemas. The movie was partly filmed on location in vogue with European new-wave tendencies and challenged the Italian bourgeois and bigot morality in favour of the myth of open-minded and emancipated Swedish culture.

Part of the success was arguably due to the characters played by Fabrizi, Interlenghi and Trieste here identifying with the average Italian man dealing with the so-called "exotic" er***sm. In particular, the stereotypes, fetishisation and misconceptions, which movies like “La Dolce Vita” were responsible for creating, about nordic females and culture.

The Italian emigrate character measuring himself with the peculiarities of other cultures is outdated to today’s standards but provides a perfect backdrop for comedy and gave birth to a fruitful sub-genre of the “Italian style comedy”. Take later examples, “Fumo di Londra” with Alberto Sordi or “La Ragazza con la Pistola” by Monicelli.

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07/04/2022

We are happy to release the remastered Piero Piccioni's score "L'Impiegato" (1960), film directed by Gianni Puccini, written by Elio Petri and starring Nino Manfredi and Eleonora Rossi Drago. ⁠
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Piccioni's music commentary - transferred for the occasion at 96khz from the composer's original master tapes - beautifully accompanies the film's dreamy atmosphere. It explores the many possibilities of jazz styles, swinging from big band and cool jazz to boogie-woogie. ⁠
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Early in the composer's career, the movie score contains examples of the style Piero became famous for, like the marches (Trumpet March) and especially his eerie and suspended melodies (Entropy). ⁠
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Scattered through the album Piero Piccioni's scats at the piano and Lydia MacDonald's sublime vocals are also great signature marks in this soundtrack. Enjoy! ⁠
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Out on all digital platforms! ⁠
🔗 https://fanlink.to/Piccioni_Limpiegato
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Piero Piccioni

02/02/2022

Un leggendario compositore italiano di colonne sonore anni settanta; un famoso producer losangelino; un giovane jazzista, londinese d’adozione ma italiano di nascita e formazione. Non sono i personaggi di una barzelletta surreale, ma le tre figure che si sono casualmente intrecciate nel dare vita ...

12/01/2022

3 Feb Scott’s, Nicola Guida presents his album Speleology and other unreleased tracks.
No need for further introduction. Ya know the game! Reserve your spot 🏃

23/12/2021

From London to Rome, between jazz and hip hop, samplings, soundtrack music and soul. Nicola Guida was the special guest of the concert by “Orchestra 014” dedicated to Piero Piccioni - in Rome last weekend at Forum Music Studios.

Listed by Gilles Peterson on his selection of top UK jazz albums of 2021, “Speleology” by Nicola Guida will be live in concert the 3rd of February at London jazz mecca Ronnie Scott’s.

10/12/2021

06/12/2021

To celebrate Piero Piccioni 100th Anniversary, we are proud to announce the imminent release of “Piccioni in Orbit”.

🚀 The album featuring 14 previously unreleased tracks on vinyl, is a love letter to Piero Piccioni space-age music exploration.

🔗 Pre-order via our official store: https://www.camille3000.com/merchandise/p/piero-piccioni-in-orbit-space-age

26/11/2021

Coming out today on all streaming platforms, Nicola Guida “ L’Espace Du Dedans (Koralle Redeux)”.

A pure moment of chill, stepping out from the melodic jazz atmosphere of the original piece, the freshly released single opens to an all-new sound perception experience.

The lo-fi re-edit by .beats samples from a track in Speleology, his debut album.
🎧💥 OUT NOW 💥🎧

23/11/2021

Following a hot summer spent playing at some of the finest jazz events and venues around London and the UK, Nicola Guida is ready to warm us all up with his debut album release party. 🧨

Come share with us this moment we’ve been looking forward to, at Bow Bunker - on the 4th of December - for a night of pure bliss.

💥Live: Nicola Guida presents Speleology💥
Warm-up by Jake Milliner
Afterparty by Laani b2b Tim Garcia

22/11/2021

Nicola Guida is back with a LO-FI re-edit by Melting Pot artist Koralle, who samples him directly from a track in Speleology, his debut album.

Go and pre-save the single on Spotify
https://orcd.co/nicolaguida

09/08/2021

The wait is finally over, 𝑺𝑷𝑬𝑳𝑬𝑶𝑳𝑶𝑮𝒀 the new album by Nicola Guida is out now via our store and bandacamp 🔗 links in bio.
Thanks to all of those who pre-ordered their copy and for their patience. 💫 For those who didn’t yet, go grab your one now! Support the artists and independent record labels!
Our EU stock is already shipping to the continent and from next week to UK as well!

19/04/2021

Bruno Martino "Tu un Riflesso nella Sera" is featured in our latest Piero Piccioni' "Volubile", out on Vinyl for the first time ever! Available now via our website.⁠⁠⁠⁠
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16/04/2021

Gloria Paul in all her glory. The English showgirl and dancer was engaged in 1961 to replace Kessler Twins - yes, you've heard that! - in Volubile, an Italian TV show with music by Piero Piccioni. After many setbacks, the show was finally scheduled for July, keeping Gloria very busy with dancing sessions.

Although, Gloria has already proven to be an amazing dancer in other TV variety show like "Canzonissima" and "Giardino D'Inverno", It will be in "Volubile" to launch her to the general public. She was then scouted to play a role in "Totò, Peppino e ... la dolce vita" and quickly became an appreciated actress in Italian comedies.