Pino Daniele

Pino Daniele (19 March 1955 – 4 January 2015) was an Italian singer-songwriter, and guitarist, whose influences covered a wide number of genres, including pop, blues, jazz, and Italian and Middle Eastern music.

Pino Daniele
Daniele performing in 2009
Background information
Birth nameGiuseppe Daniele
Born(1955-03-19)19 March 1955
Naples, Italy
Died4 January 2015(2015-01-04) (aged 59)
Rome, Italy[1]
GenresRumba, blues, jazz, Canzone Napoletana, World music, Pop rock, funk, Middle Eastern music, pop
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, film scorer
InstrumentsVocals, guitar,
Years active1975–2015
LabelsEMI
Polydor/PolyGram
Associated actsRichie Hayward, Mel Collins, Chick Corea, Francesco De Gregori
Websitewww.pinodaniele.com

Biography

Daniele was born to a working-class family in Naples,[2] his father being a harbor worker. A self-taught guitarist, he began his career as a musician playing for other successful singers of the 1970s. His debut in the Italian music world was in 1977 with the album Terra mia,[3] which proved to be a successful mix of Neapolitan tradition and Blues sounds. Daniele defined his music with the term "tarumbò", which indicated a mix of tarantella, blues and rumba. His lyrics also attracted critical praise: written and sung in an intense Neapolitan, 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 men on his albums has also been widely praised.

In 1982, Daniele shifted to a personal and early version of world music: in Bella 'mbriana musicians such as Alphonso Johnson and Wayne Shorter appeared as guest players. In the following year Daniele held a concert in Havana, and later formed a Latin-American band. In 1983 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 the soundtracks for Troisi's films Le vie del Signore sono finite and Pensavo fosse amore invece era un calesse.

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.[4] The subsequent tour ended with a double date with Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny.[5]

In 2010, Daniele played at Crossroads Guitar Festival, called by his friend Eric Clapton at Toyota Park in Chicago, playing with Joe Bonamassa and Robert Randolph.[6] In 2011, he performed in concert with Clapton at Cava de' Tirreni stadium.[7]

Daniele died of a heart attack on 4 January 2015, at Sant'Eugenio Hospital in Rome.[1][8][9]

Covers

Many artists recorded cover versions of Pino Daniele's songs: among others, Sarah Jane Morris (Alleria on album Cello Song), Randy Crawford (Quanno chiove, in English It's Raining, on album Through the Eyes of Love[10]), Patricia Marx (Quanno chiove, in Portuguese Quando chove, on album Charme do mundo[11]), Marisa Monte (E po' che fa, in Portuguese Bem que se quis, on album MM[12]), and Issac Delgado (Quando, on album Malecon[13]).

Discography

Studio albums

  • Terra mia (1977)
  • Pino Daniele (1979)
  • Nero a metà (1980)
  • Vai mò (1981) ( ITA : Gold (250,000 units sold)[4])
  • Bella 'mbriana (1982)
  • Musicante (1984)
  • Ferryboat (1985) ( ITA : Platinum (300,000 units sold)[4])
  • Bonne soirée (1987) ( ITA : Gold )
  • Schizzechea with love (1988) ( ITA : Platinum[4])
  • Mascalzone latino (1989) ( ITA : Platinum[4])
  • Un uomo in blues (1991) (ITA : Platinum (400,000 units)[14][15])
  • Sotto 'o sole (1992) ( ITA : Platinum[16])
  • Che Dio ti benedica (1993)
  • Non calpestare i fiori nel deserto (1995) ( ITA : 8x Platinum (800,000 units sold)[4])
  • Dimmi cosa succede sulla terra (1997) ( ITA : 10x Platinum (million sold)[4])
  • Come un gelato all'equatore (1999) ( ITA : 3x Platinum (300,000 sold copies)[17])
  • Medina (2001) ( ITA : 3x Platinum )
  • Passi d'autore (2004, Pino Daniele Project) ( ITA : 2x Platinum )
  • Iguana cafè (2005) - 100,000 sold[18]
  • Il mio nome è Pino Daniele e vivo qui (2007)
  • Ricomincio da 30 (2008, triple anthology) ( ITA : Gold [19])
  • Electric jam (2009) ( ITA : Gold [19])
  • Boogie Boogie man (2010) - (ITA: Gold [19])
  • La Grande Madre (2012)

Live albums

  • 1984 – Sció live (EMI Italiana, 64 2402723)
  • 1994 – E sona mo' (CGD 4509 94253 2)
  • 2002 – Concerto Medina Tour 2001 (RCA 743219129222) ( ITA : Gold )
  • 2003 – In tour (con Francesco De Gregori, Fiorella Mannoia e Ron) (Blue Drag Records/BMG Ricordi 5099751027225) ( ITA : Platinum )
  • 2006 – Pino Daniele Live @ RTSI
  • 2013 – Tutta n'ata storia - Vai mo' - Live in Napoli (Blue Drag Records 88765440542)
  • 2015 – "Nero a metà Live - Il concerto - Milano 22 dicembre 2014" (ITA: Gold [19])

Compilation albums

  • 1986 – Musica musica (EMI Italiana)
  • 1990 – Tra musica e magia (EMI Italiana)
  • 1995 – Passa 'o tiempo e che fa - I primi anni (EMI Italiana)
  • 1997 – Voglio 'o mare
  • 1998 – Yes I Know My Way (Warner Music Italy) ( ITA : 7x Platinum )
  • 2000 – Studio Collection, Le origini (EMI Italiana)
  • 2000 – Napule è (CGD East West) ( ITA : Gold [19])
  • 2002 – Amore senza fine (Warner Music Italy)
  • 2004 – The Platinum Collection (EMI Italiana)
  • 2005 – Studio Collection (EMI Italiana)
  • 2006 – Pino Daniele D.O.C.
  • 2006 – Tutto Daniele - Che male c'è (Waner Music Italy) (ITA: Gold [19])
  • 2008 – Ricomincio da 30 (Sony Music)
  • 2008 – The Platinum Collection: The Early Years (EMI Italiana)
  • 2008 – I grandi successi - Pino Daniele (Warner Music Italy)

Soundtracks

  • 1988 – Le vie del Signore sono finite (EMI Italiana, 50 7900981)

Singles

  • 1976 – "Che calore" (EMI Italiana, 3C 006 18189)
  • 1977 – "Napule è " (EMI Italiana, 3C 006 18207)
  • 1979 – "Je so' pazzo" (EMI Italiana, 3C 006 18417)
  • 1980 – "Nun me scoccià" (EMI Italiana, 7777 7 46804 2 4)
  • 1984 – "Keep on Movin'" (Polydor, 881 508)
  • 1984 – "Yes I Know My Way" (Polydor, 821 251)
  • 1985 – "Ferryboat" (EMI Italiana, 14-2013016)
  • 1987 – "Watch Out" (EMI Italiana, 14-2020356)
  • 1988 – "Tell Me Now" (EMI Italiana, 060-20 3281 6)
  • 1988 – "Jesce juorno/Tell Me Now" (Bagaria, 086 2028612)
  • 1991 – "'O scarrafone" (CGD, 9031 73363-7)
  • 1998 – "Senza peccato" (CGD/East West, 3984 24270-0)
  • 2006 – "Narcisista in azione" (Sony Music, 82876-78836)
  • 2007 – "Rhum and coca"
  • 2008 – "Anema e core"
  • 2008 – "'O munn va/L'ironia di sempre/Acqua 'e rose"
  • 2009 – "Il sole dentro me" (con J-Ax)
  • 2009 – "Dimentica"
  • 2010 – "Boogie Boogie Man"
  • 2012 – "Melodramma"
  • 2012 – "Niente è come prima"
  • 2012 – "Due scarpe"
  • 2013 – "Non si torna indietro"

References

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