Giusto Pio
Note

For his fourth solo album, the maestro Giusto Pio transitions from the Italian Emi to CBS. This shift indicates how much he has been captivated by sophisticated and refined pop. And so, after working with Franco Battiato on Legione straniera and Restoration, the maestro from Castelfranco Veneto decides to go solo.

The result is Note, nine reasons of which two, Halley and Capitan Nemo, were supposed to be part of the album Cigarettes, in collaboration with Franco Battiato, but the project fell through (there is a beautiful interview with guitarist Fabio Planigiani about the famous lost album on Rolling Stone).

Therefore, the Catania singer-songwriter's touch is still there, albeit in retrospect.

It opens with a beautiful Capriccio, continuing with the cosmic atmospheres of Halley, which foreshadows the Battiato of Mondi lontanissimi. In the third track, Concerto, Pio reclaims the piano and the strictly classical component.

Capitano Nemo, as mentioned, was originally intended for another project, but it does not fall short here either. It opens with a violin evoking mystery, transitioning into a powerful drum passage. For Maestro Giusto Pio, there is also a tender moment with Ninna nanna per Andrea, which refers to his grandson. A graceful but not sad theme, with the violin taking the lead. Roberto Rossi's disorienting keyboard introduces Inno, which skillfully blends Pio's violin and Alfredo Golino's drums, as the theme becomes joyful. Angeli? features a soothing piano with notes that seem to echo back and forth. Then the violin enters and becomes solemn. Another instrument joins in the subsequent Sagra: the saxophone of Amedeo Bianchi, already linked with Pooh and Vecchioni, and later becoming a staple with Venditti. It closes with a piece nomen omen, Ultimo lied, where the word is used to convey all the classical nuances of Giusto Pio's music. However, paradoxically compared to the works of 1982-83, this Note offers more cues for the emerging new wave. In the following year, with Alla corte di Nefertiti, the Venetian maestro will take a step back, returning to experimental classical music.