Nicola Arigliano
Devi Ricordare

LA RECENSIONE

The Album is one of the first from the Apulian, "Devi Ricordare" from 1959, a very sentimental album, with the usual swing Arigliano offers us.

The beginning is fantastic in my opinion, "Le Tue Mani", by the great and forgotten Pino Spotti, a jazz love song that brings out the true crooner identity that Arigliano possesses. This song, in my opinion, is one of the most beautiful in Italian light music, truly beautiful song with an excellent interpretation, accompanied by a really well-done arrangement. After a masterpiece, the record continues with the track "Sera", a song less known than the previous one, although the track suits Arigliano both for style and genre, which is not a cheerful swing, but the usual love song that continues the album well. Here's another masterpiece of post-war light music, "Quando Piange Il Ciel", a jazz piece also interpreted by Fausto Cigliano and Johnny Dorelli, a very beautiful song, which also possesses a fabulous arrangement by the great composer Carlo Alberto Rossi. Closing side A, composed of only four songs, is the track "Devi Ricordare", the song that gives the album its title, a love song with the usual jazz accompaniment, very nice and suitable for the album, which so far has only given us excellent tracks.

Side B opens with the song "Ada", a melodic track that reminds one of Pericoli's songs, which even without a swing arrangement, the performer somehow managed to turn it into one. Anyway, the song is very slow, although the listening is quite pleasant. After a short pause, jazz and swing return, which are found in Arigliano's small frame, as he sings "Nebbia", a romantic swing piece, very similar to the others, but very nice. Another classic, interpreted by many, "Abbassa La Tua Radio", a song for which, in my opinion, Arigliano performs at a level below his colleagues; indeed, the song is sentimental as much as one wants, but I believe it lacks a bit of Arigliano's style, becoming too homogeneous with the other versions. The record closes nicely with the song "Di Giorno In Giorno", another very slow track, and too similar to the songs present in this album.

A small flaw is the duration of the album.

Finally, in my opinion, this is a very beautiful album, but there are some songs too similar to each other, which slightly lower the final evaluation of an album that, all in all, is truly beautiful!!!