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Rating: "Salutm' a soreta!" and the Maestro departs
Nicola Arigliano's success at Sanremo is well rewarded with his elimination
"Ma checcefrega!!!" exclaims Bonolis, signaling Arigliano to keep playing; he wants a jam to break free from the constraints of television metrics. And the enthusiasm begins, in just a few square meters the basics of Italian jazz are gathered. Off they go with improvisation, with jazz guitar, harmonica, and sax intertwining through magnificent solos with the engaging and nostalgic voice of Nicola Arigliano.
Five minutes of pure emotion for those watching the penultimate episode of Sanremo both from the stage and at home culminated in an intense round of applause, with the jury and the orchestra, yes, the orchestra itself, standing in amazement at this "youngster" of eighty-two and his band which has done, or at least I hope has done, much to show what music truly is and how we Italians are so good at applauding anyone who attempts to bring their mouth close to a microphone, as demonstrated by the various Sergio Munitz, Alessandro Preziosi, Edoardo Costa, and the "Amici di Maria de Filippi," paired with the competing singers, who were later voted and revoted by the juries and by home viewers. Arigliano was obviously eliminated... thus what I feared at that moment came to pass.
So bravo Munitz, cheers to "Il nocciolo," cheers to Edoardo Costa and his live strip-tease, cheers to the "Amici di Maria de Filippi" so beloved by teenagers, and down with those who play music from the heart, like Nicola Arigliano and his reunion of vintage jazz musicians who hadn't been seen on screens for decades; furthermore, let's have no more of those like Antonella Ruggiero, who reintroduces her song "Echi d'infinito" in an acoustic version accompanied by classical guitars played by two strangers to the "munitz-dependent" such as Maurizio Colonna (Italy’s best guitarist and among the top ten worldwide) and Frank Gambale (one of the best fusion guitarists globally), both with a musical curriculum to intimidate any musician, yet exiting the stage to the anonymity of a faint applause.
Let's learn to truly understand what music is and let ourselves be carried away by it, not by media conventions...
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