Suspense perfectly describes the emotions a listener will feel throughout this release. This album promises tension, gloomy atmospheres, mystery and, needless to say, suspense elements that convey anxiety and distress. This album has been described as "A treat for your ears, and another fundamental piece to reconstruct the story of a master of Italian music..."

A mind-melting opera. Some of the tracks here simply anticipate techno and generally electronic music of the early 70's. While Kraftwerk released "Ralph & Florian", and about one year before the releasing of ht emilestone "Autobahn", maestros Sandro Brugnolini and Giorgio Carnini were already experimenting the deep sounds of analogue synthesizer ARP 2600. The set provides some blending funk tunes driven by experimental electronic music, all with a heavy dramatic feel: the result is an unbelievable, unique and explosive library music LP. "Beat Drammatico Underground Pop Elettronico" is the title that Brugnolini and carnini adopted for this collection of several TV synchronization themes. What we had is stunning drama cop scores and darl electronic moods, all surrounded by loads of fuzzy vibes and all that weird, industrial, futuristic synth fx and so on... This session was recorded in 1973 in a very small studio called "Axon" in the centre of Rome, which was well equipped with unusual electronic instruments and headed by Ogando - a skilled sound engineer with great musical taste.

Lelio Luttazzi was a multifaceted artist who shined and left his mark as a pianist, musician, conductor and composer. A jazz lover, Luttazzi reached fame and success thanks to his brilliant and undoubtable talent. During a career spanning more than 50 years, he established himself as a master of several disciplines such as music, literature and cinema. He started his career in Trieste right after the Second World War. In 1948 he moved to Milan to take on the role of Director at teh mythical CGD. In 1950 he moved to Turin where he conducted Rai's orchestra. One of the first composers to place jazz structures in the Italian songs, he invented the rhythmic string orchestra. To understand Luttazzi's sound it is important to consider the context he grew up in, Trieste has alwyas been a peculiar city, its musical history being influenced by the post-war anglo-american administration, which introduced jazz and public radio broadcasting. Luttazzi's sound is in fact characterized by mitteleuropean atmospheres tinged wtih American swing. Swing, humor, invention and immediacy are teh distinctive traits of his music. When he was young, he fell in love with the music of Louis Armstrong, and of American composers such as Gershwin, Porter, Kern and Carmichael - Erroll Garner was his favorite pianist. His deep knowledge of music allowed him to obtain outstanding results not only as a composer but also as an arranger and orchestrator. Luttazzi contributed to the rising Italian film industry, writing a multitude of soundtracks but also as an actor. His works ranged from classical orchestration to opera and jazz. His style of jazz was unmistakable and personal: he had a deep, physical connection with this sound, you could have told by his mannerism. One of the pioneers of the genre in Italy, he's been the first to use jazz as a soundtrack in movies.

Amleto Armando Roelens, also known under the artistic pseudonym of Puccio, had a musical career almost entirely devoted to jazz - he was one of the first, with his orchestra, to play music that, especially at the end of World War II, was regarded as a bad import product. After some collaborations with RAI, the Italian national television, his meeting with another composer, Armando Sciascia, made it possible for him to arrange many albums released by Vedette Records and, in the mid-seventies, to composer some fo the rarest and most precious library music: this includes the ultra-cult "Feelings", on behalf of Jay Richford and Gary Stevan, which sees Stefano Torossi, Sandro Brugnolini and Giancarlo Gazzani's collaboration. Musica per commenti sonori, also known as "Lipstick" and released by Costanza, came out in 1979 after a couple of memorable LP's, "Research of Sound" and "Rock Satellite", and is one of Roelen's latest examples of library music before his death, which occurred in 1985. As in the two previous albums, the tracks are often characterized by a typical late-seventies funky mood but they also feature some laid down moments that would sound great in some erotic film soundtracks. "Music for all hours" says the back cover, and that's perfectly true. For those wishing to have fun dancing, there's nothing better than to set the turtable needle on tracks such as "Slip Back", "Cobwebs", "Leewards" and "Lipstick", while for the hottest nightlife interludes we recommend "Rusty Letters" and "Effuse" without any hesitations.

Versioni Particolari 2 is a collection of remixes and unreleased versions taken from 4 vinyl singles that followed the album release of Experiments in Ambient Soul (2005). Ocean is a spiritual ballad almost entirely instrumental, which fuses jazz rhythms with blues guitars. Whereas White riot is an up-tempo, nervous funk tune dedicated to all those who are ready to stand up for their ideals. The Boozoo Bajou remix of "Afrolicious": The German duo took a lot of sounds from the original but in a dubby way and the result is electronically funky with a reggae atmosphere and a western steel guitar. Gecko Turner come from Spain with their P-funk interpretation of "Milano Calibro 9", courtesy of Lovemonk Records, while uptempo cinematic Koom. H delivers an intriguing and stylish remix of the title track "Experiments in Ambient Soul". The two vocal-jazz tracks in the album, written with Don Freeman, are re-shaped to new form by the work of two amongst nowadays trendiest producers: Yam Who?(The World she Made) and Parov Stelar (Destination Moon). in the same dancefloor perspective surely feature the house-funky Milano Calibro 9 by Madrid de Los Austrias and the mid-tempo breakbeat house Diamonds & Comforts produced by Double Beat. (Soul hip hop goes 4/4.) Not forgetting the broken-housy breakbeat of Carmel reworking Afrolicious. Impressions of dancing jazz instead are given to No Problem from the forward thinking, with an old school attitude, 7 Samurai and Thin ice is by our champions Bianchi e Fedreghini. An exclusive and unreleased re-interpretation of Forever's Not by a secret combo, going by the name of the incognito traveller, terminates the album. Schema. 2006.

2008 two CD release, a new chapter in the Break 'N' Bossa series, one of the most popular collections from Schema Records. Features an exceptional variety of new music including songs from Mario Biondi, Toco, Invisible Session, JuJu Orchestra, Dalindeo and many others.

Luciano Michelini, despite being virtually unknown, has compsed a true masterpiece with La Conquista Di Luna, one of the rarest and most sought Italian soundtracks. Michelini and his orchestra produced this imaginary sci-fi soundtrack enriched by the presence of the legendary singer Edda Dell'Orso on several tracks.

2008 release, an ambitious project with the aim of weaving a structure of harmonies in a style that reveres the greatest Jazz authors of all times. It is very evident in the Quintet project that a huge work had been carried out to compose, arrange and perform a list of articulate yet homogeneous compositions. The route of this album goes naturally in the direction of certain determined styles: hard and post-bop; Nu Cool Jazz, should anyone find necessary labeling the ambience proposed by the quintet. Of course the passion and the admiration towards the idols of the past is where Quintetto lo Greco finds the drive to produce new, original music of a wide spectrum. In front of great authors such as Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane, ever since considered the maestros; the giants of research at the borderline of Jazz music, the Lo Greco brothers bow down on a mission to perpetrate their legacy; on a path that is so rich stylistically and beforehand, artistically.

2009 album from the Italian Jazz drummer. Schema. Lorenzo Tucci, one of the most valued drummers in the international jazz scene, distinguishes himself for his expressive pathos and capability of spreading to the new generations the teachings of the great masters of the past (Art Blakey, Philly Jo Jones, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Max Roach), using a personal style which underlines all of his versatility.

2010 album from the Italian maestro of Latin-Afro Cuban-Jazz joints, his first album in three years. Join the Dance features 12 brand new tracks with a very talented and exceptional line-up including Norma Winston, the iconic British Jazz vocalist, on a version of 'Will You Walk a Little Faster?'.

The "Freedom Jazz Dance" concept started with Luciano Cantone's suggestion to create "new standards", which could be understood openly from new generations as well as offering a portrait of the modern contemporary European jazz scene. Thus, the natural purpose of the "Freedom Jazz Dance" compilations became "the giving of a collection of contemporary classics". The strength of the release is the undeniable influence brought by certain European countries over today's Jazz. As demonstrated by the artists here, this selection moves from the northern longitude of Finland down to the southern tip represented by Italy (with two "digressions" into the past by Sahib Shiab and the Kenny Clarke-Frency Boland Sextet) geographically set in middle Europe. Five pieces are previously unreleased and Mario Biondi (the former Was-A-Bee singer) appears for the first time on this disc with his band the High Five Quintet.

2011 release, the sixth album from the eclectic Italian duo. Lonesome Traveler is the follow-up to their universally-adored 1977 album Ink. Their meeting with the London-based singer Jake Reid played an important role in the writing and production of this album. Stefano and Cesare were looking for singers for their new album, when Stefano received an e-mail by Mr. Reid congratulating for their previous productions and asking for any features in the near future. Stefano listened to the tracks performed by Jake and decided to bring this singer to Cesare.

This release marks the debut Schema album from Italian vocalist Andrea Balducci, an up-and-coming singer working within the tradition of classic crooners like Frank Sinatra to those of today like Michael Buble and Jamie Cullum. Wise tune selection, classy arrangements by Pietro Ciancaglini and support from an assemblage of top-flight Italian and Finnish Jazz musicians allow Mr. Balducci's voice to shine through.

2009 release from Italian singer/songwriter Alessandro Magnanini, who is best known as the composer of the Mario Biondi hit 'This is What You Are'. Features a guest appearance from Cousteau vocalist Liam McKahey. Schema.

Larry Austin encouraged the formation of the Improvisation Group of the Nuova Consonanza, which is the only group in Europe formed exclusively of composers. The essential element of the group is a sense of good understanding, which is the base for finding a fertile field first for discussion and then for performance.