Lanzetti, who sounds amazingly like Roger Chapman of Family fame, is a gifted vocalist who brings new life to several songs, one of which includes a reworking of the Acqua Fragile classic "Morning Comes. I guess that means I'm still stuck in middle-aged adolescence but I have to be honest. The first couple of plays may leave a certain amount of indifference to the songs, I was that way myself, but after repeated plays their charms begin to shine through and I found myself really warming to them. Thanks to nightfly for the artist addition. It's just a cool tune. 
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Understandably this gives the music an old school progressive edge though this is not the overiding sound. Their press release claims CCLR "continue the tradition of Italian Progressive Rock groups, singing in English and bringing the genre up to lnzettithe latter part which is worthy of some moderate scorn in my opinion. Nevertheless the songs are beautifully and tastefully played with excellent musicianship, each playing precisely what's required of the song rather than flexing their obvious skills.
Reserved vocals come in. Despite such strong prog credentials anyone approaching this album expecting some serious prog workouts is likely to be disappointed.
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While CCLR are far from a text book definition of what might be considered an RPI band, while containing some elements of RPI at times, the team voted for inclusion as much for the link to more relevant past panzetti and the almost certain interest this formation is likely to attract from Italian prog fans in general.
Lots of mellotron later on. Review by Mellotron Storm Prog Reviewer. Mellotron lovers will instantly recognise that distinctive sound which not surprisingly with the sparse line up of instruments plays a key role along with piano.
Cavalli Cocchi Lanzetti Roversi
I almost thought of this as "lounge-RPI" mixed with crossover and sometimes too much vocal melodrama, during one track I thought I was listening to Meatloaf. And it's not because Steve Hackett guests on guitar either because I found this out after the fact. They sometimes brought to mind Procol Harum for their pace and warmth, as well as classic Supertramp for their blend of accessible styles, and even Peter Gabriel for the unique art-rock flavor.
Roversi employs enough mellotron to excite the old school fans, while instrumental sections can occasionally get jazzy or bluesy in the smoothest sense of the words.
It's ballad-like to start and we get some vocal melodies as it picks up. Strummed guitar and mellotron join in. The first couple of plays may leave a certain amount of indifference to the songs, I was that way myself, but after repeated plays their charms begin to shine through and I found myself really warming roversii them.
The roster of musicians alone makes this debut of interest to fans of RPI even if the sound is only occasionally genre typical. Studio Album, 3. Copyright Prog Archives, Ckcchi rights reserved. I guess that means I'm still stuck in middle-aged adolescence but I have to be honest.
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I think he's missing one of the most important things about RPI and that's how beautiful the Italian language sounds. It's funny that Laanzetti really promotes in interviews that young Italian bands sing in English. I've always enjoyed his style and while his voice has clearly aged since those golden years with PFM he's still in fine form here.
Second, despite their claim of continuing the tradition, CCLR's English vocals are instead a footnote to that tradition. It's just a cool tune. I was a bit like a Clapton fan watching the master give a deep lanzettu "mature" modern day live acoustic performance while secretly dying to get back to the car so I could crank some Cream. Guitar duties are handled by a cavalry of special guests, including none other than Mr. The mellotron sounds amazing. Love the mellotron and heavy bass. Despite there being no guitar player in the band a succession of cavwlli players add acoustic guitar which also plays a prominent role in the sound, played by the likes of Aldo Tagliapietra of Le Orme and Steve Hackett no less to a name a couple.
With such a musical history it might be expected that CCLR would be a band if not necessarily steeped in the RPI tradition then at least be playing prog of some sort.
There are plenty of exciting and "up to date" bands on the current scene. Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker. Well this is true to an extent but the band have gone in a much more singer-songwriter style direction with little resemblance to their former bands. Sorry but that title amuses me.
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