Osanna (band)

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Osanna
General information
origin Italy
Genre (s) Progressive rock
founding 1971, 1999
resolution 1979
Website http://www.osanna.it/
Founding members
Lino Vairetti
guitar
 Danilo Rustici
Lello Brandi
Elio D'Anna
Massimo Guarino
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar
 Lino Vairetti
guitar
 Pasquale Capobianco
bass
 Nello D'Anna
Piano, keyboard
 Sasà Priore
Vocals, keyboard
 Irvin Vairetti
Drums
 Gennaro Barba
former members
bass
 Lello Brandi
Flute, saxophone
 Elio D'Anna
Piano, keyboard
 Fabrizio D'Angelo
Drums
 Massimo Guarino
guitar
 Danilo Rustici
guitar
 Gigi Borgogno
bass
 Enzo Petrone
saxophone
 Vito Ranucci
Piano, keyboard
 Luca Urciuolo
guitar
 Andrea Palazzo
Piano, keyboard
 Origi Lusi
guitar
 Fabrizio Fedele
Live and session members
saxophone
 David Jackson
Gianni Leone

Osanna is an Italian progressive rock band formed in Naples in 1971 .

Band history

At the end of 1970 Elio D'Anna met the band Città Frontale, in which Lino Vairetti, Danilo Rustici, Lello Brandi, Gianni Leone and Massimo Guarino played at the time. Without Leone they founded Osanna and played their first concerts with new pieces in February 1971. Their debut album was released in the same year , the band attracted attention for its theatrical concerts and toured Italy with Genesis . The following year Osanna composed the film music for Fernando Di Leo's Milano Calibro 9 . Another album, Palepoli , followed and is considered the most outstanding work of the band with its bulky and playful progressive rock.

During the recording of the next album in 1974, Osanna temporarily resolved the dispute, including the musical quality of the z. Some of the pieces were based on English-language mainstream rock. The musicians then continued to work with other bands - with Uno, Nova and the revived Città Frontale. Osanna came together again in 1977 or 1978 with a different line-up for another, now again Italian-language album, and apparently disbanded in 1979 due to the lack of success.

Only after twenty years did the founding members Vairetti and Rustici re-form the band. Despite several line-up changes, numerous appearances and publications with live recordings, new recordings of older pieces and new compositions have followed.

Discography

  • 1971: L'Uomo
  • 1972: Milano Calibro 9 (film music; also known as Preludio, Tema, Variazioni e Canzona )
  • 1973: Palepoli
  • 1974: Landscape of Life
  • 1978: Suddance
  • 2001: Taka Boom
  • 2003: Live - Uomini e miti (CD & DVD)
  • 2008: Prog Family (new recordings; with David Jackson )
  • 2012: Rosso Rock (Live)
  • 2014: Tempo (DVD)
  • 2015: Palepolitana (new recordings and new pieces)

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