Paolo Conte

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Paolo Conte (born January 6, 1937 in Asti , Piedmont ) is an Italian cantautore (song writer), composer , multi-instrumentalist and painter . The jazz musician is considered one of the most important and innovative cantautori in Italy.

Originally a lawyer by profession, Conte has also written many songs for other musicians in his more than 50-year career, often in collaboration with lyricists such as Vito Pallavicini . In 1974 he gave up his legal practice entirely and concentrated entirely on music. He was also successful with international audiences, especially in France , and in addition to his music career he advanced into other art forms, and in 2007 he was awarded an honorary doctorate for painting from the Accademia di belle arti di Catanzaro . Tied with Fabrizio De André , he is the artist with the most awards from Club Tenco, with six Targhe and one Premio Tenco . He also received a Premio Chiara for his lyrics.

biography

The 1950s: First steps in the music business

The young Paolo Conte on the vibraphone (1950s)

Paolo Conte was born in Asti , Piedmont, in 1937 . The father Luigi was a music-loving notary , while the mother Carlotta came from a family of landowners. During the Second World War , the young Paolo spent a lot of time in the grandfather's farm and was introduced to the piano through his parents . Despite fascism , his father had acquired some foreign records, which was the first time Paolo came into contact with jazz .

He attended the humanistic high school Vittorio Alfieri in Asti and later graduated in law from the University of Parma , whereupon he began to work as an assistant in his father's office and at the same time tried to improve his knowledge in the field of music. In the mid-1950s he first learned the trombone , then the vibraphone , and played with a variety of local groups, including the Barrelhouse Jazz Band , Taxi for Five , and the Lazy River Band Society , all based on American swing . With the Barrelhouse Jazz Band, Conte founded the USMA ("Unione Studenti Medi Astigiani") with an associated club, at whose meeting the band once a week brings musicians like Rodgers & Hammerstein , George Gershwin , Cole Porter and Jerome Kern closer to members of the same age tried. The band continued to perform in pubs and took part in music competitions. His fascination for jazz led the young Conte to Oslo , where he took part in the fourth edition of an international jazz quiz and took third place.

The 1960s: the collaboration with Vito Pallavicini

Adriano Celentano , interpreter of Azzurro (1960s)

In the early 1960s he founded the Paul Conte Quartet , with his brother Giorgio Conte , who was also a music enthusiast, on drums. With the group he ventured into the music market for the first time, but the EP The Italian Way to Swing was a failure. Under the influence of film and literature, Conte began to write his first songs, often together with his brother. Early examples are Ed ora te ne vai , recorded by Vanna Brosio , and L'ultimo giorno , interpreted by Carla Boni with a text by Giorgio Calabrese . Like Francesco Guccini , Paolo Conte began mainly as a songwriter and arranger for other musicians. A first success was the song Chi era lui , which was included on Adriano Celentano's album La festa and on the B-side of the successful single Il ragazzo della via Gluck ; the religiously inspired text was by Mogol and Miki Del Prete . The number one hits La coppia più bella del mondo (text by Luciano Beretta and Miki Del Prete) and finally Azzurro , with a text by Vito Pallavicini , were also written for Celentano ; From then on, Conte worked with the latter on a permanent basis.

Azzurro became a classic of Italian music and Conte later recorded it himself, first published on the live album Concerti in 1985. In 2007, Azzurro was voted the most internationally famous Italian song in a poll by the Società Dante Alighieri , just ahead of Domenico's Nel blu dipinto di blu Modugno . Conte also worked with Michele Virano , from which other successful titles emerged, such as Insieme a te non ci sto più for Caterina Caselli and Tripoli 1969 for Patty Pravo . Messico e nuvole, on the other hand, was made successful by Enzo Jannacci . In 1968 he wrote the song No amore for Giusy Romeo (later known as Giuni Russo ) with Pallavicini and jazz musicians such as Enrico Intra and Mansueto Deponti . The title La speranza è una stanza for Dalida was also created with Pallavicini . Another well-known example from this creative phase is Santo Antonio Santo Francisco , written for Piero Focaccia and Mungo Jerry , who competed with it at the 1971 Sanremo Festival .

The 1970s

The development to the Cantautore

Paolo Conte in the 1960s

In 1974, when he was already toying with the idea of ​​giving up music in favor of a legal career, Conte decided, under pressure from his then-producer Italo Greco , to record his songs himself. His self-titled debut album was released by RCA Italiana . As a Cantautore from then on he showed a thoughtful style, often paired with cutting irony. Critics viewed the first album as undecided, like a revisionist anthology of the songs written in previous years. It remained without particular success, even if individual songs from it became classics of his repertoire over time, such as La ragazza fisarmonica, Una giornata al mare , La fisarmonica di Stradella and above all Onda su onda , which his friend Bruno Lauzi recorded.

Paolo Conte and Lucio Dalla in 1977 in the television program Il futuro dell'automobile e altre storie

With the song Sono qui con te semper più solo , Conte began a multi-part musical saga about the "Uomo del Mocambo", an imaginary bar owner, which was continued in later years by La ricostruzione del Mocambo , Gli impermeabili and La nostalgia del Mocambo . La ricostruzione del Mocambo was part of the second album from 1975, in which Conte now broke away from the songs written for others, with titles such as Genova per noi (according to his own statement, one of his most important songs), La Topolino amaranto , Pittori della domenica or Luna di marmellata . However, there was still no noticeable success and the musician began to appear in public.

Between 1976 and 1977 he gave several concerts with friends from RCA, including Piero Ciampi , Nada and Renzo Zenobi , but these were not very popular either . In the same year, Nada recorded three songs by Conte: Avanti bionda , Arte and La fisarmonica di Stradella . He also appeared on the television program Il futuro dell'automobile e altre storie by Lucio Dalla , where he performed the songs Onda su onda and La Topolino amaranto on the piano , and took care of the arrangements for the album Danze by Renzo Zenobi. He also wrote the song Monticone for Gipo Farassino .

Club Tenco and the success of Un gelato al limon

In 1976 the Club Tenco Conte invited to Sanremo for the first time, where he could appear in the Ariston Theater. On this, for him, unusually large stage, he was able to present his songs to a larger audience for the first time and over the years he (like Francesco Guccini or Roberto Vecchioni ) became a frequently recurring protagonist of the event. Four years after its predecessor, Conte released the album Un gelato al limon in 1979 , which finally met with the hoped-for approval of the audience. The success was based on songs such as Bartali (dedicated to the cyclist Gino Bartali ) or the title song dedicated to his wife, which was also presented by Lucio Dalla and Francesco De Gregori on their successful Banana Republic tour that same year . With this album Conte also introduced some of his trademarks, such as scat singing or the use of the kazoo . Other songs on the album were Dal loggione , Rebus , Angiolino and Sudamerica (presented at Club Tenco together with Ivano Fossati , Roberto Benigni and Francesco De Gregori). Blue tangos , which was featured in the soundtrack of the film Nouvelle vague by Jean-Luc Godard in 1990, should also be emphasized .

The 1980s

Paolo Conte in the 1980s

From Paris milonga to Appunti di viaggio

On March 25, 1981, Club Tenco organized an all-day event dedicated to Conte, the "Contiana". As part of this award, the Cantautore also presented his new album Paris milonga . Roberto Benigni paid tribute to Conte on this occasion with the ironic song Mi piace la moglie di Paolo Conte. The album was to become one of the most famous of his discography, also thanks to the song Via con me , which was very well received by both the audience and the critics.

The single also helped the album to international success, whereby Conte's jazz-oriented backing band should not go unmentioned: musicians such as Jimmy Villotti and Bruno Astesana were represented on the album . Other important tracks on the album were Alle prese con una verde milonga , Boogie (later recorded by Ivano Fossati), Blue Haways as well as Madeleine and Parigi . In 1981 Conte worked with Gabriella Ferri on the album Gabriella , for which he wrote songs such as Sola contro un record , Vamp or Non ridere .

Less than a year after the appearance of Paris milonga , Cantautore released its successor, Appunti di viaggio . The themes of the album were more exotic and touched geographically distant realities, specifically Shanghai , Timbuktu and Zanzibar . The latter city is mentioned in the song Hemingway , which opened Conte's concerts at the time. Other songs were Fuga all'inglese , Lo zio, Dancing , Nord , La frase or Gioco d'azzardo . The foxtrot in the song Diavolo rosso , which is dedicated to the cyclist Giovanni Gerbi , should also be emphasized . In 1983 Conte was finally awarded the Tenco Prize together with Alan Stivell , Giovanna Marini and Roberto Vecchioni .

International recognition

Two years after Appunti di viaggio , Conte returned in 1984 with a self-titled LP (for the third time). He then began a long-term collaboration with Renzo Fantini , his manager and producer. The album is considered the product of its final artistic maturity. Many of the tracks on the album quickly became Cantautore classics, such as Gli impermeabili (third part of the Mocambo saga), Sparring partner , Come mi vuoi? , L'avance or Come-di , a swing piece inspired by Cab Calloway . The album was dedicated to America's Black Music , which is particularly noticeable in the song Sotto le stelle del jazz .

The album was not only praised by critics, but finally helped Conte to gain international attention. As a result, he increased his live activities and toured Italy and France at the same time. This resulted in the double live album Concerti , recorded during the concerts in Lodi (May 28), Perugia (June 20) and Paris (March 15/16, 1985). The popularity of the French public far exceeded Conte's expectations. Due to the status of Paris as a cultural center, the success there also opened further doors for him in Europe and he was able to perform in Germany, the Netherlands and England .

Two years later he also performed in Montreal, Canada , and further tours took him to Belgium , Austria , Greece and Spain . His two appearances at the legendary Blue Note jazz club in New York were also significant . Conte also took part in the jazz festivals of Montreux , Montreal , Juan-les-Pins and Nancy . With Paolo Conte Live , a second live album was released in 1988, largely recorded in Canada, which also contained three songs never published by Conte himself, Vamp, Messico e nuvole and Don't Break My Heart (recorded in 1985 by Mia Martini as Spaccami il cuore ).

Meanwhile, Conte also released another studio album, Aguaplano. The double album also contained songs in French such as Le tam-tam du paradis , which was written for a play by Hugo Pratt . In addition to the title track, songs such as Nessuno mi ama , Paso doble , Amada mia or Non sense can be highlighted, as well as Blu notte , Hesitation or Max , which draws on the Boléro by Maurice Ravel and was a particularly great success in the Netherlands.

The 1990s

Paolo Conte (early 1990s)

Parole d'amore scritte a macchina and 900

With the two albums Parole d'amore scritte a macchina (1990) and 900 (1992) the Cantautore began a new creative phase. The former was seen by critics as one of the most unusual of Conte's work, musically more experimentally oriented, full of anachronistic elements. The album cover also stood out, with a portrait of the musician sketched by Hugo Pratt on an orange background. In addition to more familiar songs such as Colleghi trascurati , Lupi spelacchiati or the title track, the album contained more special pieces such as Dragon , Mister Jive (dedicated to Harry Gibson and the Cotton Club ), Ho ballato di tutto or Canoa di mezzanotte . Also worth mentioning are Il maestro and Happy Feet , songs characterized by alternating chants between choirs and female voices.

The second album 900 , however, went in a completely different direction. A wide variety of styles and genres merged here in large-scale orchestral sounds, but in the mood of the early 20th century . The album was launched by the title song Novecento , which was very popular with the audience. The critics, however, showed mixed reactions. Mario Luzzatto Fegiz, for example, criticized the development towards a “psychological labyrinth”, hermeticism and aesthetic mannerism , which became clear in this song, and drew comparisons with Pasquale Panella (the lyricist of Lucio Battisti's late phase). According to his own statement, however, Conte attached more importance to the applause of the audience than to positive reactions from critics. Other important songs on the album were Pesce veloce del baltico , Gong-oh (an Art Tatum -influenced tribute to Chick Webb and Sidney Bechet ) and Una di queste notti . The musically backward-looking sounds of the album are particularly evident in Il treno va , Per quel che vale and Chiamami adesso , all in the typical atmosphere of the café chantants .

During this phase, Conte received his first major award outside of the music business in 1991, with the Premio Librex Montale literary prize in the newly created Poetry for Music category , which was awarded to him by a jury chaired by Carlo Bo . After Conte, the prize also went to Francesco Guccini , Lucio Dalla , Franco Battiato , Fabrizio De André , Ivano Fossati and Roberto Vecchioni in the following years .

Una faccia in prestito and tours abroad

At the end of 1995, Paolo Conte began recording his new LP Una faccia in prestito . This tenth album, which took up concepts from Aguaplano again , received very restrained reactions from the critics. In a hodgepodge of ideas, the Italian language has now partly given way to English in Don't Throw It in the WC , Piedmontese in Sijmadicandhapajiee , Neapolitan in Vita da sosia or a Spanish-American mix in Danson metropoli . According to Conte, this language mix goes back to the fact that he mostly composed his songs using meaningless English language elements in order to treat the music in a more abstract way, and only later added an Italian text. He also complained that the Italian language often cannot meet his metrical and rhythmic requirements, which is why mixing it with other languages ​​often delivers better results. The song Elisir from the album found its way into the cover album Danson metropoli - Canzoni di Paolo Conte by Avion Travel in 2007 , where, in addition to Conte, Gianna Nannini could be heard. Other songs on the album were Epoca , Un fachiro al cinema , Cosa sai di me? and L'incantatrice . Also of importance are Architetture lontane and Quadrille on which the French double bassist Jino Touche makes its appearance. The title song was dedicated to Earl Hines , with whom Conte once had a formative encounter.

The Cantautore also continued his tours. This resulted in the live albums Tournée (1993) and Tournée 2 (1998). The former contained recordings of performances in Hamburg , Paris, Valencia and Monte-Carlo , plus three new songs, namely Bye, Music, Reveries and Ouverture alla russa . The latter was able to boast five new songs: Swing , Irresistible , Nottegiorno , Legendary and Roba di Amilcare (dedicated to Contes early sponsor and Club Tenco founder Amilcare Rambaldi). The release of the compilation The Best of Paolo Conte in America, voted album of the year by Rolling Stone there , initiated a successful tour in the USA, where Conte performed in New York , Boston , Los Angeles and San Francisco .

The 2000s

The long-term project Razmataz

In 2000 Conte released the album Razmataz (also on DVD ), which emerged from the musical of the same name - Vaudeville , which he directed himself. The comedy goes back to the book of the same name, in which the Cantautore had prepared drawings, sheet music and texts as early as 1989. The unusual long-term project had preoccupied him since the 1970s. In addition to the album, he also presented Razmataz on the radio, which developed into a multimedia event. In addition to the soundtrack, Conte also provided paintings that accompanied the narrated story. This important work did not achieve the success hoped for, also because the cantautore consciously decided against converting it into a traditional musical analogous to Riccardo Cocciantes Notre Dame de Paris . There were also versions in other languages ​​(English, French, Spanish). With this work, Conte demonstrated his abilities as a painter in any case, with a clearly avant - garde style that is particularly based on the early Carlo Carrà .

In terms of content, the work tells the story of an African dancer named Razmataz, who first succeeds and then disappears under mysterious circumstances - a metaphor for the encounter between old Europe and young “black” music. Overall, the comedy is once again a homage to African American music . Razmataz comprises 18 songs including Yellow Dog , Java javanaise , Ça depend and The Black Queen . One of the central songs of the work, It's a Green Dream, dealt with the dream of African-American people of their original homeland Africa, here specifically Mozambique . Conte combined jazz, African culture and classical opera in the songs .

Elegia

Paolo Contes handprints on the Walk of Fame Europe in Rotterdam

In 2003, Conte was awarded an honorary doctorate in modern literature by the University of Macerata . On this occasion he gave a lecture on poetry and painting of the 20th century, explaining his preference for the painter Massimo Campigli . He had previously announced that he would be returning to music soon.

First the compilation Rêveries was released for the international market, then the musician returned in 2004 with the new album Elegia , for the first time on the Atlantic label . The leitmotif of the album is longing, paired with ironic moments, turned towards distant and lost musical worlds, with which Conte now tried to measure himself again. These themes become clear in La nostalgia del Mocambo , which begins with an instrumental intro in the bossa nova rhythm and increases steadily. Also worth mentioning are Non ridere (already recorded by Gabriella Ferri ), the title track, Sonno elefante and Sandwich Man . The album concludes with La vecchia giacca nuova , in which the cabaret and theater of the 1920s are analyzed.

A year later the live album Live Arena di Verona was released . In contrast to previous live albums, this was a recording of a single concert - the one on July 26, 2005 in the Arena of Verona . New to it was Cuanta pasión , with the participation of Gipsy Kings guitarist Mario Reyes and singer Carmen Amor . After 37 years, Conte wrote a song for Adriano Celentano for the first time , entitled L'indiano , which portrayed the singer and his idiosyncrasies.

Between painting and music

Paolo Conte in Berlin 2005

In February 2007, the municipality of Asti Conte entrusted the task of painting the two traditional Sendalli depicting Saint Secundus of Asti , which were used for the 40th edition of the Palio di Asti , a festival in honor of the Saint with a final horse race . As a result, he now also received more public attention as a painter. In May of the same year he was awarded an honorary doctorate in painting by the Accademia di belle arti di Catanzaro (Art Academy in Catanzaro ). He presented his works several times at exhibitions, often together with other artists (for example in 2006 in Castel Sant'Angelo , where pictures by Dario Fo , Franco Battiato , Gino Paoli and Tony Esposito were also on view).

In 2008 Conte also returned as a musician with a new album, Psiche . The first presentation took place in Paris, where the musician was accompanied by the Île-de-France symphony orchestra under the baton of Bruno Fontaine. An extensive European tour followed. While the album took thematically well-known paths, it introduced new worlds of sound: In La Repubblica, Curzio Maltese highlighted the first use of electronics in the form of synthesizers. However, Conte's penchant for exoticism remained unmistakable . Among the songs were very melodic as L'amore che , Intimità or Psyche , more complex as Danza della vanità , Big Bill , Silver Fox or of Soul and Gospel embossed Il quadrato e il cerchio . In the same year, Paolo Conte Plays Jazz was also released by Sony , a collection of swing-heavy classics by the musician, including the entire EP The Italian Way to Swing from 1962.

The 2010s: New Releases

Paolo Conte 2013

In 2010 Conte released his 14th studio album Nelson on the Platinum label . The title referred to the family dog ​​who died in 2008 and can be seen on the cover picture made by the artist himself. Once again he used a variety of languages ​​in the songs on the album, French in C'est beau , Neapolitan in Suonno e 'tutt'o suonno , English in Bodyguard of Myself and Spanish in Los amantes del Mambo . Other important tracks on the album are Tra le tue braccia , Galosce selvagge , Clown and Sotto la luna bruna . The single L'orchestrina was dedicated to the musician and television presenter Dino Crocco , who died that year . The album's message is a rejection of negative excesses of everyday life, of which Conte cited faithlessness, malice, vulgarity and bad taste as examples in an interview. The album is dedicated to its long-time producer and collaborator Renzo Fantini, who died in 2010.

Conte 2017 at the Festival des Vieilles Charrues in Carhaix-Plouguer

Next, the musician released the compilation Gong-oh (with the new song La musica è pagana ). After Ivano Fossati declared his career over ( Francesco Guccini followed a year later ), Conte left it open how long he would remain active as a Cantautore. In the same year he was awarded the Grande medaille de Vermeil by the city of Paris . In October 2014 the new studio album Snob was released . Even in the 15 songs on this album, there was again subliminal criticism of everyday (Italian) life, Conte saw a cultural low point. The eponymous figure of the snob represents a category of "extraordinary" people for him, whereby he himself would prefer the dandy . The single Tropical , on the other hand, once again referred to his penchant for exoticism, as did the songs Argentina , Si sposa l'Africa and Donna dal profumo di caffè . Other songs on the album were Tutti a casa and Maracas , the latter with stanzas in the Genoese dialect. The album was followed by another international tour by Cantautore, which, in addition to Rome and Milan, also touched cities such as Vienna, Paris, Amsterdam and Frankfurt.

In 2016, Amazing Game , a purely instrumental album, was released for the first time. It was a collection of rarities, some from the 1990s. In 2017 Conte was appointed honorary professor for “Musical Expressions of the Present” (Linguaggi musicali della contemporaneità) at the University of Parma , and the University of Pavia awarded him an honorary doctorate in musicology . In the same year he presented an extensive box set with Zazzarazàz - Uno spettacolo d'arte varia .

Paolo Conte and the film

In addition to occasional activities as an author (in 2009 Conte published the book Prima la musica together with Manuela Furnari ), the Cantautore also approached the film. His songs often showed a visual language influenced by American, French and Italian films. In 1998, for example, the Wall Street Journal compared Contes' music with the films by Federico Fellini , a comparison that the musician himself used with regard to the song L'orchestrina . According to Conte, the origin of the song Un fachiro al cinema can be traced back to an early film by Stanley Kubrick , The Tiger of New York (1955).

In the course of his career, the Cantautore was responsible for various film and theater soundtracks , some of which were collected in 1990 in the album Paolo Conte al cinema . Notable examples are: Le tam tam du paradis for the 1982 play Corto Maltese (sung by Athina Cenci ), Via con me , sung by Roberto Benigni for the film Tu mi turbi (1983), Le chic e le charme for the film Aurelia (1987) and the instrumental piece Provvisory House for the play Varietà in varie età . Other pieces by Contes that served as film music were Hesitation (in the television film Professione farabutto 1979) and Locomotor (in Scherzo del destino in agguato dietro l'angolo come un brigante da strada by Lina Wertmüller , 1983) or Genova per noi (sung by Bruno Lauzi in Gabriel Barylli's film adaptation of his debut novel Butterbrot ). Last but not least, Conte was also heard in French Kiss (1995, directed by Lawrence Kasdan ), where his Via con me Meg Ryan accompanied through the streets of Paris. The songs Elisir and Come di also found their way into the American mafia film Mickey Blue Eyes in 1999 . For the score for the animated film The Blue Arrow (1996) Conte won a Nastro d'Argento and a David di Donatello .

Paolo Conte and Comics

Comic artist Hugo Pratt

Conte had another close connection to comics . The collaboration with the draftsman friend Hugo Pratt is particularly worth mentioning. In 1982, in the book Le canzoni di Paolo Conte edited by Vincenzo Mollica, he collected 20 drawings based on 20 songs by the musician. Other comic artists who paid tribute to Conte were Altan , who portrayed the “Bar Mocambo”, Milo Manara , who dealt with the exotic worlds of Conte, and Guido Crepax and Sergio Staino , who each worked on a specific song: Un gelato al limon or rebus .

Especially in recent times there has been an increasing number of graphic processing of the songs by Contes. In 2009 Gino Vercelli published the anthology Musica e nuvole. Paolo Conte, le canzoni interpret a fumetti, in which young draftsmen worked out entire songs as storyboards using a wide variety of techniques, such as Sparring Partner (in the Manga style) or La topolino amaranto (in the style of American comics from the 1950s). Foreign draftsmen also dealt with Conte, such as Bill Griffith .

Private life

Paolo Conte is married and lives in his native Asti , where he lives in an apartment on Corso Dante Alighieri.

Line-up of the accompanying jazz orchestra

The kazoo , a characteristic instrument for Conte

Conte's small jazz orchestra consists of the following musicians (as of 2014):

Discography

Studio albums

  • 1974 - Paolo Conte (RCA, TPL 1-1092)
  • 1975 - Paolo Conte (RCA, TPL 1-1183)
  • 1979 - Un gelato al limon (RCA, PL 31452)
  • 1981 - Paris milonga (RCA, PL 31581)
  • 1982 - Appunti di viaggio (RCA, PL 31634)
year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT AT AT CH CH FR FR MOVE BE W BEF BE F NL NL
1984 Paolo Conte - - - - - - NL35 * (11 weeks)
NL
CGD, 20444
* Chart entry NL only 1987
1987 Aguaplano IT14 (9 weeks)
IT 		- - - - - NL5
gold
gold

(16 weeks)NL
CGD, 21220
Sales: + 50,000
1990 Parole d'amore step a macchina IT9 (13 weeks)
IT 		AT14 (12 weeks)
AT 		- FR-
gold
gold
FR 		- - NL80 (8 weeks)
NL
CGD
Sales: + 100,000;
1992 900 IT2 (13 weeks)
IT 		AT22 (5 weeks)
AT 		- - - - NL86 (2 weeks)
NL
CGD
1995 Una faccia in prestito IT2 (14 weeks)
IT 		- - FR21
gold
gold

(10 weeks)FR 		- - -
CGD East West
Sales: + 100,000
2000 Razmataz IT17 (15 weeks)
IT 		- - FR99 (2 weeks)
FR 		- - -
Warner Fonit
2004 Elegia IT1 (18 weeks)
IT 		- CH56 (6 weeks)
CH 		FR59 (15 weeks)
FR 		BE W56 (8 weeks)
BE W 		BE F95 (1 week)
BE F 		NL78 (1 week)
NL
Warner
2008 Psiche IT1 (29 weeks)
IT 		AT61 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH39 (5 weeks)
CH 		FR36 (7 weeks)
FR 		BE W46 (6 weeks)
BE W 		BE F90 (1 week)
BE F 		-
Universal
2010 Nelson IT4th
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)IT 		AT56 (2 weeks)
AT 		- FR121 (4 weeks)
FR 		BE W73 (3 weeks)
BE W 		- -
Platinum / Universal
Sales: + 50,000
2014 snob IT2
gold
gold

(14 weeks)IT 		AT38 (1 week)
AT 		- - BE W87 (8 weeks)
BE W 		BE F156 (1 week)
BE F 		-
Platinum / Universal
Sales: + 25,000
2016 Amazing Game - Instrumental Music IT7 (13 weeks)
IT 		- - - - - -
Decca

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Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT AT AT CH CH FR FR MOVE BE W BEF BE F NL NL
1985 Concerti IT23 (2 weeks)
IT 		- - FR26 *
platinum
platinum

(19 weeks)FR 		- - NL36 (16 weeks)
NL
CGD, 22213
* Chart entry FR only 1994
Sales: + 300,000
1988 live IT13 (15 weeks)
IT 		- - FR-
gold
gold
FR 		- - NL69 (7 weeks)
NL
CGD, 20887
sales: + 100,000
1993 Tour IT15 (5 weeks)
IT 		- - - - - -
CGD
1998 Tour 2 IT35 (1 week)
IT 		- - - - - -
EastWest
2005 Paolo Conte live in Arena di Verona IT24 (14 weeks)
IT 		- - - - - -
Warner / Atlantic
2018 Live in Caracalla - 50 Years of Azzurro IT18 (7 weeks)
IT 		- CH45 (2 weeks)
CH 		- - - -
BMG / Warner
2021 Live at Venaria Reale IT27 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2021IT 		- - - - - -

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  • 2001 - Paolo Conte. I concerti live @ RTSI Televisione svizzera (Sony) [recorded in 1988]

Compilations (selection)

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT AT AT CH CH FR FR MOVE BE W BEF BE F NL NL
1988 Collezione - - - - - - NL2 (32 weeks)
NL
EVA (NL)
1994 Collezione 2 - - - - - - NL74 (3 weeks)
NL
EVA (NL)
1996 The best of Paolo Conte IT23 (22 weeks)
IT 		- - FR-
Double gold
× 2
Double gold
FR 		BE W43 * (2 weeks)
BE W 		- NL25th
gold
gold

(74 weeks)NL
CGD East West
* BEW chart entry only 2003
Sales: + 250,000
2003 Rêveries IT8 (14 weeks)
IT 		- CH94 (1 week)
CH 		FR117 (2 weeks)
FR 		- - -
2006 Wonderful IT44 (9 weeks)
IT 		- - - - - -
RCA
2008 Blue swing. Greatest hits IT78 (2 weeks)
IT 		- - - - - -
RCA
2008 Tutto Conte. Via con me IT50 (4 weeks)
IT 		- - - - - -
Rhino Records
2011 Gong-Oh IT17 (7 weeks)
IT 		- - - - - -
Platinum
2017 Zazzarazàz - Uno spettacolo d'arte varia IT56 (2 weeks)
IT 		- - - - - -
Universal

hatched gray : no chart data available for this year

Singles (selection)

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT AT AT CH CH FR FR MOVE BE W BEF BE F NL NLTemplate: chart table / maintenance / charts non-existent
1981 Via con me
Paris Milonga 		IT-
Platinum (2021)
Platinum (2021)
IT 		- - FR21 (17 weeks)
FR 		- - -
B-side: Le chic et le charme
Sales: + 70,000
1987 Gli Impermeabili
Paolo Conte (1984) 		- - - - - - NL30 (4 weeks)
NL
1988 Max
Aguaplano 		- - - - - BE F21 (6 weeks)
BE F 		NL6 (9 weeks)
NL
B-side: hesitation
Aguaplano
Aguaplano 		- - - - - - -
54th place (6 weeks) in the Dutch Top 100
B-side: Come-di
1991 Happy Feet
Parole d'amore scritte a macchina 		- - - - - - -
82nd place (4 weeks) in the Dutch Top 100
B-side: Dragon

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Awards

Prices (selection)

  • 1983 - Tenco Prize
  • 1985 - Targa Tenco for Sotto le stelle del Jazz (best Italian song)
  • 1985 - Targa Tenco for Paolo Conte (best Italian album)
  • 1987 - Targa Tenco for Aguaplano (best Italian album)
  • 1991 - Premio Librex Montale in the Poetry for Music category
  • 1993 - Targa Tenco for 900 (best Italian album)
  • 1997 - David di Donatello for The Blue Arrow (best film music)
  • 1997 - Nastro d'Argento for The Blue Arrow ( best film music )
  • 1999 - Targa Tenco for Roba di Amilcare (best Italian song)
  • 2005 - Targa Tenco for Elegia (best Italian song)
  • 2011 - Premio Chiara in the Le Parole della Musica category

Honors

bibliography

Movies

  • Paolo Conte. Documentary, Germany, 2011, 43:30 min., Script and director: Ingo Helm, production: 5 * 14 Film, NDR , arte , first broadcast: December 1st, 2011 on arte, synopsis by ARD .
  • Paolo Conte - Via con me. Documentary, Italy, 2020, 100 min., Director: Giorgio Verdelli, production: Sudovest Produzioni, Indigo Film, Rai Cinema ; Premiere: September 2, 2020, table of contents by Prokino Filmverleih .

literature

Books

  • Vincenzo Mollica (ed.): Un mocambo per Paolo Conte . Il candelaio, Florence 1981, OCLC 219294624 .
  • Vincenzo Mollica (Ed.): Le canzoni di Paolo Conte . Lato side, Rome 1982, OCLC 13893890 .
  • Enrico De Angelis: Conte . Muzio, Padua 1989, ISBN 88-7021-476-1 .
  • Monique Malfatto: Paolo Conte (= Poésie et chansons ). Seghers, Paris 1989, ISBN 2-232-10203-3 .
  • Mario Bonanno: Paolo Conte. Sotto le stelle del jazz. Naufragi, voli, canzoni. Bastogi, Foggia 2001, ISBN 88-8185-320-5 .
  • Roberto Caselli: Paolo Conte. Editori Riuniti, Rome 2002, ISBN 88-359-5282-4 .
  • Vincenzo Mollica: Si sbagliava da professionisti. Canzoniere commentato, in Parole e canzoni . Einaudi, Turin 2003, ISBN 88-06-16569-0 .
  • Michele Antonellini: Sulla topolino amaranto. Viaggio nel canzoniere di Paolo Conte. Bastogi, Foggia 2003, ISBN 88-8185-601-8 .
  • Stefano La Via: Poesia per musica e musica per poesia. Dai trovatori a Paolo Conte. Carocci, Rome 2006, ISBN 88-430-3899-0 .
  • Cesare G. Romana: Quanta strada nei miei sandali. In viaggio con Paolo Conte. Arcana, Rome 2006, ISBN 88-7966-427-1 .
  • Fernando Romagnoli: Una luna in fondo al blu. Poesia e ironia nelle canzoni di Paolo Conte. Bastogi, Foggia 2008, ISBN 978-88-6273-067-9 .
  • Manuela Furnari: Paolo Conte. Prima la musica. Il saggiatore, Milan 2009, ISBN 978-88-428-1462-7 .
  • Gino Vercelli (Ed.): Musica e nuvole. Paolo Conte, le canzoni interpret a fumetti. Scritturapura, Villa San Secondo 2009, ISBN 978-88-89022-42-9 .
  • Paolo Giovanazzi: Paolo Conte. The maestro è nell'anima. Aliberti, Reggio Emilia 2010, ISBN 978-88-7424-599-4 .
  • Mauro Bico and Massimiliano Guido: Paolo Conte. Un rebus di musica e parole. Carocci, Rome 2011, ISBN 978-88-430-5735-1 .
  • Enrico De Angelis (Ed.): Tutto un complesso di cose. Il libro di Paolo Conte. Giunti, Florence and Milan 2011, ISBN 978-88-09-75902-2 .

Newspaper articles

Web links

Wikiquote: Paolo Conte  - Quotes

supporting documents

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  2. ↑ a b c d e f Giorgio Dell'Arti, Massimo Parrini: Paolo Conte - Biografia. In: Catalogo dei viventi 2009. Marsilio, October 5, 2008, archived from the original on March 3, 2016 ; accessed on August 22, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Michele Saran: Polo Conte. L'avvocato col vizio del jazz. In: Ondarock. Retrieved August 22, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Sotto le stelle del jazz. In: Galleriadellacanzone.it. Retrieved August 22, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Gigi Vesigna: La gavetta dei VIP? In: Oggi . June 12, 2013, p. 94-98 .
  6. ↑ Alessandro Calzetta: Paolo Conte - Genesi di un artista. In: Bravo! Online. December 21, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2018 .
  7. ^ Davide Turrini: Bologna, Paolo Conte in concerto. Due to the sotto le stelle del jazz. In: ilFattoQuotidiano.it. April 22, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2018 .
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  9. ^ Rita Celi: Azzurro e Volare, sono ancora loro le italiane più cantate nel mondo. In: Repubblica.it . November 14, 2007, accessed August 22, 2018 .
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  11. ^ A b Augusto Pasquali: Dizionario della musica italiana . Tascabili economici Newton, Roma 1997, ISBN 88-8183-592-4 , pp. 28 .
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  43. ↑ a b Michele Saran: Paolo Conte: Elegia. In: Ondarock.it. December 7, 2006, accessed August 23, 2018 .
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  51. ↑ Andrea Laffranchi: Paolo Conte: racconto il mio passato scegliendo una musica di gomma . In: Corriere della Sera . September 6, 2008, p. 51 ( Corriere.it ( Memento of May 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on August 23, 2018]).
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personal data
SURNAME Conte, Paolo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cantautore, composer and painter
BIRTH DATE January 6, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Asti , Italy