Gino Merendino – Ginos La Bohème (1990) (16/44 Vinyl Rip)

Once upon a time there was a little Italian restaurant and Jazz club in a divided town with many international musicians …
I ripped this LP for my own pleasure and memories, but if you like it too, I won't mind. Ginos La Bohème was a little place in Berlin Kreuzberg where musicians and squatters used to enjoy Italian cooking, good wine, and a little jam session after midnight. Chef de cuisine was Gino Merendino from Sicily, who started playing accordeon at the age of 14 and played in various Jazz bands all over Europe. Here the style is Folk with some jazzy injections and Italian lyrics. You can download Gino's 2nd record on his website.

Tracks
01. L'Emigrante 04:30
02. L'Amore eterno 03:48
03. Bellissima 03:19
04. Ragazza bionda 02:45
05. Fisarmonica impazzita 01:51
06. Vita 03:38
07. La Passeggiata 03:55
08. Ginos a Palma 04:07
09. Oggi é Domenica 02:25
10. Czardas 04:45
11. Ragazzo che corre 03:25
Total time: 38:21

Musicians
Gino Merendino (Italy): vocals, piano, accordeon, most compositions, lyrics
Hans Hartmann (Switzerland): Chapman Stick (ex Wonderland, Achim Reichel, Guru Guru)
Michael Clifton (USA): drums (ex Ikarus, Hannes Wader, Uli Trepte)
Uli Bartel (Hamburg): violin (ex Rio Reiser, Interzone, Bettina Wegner)
Topo Gioia (Argentina): percussion (ex Cora Frost)
Joe Kučera (Cechoslovakia): saxophone (ex Framus Five, Jesse Ballard)
Recorded 1990 at Studio Thomas Funk, Berlin