P. Cannizzo - Black California

ORIGINATION Vroommm: Funk Cinematique - High Performace 70s Turbo Sounds For Sprint-Exotic Movie Scenes
LAST LISTENED TO yesterday
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT reasonable
RATING

Ah, back to funky library music. That's much better.

This one, about which i know so little, i don't even know the composer's first name, is another favourite. Little surprise that it's partly due, once again, to some hefty wah wah guitar. Here it runs the entire length of the tune and in so doing becomes part of the rhythm section, that comprises bass, drums and piano. The piano is notable, being proper left-hand style and real low-down. It is therefore perfectly suited to the down and groovy, make a funky ah-yes face mood of the track. It's got a kinda pimp strutting vibe.

The song opens with a fabulous combination of the wah guitar and funky bass, before being quickly joined by the drums. The piano comes in soon after, at the same time as a tenor sax, together playing some nice counter melodies.

Having established the opening melody, the sax takes off on a solo, taking up some way over half of the tune. The solo has a blues-based structure, which again is in keeping with the overall flavour and it's played with a very straight forward tone, that is both clean and punchy. It's a real archetypal bluesy tenor sax solo.

An electric piano takes over from the sax and keeps to the same formula. However, due to the nature of the instrument's sound, it has a lighter feel and is consequently less effective in this setting.

In the final moments the sax returns, bringing its main melody and the song sadly fades.

Italy's library music scene was not only one of the most vibrant in the world, but it also produced one of the most well known composers ever to have worked in the genre, in Ennio Morricone. So, whom ever Sig. Cannizzo is, he was in good company and he was also damned funky. It would do you no harm to spend a little time investigating the myriad sounds of him and his brethren from in the Italian library scene.
There's plenty more library music in the song for the day vaults, but you'll need to use search engine to get to it. I've got better things to do today than do it for you.