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Le compilation della serie intitolata Montecarlo Nights esistono da oltre un decennio (la prima risale al 1993) e molte di queste sono state in buone posizioni in classifica. Non le ho mai prese in considerazioni sinchè non mi è capitato tra le mani il set completo degli innumerevoli volumi della serie.

Devo dire che la sigla Montecarlo Nights è ormai sinonimo di qualità e raffinatezza. Nata con l'omonima trasmissione che va in onda su Radio Montecarlo in ore notturne (dalle 10 di sera a mezzanotte) e condotta da dj come Nick "The Nightfly", Gilles Peterson, Christian Saavetra, Marco Fullone, Kay Rush ed altri, si dedica a musica di atmosfere eleganti e sonorità ricercate, accomunate dal comune denominatore della musica jazz. Ma non il jazz storico, impegnato, colto; bensì quello che sconfina quasi nell'easy listening, nel genere lounge, se non proprio nella musica da sala d'aspetto o d'ascensore nei casi peggiori.

Casi peggiori quasi del tutto assenti negli innumerevoli volumi della serie che si possono ascoltare ed ascoltare a colpo sicuro, a prescindere dai diversi, numerosissimi interpreti proposti, tutti accomunati dal raffinato gusto dei selezionatori delle compilation.

Una analisi ed una recensione dei singoli album, e tantomeno dei singoli brani inclusi nelle decine di album della serie è al di fuori degli scopi di questo articolo. Qui ci limitiamo a riportare la serie completa inclusiva delle tracklist.

Che dire? E' musica eccellente. Full stop.

[1993] - Montecarlo Nights, vol. 1
01) Washington, Grover Jr. - Take five (take another five)
02) Yutaka - Brazasia
03) Ronny Jordan - After hours
04) Joe McBride - Sunny
05) Najee - I adore mi amor
06) Sarah Jane Morris - Me and Mrs. Jones
07) Miles Davis - Human nature
08) Anita Baker - Giving you the best that I got
09) Incognito - Colibri
10) Galliano - Prince of peace
11) Alex Bugnon - Missing you
12) Manhattan Transfer - Soul food to go
13) EveretteHarp - Let's wait a while
14) Sade - Love is stronger than pride
15) Kirk Whalum - Love is a losing game

[1994] - Montecarlo Nights, vol. 2
01) Brecker Brothers - Big idea
02) Incognito - Where do we go from here
03) Ronny Jordan - Come with me
04) Al Jarreau - Roof garden
05) UFO-Galliano - The sixth sense
06) Paul Hardcastle - Do it again
07) Ramsey Lewis - Tonight
08) Diane Schuur - Louisiana sunday afternoon
09) Yutaka - Morena
10) Silje - Tell me where you're going
11) Deborah Hanson-Conant - And then he kissed me
12) Pino Daniele - Gente distratta
13) Pat Metheny - Last train home
14) Jevetta Steele - Calling you

[1995] - Montecarlo nights, vol. 3
01) Matt Bianco - The World Is A Ghetto
02) Corduroy - Something In My Eye
03) Yutaka - The Look On Your Face
04) Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra - Isla Del Sol
05) Juan Carlos Quintero - Tu Amor
06) Kevyn Lettau - Nana Das Aguas
07) Nick The Nightfly - Life In The City
08) Esperanto - Sweet Feelings
09) Oscar Castro Neves - You Are My Romance
10) Torcuato Mariano - I Cant'Help It
11) Pat Metheney - Something To Remind You
12) Gary Barton & R. Parris - If The Moon Turns Green
13) Lara & Reyes - Cielo Sin Nubes (Uncloudy Sky)
14) Noa - Child Of Man (Inedit Version)
15) Arturo Sandoval - Samba De Amore
16) Lee Ritenour & Caetano Veloso - Linda

[1995] - Montecarlo Nights, vol. 4
[disk 1]
01) Deep Forest - Boheme
02) Blue Knights - Soft silk
03) Vanessa Daou - Near the black forest
04) The Rippingtons - Let's stay together
05) Nick the Nightfly - Searching for somebody
06) G.e.n.e. - Faru love affair
07) Sade - I couldn't love you more
08) David Benoit - 6 string poet
09) Pino Daniele - Sicily
10) Tony Guerrero - The secret garden
11) Suzanne Ciani - Hotel luna
12) Gary Burton - Take another look
13) Joni Mitchell - Night ride home
14) Yanni - To the one who knows
[disk 2]
01) Maysa - J.F.S
02) Take 6 - Biggest Part Of Me
03) Breecker Brothers - Scrunch
04) Urban Knights - Wanna Be With You
05) Erie Marienthal - Kid's Stuff
06) Lee Ritenour - Waiting In Vain
07) Acoustic Alchemy - London Skyline
08) Noa - I' Dont Know - [4:27]
09) Michael Paulo - One Passion
10) Rickie Lee Jones - Dat Dere
11) Tom Scott - G.B.U
12) Diane Schur and B.B. King - Try A Little Tenderness
13) Dancing Fantasy - Massai Mara
14) Tuch and Patti - Wonderful Love

[1996] - Montecarlo Christmas Nights
01) Clannad - Dealramh Go Deo
02) Andreas Vollenweider & Ladysmith Black Mombazo - Passage to promise
03) Ottmar Liebert - Poets & angels
04) Nick The Nightfly - Christmas Time Is On My Mind
05) Daryl Stuermer - Little Drummer Boy
06) Bruce Cockburn - Les Angens Dans Nos Campagnes
07) Jimmy Buffett - Jingle Bells
08) John Fahey - Silent Night, Holy Night
09) Lyle Lovett - Christmas Morning
10) Russ Freeman - Hymne
11) Yutaka - This Christmas
12) Ernestina Reyes - Felicitacion
13) Loreena Mc Kennitt - Snow
14) Noa - Deck the Hall
15) David Benoit feat. Michael Franks - Christmas time is here
16) Aretha Franklin - Winter Wonderworld
17) Ella Fitzgerald - The First Noel
18) Lee Ritenour - White Christmas
19) Manhattan Transfer feat. Tony Bennett - The Christmas Song
20) Christmas in the Caribbean - Jingle Bells
21) Duo di Zampogne - Tu scendi dalle stelle

[1996] - Montecarlo Nights, vol. 5
01) Jeff Lorber - Grasshopper
02) Spyro Gyra - Fine time to explain
03) Andreas Vollenweider - Hirzel
04) Des'ree - I ain't movin'
05) Alex Bugnon - Sweet, sticly thing
06) Sergio Mendes - Nightlife
07) Vicente Amigo - Limon de nata
08) Djavan - Boa Noite
09) Kirk Whalum - Peaceful hideaway
10) Holly Cole - Purple rain
11) Fourplay - Chant
12) Phil Perry - After the love has gone
13) Grover Washington, Jr. - E preciso perdoar
14) Sarah Jane Morris - Cry

[1996] - Montecarlo Nights, vol. 6
01) Nick the Nightfly - Wonderful life
02) George Benson - The thinker
03) Maysa - Can we change the world
04) Acoustic Alchemy - Mr. Chow
05) Vanessa Rubin - It's probably me
06) Pat Metheny - The longest summer
07) Gino Vannelli - I die a little more each day
08) Alain Eskinasi - Nomads
09) Noa - Cascading
10) Neal Schon - Big moon
11) Diana Krall - Frim fram sauce
12) George Howard - Our love
13) Bobby Caldwell - Don't ask my neighbour
14) G.e.n.e. - Forest love
15) Massive Attack - Protection

[1997] - Montecarlo Nights - On Stage
01) Rosana - Asi' son la cosas
02) Acoustic Alchemy - Casino
03) Noa - Torna a Surriento
04) Pat Metheny Group - Last train home
05) Yellowjackets feat.Take 6 - Revelation
06) Ottmar liebert & Luna negra - Barcelona nights
07) Andreas Vollenweider & Friends - Pace Verde
08) Diane Schuur - Caught a touch of your love
09) lee Ritenour - A little bumping
10) Bebel Gilberto - Aguas de Marco
11) Tommy Emmanuel - Day Tripper Lady Madonna
12) Funky Company - It's so nice
13) Dave Grusin - Mountain dance

[1997] - Montecarlo Nights, vol. 7
01) Larry Carlton - Ridin' the treasure
02) Rosana - A fuego lento
03) Spyro Gyra - Westwood moon
04) Rahsaan Patterson - Spend the night
05) Blue Knights - Missing you
06) Luis Salinas - La salsalinas
07) Urban Knights - South Africa jam
08) Diane Schuur - I'm not ashamed to sing the blues
09) Eric Marienthal - Hold on my heart
10) Celestial - Carrickfergus
11) Robben Ford - Freedom
12) Nick the Nightfly - I never knew
13) Jesse Cook - Closer to madness
14) Rickie Lee Jones - Don't let the sun catch you crying
15) Pino Daniele - Chi tene 'o mare

[1997] - Montecarlo Nights, vol. 8
[disk 1]
01) Gato Barbieri - Straight into the sunrise
02) George Duke - This place I call home
03) Finley Quaye - Even after all
04) Fiona Apple - The first taste
05) Peter White - Venice beach
06) Prefab Sprout - The mistery of love
07) David Benoit - If I can believe
08) Dan Siegel - Next to you
09) Bill Evans - Something in the rose
10) Tower of Power - It really doesn't matter
11) Sweetback - Gaze
12) Incognito - A shade of blue
13) Toto - Don't stop me now
[disk 2]
01) Tommy Emmanuel - Fields of gold
02) Simply Red - So beautiful
03) Joe Sample - Street life
04) Diana Krall - Peel me a grape
05) Grover Washington Jr. - Bordertown
06) Patti Austin - Broken dreams
07) Secret Garden - Steps
08) Capercaillie - M'ionam
09) Amedeo Bianchi - In my dreams
10) Pino Daniele - Questo immenso
11) Checkfield - Washington D.C.
12) Lokua Kanza - Shadow dancer
13) Tuck & Patty - Learning how to fly
14) Andreas Vollenweider - Private fires

[1999] - Montecarlo Nights 2000 (Acid Jazz)
[disk 1]
01) Lokua Kanza - Meu Amor
02) Jehlisa - Friendly Pressure
03) Stereolab - Bips Drips And Strips
04) Anggun - Secret Of The Sea
05) Julia Fordham - Genius
06) Patrice - Love
07) Andreas Vollenweider - Dancing With The Lion
08) Busi Mhlongo - African Nation, Calm !
09) Tricky - Contradictive
10) Da Lata - Pra Manha
11) Erykah Badu - Apple Tree
12) Erik Truffaz - Siegfried
13) Keziah Jones - Runaway
14) Cassandra Wilson - When The Sun Goes Down
15) Caetano Veloso - Manhata
[disk 2]
01) Soulstance - Una Estrela Cadente
02) Cibo Matto - Working For Vacation
03) Eric Benet - That's Just My Way
04) Ronny Jordan - Mr. Walker
05) Zap Mama - Rafiki
06) Talvin Singh - Butterfly
07) Cherokee - Oopsy Daisy
08) Ryuchi Sakamoto - Amore
09) Bruce Cockburn - (null)
10) Mary J.Blidge - All That I Can Say
11) Bobby Mcferrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy
12) Alex Gopher - The Child
13) Michael Brecker - Timeline
14) Angelique Kidjo - No Worry
15) Ludovico Einaudi - Nefeli

[1999] - Montecarlo Nights, vol. 9
01) Lee Ritenour - This love
02) Sergio Mendes - Rio de Janeiro
03) Ramsey Lewis - Fragile
04) Pete Belasco - Love train
05) Marc Johnson - Summer running
06) Randy Crawford - Give me the night
07) Terry Callier - Love theme from Spartacus
08) Eric Marienthal - Until you come back to me
09) Acoustic Alchemy - Rainwatching w.i.
10) Badi Assad - Waves
11) Caetano Veloso - Onde o rio e' mais baiano
12) Headunters - Watch your back
13) Chris Botti - The way home
14) Gregg Karukas - Blue touch
15) Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny - The moon song

[1999] - Montecarlo Summer Nights
01) Incognito - Nights over Egypt
02) Alan Stivell - La memoire de l'humain
03) David Sylvian - I surrender
04) Moa - Toy
05) Urban Species - Woman
06) Diana Krall - Popsicle toes
07) Rob Eberhard Young - Trance dance
08) Les Nubians - Embrasse moi
09) Vinicius Cantuaria - Pra Gil
10) Down to the Bone - Long way from Brooklyn
11) Des'ree - Indingo daisies
12) Baaba Maal - Douwayra
13) Ludovico Einaudi - Le onde
14) Tuck & Patty - Let's stay together
15) Angelique Kidjo - Woodoo child
16) Eagle eye cherry - Worried eyes
17) 4hero - Planetaria (A Theme From A Dream)

[2000] - Montecarlo Nights Millennium
[Cd1-New Songs]
01) George Michael - Roxanne
02) Moby - Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad
03) Ronny Jordan - Mackin
04) Noa - Blue Touches Blue
05) Orishas - Mistica
06) Shirley Bassey - Light My Fire [Bosster Remix]
07) Rapsody feat. Angelique Kidjo & David Whitley - A C~B08
08) TC - Alma Nua
09) Monday Michiru - Higher
10) Afterlife - Cry
11) Les Nubians feat. Casey - Tabou
12) Ryuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours
13) Everything But The Girl - Low Tide Of The Night
14) St. Germain - Rose Rouge
15) D'Angelo - Untitled (HowDoesItFeel)
16) Moloko - The Time Is Now
[Cd2-Classic Songs]
01) Omar - There's Nothing Like This
02) Gipsy Kings - Quiero Saber
03) Randy Crawford - Rainy Night In Georgia
04) Jamiroquai - Too Young To Die
05) US3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
06) Galliano - Prince Of Peace
07) Al Jarreau - Mas Que Nada
08) Acoustic Alchemy - Lazeez
09) Kirk Whalum - My All
10) Sade - No Ordinary Love
11) Caetano Veloso - Manhata
12) D'Angelo - When We Get By
13) Patti Austin - Cry Me A River
14) Jesse Cook - That's Right!

[2001] - Montecarlo Nights - Nouveau Beat, vol. 1
[Cd1 - Private Party]
01) Acoustic Alchemy - Angel of the south
02) Hil St.Soul - Until you come back to me
03) Marc Jordan - This is how men cry
04) Thievery Corporation - So com voce
05) Jacky Terrasson - Les chemins de l'amour
06) Hooverphonic - Mad About You
07) Henri Salavador - Jardin d'hiver
08) Courtney Pine - Hardtimes
09) Larry Carlton - Til I hurt you
10) Bent feat. Zoe Johnston - Swollen
11) Tuck & Patti - Ready to love
12) Cannonball Adderley with Sergio Mendes & The Bossa Rio Sextet - Corcovado
13) Erukah Badu - Bag Lady
14) Moby - Flying Foxies
15) Goldfrapp - Utopia
16) Rachelle Ferrell - I can explain
[Cd2 - Cool Dance]
01) Boozoo Bajou - Night over Manaus
02) Bob Belden Project feat. Cassandra Wilson & Dianne Reeves - Come Together
03) Gotan Project - Last Tango in Paris
04) Time passing - Bossample
05) Ronny Jordan - London Lowdown
06) Shazz feat. Ken Norris - Innerside
07) Billy Preston - You are so Beautiful
08) Da Lata - Pra Mahna
09) Masya Leak - The Bottle
10) Russ Gabriel - Jelba
11) Nigel Hayes - Que pasa
12) Soulstice - Lovely
13) Tom & Joyce - Vai Minha tristeza
14) Salomè De Bahia - Outro Lugar
15) Los Ladrones - Las Luces Del Norte

[2001] - Montecarlo Nights - Nouveau Beat, vol. 2
[Cd1 - Private Party]
01) Gabin - La maison
02) Zero 7 - Destiny
03) Senor Coconut - Showroom dummies
04) Yasemin Sannino - Birdembire
05) Digby Jones - Pina Colada [jazz mix]
07) Chakra Lounge - Tiempo y silencio
08) Cesaria Evora - Float on
09) Mystic Diversions - Bolero de Vicente
10) Nitin Sawhney - Sunset [Nitin's radio edit]
11) Sarah Vaughan - Something
12) Doctor Rockit - Cafè de flore
13) Victor Davies - Sound of the samba
14) Gotan Project meets Chet Baker - 'Round about midnight
15) Booster - Summer [radio edit]
16) Anne Dudley - Moments in love
[Cd2 - Cool Dance]
01) G Club presents Banda Sonora - Guitarga G [afterlife remix]
02) Llorca - Indigo blues
03) Nova Fronteira - Calma
04) Dubtribe Sound System - Do it now [lenny ibizarre remix]
05) Dubtribe Sound System - Into the dark
06) Badmarsh & Shri - Mountain path
07) Gotan Project - Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre)
08) Waldeck - This isn't maybe [eric kupper's deep club remix]
09) Julien Jabre - Voodance
10) Frankie Knuckles - Keep on movin'
11) Mo'Horizons - Hit the road Jack (Pena Estrada)
12) Mr. Scruff - Get a move on
13) At Jazz feat. Dawne B. - Harmony
14) Nathan Haines - Earth is the place
15) Rivera Rotation - On the beach
16) Negrocan - Aquela Esquina [grant nelson club mix]

[2003] - Montecarlo Nights - Nouveau Beat, vol. 3
[Cd1 - Private Party]
01) The Karminsky Experience Inc. - Departures
02) Doc K! - Media Luna
03) Moody 27 - Love Is Gone
04) Chieko Kimbara - O Sorriso Da Vida
05) National Simfhony Orchestra - La Finestra Di Fronte
06) Ralph Mierz and the Jack Herren Band - Nikita
07) Jakatta - It Will Be
08) Technozoide feat. Patricia Marx - Miracle
09) Bliss - Wish You Were Here
10) Les Nubians - J'Veux D'La Musique (Tout Le Temps)
11) Bob Belden Project - Kiss (New Breed Funk Mix)
12) Micatone - Shake It Baby
13) Jakatta - The Other World
14) Charles Schillings - Tengo Nada (Sporto Kantes Mix)
15) Black Mighty Orchestra - Ocean Beach (Cybophonia Cinematic Remix)
[Cd2 - Cool Dance]
01) Christian Saavedra - Todo lo que quiero
02) Blaze - Melodies of Love
03) Les Go - Dan Gna
04) Krisnidanoff - Mama Africa
05) Dzihan & Kamien - Stiff Jazz
06) Bent - Magic Love
07) Suba - Felicidade
08) Blaze - Breathe
09) Banda Black Rio - Magia Do Prazer
10) Fudge - Tequila Miss Paulette
11) Lance Desardi - Jazz By S
12) Zumo Royal - Libertango
13) Studiouno Band - It's Wake Up Time
14) Fudge - Close to My People
15) Kim English - Been So Long

[2004] - Montecarlo Nights - Amor Montecarlo Latino
01) Mystic Diversions - Beneath another sky
02) Raul Paz - Mulata
03) Ana Belen - Y si manana
04) Eros - Enamorada
05) Marcela Morelo - Ponernos de acuerdo
06) Vicente Amigo - Tres notes para decir te quiero
07) Gabin - Une Histoire d'amoure
08) Guadalupe Pineda - Historia de un amor
09) Rodrigo y Gabriela - Diem
10) Chico & Gipsies - Feelings
11) Rosario - Como quieres que te quiera
12) Santana - Maria Maria
13) Raul Orellana feat J.Bonell - Entre dos aguas
14) Man - En el muelle de San Blas
15) Rosa Passos - Besame mucho
16) Tonino Baliardo - Redemption
17) Michael Camilo & Tomatito - Spain intro

[2004] - Montecarlo Nights New Classics
01) Cellear 55 - With or without you
02) Paul Hardcastle - Do it again
03) Steve Winwood - Why can't we live together
04) George Michael - Miss Sarajevo
05) Eli Goulart e Banda do Mato - Sunny
06) Noa - Eye in the sky
07) Kirsty Maccoll - Libertango
08) Jimmy Nail - Walking on the moon
09) Shola Ama - You might need somebody
10) Malik Adouane - Shaft
11) The Christians - The bottle
12) Charlie Hunter feat Norah Jones - More than this
13) Simply Red - You make me feel brand new
14) Tom Jones feat. Mousse T - Sex bomb (swing)
15) Cassandra Wilson - Fragile
16) Phil Perry - After the love has gone
17) Patti Austin - Cry me a river

[2005] - Montecarlo Nights - Nouveau Beat, vol. 4
[Cd1 - Private Party]
01) Angie Stone - Wish i didn't miss yoy
02) Slow Train Soul - Naturally [radio edit]
03) B.E.D. - Valdemossa
04) Lura - Padoge de ceu azul
05) Madeleine Peyroux - Don't Wait Too Long
06) Pink Martini - Let's Never Stop Falling In Love
07) Oi Va Voi - D'ror Yikra
08) Christophe - Goze - Manana
09) Cool Water - Blue Moment
10) Afterlife - Miracle [cantoma mix]
11) Eha - Missing
12) Zero 7 - In the waiting line
13) Donati - Nossa Ainda e a vossa beleza
14) Arsenal - Dinah
15) Ilya - Bellissimo [radio edit]
16) Chambao - Ahi estas tu [radio edit]
17) Ricky Fante - A woman's touch
[Cd2 - Cool Dance]
01) Gabin feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater - Into my soul
02) Jestofunk - Mama Blues [at jazz remix]
03) Solar System - Careless Butterfly
04) Casuall - Wonderful Place
05) Parov Stelar - Kisskiss
06) The Sunburst Band - New York City Woman
07) Louie Vega - Jungle Fever
08) Koom H - Mr Cool
09) The Amalgamation Of Soundz - Enchant Me [radio edit]
10) Wax Poetic feat. N'Dea Davenport - Sea grass
11) Marc Moulin - Silver (Who Stole The Groove?) [radio edit]
12) Jazzaffair Collective - When the harmony smiles Pt. 1 (Nightaffair Rework)
13) Kings Of Tomorrow - Dreams [rasmus faber dub]
14) Pinosa - Y tu amas [club amarillo dub]
15) Kenny Bobien feat. Ann Nesby - Spread love [shelter mix]
16) Bliss - Manvantara

[2006] - Montecarlo Nights New Classics, Vol. 2
1) Jazzamor - Ain't no sunshine
2) Ana Carolina - Quem de nos dois
3) Del Amore - Holding back the years
4) Bellanova - Stairway to heaven
5) Rita Lee - She loves you
6) K.D. Lang - Helpless
7) Randy Crawford - Cajun moon
8) Michael McDonald - You are everything
9) Supernova - Save a prayer
10) Paul Hardcastle - Ventura highway
11) Incognito - Listen to music
12) Jose Alberto - And love her
13) Jazzamor - Space cowboy
14) Radiodervish - Tu si na' cosa grande
15) Malia feat. Billie Holiday - Solitude
16) Patti Cathcart - Let's stay together
17) Senor Coconut - Smooth Operator
18) Oleta Adams - New York state of mind
19) Etta James - At last

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