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Nick The NightFly ha introdotto e conduce da più di 16 anni Monte Carlo Nights il primo programma radiofonico di nuove musiche e tendenze, la notte in Italia, che ha dato origine ad una fortunatissima serie di compilation, cui abbiamo dedicato un precedente articolo.

Dal suo nome trae origine una ulteriore serie di compilation, intitolata The NightFly, ovviamente strettamente imparentata con la precedente: musica di qualità, che spazia dal Jazz alla World Music, dal Brasil all’Acid Jazz alle musiche di frontiera, con i protagonisti della musica Chill Out Lounge e Nu Jazz, e via etichettando.

La formula è la solita: musica eccellente, musicisti di gusto raffinato anche se a volte poco noti o sconosciuti, atmosfere rilassate, niente hit inflazionati, se mai qualche cover molto particolare. Ad ascoltare tutti i pezzi uno dopo l'altro, a volte prevale un senso di assuefazione, ma presi uno per uno, è forse il meglio che la musica popolare dell'ultimo decennio ha prodotto.

Questo è l'elenco della serie completa, alla data.

[1998] - THE NIGHTFLY 1 - Music for the Night
[Disk 1]
01) After the rain - Boney James
02) Can't stop running - Shakatak
03) For the love of you - Candy Dulfer
04) You never know - Jim Brickman
05) When Sly calls - Michael Franks
06) Head over feet - Rachel Z
07) Never gonna fall - Lisa Stansfield
08) Sunland - Marc Antoine
09) The night sea
10) Moments in love - The art of noise
11) Living in silence - Tandy Crawford
12) One heart one love - Phil Perry
13) Black diamond - The rippingtons
14) Holiday ... paradise found - Tuck and Patti
15) When love comes around - The Braxton Bros
16) My heart belongs to you - Peabo Bryson
17) Augustrasse 18 - Acoustic Alchemy
18) Close cover - Wim Mertens
19) The night forest
[Disk 2]
01) The night seagulls
02) Ryuichi sakamoto - Merry Xmas Mr. Lawrence
03) Diane schuur - By design
04) Tuck and Patti - Time after time
05) Craig Chaquico & Russ Freeman - Samba del luna
06) Vanessa Rubin - Seven days
07) Kenny Rankin - A day in the life of a fool
08) The night forest
09) Yanni - Swept away
10) Michael Patches Stewart - Fields of gold
11) Chaka Khan - The end of a love affair
12) Soundscape UK - Brand new day
13) Gabriela Anders - Fire of love
14) Suzanne Ciani - Hotel luna
15) George Winston - Thanksgiving
16) Samite Mulondo - Siwa
17) Nightnoise - Night in that land
18) Maire Brennan - An fharraige
19) Phillip Aaberg - Every deep dream
20) Tangerine dream - Cool at heart
21) The singing dolphins

[1999] - THE NIGHTFLY 2
[Disk 1 - Music for the Night]
01) Davi Spillane - Midnight Walker
02) Ruichi Sakamoto - Tango
03) The Rippingtons - Seven Nights In Rome
04) Lokua Kanza - Meu Amor
05) Keiko Matsui Forever, Forever
06) The Braxton Brothers - Just, Believe
07) David Lanz - Sitting In An English Garden
08) Nick The Nightfly - Wonderful Life
09) Jim Brickman - Rendezvous
10) Gino Vannelli - Slow Love
11) Kitaro - Koi
12) Khadja Nin - Embargo
13) Earl Klug - Jamaica Farewell
14) Bill Evans - Girl By The Sea
15) Yanni - In The Morning Light
16) Davi Spillane - Rainmaker
17) Clannad - Mhorag's Na Horo Ghellaidh
[Disk 2 - Music for the Weekend]
01) Down To The Bone - Long Way From Brooklyn
02) Akimbo feat. Marcina Arnold - Call To Freedom
03) Chris Standring - Nuff Said
04) Najee I - I Wish
05) Khani Cole - Call On Me
06) Eric Essix - For Real
07) Brian Bromberg - September
08) James Taylor Quartet - Love Will Keep Us Together
09) Tom Scott - Smokin' Section
10) Patrice Rushen - Sweetest Taboo
11) Boney James - All Night Long
12) George Benson - Cruise Control
13) Kirk Whalum - Same Ole Love
14) Espirito - We Got The Love
15) Donald Harrison - Mr. Cool Breeze

[1999] - THE NIGHTFLY 3
[Disk 1 - Music for the Night]
01) Luz CASAL - Pensa en mi
02) Peter WHITE - Perfect moment
03) Kenny GARRET - Simply said
04) Cyrus CHESTNUT - My favourite things
05) CHUSCALES - Gloria bendita
06) John PIZZARELLI - Here comes the sun
07) Brad MEHLDAU - Song song
08) INCOGNITO - Deep waters
09) Chris BOTTI - The look
10) Philip BAILEY - Something to remind you
11) Kim WATERS - Easy going
12) Michael GETTEL - Ceud mile failte
13) Ray OBIEDO - Slow hot wind
14) Kenny RANKIN - Those eyes
15) SPECIAL EFX - Bella
16) Rachel Z - With you beside me
[Disk 2 - Music for the Fantasy]
01) Grover WASHINGTON JR. - Jammin
02) ROSANA - Pa' calor
03) Chuck LOEB - High five
04) Tom GRANT - Fantasy
05) Philippe SAISSE - The girl with Botticelli eyes
06) Michael FRANKS - Now love has no end
07) Warren HILL - Take me away
08) Norman BROWN - Out of nowhere
09) SPYRO GIRA - Silk and satin
10) Herb ALPERT & COLORS - Libertango
11) THE RIPPINGTONS - Taos
12) Earl KLUG - Peculiar situation
13) Marion MEADOWS - Last call
14) Ricky PETERSON - Placid Paul
15) Andy NARREL - Lamentos
16) Oscar LOPEZ - The flavor

[2000] - THE NIGHTFLY 4
[Disk 1 - Music for the Night]
01) Ryuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours
02) Andreas Vollenweider - Stella
03) Dancing Fantasy - Take Five
04) Marc Antoine - Palm Strings
05) Tc - Alma Nua
06) David Benoit - Rejoyce
07) Norman Brown - That's The Way Love Goes
08) Clara Ponty - Migration
09) Trilok Gurtu & Angelique Kidjo - African Fantasy
10) Boney James - Are You Ready?
11) Earl Klugh & Roberta Flack - Now And Again
12) Carlos Nunez - Os Amores Libres
13) Jesse Cook - Cascada
14) Dave Koz - Together Again
15) Doctor 3 - Danny Boy
16) Kayah Bregovic - Trudno Khochac
[Disk 2 - Music for the Sun]
01) Compay Segundo - Chan Chan
02) Mo' Horizons - Brazil
03) Ray Barretto - What's Going On
04) Incognito - Fearless
05) Grover Washington Jr - The Night Fantastic
06) Barry White - Staying Power
07) Rick Braun - Hollywood & Vine
08) Count Basic - Trust Your Instincts
09) Saturnino - Sì Tutto Accade Per Il Mio Bene
10) Bob James - Raise Of The Roof
11) Tom Grant - Tune It In
12) Tom Scott & The L.A. Express - Just Takin' A Walk
13) Spyro Gyra - If You Will
14) Joyce Cooling - Callie
15) Double Scale & Everett Harp - Locomotion
16) Alex Bugnon - All That I Can Say

[2001] - THE NIGHTFLY 5 - Music for lovers
[Disk 1]
01) Dusty Springfield - The look of love
02) Al Jarreau - Just to be loved
03) Till Bronner - Chattin with Chet
04) Diana Krall - I've got you under my skin
05) Santana - Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)
06) Noa - Beautiful that way
07) Lyle Mays - Let Me Count The Ways
08) Michael Franks - The Fountain Of Youth
09) Roy Hargrove - I'm a Fool To Want You
10) Frank McComb - Future Love
11) Rippingtons - Summer lovers
12) The Chieftains with Natalie Merchant -The lovelands of Holland
13) Wim Mertens - As hay in the sun
14) Beth Hirsch - Come a day
15) Antonio Onorato - Quando sarai grande
16) Bill Frisell - Tell your ma tell your pa
[Disk 2]
01) Cesaria Evora - Sangue de Beirona
02) Soulstance - Kickin' samba
03) Dulce Pontes - O primeiro canto
04) Acoustic Alchemy - Angel of the south
05) Youssou n'dour - Birima
06) Fourplay - Free range
07) Marc Jordan - Slow bombing the world
08) John Lee Sanders - Et incarnatus est mass in C minor
09) Tuck & Patti - Let's stay together
10) Christian McBride - Aja
11) Jay Beckenstein - eye contact
12) Rodney Jones - tradewinds
13) George Winston - Before barbed wire
14) Lokua Kanza - Wapi Yo
15) Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Sheltering sky
16) Phil Perry - A postcard in the winter

[2002] - THE NIGHTFLY 6
[Disk 1 - Heart]
01) Israel Kamakawiwo’ole - Over The Rainbow/Wonderful world
02) Sade - By your Side
03) Cousteau - The last good Day of the year
04) Sacred Spirit- Land of Promise
05) Dan Siegal - Pavane
06) Yanni - Nightingale
07) Kinobe - Slip into something more comfortable
08) Goldfrapp - Pilots
09) Karma Lounge - Karma Shabda No Noise
10) Jose Padilla - Bosaxi
11) Hevia - El Situ
12) Tuck and Patti - Better Than Anything
13) Niels Lans Doky & Gino Vannelli - Karumi
14) Ludovico Einaudi - I Giorni
[Disk 2 - Beat]
01) George Benson - The Ghetto
02) Nat King Cole - Quizas, Quizas, Quizas
03) Lee Ritnour - Get Up Stand Up
04) Chris Botti - All Would Envy
05) Mystic Diversion - The Love dance
06) Lisa Ekdahl - Day break [remix]
07) Doctor Tre - Put the blame on me
08) Ryuichi Sakamoto - Sayonara
09) Cesaria Evora - Tiempo y silenzio
10) Bob James - Mind Games
11) Henri Salvador - Giardin d’Hiver
12) Rick Braun - Kisses in the rain
13) Quartetto Moderno - Love Theme from Spartacus
14) Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Somewhere else before

[2003] - THE NIGHTFLY 7
[CD 1 - Heaven]
01) Gabin - Une Histoire D'Amour
02) Remy Shand - Rocksteady
03) Anita Baker - Body And Soul
04) US3 - You Can't Hold Me Down
05) YMA Sumac - Gopher
06) Richard Bona - Bisso Baba
07) Rosalia De Souza - Maria Moita
08) S-Tone Inc. - Bahia Mon Amour
09) Ronny Jordan - Keep Your Head Up
10) Hooverphonic - The Magnificent Tree
11) Incognito - Where Do You Go From Here
12) Joe Sample - Viva De Funk
13) Spyro Gyra - Shaker Song
14) Michael Franks - Popsicle Toes
[CD 2 - Earth]
01) Nick The Nightfly - Refuges
02) Paris Combo - Senor
03) William Orbit - Via caliente
04) Silje - Let there be love
05) Cousteau - (Damm these) Houngry times
06) Secret GArden - Awakening
07) Lisbeth Scott - Veni redemptor gentium
08) Caetano Veloso - Mi cocodrilo verde
09) Sarah Jane Morris - Move on up
10) Michael Camilio - Two much (love thme)
11) Sacred Spirit - On the road
12) Jonathan Butler - Pata Pata
13) Helena Azul - Morrer nos sues bracos
14) Susie Arioli - Pennis from heaven
15) Snuffy Walden - Angela smiled

[2003] - THE NIGHTFLY 8 - On Top Of The World
[Disk 1]
01) Nick The Nightfly - Paris Tonight
02) Mo'Horizons - Quando Te Veo
03) Cesaria Evora - Besame Mucho [Senor Coconut'S Chachacha Remix]
04) Micatone - Plastic Bags & Magazines
05) Georg Levin - In Your Car
06) Montefiori Cocktail - Comment Te Dire Adieu
07) Carlinhos Brown - Carlito Marron
08) Beady Beale - Bella
09) Malia - My Purple Shoes [remix]
10) Astor Piazzolla- Vuelvo Al Sur [Koopremix]
11) Nitin Sawhney - Rainfall
12) Sunsoul - So Danço
13) Bugge Wesseltoft - Lone [edit]
14) Time Passing- It'S A New Day [edit]
15) Eddy & Duss Meet Lilian Terry- Round About Midnight
16) Via Janeiro - Deepest Love
17) Mulato Beat - Setimo Ceu
[Disk 2]
01) Andrea Guerra With National Symphony Orchestra- La Finestra Di Fronte
02) Noa - Eye In The Sky
03) Anne Dudley - Variations On A Groove
04) Adriana Calcanhotto - Justo Agora
05) Mystic Diversions - O Que Sera
06) Steve Winwood - Why Can'T We Live Together
07) Chris Botti - Indian Summer
08) Peter Cincotti - Sway
09) Jakatta - Feeling Blue
10) Peter Malick Group feat. Norah Jones - New York City
11) Bugge Wesseltoft - Yellow Is The Colour [edit]
12) Marcio Faraco - Efemera
13) Guadalupe Pineda - Historia De Un Amor
14) Christophe Goze - Little Boy
15) Perry Blake - This Life
16) Karin Allison - Moanin'
17) Ludovico Einaudi - Le Onde
18) Rob Dougan - Instrumental

[2005] - THE NIGHTFLY 9 - Night & Day
[Disk 1]
01) Gabin feat. Dee Dee Bridgwater - Into my soul
02) The Brand New Heaves feat. Nicole Russo - Boogie
03) Incognito - Listen to the music
04) Nils Landsgren Funk Unit - Voulez-vous
05) Cesaria Evora - Nho antone escardate
06) Jill Scott - Golden
07) Quartet Tres Bien - Bossa trés bien
08) Nick The Nightfly - Bswing
09) Nicola Conte - Wanin' moon
10) Brenda Russel - Make you smile
11) Peter Cincotti - St. Louis blues
12) Gotan Project - La cruz del sur
13) Tomatito - Pà salinas
14) Full Flava feat. Carleen Anderson - Stories
15) Gare Du Nord - Sold my soul
16) Martin Solveig - Sur la terre
17) Z Star - Driven
18) Frank Sinatra - Night and day
[Disk 2]
01) James Brown - That's my desire
02) Michael Bublè - Come fly with me
03) Donna Gardier - How sweet it is
04) Ivan Segreto - Porta vagnu
05) Amy Winehouse - Help Yourself
06) Eva Cassidy - Fields of gold
07) Bebo & Cigala - Inolvidable
08) Donati A - Casa do querer
09) Nicky Nicolai - Cosa eri per me
10) Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules - Mad world
11) Christophe Goze - She said
12) Regina Belle - Corcovado
13) Vincente Amigo - Bolero de vincente
14) B.E.D. feat. Chloe Myers - Paradise
15) Chris Rea - Long is the time, hard is the road
16) Ilya - Bellissimo
17) Joe Barbieri - Leggera
18) Tony Bennet & K.D. Lang - What a wonderful world

[2006] - THE NIGHTFLY 10 - Night & Day
[Disk 1]
01) Luisito Quintero feat. Anané - Our Love
02) Tom & Joy - Outro Mundo
03) Gabin feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater - Into My Soul [Nicola Conte Rmx]
04) Camiel - Trying To Get You
05) Angie Stone - I wasn't Kidding
06) S-Tone Inc - Verao
07) Julien Jabre - Swimming Places [Sabaudia Gabin Remix Edit]
08) Gerardo Frisina - The Gods of Yoruba (belem)
09) Bebel Gilberto - Aganjù [Latin Project Remix]
10) Freemasons F.Amanda Wilson - Love On My Mind [Chill Out Mix]
11) The Invisible Session - I'll be your Wings
12) Soul Quality Quartet - I'm Not Here
13) Jamie Culum - Devil May Care
14) Povo - Ed The Bull
15) Dave Pike - Aphrodite
16) Henry Mancini & His Orchestra - The Pink Panthere Theme
[Disk 2]
01) Mario Berger - Slow Rumba
02) Simply Red - Holding Back The Years
03) Burt Bacharach - Is love Enough
04) Nils Landgren & Joe Sample - One Day I'll Fly Away
05) Chaka Khan f. The London Simphony Orchestra - Hey Big Spender
06) Sergio Cammariere - Nessuna è Come Te
07) Sandy Muller - Nao Tenho Pressa
08) Giovanni Allevi - Come Sei Veramente
09) Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles
10) Chris Botti - To Love Again
11) Sarah Jane Morris - Don't Leave Me This Way (Ohm Guru Remix)
12) Pete Blasco - Deeper
13) Natasha Bedingfield - I Bruise Easily
14) Til Bronner - Bumpin'
15) Liz Wright - I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
16) Lars Danielsson - Asta
[Disk 3]
01) Nick The Nightfly - Pacific
02) Gothan Project feat. Cristina Villalonga - La Viguela
03) Chambao - Pokito a Poko
04) Bossa Nostra - Roxanne Nao Ligar (Roxanne)
05) Richard Galliano - Historia De Un Amore
06) Lura - Padoce Do Ceu Azul
07) Mystic Diversions - From The Distance
08) Raul Midon - State of Mind
09) Groove Lovers - Capri [The Nightfly Edit Mix]
10) Sara Tavares - Balancè
11) Dario Boente & Huge in Japan - Electric Heart
12) Nicky Nicolai - E La Chiamano Estate (LTN MACHINE Remix)
13) Christophe Goze - Close to You
14) Marcio Faraco - Cidade
15) Kantango - Ocho Electrònico
16) Sofa Rock feat. Sara 6 - Imagine
17) Cesare Picco - My Room
18) Yasmin Levy - Naci En Alamo (Vengo)

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