Pino Daniele

Giuseppe "Pino" Daniele (19 March 1955 – 4 January 2015) was an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. His influences covered a wide number of genres, including pop, blues, jazz, and Italian and Middle Eastern music.^[1]

Pino Daniele
Pino Daniele performing in 1982
Born	Giuseppe Daniele (1955-03-19)19 March 1955 Naples, Italy
Died	4 January 2015(2015-01-04) (aged 59) Rome, Italy
Occupations	Singer-songwriter musician
Years active	1975–2015
Musical career
Genres	Pop rock blues jazz
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Labels	CGD EMI Polydor RCA
Website	pinodaniele.com

Biography

Daniele was born to a working-class family in Naples,^[2] his father being a harbor worker. A self-taught guitarist, he began his career as a musician playing for other successful singers of the 1970s. His debut in the Italian music world was in 1977 with the album Terra mia,^[1] which proved to be a successful mix of Neapolitan tradition and blues sounds. Daniele defined his music with the term "tarumbò", which indicated a mix of tarantella, blues and rumba. His lyrics also attracted critical praise: written and sung in an intense Neapolitan, they contained strong and bitter accusations against the social injustices of Naples, as well as Italian society in general, and included melancholic personal themes. Several of the later songs are characterized by a free intermingling of English, Italian and Neapolitan passages.

Daniele's talent was confirmed on the following album Pino Daniele (1979). He scored his greatest success in 1980, with Nero a metà ("Half-Black"), which was noted by some authorities as the hallmark of the rebirth of Neapolitan song. In that year Daniele opened the Bob Marley concert at the San Siro stadium in Milan. In 1981 Vai Mo was released. The presence of some of the most renowned musicians of the Neapolitan musical milieu, including James Senese, Enzo Avitabile, Tullio De Piscopo and Tony Esposito, as session men on his albums has also been widely praised.

In 1982, Daniele shifted to a personal and early version of world music: in Bella 'mbriana musicians such as Alphonso Johnson and Wayne Shorter appeared as guest players. In the following year Daniele held a concert in Havana, and later formed a Latin-American band. In 1983 Daniele collaborated with the American singer/guitarist Richie Havens on Common Ground, an album written and played together. His interest in Arabic music is emphasized on Bonne Soirée (1987), while the subsequent Schizzechea With Love (1988) was more Mediterranean-oriented. In the same year he started a collaboration with the Italian actor and director Massimo Troisi: Daniele completed the soundtracks for Troisi's films Le vie del Signore sono finite and Pensavo fosse amore invece era un calesse.

Non calpestare i fiori nel deserto, released in Spring 1995, is an attempt to revive inspiration through African and Ethnic influences, and sold more than 800,000 copies. The subsequent tour ended with a double date with Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny.^[3]

In 2010, Daniele played at Crossroads Guitar Festival, called by his friend Eric Clapton at Toyota Park in Chicago, playing with Joe Bonamassa and Robert Randolph.^[4] In 2011, he performed in concert with Clapton at Cava de' Tirreni stadium.^[5]

Daniele died of a heart attack on 4 January 2015, at Sant'Eugenio Hospital in Rome.^[6][7][8]

Covers

Many artists recorded cover versions of Pino Daniele's songs: among others, Sarah Jane Morris (Alleria on album Cello Song), Randy Crawford (Quanno chiove, in English It's Raining, on album Through the Eyes of Love^[9]), Patricia Marx (Quanno chiove, in Portuguese Quando chove, on album Charme do mundo^[10]), Marisa Monte (E po' che fa, in Portuguese Bem que se quis, on album MM^[11]), and Issac Delgado (Quando, on album Malecon^[12]).

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Title	Sales	Certifications
1977	Terra Mia
1979	Pino Daniele		FIMI: Gold[13]
1980	Nero a metà	ITA: 300,000[14]	FIMI: Platinum[13]
1981	Vai mò	ITA: 250,000[15]	AFI: Gold[15][16]
1982	Bella 'mbriana
1984	Musicante
1985	Ferryboat	ITA: 300,000[15]	ITA: Platinum[15]
1988	Schizzechea with Love		ITA: Platinum[15]
1989	Mascalzone latino		ITA: Platinum[15]
1991	Un uomo in Blues	ITA: 400,000[17]	ITA: Platinum[18]
1992	Sotto 'o sole		ITA: Platinum[19]
1993	Che Dio ti benedica
1995	Non calpestare i fiori nel deserto	ITA: 800,000[15]	ITA: 8× Platinum[15]
1997	Dimmi cosa succede sulla terra	ITA: 1,000,000[15]
1999	Come un Gelato All'equatore	ITA: 300,000[20]
2001	Medina	ITA: 300,000[21]
2004	Passi d'autore
2005	Iguana Cafè	ITA: 100,000[22]
2007	Il Mio Nome è Pino Daniele e Vivo Qui
2008	Ricomincio da Trenta	ITA: 90,000[23]
2009	Electric Jam		FIMI: Gold[13]
2010	Boogie Boogie Man		FIMI: Gold[13]
2012	Le Grande Madre

Compilation albums

Year	Title	Sales	Certifications
1986	Musica Musica
1990	“Passa 'o Tiempo e Che Fa - I Primi Anni
1995	Nero a metà
1997	Voglio 'o Mare
1998	Yes I Know My Way	ITA: 1,000,000[24]
2000	Studio Collection, Le Origini
2000	Napule è
2002	Amore Senza Fine
2004	The Platinum Collection
2005	Studio Collection
2006	Sucessi D'autore		FIMI: Gold[13]
2006	Pino Daniele D.O.C.
2006	Tutto Daniele - Che Male c'e		FIMI: Gold[13]
2008	Ricomincio da 30
2008	The Platinum Collection: The Early Years
2008	I grandi Successi

Live albums

Year	Title	Certifications
1984	Sció Live
1994	E Sona Mo'
2002	Concerto Medina Tour 2001
2003	In Tour
2006	Pino Daniele Live @ RTS
2013	Tutta n'ata Storia: Vai mo' – Live in Napoli
2015	Nero a Metà Live: Il concerto – Milano 22 dicembre 2014	FIMI: Gold[13]

Soundtracks

• Le vie del Signore sono finite (album)|Le vie del Signore sono finite (EMI Italiana, 1988)

Singles

Year	Title	Certifications
1976	"Che Calore"
1977	"Napule è"	FIMI: Platinum[13]
1979	"Je so' Pazzo"	FIMI: Gold[13]
1980	"Quanno Chiove"	FIMI: Gold[13]
1980	"Nun me scoccià"
1984	"Keep On Movin"
1984	"Yes I Know My Way"
1985	"Ferryboat"
1987	"Watch Out"
1988	"Tell Me Now"
1988	"Jesce juorno/Tell Me Now"
1991	"O Scarrafone"
1991	"Quando"	FIMI: Platinum[13]
1997	"Dubbi Non Ho"	FIMI: Gold[13]
1998	"Amore Senza Fine"	FIMI: Gold[13]
1998	"Senza Peccato"
2001	"Sara Non Piangere"	FIMI: Gold[13]
2006	"Narcisista In Azione"
2007	"Rhum and Coca"
2008	"Anema e Core"
2008	"O Munn va/L'ironia di Sempre/Acqua 'e Rose"
2009	"Il sole Dentro Me"
2009	"Dimentica"
2010	"Boogie Boogie Man"
2012	"Melodramma"
2012	"Niente è Come Prima"
2012	"Boogie Boogie Man"
2012	"Due Scarpe"
2013	"Non Si Torna Indietro"