ArtistInfo

Ensemble Havadià

Band, IT
Jazz, Rock, Folk and World

Ensemble Havadià was a short-lived project captained by Milanese "jew atheist" Moni Ovadia, now a well-known stage actor and comedian, and closely related to "Gruppo Folk Internazionale" and Stormy Six's label "L'Orchestra". "'81-'82" collects the only two records issued by the band: the eponymous 1981 LP and the 1982 EP "Specchi". Irriverent, jocose and dynamic, this music is one of the highest peaks of the Italian "R.I.O." scene. The songs are exuberant chamber-rock divertissements, full of mockeries, calembours and sharp eccentricities. Nevertheless, the structures are extremely lucid and complicated: ubiquitous North-Italian folklore and fanfare elements clash with flabbergasting tempo shifts and early 900 classical references - daring layerings which unexpectably manage to keep light and funny; miles away from any self-indulgent prog-rock bluster.

Members

	Mario Arcari ob IT
	Aldo Di Marco dr, vib, org IT
	Alfredo Lacosegliaz perc 1953-2016
	Moni Ovadia voc, bvoc *1946 IT
	Lorenzo Leddi
	Silvia Paggi voc, org, perc
	Mariuccia Colegni voc, eb
	Mauro Minucci cb
	Gianfrancesco Calabrese vn, voc