Él is Flying High with Ennio Morricone and Joao Donato

Cherry Red’s Él Records label is going ’round the world with a pair of recent releases.  Morricone Pops focuses on an oft-overlooked part of Italian composer Ennio Morricone’s ouevre:  that of his early sixties arrangements not just for film, but also for pop singers.  Él also turns its attention to a favorite country, Brazil, for Sambou, Sambou, a collection of two albums of tunes by composer-pianist Joao Donato. With a staggering body of work including more than 500 films and television shows, 84 year old Ennio Morricone has deservedly earned a reputation…

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