I MARC 4

The name I Marc 4 (or Marc 4) comes from the initials of their members: Maurizio Majorana (bass), Antonello Vannucci (Hammond/piano), Roberto Podio (drums/percussion) and Carlo Pes (guitar). Sometimes 'A' stood for Armando Travaioli, the Italian soundtrack composer. I Marc 4 played and recorded most of Armando Travaioli's compositions. I Marc 4 were best known for their funky Italian soundtrack style. They also played and record with well known Italian composers like Ennio Morricone and Piero Umiliani. from discogs Around 1950, four musicians who were part of the orchestra of RAI, decided to form a band and in the moment of the constitution, they had a brilliant idea: to find their definition using the initial letters of their names, so the beat band "the MARC 4" was born from that idea.  The first two musicians of the group, keyboardist Maurizio Majorana and drummer Roberto Podio, already knew each other for having read more...