Francesco Turrisi

<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi talks about ostinato basslines, the similarities between language and musical improvisation, and how the basslines used in Radiohead and My Funny Valentine are a lot older than we think.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">Useful links:</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5oaHQR0IsnqNAlnuZtMgQS?si=LliwLlHaQCSsCcMZ6TMXZA">Spotify playlist for Francesco’s pieces</a> </span></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BRom90ebzqKrDudeVZtYo"><span style="font-weight:400;">Spotify playlist for main pieces </span></a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rzB0a4C4nNjO0MR8VLQdQ"><span style="font-weight:400;">Spotify playlist for final question pieces </span></a></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">More useful links:</span></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostinato#:~:text=Ground%20bass%20or%20basso%20ostinato,of%20a%20piece%20underneath%20variations"><span style="font-weight:400;">Ostinato bassline </span></a></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_improvisation">Improvisation in music</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebop">Bebop jazz</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historically_informed_performance">The Early Music Movement</a> in Classical music </span><span style="font-weight:400;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpsichord">The harpsichord</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_(music)">The organ</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">Henry Purcell’s opera, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido_and_Aeneas">Dido and Aeneas </a></span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villancico">The Villancico</a> </span></p><p><