I first discovered the music of Sergio Cammariere about three years ago when a friend lent me his album ‘Dalla Pace del Mare Lontano’ (2002). I was immediately captured by his melodies and his wonderful improvisational piano work. Cammariere mixes the tradition of the Italian ‘Cantautore’ (singer songwriter) with Classical, Jazz, and Latin American influences.

Renowned for his virtuoso technique, Cammariere works alongside some of the top names from the Italian Jazz scene. His songs are emotive and the very poetic lyrics are written by Roberto Kunstler, with whom he has collaborated for many years. I won’t start telling you about all the prizes that he has won, you can easily find that information on the internet, look at this site for example (in Italian): http://www.jazzitalia.net/artisti/sergiocammariere.asp

Here is a video of him performing ‘L’amore non si spiega’

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Here is an extract from the lyrics with my translation:

Cosa non farò per farmi amare
Cosa non farò per dirti che
Cosa non farò per quest’amore
Per dirti cosa sei per me

Dormo ancora solo in questa stanza
Dove al buio i sogni vanno via
Resta solo il peso della mia
Malinconia

L’amore non si spiega
Fa girare il mondo e poi
Se non c’è diventa tutto inutile

Non puoi farne a meno mai
Nemmeno quando poi
Sarà solo silenzio e freddo tra di noi

E volando superando i monti
Verso cieli bianchi di libertà
E volando finchè tutto il mondo
Solamente un punto sembrerà

E ora cosa non farò per amare
Cosa non farò per te
Tu sola sei l’amore
Tu sola sei per me…..

What wouldn’t I do to make myself loved
What wouldn’t I say to tell you that……
What wouldn’t I do for this love
To tell you what you are for me

I still sleep alone in this room
where dreams go away in the dark
There remains only the weight of my
Melancholy

Love doesn’t explain itself
It makes the world turn and then
If it’s not there everything is useless

You can’t do without it
Not even when there is
Only silence and coldness between us

And flying, going over the mountains
Towards white skies of freedom
And flying until all the world
Seems like just a dot

And now what wouldn’t I do for love
What wouldn’t I do for you
Only you are love
Only you are for me…..