It was the year 1987, the month of November. On the afternoon of the second day of mid -autumn in the mythical study one of Rai, transformed into Harlem clubs, began DOC (music and more to controlled denomination of origin)television program that has become legendary. Friday 31 January, at 18:00The Rock Museum of Catanzaro will host an evening in which Pino Leoniwho was the director, and Franco Schipaniwith the complicity of Piergiorgio Carusothey will remember what happened in the over 400 episodes transmitted with anecdotes and quotes of curious events.
Born from the umpteenth invention of the genius of Renzo Arbore that, including electric cables, marshall amplifiers, microphones, batteries, electric bass and guitars, huge mixers and the inevitable audience, with the complicity of “Mr. Scatman ”Gegè Telesforo and of Monica Nanniniimprovised, having fun and entertaining the public who, with the passing of the days, became more and more numerous.
Not any program Doc He put at the center of all the “good” music and those artists who, for many reasons, rarely listened to on the radio and never on television. Sacred monsters of international music such as James Brown, Miles Davis, Solomon Burke, Rufus Thomas, Pat Metheny, Keith Jarrett, Joe Cocker, Jorma Kaukonen of the Hot Tuna, the Manhattan Transfer and Chet Baker, together with Italian artists such as Mia Martini, Ivano Fossati , Francesco De Gregori, Fiorella Mannoia, Lucio Dalla, CCCP – faithful to the line and Litfiba were just some of the names they played strictly live.
Artists who, under the careful and precious direction of Pino Leoni and with the console managed by Gaetano Riaa sound engineer that many considered a “magician”, performed with great success, capturing the attention of a passionate audience who reached high peaks of listening even when from the afternoon band he was moved to the evening.
Not exclusively a musical program, inevitably in Doc There was also space for the typical “Arborian” fun, of which he mainly dealt with Monica Nannini. In that space in which it was made cabaret appeared for the first time Daniele Luttazzibut to entertain the audience it wasA RIZA RIZAa clone by Julio Iglesias, who sang his “success” “Esperanza d’Escobar”.
Next to the stories of Pino Leoniwho will talk about his experience in DOC, e Franco Schipanial Rock Museum There will be “good” music selected by Piergiorgio Carusowhich will not fail to speak of the emotions experienced in assisting a program that is still remembered today with enormous nostalgia.
Pino Leoni Study history of theater with prof. Marotti at the University of Rome. He was Luca Ronconi’s assistant in the Furioso Orlando, and help with Lucio Fulci. He was director in the “Stereo” musical program of Rai2, and of Gianni Minà’s “Blitz”. He made a series of concerts to the compass tomorrow, including Neil Sedaka, Al Jarreau, BB King. In addition to being a director of Doc of Renzo Arbore, he made the world tour of the Italian orchestra with him. From 1991 to 2001 he created the Specials of Umbria Jazz for Rai 2; His sugar concerts, Edoardo Bennato, Francesco De Gregori, Antonello Venditti, Ray Charles.