Tic&Tac is the eight album of the Jazz fusion

Jazz fusion

Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...

 band Area

Area (band)

Area - International POPular Group, most commonly known as Area or AreA, is an Italian progressive rock, jazz fusion, electronic, experimental groupb) “It was the mid-1970s and live events roused enthusiasm as never before; they fulfilled the need to be together and the illusion of continuing as a...

 and was released in 1980. It's the first album without Demetrio Stratos

Demetrio Stratos

Efstratios Demetriou better known as Demetrio Stratos was an Italian lyricist, multi-instrumentalist, music researcher, and co-founder, frontman and lead singer of the Italian progressive rock, jazz fusion band Area – International POPular Group.Born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, of Greek...

 as he died a year earlier, and it's generally more jazzy than progressive. This is the only album in which Larry Nocella performs. After releasing this, Area toured until 1983, then disbanded. Giulio Capiozzo in 1986 formed a jazz fusion band called Area II, but was the only original member. Area reformed officially in 1993 with a concert in Rome, as a trio, with Tavolazzi, Fariselli and Capiozzo. However, they didn't record anything new in studio until 1997 when the album "Chernobyl 7991" was released (without Tavolazzi). This album is completely instrumental, save for the final track "Antes de Hablar Abra la Boca".

Side one

1. "La Torre Dell'Alchimista" (Fariselli) – 5:50
2. "Danza ad Anello" (Fariselli) – 5:13
3. "A.S.A." (Fariselli) – 4:34
4. "Lectric Rag" (Fariselli) – 1:50
5. "La Luna Nel Pozzo" (Fariselli) – 3:41

Side two

1. "Tic & Tac" (Fariselli) – 4:38
2. "Quartet" (Tavolazzi) – 2:12
3. "Sibarotega" (Fariselli) – 4:16
4. "Chantee D'Amour" (Tavolazzi) – 4:47
5. "Antes de Hablar Abra la Boca" (Fariselli) – 4:22

Personnel

• Patrizio Fariselli – acoustic piano, M.C.S. 70 synthesizer and electric piano
  Electric piano
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• Larry Nocella – tenor sax
• Giulio Capiozzo – drums
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• Ares Tavolazzi – electric bass
  Electric Bass
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  , double bass
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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Guest musicians

• Guido Guidoboni – trumpet
  Trumpet
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  in "Danza ad anello" and "Sibarotega"
• Luciano Biasutti – trumpet in "Antes de Hablar Abra la Boca"
• Pino Vicari – voice in "Antes de Hablar Abra la Boca"