Dino Betti Van Der Noot

CD version. They Cannot Know is the second Soul Note album by Dino Betti van der Noot, the Italian composer and bandleader who wrote for a large orchestra of Italian and American players. It followed Here Comes Springtime (1986) and gathers six of his long, densely coloured scores, recorded in 1986 and released in 1987. The Italian magazine Musica Jazz named it record of the year in its 1987 critics' poll, the first of several such awards for Betti van der Noot.

The orchestra was recorded and mixed digitally at Jingle Machine Studios in Milan, with Paolo Lovat as engineer, vibraphonist Gianni Farè as co-producer and Giovanni Bonandrini as executive producer; the liner notes are by Ira Gitler. The American contingent included saxophonist Bill Evans, pianist Mitchel Forman, electric bassist Mark Egan, drummer Danny Gottlieb and singer Carmen Lundy. They sat next to a strong Italian section with trombonist Giancarlo Schiaffini, Gianluigi Trovesi on reeds, Tiziano Tononi on percussion and others. The title piece opens the album at ten minutes. Memories From A Silent Nebula, at twelve, is the longest, followed by A Midwinter Night's Dream. Insieme, the one Italian title, uses Luca Perreca on cello in place of Attilio Zanchi, and Jeu De Pommettes closes the set. Betti van der Noot conducted, and his next record, A Chance For A Dance, appeared on Innowo in 1988.

This is the Soul Note CD 121199-2 of the album first released on LP in 1987 as SN 1199.