Napoli Centrale ‎– Napoli Centrale (1975, CD, Italy)

Napoli Centrale were formed by the nucleus of The Showmen after the band's split, when James Senese and Franco Del Prete, along with American keyboardist Mark Harris and English bass player Anthony R. Walmsley veered toward a personal blend of jazz-rock and popular music leaving any traces of prog behind them.
With lyrics sung in Neapolitan dialect, the first single Campagna became a hit. The six-track debut album was in a similar style, the strong lyrics dealing with social problems while the music was sometimes very original.
After the LP release, bassist Tony Walmsley left the band to join the reformed Il Rovescio Della Medaglia, and was soon followed by Mark Harris.
They were replaced by keyboardist Pippo Guarnera and various bass players, Pino Daniele (for a brief period before his solo debut), Bruno Limone, Giovanni Ferla and the last one the Trinidad born Kelvin Bullen. This line-up had a good live activity, with a couple of important concerts, in Rome opening for Weather Report and the Duke-Cobham Band, and later at the legendary Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, then they broke up at the end of 1975.