Panna Fredda was an Italian prog band from Rome, one of the many one-shot bands of the early seventies Italian prog scene. The line up on their first (and last) album featured Carlo Bruno (bass), Giorgio Brandi (keyboards, guitars), Filippo Carnevale (drums, guitar) and Angelo Giardinelli (vocals, guitar, drums - composer and lyricist). They started playing melodic "beat songs", but after the release of some singles they changed musical direction and managed to shape a very interesting mix of Italian melody, prog rock and classical influences. Despite the good quality of this work, their label, Vedette, didn't give them credit, so Panna Fredda disbanded even before the release of the album... After the experience with Panna Fredda keyboardist Giorgio Brandi turned back to a more commercial style and joined a successful melodic pop band called I Cugini di Campagna (the antithesis of prog indeed!) while the other members were not so lucky and gave up. What a pity!