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PIANO, STEFANO BOLLANI The music of the pianist Stefano Bollani lives under the sign of irony, a pronounced Italian flavour, a bubbly tie with the past. Characteristics that are evident in his three records published by the French company Label Bleu: Les fleures bleues, with Scott Colley (bass) and Clarence Penn (drums), which is inspired by the world of the writer Raymond Queneau; Smat Smat, a solo album and Concertone for jazz trio and symphonic orchestra (coming out soon). His playing record is vast, extending a full 360° around. His professional debut came at the age 15. Since then, he was involved in more than 70 records and in concerts in all the most important festivals all around the world, such as Umbria jazz, Saalfelden, Montreal or the North Sea; he’s been performing on very prestigious stages (La Scala di Milano, Town Hall in New York). After being graduated with full honours cum laudae at the conservatory L. Cherubini in Firenze (1993), he’s been touring Europe as a keyboard player with famous Italian pop singers. As the best new talent in Italian jazz, he won the referendum of the review Musica Jazz in 1998 and the Italian Django d’ or in 2000. In 2003, the Japanese magazine Swing journal awarded him the New Star award, first time ever for a European musician. Some of his collaborations are: Richard Galliano, Aldo Romano, Gato Barbieri, Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Pat Metheny, Miroslav Vitous, Michel Portal, Hector Zazou, Sainhko Namtchylak, first of all his mentor Enrico Rava, whom he’ s been playing since 1996. VOICE, TIZIANA GHIGLIONI Born in Savona (25th October 1956), Tiziana Ghiglioni started in 1979 her artistic activity attending clinics of pianist-composer Giorgio Gaslini, moved to Torino and studied vocal technique with a contemporary soprano. She began touring Italy with Gaslini's big band and her own group too. She performed on all Italian jazz festivals, some in other European countries and even she played with the "Shakespeare/Ellington" drama from "Such sweet thunder" by Duke Ellington. She played with all the best Italian jazz musicians (among the others Enrico Rava, Franco D'Andrea, Enrico Pieranunzi, Paolo Fresu, Roberto Gatto, Gianluigi Trovesi, Giancarlo Schiaffini) and some of the most well known artists in the world. She recorded with Kenny Drew, N.H.O. Pedersen, Mal Waldron, Steve Lacy, Tony Oxley, Charlie Mariano, Kenny Clarke, Aldo Romano, P. Bley, Lee Konitz, Tony Scott. She tourned with Joelle Leandre, Irene Schweitzer, Lindsay Cooper, Maggie Nichols and Lauren Newton. Among her recordings in 1992 "Sonb" (Splasc(h) Records) was second on the list of the top jazz referendum by Musica Jazz. At the end of the "Tiziana Ghiglioni sings Luigi Tenco" tour she recorded for Philology and won the Premio Tenco in Sanremo. From 1994 to 1997 she toured Germany, France and more recently Argentina, where she recorded some songs with South American musicians. At the moment she's touring with projects dedicated to Duke Ellington and Lucio Battisti. DOUBLE BASS-ENSEMBLE MUSIC, ARES TAVOLAZZI He started when he was 10, attending cello and double bass courses at Conservatorio G. FRESCOBALDI in Ferrara. He recorded more than 10 LP with AREA and in 1976 he takes part with the band in two relevant European festivals: the “Festival de l’Humanitè” in Paris and the “Festival do Avante” in Lisbon. In 1978 the band plays at the “Youth Festival” in Cuba. During 1983-84 he plays concerts with K. Wheeler, Bruno CESSELLI, S.Kaucic e M. Negri. During those years he is one of the founders of several Music School like: C.P.M in Milan, PERA in Bologna, CEPAM in R.Emilia and C. CHAPLIN in Ferrara. In 1987 he is awarded with the “A.WILLAERT” prize as Best Musician of the Year in Ferrara. He plays with great jazz musicians like F. SFERRA, R. CIAMMARUGHI and F. ZEPPETELLA, J. OWENS, S. RIVERS, L. KONITZ, G. BARZ, J. BASILE, B. MELVIN. He plays in jam-session with P. METHENY, G. BENSON and E. JONES, BANDINI. |
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