Born in Rome in 1949, Enrico Pieranunzi began studying the piano at the age of five. His father Alvaro, one of the first blues guitarists in Italy, introduced him to blues and improvisation. In 1968 he joined the quartet of trombonist Marcello Rosa as a pianist and later collaborated with numerous exponents of Italian and international jazz: Dino Piana, Oscar Valdambrini, Nunzio Rotondo, Art Farmer, Johnny Griffin, Kenny Clarke, Sal Nistico, Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Paul Motian, Charlie Haden, Chris Potter, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron. In 1972 he graduated in classical piano at the Conservatory of Reggio Calabria, to make his debut, three years later, as leader of a trio with the album "Jazz in Comparison 24“, licensed by the Horo Records label. In the mid-seventies he held the role of artistic director of the jazz section of theEdipan label, founded by Maestro Bruno Nicolai. In 1976 for the label Romana records her first solo piano album entitled “The Day After The Silence”. There will follow, as pianist, composer and arranger, more than 80 recordings in his name over a ten-year career, ranging from floor only to the trio, from the duo to the quintet and orchestral ensembles.
Equipped with a profoundly lyrical and at the same time bold and free musical writing, Enrico Pieranunzi has composed more than two hundred songs, some of which have become real standards over the years played and recorded by musicians from all over the world, among these "Night bird”, “Don’t forget the poet”, “Fellini’s waltz”. Concert activity is also intense with performances in the most important international festivals, from Montreal to Copenhagen, from Berlin and Madrid to Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, Beijing and various American cities, including New York, Boston, San Francisco. You have numerous awards to your credit including: “best Italian musician" In the "Top Jazz”, annualmente indetto dalla rivista “Musica Jazz” (1989, 2003, 2008), “miglior musicista europeo” (Django d’Or, 1997). Inoltre, per l’album “Live At The Village Vanguard”, with Marc Johnson and Paul Motian, was awarded to him in 2014 l’Echo Jazz Award – German equivalent of the American Grammy – like Best International Piano Player. Precisely this performance at the Vanguard establishes the Roman pianist as one of the most important jazz musicians on an international level, being the only Italian musician ever and one of the very few Europeans to have played and recorded several times, as a leader, in the historic New York club. The prestigious American magazine Down Beat included his album “Live in Paris”, in a trio with Hein Van de Geyn and André Ceccarelli (Challenge), among the best CDs of the 2000/2010 decade. Furthermore, he participated as a pianist in the creation of more than thirty soundtracks by Maestro Ennio Morricone including "C'it once upon a time was in America', 'Nuovo Cinema Paradiso', “The Blue-Eyed Bandit,” “A lot of beauty”, “White, red and green” and as many film scores such as “Free armed men dangerousi” with Gianfranco Plenizio, “The duck with orange” with Armando Trovajoli, “As long as there is war there is hope” with Piero Piccioni.
From 1973 to 1998 the Roman pianist dedicated himself to teaching classical music in the conservatories of Vibo Valentia, Campobasso and Frosinone, and to teaching jazz, until 1995, at the Popular School of Music of Testaccio and at the summer seminars promoted by Siena Jazz. In addition, as an author he wrote the essay “Bill Evans. Portrait of an artist with piano (Stampa Alternativa, 2001), dedicated to the artistic and human parable of the historic American pianist.
In the authoritative text "Das Jazzbuch” (Il Libro del Jazz), di Joachim-Ernest Berendt e Günther Huesmann, si legge – “Lo stile frizzante di Enrico Pieranunzi lo ha trasformato nel decano della scena mainstream italiana: pochi pianisti europei sanno eguagliare la sua sensibilità ritmica e raffinatezza armonica”.
Essential discography: Jazz a Confronto 24 (1975 – Horo Records), The Day After The Silence (Edipan – 1976), From Always to Now (Edinpan – 1978), Soft Jouney (Edipan – 1979, 1980), Isis (Soul Note – 1980), Space Jazz Trio Vol. 1 (YVP Music – 1986), Deep Down (Soul Note – 1986), Silence (Soul Note – 1989), First Song (Soul Note – 1990), The Night Go By (Alfa Jazz – 1996), Live in Paris (Challenge Records – 2001), Doorways (Cam Jazz – 2002), Fellini Jazz (Cam Jazz – 2003), Live At The Village Vanguard (Cam Jazz – 2010), Permutation (Cam Jazz – 2012), Common View (Challenge Records – 2018), Enrico Pieranunzi & Orchestra – Blues & Bach. The Music of John Lewis (Challenge Records – 2023)
Jazz a confronto 34 – O. Valdambrini & D. Piana
Album recorded by trumpeter Oscar Valdambrini and trombonist Dino Piana for the series "Jazz in comparison" published by Aldo Sinesio's Horo label. The album was recorded in June 1976 in Rome. Oscar Valdambrini: trumpet, flugelhorn/Dino Piana, Ennio Gabbi, Mario Midana: trombones/Biagio Marullo: bass trombone/Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Bruno Tommaso: double bass/Roberto Podio: drums Between the years...
Jazz Comparison 4 – Frank Rosolino
Album recorded by the American trombonist Frank Rosolino for the "Jazz a Confronto" series published by the Sicilian producer Aldo Sinesio's Horo label. The album was recorded in May 1973 at the Junior Studios in Rome. Frank Rosolino: trombone/Franco D'Andrea: piano/Bruno Tommaso: double bass/Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Gianni Basso: saxophone/Massimo Rocci: sound engineer The trombonist Frank Rosolino, member...
Enrico Pieranunzi at Saint Louis
Nella foto il pianista e compositore Enrico Pieranunzi al Saint Louis di Roma Nel 1968, Enrico Pieranunzi entra nel quartetto del trombonista Marcello Rosa per collaborare in seguito con numerosi esponenti del jazz italiano ed internazionale: Dino Piana, Oscar Valdambrini, Nunzio Rotondo, Art Farmer, Johnny Griffin, Kenny Clarke, Sal Nistico, Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Paul...
Village Vanguard – Pieranunzi/Johnson/La Barbera
Nelle foto (di Giordano Minora) il pianista Enrico Pieranunzi con il contrabbassista Marc Johnson e il batterista Joe La Barbera in concerto nell’aprile del 2013 al Village Vanguard jazz club di New York Contributo condiviso da Enrico Pieranunzi Collegamenti esterni: My Foolish Heart (feat. Enrico Pieranunzi, Joe LaBarbera & Hein van de Geyn) Enrico Pieranunzi...
Village Vanguard – Pieranunzi/Motian/Johnson
In the photo, pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, drummer Paul Motian and double bass player Marc Johnson in front of the entrance to the Village Vanguard jazz club. The second American trio, formed with Marc Johnson and Paul Motian, carved out a prominent place for itself in the recording and concert productions of Enrico Pieranunzi, between the nineties and the first part...
Enrico Pieranunzi/Lorraine Gordon
In the photo, pianist Enrico Pieranunzi with Lorraine Gordon at the Village Vanguard in New York Towards the end of 2009, drummer Paul Motian contacted Enrico Pieranunzi to propose organizing a week of concerts to be held the following year at the Village Vanguard in New York, together to double bass player Marc Johnson. In July 2010, while...
Comparing Jazz 20 - Kenny Clarke
Album recorded by the American drummer Kenny Clarke for the "Jazz a Confronto" series of the Horo label of the producer Aldo Sinesio. The disc was recorded on March 10, 1975 at the Titania Studios in Rome. Kenny Clarke: drums/Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Roberto Della Grotta: double bass/Cicci Santucci: trumpet/Enzo Scoppa: tenor saxophone/Massimo Di Cicco: sound engineer Arrived in Italy...
Play Morricone 1 & 2
Album dal titolo “Play Morricone 1 & 2” del trio formato da Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson e Joey Baron pubblicato nel 2014 dall’etichetta CAM Jazz. Enrico Pieranunzi: pianoforte/Marc Johnson: contrabbasso/Joey Baron: batteria Nel 2014 in occasione dei trent’anni di carriera del trio formato da Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson e Joey Baron vengono ripubblicati in unico...
Special Encounter
Album entitled "Special Encounter" by the trio formed by pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, double bass player Charlie Haden and drummer Paul Motian. The disc was recorded on 6, 7, 8 March 2003 at the Sonic Recording Studio in Rome and released in 2005 by the Cam Jazz label. The recording of the album takes place three days after that...
Radiocorriere TV 1985
In the photos published in the Rai weekly magazine "Radiocorriere TV" in 1985, the trumpeters Enrico Rava and Paolo Fresu, the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and the saxophonist Maurizio Giammarco. Contribution shared by Maurizio Giammarco External links: Paolo Fresu Official Site Maurizio Giammarco Official Site
Homage to Chet Baker – Pierre Martin
Cover of the book “Homage to Chet Baker” by the painter Pierre Martin, published by “La Camera Verde” In the reprint, licensed by the Alfa Music label in 2019, of the album From Always to Now (1978) by Enrico Pieranunzi's quartet, it is included a version of the song Night Bird, recorded on April 24, 2002, by the composer and pianist in...
Elsa – Woods/Pieranunzi
Album entitled Elsa by the duo formed by Phil Woods and Enrico Pieranunzi. The album was recorded live on 31 July 1991 at the Sala Estense in Ferrara and released in 1998 by the Philology label. Phil Woods: alto saxophone/Enrico Pieranunzi: piano Following the recording work Phil's Mood (1988) recorded with Space Jazz...
Threesome
Album entitled Ménage a Trois by pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi recorded on 12, 13, 14 and 15 November 2015 at the Studio de Meudon (France) and published in 2016 by the Bonsai Music label. In Ménage à Trois, Enrico Pieranunzi, accompanied by two important musicians from the French jazz scene, the double bass player Diego Imbert and...
Blue Waltz – Pieranunzi/Fonnesbæk
Album entitled Blue Waltz by the duo formed by the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and the Danish double bass player Thomas Fonnesbæk. The album was recorded live on 14 and 15 July 2017 at Gustav's Bistro in Copenhagen and released by the Stunt Records label in 2018. Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Thomas Fonnesbæk – Official...
Bill Smith – Between Jazz and Classical Music
Among the figures linked to the American jazz scene who frequented Italy in the mid-Seventies, one stands out for his eclecticism and instrumental invective, the composer and clarinettist Bill Smith. As in the case of other American exponents, Bill Smith, from the end of the 1950s, went to Italy on several occasions,...
Foreign jazz musicians in Europe – Part 2
The Roman jazz scene, in addition to nurturing and growing internally musicians capable of conquering international fame step by step, has been able to welcome and assimilate the experiential baggage of prestigious figures in the history of jazz. Substantially, especially since the 1970s, a process of exchange between...
The other Tenco – Montellanico/Rava
Album entitled L'altro Tenco by Ada Montellanico's quartet together with Enrico Rava. The album was recorded on 8 May 1996 at Studio Mora (Civitanova Marche) and published by the Philology label Ada Montellanico: vocals/Enrico Rava: trumpet/Enrico Pieranunzi: keyboards/Fabio Zeppetella: guitar/Piero Leveratto: double bass/Fabrizio Sferra: drums In the album L'altro Tenco, the singer and author Ada Montellanico,...
But not love – Pieranunzi/Montellanico
Album entitled Ma l'amore no by the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi's trio with the singer Ada Montellanico, Lee Konitz and Enrico Rava. The album was recorded on 16 and 17 February 1997 at the Mu Rec Studio in Milan and published by the Soul Note label. Enrico Pieranunzi (piano), Piero Leveratto (double bass), Mauro Beggio (drums),...
Foreign jazz musicians in Europe – Part 1
Several African-American musicians moved to the Old Continent during the 1950s and 1960s; although there are many reasons for this decision, they all have a common trait: the need to move away from a country, the United States, torn apart by the perpetuation of racial segregation and by violent clashes and demonstrations. It derives from the part of the jazz musicians the...
As Never Before
Album entitled As Never Before by the trio formed by the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, the double bassist Marc Johnson and the batetrist Paul Motian, with the Canadian trumpeter Kenny Wheeler as a guest. The album was recorded on November 30, 2004 in Ludwigsburg and December 1, 2004 at the Bauer Studios and released in 2008 by the Cam...
Enrico Pieranunzi Trio – Live in Bra
Unpublished concert by the Enrico Pieranunzi trio in Bra (Piedmont) Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Enzo Pietropaoli: double bass/Fabrizio Sferra: drums The pianist Enrico Pieranunzi formed in 1984, with the double bass player Enzo Pietropaoli and the drummer Fabrizio Sferra, the “Space Jazz Trio“ . The training records two albums Space Jazz Trio Vol1 and Vol2. Starting from "Vol3" the name of the...
Perugia Suite
Piano solo album entitled Perugia Suite by pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi. The album was recorded live in July and September 1999 at the historic Morlecchi and Pavone theaters in Perugia and published in 2002 by the EGEA label. Perugia Suite is the last solo piano production created by Enrico Pieranunzi for the label. ..
Common View
Album entitled Common View by pianist Enrico Pieranunzi with double bassist Jasper Somsen and drummer Jorge Rossy. The album was recorded on 10 and 11 September 2018 at Motor Music Mechelen (Belgium) and published in 2020 by the Challenge Records label. Common View is the third album that sees Enrico Pieranunzi collaborate with...
Yellow & Blue Suite
Album dal titolo Yellow & Blue Suite del duo formato dal pianista Enrico Pieranunzi e il contrabbassista Marc Johnson. Il disco viene registrato il 13 dicembre del 1990 alla Radio Suisse Romande di Losanna e pubblicato nel 2008 dall’etichetta Challenge Jazz Nel 1990 Marc Johnson invita Enrico Pieranunzi ad un festival di musica classica in...
Duologues
Album entitled “Duologues” recorded by pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi in duo with American guitarist Jim Hall. The album was recorded on 16, 17 and 18 September 2004 at the Officine Meccaniche Recording Studio in Milan and published by the Cam Jazz label in 2005. In 1983 Enrico Pieranunzi had played with guitarist Jim...
Live in Paris
Album entitled “Live in Paris” by pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi recorded live from 22 to 24 April 2001 at “Le Duc des Lombards” in Paris and published by the Challenge Records label in 2005. Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Hein Van De Geyn: double bass/André “Dédé” Ceccarelli: drums. The double disc contains a selection of songs performed...
Jazz and Italian Cinema – Enrico Pieranunzi
In the second half of the 1970s, many jazz musicians were used by film productions as session men for the recording of soundtracks. For musicians, this opportunity, combined with that in the Rai orchestras of Rome and Milan, becomes a way to make up for non-continuous engagements in the Italian jazz circuit and, moreover, in the majority of...
The Heart of The Ballad – Baker/Pieranunzi
Album entitled "The Heart of the Ballad" by the American trumpeter Chet Baker with the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, recorded on February 29, 1988 at the Malleus Studio and released by the Philology label. In 1988, two recording sessions with the American trumpeter Chet Baker were organized in Recanati (Marche) by Paolo Piangerelli, producer of the Philology label: the...
Permutation – Enrico Pieranunzi
Album entitled Permutation by pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi recorded between 17 and 20 November 2009 at Bauer Studios in Ludwigsburg and released in 2012 by the Cam Jazz label Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Scott Colley: double bass/Antonio Sanchez: drums The work record marks for Enrico Pieranunzi, after two decades of intense collaboration with Marc Johnson...
Proximity – Enrico Pieranunzi
Album entitled Proximity by the pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi recorded on 25 October 2013 at the Sear Sound Studio in New York and released by the Cam Jazz label in 2015 The album sees Enrico Pieranunzi leading a quartet, without the presence of the double bass, format by three leading exponents of American jazz,...
Tales From The Unexpected
The album Tales From The Unexpected contains the live recording of 29 August 2015 at the Theater Gütersloh (Germany) of the Enrico Pieranunzi trio, formed by the Dutch double bass player Jasper Somsen and the French drummer André Ceccarelli. As in other chapters of the most recent discography of the Roman pianist, the concert is made up of spaces left to...
Quartetto di Enrico Pieranunzi & Bob Berg
Unpublished concert by the quartet of pianist Enrico Pieranunzi with guest saxophonist Bob Berg on 5 August 1982 in Piazza Municipio Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Enzo Pietropaoli: double bass/Roberto Gatto: drums/Massimo Urbani: alto sax/Bob Berg: tenor sax The concert brings together four of the most important musicians of the Italian jazz scene, Pieranunzi, Pietropaoli, Gatto, Urbani with the American saxophonist Bob...
Jazz Music – Macerata Festival
Article (by Giuseppe Dalla Bona) appeared in the magazine Musica Jazz (October 1977) on the 1977 Macerata Jazz Festival The Macerata Jazz Festival is organized on 22, 23, 24 July 1977 at the Arena Sferisterio. The bill saw the presence of various Italian and foreign musicians: the trio of pianist Enrico Pieranunzi with Bruno...
Live in Japan – Pieranunzi/Johnson/Baron
The Live in Japan disc contains excerpts from the series of concerts held by the Pieranunzi-Johnson-Baron trio on 18, 19, 23, 24, 25 March 2004 at the Asahi Tall Arena Hall in Tokyo and at the Aka-Renga Hall in Yokohama in Japan. Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Marc Johnson: double bass/Joey Baron: drums The live recordings, the first in...
Jazz and Italian Cinema – Ennio Morricone
On the occasion of the recording at the Studi Forum in Rome in 1983 of the soundtrack of the film Once Upon a Time in America, by director Sergio Leone, Maestro Ennio Morricone called three musicians to join the other members of the orchestra he directed. from the Italian jazz scene: the drummer Pierino Munari, the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi...
Enrico Pieranunzi Trio – Live in Siena
Recording of the concert by the pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi's trio on January 9, 1991 at the Teatro Comunale in Castelnuovo Berardenga (Siena). The album initially released in limited copies in 1994 for the types of Siena Jazz Records, with the title "Live In Castelnuovo", is made available to the public as a CD attached to the March issue...
Pieranunzi/Pietropaoli – Live in Iseo
Unpublished concert of August 6, 1993 by the duo formed by the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and the double bass player Enzo Pietropaoli in Iseo (Lombardy) Enrico Pieranunzi and Enzo Pietropaoli, among the greatest exponents of Italian jazz, have collaborated together since the end of the seventies in various duo formations , trio, quartet and quintet. The concert tape...
Villa Celimontana 97 program
Programma della manifestazione jazzistica a Villa Celimontana (Jazz & Image) nei giorni dal 21 giugno al 23 agosto del 1997 Nella quarte edizione della manifestazione jazzistica a Villa Celimontana (Roma), organizzata da Giampiero Rubei proprietario dell’Alexanderplatz jazz club di Roma, era presenti un nutrito gruppo di jazzistici italiani messi a “confronto con alcuni dei più importanti...
Playing Morricone – Pieranunzi Johnson Baron
Between the 1970s and 1980s, Enrico Pieranunzi, as a session man, participated in the recording of various soundtracks composed and directed by Maestro Ennio Morricone. Among these, the one for the film "The blue-eyed bandit", by director Alfredo Giannetti, in which the pianist is accompanied by Riccardo Del Fra and Roberto Gatto, "C'era...
Jazzfolk – Pieranunzi in trio
Article signed by Luca Gigli concerning the pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi on the occasion of his concert in trio, with Enzo Pietropaoli and Fabrizio Sferra, at the Alpheus in Rome. In the article, the journalist thus describes the artistic physiognomy of the Roman pianist and composer - "when listening to him, his lucid technical preparation immediately stands out, almost irrepressible, ...
Sonorities – Bill Smith
Album entitled “Sonorities” by the American composer and clarinetist Bill Smith. The album was recorded on 17 September 1977 in Rome and published by the Edi-Pan label with the artistic direction of Enrico Pieranunzi Bill Smith: clarinet, electric clarinet/Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Giovanni Tommaso: bass/Pepito Pignatelli: drums/technicians of sound: Gianni Fornari, Francesco Melloni The Sonorities album is recorded...
The Eighties – New musical perspectives
At the beginning of the eighties we witness the affirmation of a large group of young musicians who came to the fore in the previous decade. It is not the result dictated by chance, but also configured in a gradual process of conscious growth, the effects of which will be tangible in the long run. Several factors contribute to this ascending parabola which, overlapping in...
The Piano Without Borders (Disc 1) – Raimondo Campisi
Album (consisting of four vinyls) entitled "Il Pianoforte Senza Confini" recorded by Fonit Cetra on 15 and 22 February and 1 and 8 March 1987 at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. The four discs respectively contain the solo performances of the pianists: Raimondo Campisi, Enrico Pieranunzi, Gaetano Liguori, Antonio Ballista. The pianist Raimondo Campisi faces...
Enrico Pieranunzi – Live at the Village Vanguard
Album dal titolo “Live at The Village Vanguard” del trio formato da Enrico Pieranunzi (pianoforte), Marc Johnson (contrabbasso) e Paul Motian (batteria), registrato il 7 & 8 luglio del 2010 al Village Vanguard di New York e pubblicato dall’etichetta CAM Jazz nel 2013. Il disco si compone di una selezione dei brani registrazioni durante i...
Caricature Enrico Pieranunzi
Caricature of the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi made in 1989 for the radio show "100 per il jazz" broadcast on Radiouno Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Newsbreak – Enrico Pieranunzi You've Had A Change of Heart Enrico Pieranunzi
Aversa – Lee Konitz Quartet
Unpublished concert by the Lee Konitz quartet on April 30, 1983 in Aversa (Caserta) Lee Konitz: alto sax/Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Enzo Pietropaoli: double bass/Giampaolo Ascolese: drums The tape containing the concert by the Lee Konitz quartet was shared by double bass player and composer Enzo Pietropaoli. The entire material recorded on analogue support has been digitized and restored by...
Bass in the Sky - Massimo Moriconi
Album entitled "Bass in the Sky" by double bass player Massimo Moriconi recorded in November 1981 at the Titania studio in Rome. Bruno Biriaco: drums/Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Massimo Moriconi: double bass, electric bass/Birch Johnson: trombone/Bruno Lagattolla: percussion Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Massimo Moriconi – Saxes Machine 2008
The Piano Without Borders (Disc 2) – Enrico Pieranunzi
Album (consisting of four vinyls) entitled "Il Pianoforte Senza Confini" recorded by Fonit Cetra on 15 and 22 February and 1 and 8 March 1987 at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. The four discs respectively contain the solo performances of the pianists: Raimondo Campisi, Enrico Pieranunzi, Gaetano Liguori, Antonio Ballista. The pianist and composer Enrico...
Fellini Jazz - Enrico Pieranunzi
Album entitled "Fellini Jazz" by pianist Enrico Pieranunzi recorded on 3, 4, 5 March 2003 at the Forum Music Village in Rome and published by the Cam Jazz label. Enrico Pieranunzi (piano), Kenny Wheeler (trumpet and flugelhorn), Chris Potter (tenor and soprano sax), Charlie Haden (double bass), Paul Motian (drums). The disc was recorded on the occasion...
Between Rome and Milan – “A Long Way” by Enrico Pieranunzi
The second disc in piano solo by the pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi, "A Long Way" was recorded in 1978, two years after the first entitled "The Day After The Silence". The record work is recorded for the "Jazz From Italy" series, licensed by the Carosello Records label (sub-brand of Edizioni Musicali Curci) of the producer Mario Rapallo...
The Rome Sessions
Album entitled "The Rome Sessions" by clarinetist Bill Smith and pianist Enrico Pieranunzi. The disc, released by the Edipan label in 1998, contains the recordings made by Bill Smith and Enrico Pieranunzi at the Emmequattro Studios in Rome in 1977, 1978 and 1980 of the albums "Sonorities" and "Colours", with the addition of two unreleased tracks engraved in...
Top Jazz in Italy
Album entitled "Top Jazz in Italy" containing the unreleased recording of the concert organized by the magazine "Musica Jazz" at the Teatro Ciak in Milan on March 7, 1983 with the soloists and formations that had collected the highest number of votes in the "Top Jazz" referendum organized by the magazine among critics, sector journalists, columnists...
Live Streaming Jazz and Pop Diploma Concerts
Review signed by Arrigo Polillo of the album by pianist Enrico Pieranunzi entitled "The Day After the Silence". appeared in the weekly magazine Panorama (May 1977). Arrigo Polillo was one of the most important Italian music critics, as well as organizer together with Pino Maffei, from 1956 to 1966, of the Sanremo Jazz Festival. The demonstration...
A Sip of Your Touch – Riccardo Del Fra
Album entitled "A Sip Of Your Touch" by double bass player Riccardo Del Fra recorded between October and November 1989 at the Gimmick Studio (Yerres - France) and released by the IDA label. Riccardo Del Fra: double bass/Enrico Pieranunzi and Michel Graillier: piano/Art Farmer: flugelhorn/Dave Liebman: soprano sax/Rachel Gould: voice Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Chet Baker,...
Jazz compared 2 – Marcello Rosa
Album recorded by the composer and trombonist Marcello Rosa for the series "Jazz a Comparison" published by the Horo label of the producer Aldo Sinesio. The album was recorded in January 1973 at the Titania Studios in Rome. Marcello Rosa, Aldo Josue, Dino Piana, Alberto Collatina: trombone/Giancarlo Schiaffini: tuba/ Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Bruno Tommaso: double bass/Massimo Rocci: drums/Gaetano Vituzzi: technician...
Nouami – Saxes Machine
Album dal titolo “Nouami” della formazione orchestrale “Saxes Machine” condotta da Bruno Biriaco. Il disco viene inciso l’11 & 12 gennaio del 1978 presso gli Studi Emmequattro di Roma e pubblicato dall’etichetta Edi-Pan. Baldo Maestri: alto e soprano sax/Gianni Oddi: alto sax/Sal Genovese, Beppe Carrieri: tenore sax/Carlo Metallo: baritono sax/Franco D’Andrea: pianoforte/Giovanni Tommaso: contrabbasso/Bruno Biriaco:...
The Way I See – Eddy Palermo
Album dal titolo “The Way I See” del chitarrista Eddy Palermo registrato nei giorni 28 & 29 maggio e 1 giugno 1981 presso gli Studi Emmequattro di Roma e pubblicato dall’etichetta Edi-Pan. Eddy Palermo: chitarra elettrica ed acustica/Alessio Urso: contrabbasso/Ettore Fioravanti: batteria/Enrico Pieranunzi: pianoforte nel brano “Fantasy” (registrato il 10 luglio del 1981)/Fonico: Gianni Fornari...
Inconsequence – Ronnie Cuber/Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet
Album entitled "Inconsequence" by the Ronnie Cuber/Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet recorded at the Recording Studio 7 in Corso Venezia in Milan on the 2nd and 3rd of November 1982 and released by the Dire label. In the early eighties, Enrico Pieranunzi held a series of concerts in Italy with the baritone saxophonist Ronnie Cuber, accompanied by the rhythm section composed by...
Comparing Jazz 24 - Enrico Pieranunzi
Album recorded by pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi for the “Jazz a Confronto” series published by Aldo Sinesio's Horo label. The album was recorded in June 1975 at the Titania Studios in Rome. Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Bruno Tommaso: double bass/Ole Jorgensen: drums The album documents the recording of Enrico Pieranunzi's first trio with double bass player Bruno Tommaso and...
Solitudes – Konitz/Pieranunzi
Album entitled "Solitudes" by the duo formed by Lee Konitz and Enrico Pieranunzi, recorded on 4 December 1988 at the Soundvideocat Studio in Rome and published by Paolo Piangiarelli's Philology label. Lee Konitz: alto sax, soprano sax/Enrico Pieranunzi: piano Solitudes seals the studio meeting between pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and one of the most important exponents...
Jazz in Comparison - History of a recording invention
Among the crowds crowded into the humid quarries of Largo Dei Fiorentini, the Music Inn, in the mid-seventies the Sicilian producer, from Porto Empedocle, Aldo Sinesio was often present. Passionate about jazz, Sinesio listens to the musicians perform on stage and then approaches them at the end of the concert armed with a prompt proposal for a recording for the Horo label,...
La Repubblica - Top Jazz '89
Article appeared in the newspaper "La Repubblica" on 28 December 1989 concerning the "Top Jazz" referendum called by the magazine Musica Jazz. Among the winners of that year are the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi proclaimed "jazzist of the year", an award to which is added "best ensemble of the year" for his "Space Jazz Trio" formed with Enzo Pietropaoli and Fabrizio Sferra. ..
The Messenger – Lee Konitz at Mississippi
Article by Marco Molendini that appeared in the newspaper "Il Messaggero" on November 13, 1984 concerning the concert at the jazz club "Mississippi" in Rome by the alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, Jazz Master who grew up musically in Chicago, at the end of the 1940s, in the group following pianist Lennie Tristano and later a member of the Tuba Band...
A Long Way – Enrico Pieranunzi
Piano solo album entitled "A Long Way" by the pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi, recorded on March 16, 1978 at the Curci Studio in Milan. Second disc in solo piano (preceded by "The Day After The Silence" of 1976) by the pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi, "A Long Way" is recorded for the series "Jazz...
Music Inn – Stage 1980/81
In the photo, the presentation poster of the eighth season (1980/81) of the Music Inn in Largo Dei Fiorentini "the only space dedicated to jazz with such a long continuity, not only in Rome but in Italy that has seen alternating on its stage almost all the most prestigious musicians in the world“. The program included the presence, among others,...
Friendship – Marcello Rosa Jazz Ensemble
Album by trombonist and composer Marcello Rosa entitled "Friendship", recorded in June 1974 at the Junior Studio in Rome and released by the King Universal label in 1975. Marcello Rosa: trombone/Tony Scott: clarinet, baritone sax/Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Stefano Lestini: piano/Alessio Urso: double bass/Mario Scotti: electric bass/Giorgio Rosciglione: electric bass/Piero Montanari: electric bass/Gegè Munari: drums/Massimo Rocci: drums and...
Jazz a Confronto Series
“Jazz a comparazione Series” is a record series licensed by the Horo label, active in Rome from 1972 to 1979. The catalog of the series consists of 35 albums, made between 1973 and 1976. In the recording sessions for the “Jazz a Confronto”, the Sicilian producer Aldo Sinesio often put together new names and...
Poster - Club "Il Panino"
Nella foto la locandina di presentazione delle jazz session in programma al club “Il Panino” nell’ambito delle edizione del 1982 del Festival di Umbria Jazz. Contributo condiviso da Enrico Pieranunzi Collegamenti esterni: Enrico Pieranunzi Official Site I Grandi del Jazz Chet Baker & Nicola Stilo Teche Rai
Enrico Pieranunzi - Montecatini Seminary
In the photo, the pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi during a seminar in Montecatini in 1977. Present at the seminar in the role of teachers were, in addition to Pieranunzi, the double bass player Bruno Tommaso, the drummer Andrea Centazzo, the trombonist Giancarlo Schiaffini and, as students, the pianists Luca Flores, Marcello Bonanno and Francesco Maccianti. In 1972, Enrico Pieranunzi...
Isis - Conjunction of musical paths
Not always bringing together talented musicians in a recording session proves to be a guarantee to obtain a result that lives up to expectations. Not infrequently, technical-instrumental excellence pushes musicians to play in a self-referential way, depriving the performance of the necessary condition to find the perfect balance of listening and response in real time between...
Jazz in Comparison 16 – Sal Nistico
Album recorded by tenor saxophonist Sal Nistico for the series "Jazz a Confronto" published by the Horo label of the producer Aldo Sinesio. The disc was recorded on February 16, 1975 at the Titania Studios in Rome. Sal Nistico: tenor sax/Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Irio De Paula: guitar/Alessio Urso: double bass/Afonso Vieira: drums/Massimo Di Cicco: sound engineer The saxophonist...
Concerto Teatro Tenda - Pieranunzi / Griffin
In the photo, pianist Enrico Pieranunzi with saxophonist Johnny Griffin at the Teatro Tenda in Rome in 1978. The concert was organized at the Teatro Tenda in Piazza Mancini in Rome as part of the "Monday of the Music Inn" festival, organized by Pepito Pignatelli on the of "rest" of the show "A me gli occhi please" by the actor Gigi...
Intrigue to Los Angeles
Soundtrack by Piero Umiliani of the film “Intrigue in Los Angeles (1964). For the recording sessions of the soundtrack of the spy movie by director Romano Ferrara, the composer and conductor Piero Umiliani makes use of the collaboration of the American trumpeter Chet Baker. External links: Piero Umiliani Official Site Piero Umiliani Landscapes Piero Umiliani Blue Lagoon
Enrico Pieranunzi in Amsterdam
In the photo the pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) in 1999 Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Enrico Pieranunzi Official Site Seaward · Enrico Pieranunzi · André Ceccarelli · Hein Van De Geyn Hein van de Geyn Wikipedia
Baron / Johnson / Pieranunzi
In the photos the drummer Joey Baron, the double bass player Marc Johnson and the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi respectively in Ravenna in 1984 and in Bergamo in 1986. Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Marc Johnson Official Site Joey Baron Drummerworld What's Really Going On Live in Rome at Radiotre 2003
Guitarist Alvaro Pieranunzi
In the photo (right) the guitarist Alvaro Pieranunzi – father of the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi – together with (from the left) Sergio Battistelli, Bruno Martino, Euclide Zoffoli at the headquarters of the Hot Club Roma in Via del Corso. Contribution extracted from the book "L'Italia del Jazz" by Adriano Mazzoletti External links: Enrico Pieranunzi Biography Alvaro Pieranunzi Discography
Enrico Pieranunzi as a child
In the photo, taken at Palazzo Brancaccio (Rome), the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi at the age of six. Enrico Pieranunzi began studying the piano at the age of five. He was introduced to blues and jazz improvisation from his early adolescence by his father Alvaro, one of the first blues guitarists in Italy. Gradually, the young Pieranunzi forms his language ...
That first time at the Village Vanguard
There are jazz clubs where the alchemy created between the musicians during the concert moment seems to remain attached to the walls, giving rise to a sort of ineffable magic of memory, which time cannot scratch. All this springs from the numerous human and musical stories that over the years overlap in a single space,...
The Extra Something – Live At The Village Vanguard
Album entitled "Extra Something - Live At The Village Vanguard" by the quintet of pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi recorded live on January 13 and 14, 2016 at the Village Vanguard in New York and released in 2022 by the Cam Jazz label Enrico Pieranunzi: piano /Seamus Blake: tenor saxophone/Diego Urcola: trumpet, trombone/Adam Cruz: drums/Ben Street: double bass...
Untold Story
Album entitled "Untold Story" by the trio on behalf of pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi recorded on February 15 and 16, 1993 at Studio Gimmix in Yerres (France) and released by the EGEA label in 2006. Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Marc Johnson: double bass/Paul Motian: drums In the early nineties Philippe Vincent, producer of the Ida label, proposed to the pianist and...
ISIS
Album dal titolo “Isis” registrato nei giorni 9 & 11 febbraio del 1980 presso gli Studi Emmequattro di Roma e pubblicato dall’etichetta Soul Note. Insieme al leader Enrico Pieranunzi sono presenti, in quartetto e quintetto, tre importanti esponenti del jazz italiano: il contrabbassista Furio Di Castri, il batterista Roberto Gatto, il sassofonista Massimo Urbani e,...
Space Jazz Trio Vol.1
Album dal titolo “Space Jazz Trio Vol. 1” registrato dall’omonimo trio il 6 & 9 giugno del 1986 ai Sonic Studios di Roma (con l’apporto del tecnico del suono Massimo Rocci) e pubblicato dall’etichetta YVP Music del produttore tedesco York V. Prittwitz Und Gaffron. Enrico Pieranunzi: pianoforte/Enzo Pietropaoli: contrabbasso/Fabrizio Sferra: batteria Già dal loro primo...
First Song
Album entitled "First Song" by the trio formed by Enrico Pieranunzi (pianos), Charlie Haden (double bass), Billy Higgins (drums) recorded on April 26, 1990 at Studio Barigozzi in Milan and released by the Soul Note label in 1992. The disco sees together again after the recording in Rome in 1987 of the album "Silence", with the trumpeter...
Monsieur Claude – A Travel with Claude Debussy
Album entitled "Monsieur Claude - A Travel with Claude Debussy" by the pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi together with the double bass player Diego Imbert and the drummer André Ceccarelli, released by the Bonsai Music label in 2018. The album was recorded on the occasion of the centenary of the death of French composer and pianist Claude Debussy, celebrated in March 2018....
New Spring – Live At The Village Vanguard
Album dal titolo “New Spring – Live At The Village Vanguard” del quartetto del pianista e compositore Enrico Pieranunzi formato da Donny McCaslin (sassofono tenore), Scott Colley (contrabbasso), Clarence Penn (batteria) registrato dal vivo al Village Vanguard di New York il 29 & 30 aprile del 2015 e pubblicato dall’etichetta Cam Jazz nel 2017. Nel...
L’anno discografico – The Day After The Silence
Article by Mario Luzzi that appeared in "L'anno discografico 1977/1978" (annual guide of records and recorded music containing record releases, reviews, articles and interviews) regarding the pianist's album "The Day After The Silence" and composer Enrico Pieranunzi. Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Enrico Pieranunzi Discography Enrico Pieranunzi – SUPERQUARK Musica RAI
Rhythm - Live Jazz at the Music Inn in Rome
Article by Mario Luzzi which appeared in the magazine “Ritmo” concerning the series of concerts at the Music Inn in Rome – from 24 to 28 February 1976 – by saxophonist Johnny Griffin with drummer Art Taylor accompanied by Enrico Pieranunzi at the piano (replaced in the last two evenings by Franco D'Andrea) and Roberto Della Grotta on double bass....
Il Tempo - Presentation concert by Enrico Pieranunzi
Article by Enrico Cogno which appeared in the newspaper "Il Tempo" on May 4, 1977 with the review of the concert by the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi for the presentation of the album "The Day After The Silence" at the Music Inn in Rome. Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Enrico Pieranunzi Official Site Enrico Pieranunzi The Day After The Silence
Avvenire - Showcase of a young talent
Article by Giuseppe Barazzetta which appeared in the newspaper "Avvenire" on 2 December 1977 with the review of the concert by the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi for the presentation of the album "The Day After The Silence" at the Ciak cinema in Rome during the interval of the evening screenings of " The Lady of the Blues”, a film based on the life of the American singer Billie Holiday. Contribution...
Jazz Music - Let's hear Pieranunzi
Interview by Guido Gazzoli with the pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi which appeared in the magazine "Musica Jazz" of January 1979. In the interview Enrico Pieranunzi talks about his journey within the Roman jazz scene which began in his high school years with some jam sessions with the double bass player Bruno Tommaso and the drummer Bruno Biriaco and continued, at the age of eighteen, with...
Il Messaggero - Soft Journey
Article by Marco Molendini that appeared in the newspaper "Il Messaggero" on 13 January 1981 with the review of the album "Soft Jouney" recorded by the pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi together with the American trumpeter Chet Baker. Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Enrico Pieranunzi Soft Journey Chet Baker – Leaving – Club 27 – Perugia 1980
Piano Solo - Free musical dialogue
The solo performance represents for the pianist the moment of maximum artistic expression during which to lay bare through an all-encompassing inner dialogue; one cannot pretend or resort to external artifices to tell about oneself, one's experience. On the contrary, one must rely on the natural flow of pulsations, thoughts, emotions, imaginative paths and...
What’s What – Enrico Pieranunzi
Solo piano album entitled “What's What” by pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi recorded in January 1985 at Studio Ulm (Germany) of the YVP Music label External links: [You've Had A] Change of Heart Why Are We Afraid ?
Night Bird – Spartito
Image of the score of the song “Night Bird”, composed by the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi. The song “Night Bird” was composed by Enrico Pieranunzi in 1978 and included in its first version on the album “From Always to Now”, released in the same year. It is characterized by being a blues in minor with an unusual harmonic structure, a captivating melodic theme...
Jazz Band - Common sense of the collective
Jazz bands represent an organic complex within which the specific functionalities of the soloists correlate and overlap, finding a common sense. Wishing to draw a parallel, we could take a flock of birds as a model in which the single element assumes a precise position based on the direction taken by the other in the group for the purpose...
Kaleidoscope - Enrico Pieranunzi
Album entitled "Kaleidoscope" by the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi (YVP Music label) In the photo the score of the song "Chet", written by Enrico Pieranunzi, performed together with the double bass player Enzo Pietropaoli and the drummer Alfred Kramer. Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Enrico Pieranunzi Official Site
Capturing the sound moment - The recording studios in Rome
Over the course of more than fifty years of jazz history, the recording studio has been transformed from a simple soundproof space for capturing the musicians' performance live to a real "instrument" available to trained artists and sound technicians. Thus we pass from the members of the jazz formations of the 1920s positioned,...
Paolo Silvestri and Enrico Pieranunzi at Saint Louis
In the photo (by Andrea Pacioni) the composer, arranger, conductor Paolo Silvestri together with the pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi at the Saint Louis in Rome. Contribution from the book "Jazz Moment" edited by Adriano Mazzoletti, Marco Molendini and Stefano Mastruzzi External links: Let's Go Home · Enrico Pieranunzi · Fabrizio Bosso Quartet and Paolo Silvestri...
Doorways - Enrico Pieranunzi / Paul Motian
Album entitled "Doorways" by the duo formed by the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and the drummer Paul Motian, recorded in December 2002 at the Forum Music Village Studios in Rome and published by the Cam label. American saxophonist Chris Potter is featured on three tracks of the album. External links: Paul Motian – Biography Chris Potter – Biography
Duo Bones – Kai Winding e Dino Piana
Album dal titolo “Duo Bones” del trombonista americano Kai Winding con il trombonista Dino Piana. Il disco viene registrato il 17 novembre del 1978 presso gli Studi Emmequattro di Roma e pubblicato dall’etichetta Red Record. Nel disco sono presenti: Enrico Pieranunzi (pianoforte), Giovanni Tommaso (contrabbasso), Tullio De Piscopo (batteria). Contributo condiviso da Enrico Pieranunzi Collegamenti...
Phil’s Mood
Album dal titolo “Phil’s Mood” del sassofonista americano Phil Woods insieme allo Space Jazz Trio formato da Enrico Pieranunzi (pianoforte), Enzo Pietropaoli (contrabbasso), Alfred Kramer (batteria). Il disco viene registrato il 20 aprile del 1988 presso gli Studi Soundvideocat di Roma e pubblicato dall’etichetta Philology. Collegamenti esterni: Night Bird – Phil Woods & Enrico Pieranunzi ...
The pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi
In the photo the pianist, composer and arranger Enrico Pieranunzi, in his home in Rome at the end of the 1980s. Enrico Pieranunzi is one of the most important and influential musicians of Italian jazz. Awarded three times as best Italian musician in the "Top Jazz" organized by the magazine "Musica Jazz" (1989, 2003, 2008), the Roman pianist has...
Flux and Change – Enrico Pieranunzi e Paul Motian
Album entitled "Flux and Change" by pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and drummer Paul Motian, recorded live on August 27, 1992 at the International Jazz Festival "Rumori Mediterranei" in Roccella Ionica (Calabria). "Flux and Change" immortalizes the first meeting between Enrico Pieranunzi and Paul Motian (member of the historic trio of Bill Evans, together...
Enrico Pieranunzi at the Village Vanguard
In the photo the pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi at the Village Vanguard jazz club located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York. Enrico Pieranunzi is the only Italian musician as leader and one of the only Europeans – the other two are Michel Petrucciani and Martial Solal – to have played at the Village Vanguard. In the...
Blew – Lee Konitz Meets Space Jazz Trio
Album entitled "Blew - Lee Konitz Meets Space Jazz Trio" recorded on December 3, 1988 at the Soundvideocat Studios in Rome. The American saxophonist in the recording work, produced by the Philology Records label, collaborates with three of the best young musicians of the European jazz scene of the time: the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, the double bass player Enzo Pietropaoli and...
Jazz Roads - Enrico Pieranunzi
Album entitled "Jazz Roads", by pianist Enrico Pieranunzi recorded between October and November 1980 at the CAM studios in Rome. "Jazz Roads" was recorded by Enrico Pieranunzi in the autumn of the same year of his first album (Soft Journey) with trumpeter Chet Baker, to whom the song "From E. to...
Jazz Music: Chet Baker/Enrico Pieranunzi
Article appeared in the magazine “Musica Jazz” (January 1989) regarding the recordings produced by the Philology label “The Heart of The Ballad” and “Little Girl Blue” by Chet Baker respectively in duo with Enrico Pieranunzi and with the Space Jazz Trio, formed by Pieranunzi, the double bass player Enzo Pietropaoli and the drummer Fabrizio Sferra. Courtesy of the publisher...
New impetus of jazz teaching
The first schools with a specialization dedicated to jazz were born in Italy around the mid-seventies; this figure gives us the measure of how relatively recent the phenomenon of jazz teaching is in our country. The United States is no exception, in fact, it is only between the eighties and nineties that in the universities...
The Rite of the Sibyl - Bruno Tommaso
Album entitled "Il Rito della Sibilla" by Bruno Tommaso as composer, arranger and director of the RAI Big Band. The disc was recorded live in Radenci (Slovenia) on January 12, 1984, produced for the third RAI radio network by Pasquale Santoli and the following year released by the Fonit Cetra label. In the...
Jazz Magazine – Album “Isis”
Review appeared in the French magazine (published on a monthly basis) "Jazz Magazine" of July 1983 concerning the album "Isis" by pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi recorded with Art Farmer, Massimo Urbani, Furio Di Castri and Roberto Gatto. Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Jazz Magazine – Official Site Enrico Pieranunzi – Official Site
Enrico Pieranunzi & Horns
Album dal titolo “Enrico Pieranunzi & Horns: Evans Remembered” del pianista e compositore Enrico Pieranunzi registrato l’11 e 12 ottobre del 2000 presso il Millesuoni Studio di Roma e pubblicato dall’etichetta Philology lo stesso anno. La formazione che accompagnava il pianista romano comprendeva il trombettista Fabrizio Bosso, il sassofonista Rosario Giuliani, il clarinettista Gabriele Mirabassi,...
Dedication by Lee Konitz
Written dedication on the back of the album “The Lee Konitz Nonet” (1977) by the American saxophonist Lee Konitz to the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi (dated 04/30/1985) . Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Chi-Chi – Lee Konitz Giant Steps · Lee Konitz
Jazz Magazine – Piano in Italics
Article appeared in the French magazine (published on a monthly basis) “Jazz Magazine” (September 1980) concerning the recording works of the pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi: “The Day After The Silence (1976), “A Long Way” (1978), “ From Always to Now” (1978). Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Live – Enrico Pieranunzi Impro K9 (D. Scarlatti) – Piano...
Ciao2001 – Soft Journey
Article by Walter Mauro appeared in the music magazine "Ciao2001" of January 18, 1981 concerning the album "Soft Journey" by pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and American trumpeter Chet Baker accompanied by Riccardo Del Fra on double bass, Roberto Gatto on drums and Maurizio Giammarco on saxophone (also author of the song “Animali Diurni” included in the album). Contribution shared by Enrico...
Colours – Bill Smith
Album entitled Colors by clarinetist Bill Smith recorded on 11 and 12 September 1979 at the Emmequattro studios in Rome (except for the song “My Romance” recorded on 7 July 1980) and published in 1983 by the Edi-Pan label Bill Smith: clarinet/Enrico Pieranunzi: piano and keyboards/Bruno Tommaso: double bass/Roberto Gatto: drums After the album Sonorities...
Enrico Pieranunzi Trio in concert
Film of the concert of Enrico Pieranunzi's trio in Barletta (Puglia). Enrico Pieranunzi: piano Enzo Pietropaoli: double bass Giampaolo Ascolese: drums Contribution shared by Enzo Pietropaoli
Enrico Pieranunzi Trio and Massimo Urbani
Film of the concert of Enrico Pieranunzi's trio with guest Massimo Urbani in Barletta (Puglia). Enrico Pieranunzi: piano Enzo Pietropaoli: double bass Giampaolo Ascolese: drums Massimo Urbani: alto saxophone Contribution shared by Enzo Pietropaoli External links: Enrico Pieranunzi Trio – Autumn Song
New & Old Jazz Sound – Enrico Pieranunzi
Album dal titolo “New & Old Jazz Sound” del pianista e compositore Enrico Pieranunzi. Il disco viene registrato nel 1976 e pubblicato dall’etichetta Edipan. Lato A Enrico Pieranunzi: pianoforte, compositore Bruno Tommaso: contrabbasso Ole Jorgensen: batteria Lato B E. Pieranunzi: pianoforte, compositore A. Pieranunzi: chitarra, compositore V. Restucci: batteria R. Podio: batteria T. Ferrelli: contrabbasso...
Silence – Charlie Haden
Album entitled "Silence" by double bass player Charlie Haden recorded in Rome on 11 and 12 November 1987 at the CMC Studio in Rome and released in 1989 by the Soul Note label. Charlie Haden: double bass/Chet Baker: trumpet/Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Billy Higgins: drums Due to Chet Baker's poor health, during a single day...
Moon Pie - Pieranunzi / Pietropaoli / Cat
Album entitled "Moon Pie" recorded between May and June 1987 at the Soundvideocat Studios in Rome and released by the German label YVP Music of the producer York v. Prittwitz und Gaffron. Curiosity: This type of album was used in different contexts for the purpose of sound setting. Enrico Pieranunzi: piano, DX7, composer Enzo Pietropaoli: double bass and guitar,...
Between the 60s and 70s - Towards a new aesthetic
Young jazz enthusiasts at the end of the 1960s had the opportunity to participate in their first live concert experiences thanks to the gradual opening in Rome of venues dedicated to this musical genre. In those years, in fact, those who wanted to approach jazz could only do so by listening to records at home, which was moreover difficult...
Hinterland - Claudio Fasoli
Album dal titolo “Hinterland” del Claudio Fasoli Jazz Group. Il disco viene registrato presso gli Studi Emmequattro di Roma il 12 e 13 aprile e il 14 giugno del 1979 e pubblicato dall’etichetta Edipan. Claudio Fasoli: sax tenore e soprano Giancarlo Schiaffini: trombone Enrico Pieranunzi: pianoforte Riccardo Del Fra: contrabbasso Bruno Tommaso: contrabbasso Roberto Gatto:...
Il Messaggero - Jazz season in Rome
Article signed by Marco Molendini appeared in the newspaper "Il Messaggero" (October 4, 1980) entitled "Jazz is not well, it is bursting with health". The article focuses on the jazz season in Rome in the year 1980, denouncing the increase in the musical offer by jazz clubs, theatres, festivals and reviews in the face of the increase in the cost of engagement...
No Man's Land - Enrico Pieranunzi Trio
Album entitled "No Man's Land" by the trio of pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi recorded on 3 and 4 May 1989 at the Barigozzi Studio in Milan and released by the Soul Note label in 1990 Enrico Pieranunzi: piano Marc Johnson: double bass Steve Houghton: battery Producer: Giovanni Bonandrini Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Newsbreak...
With Soul – Manuel De Sica/Pieranunzi/Valdambrini
Album entitled "Con Alma" by composer Manuel De Sica recorded at Sonic Studio in Rome in 1980 and released by the Dire label. Among others, the album features: Enrico Pieranunzi, Enzo Pietropaoli, Baldo Maestri, Giancarlo Maurino, Carlo Metallo, Fabrizio Sferra, Roberto Gatto, Dino Piana, with the participation of Christian De...
The night Gone By – Enrico Pieranunzi
Album entitled "The Night Gone By" by the trio of pianist Enrico Pieranunzi with Paul Motian on drums and Marc Johnson on double bass, recorded in February 1996 at Clinton Recording Studio B in New York and released by the Alfa Jazz label. First album recorded in New York by Enrico Pieranunzi, "The Night Gone By" sees...
Jazz players and Italian cinema
The diffusion of Italian cinema among audiences around the world owes much to the close link between the flow of images on film and music. This aspect is particularly evident from the 1960s, although it finds its expressive peak in the 1970s and 1980s, when the soundtrack is freed from its mere role...
The Independent Voice of Jazz – Record Labels
Much of the diffusion of jazz in Italy was made possible thanks to small independent record companies founded by people with great relational skills and visceral passion. In the light of jazz's perennial difficulty in gaining visibility and attention compared to other easier-to-use musical genres, the work of these enterprising as much as...
Jazz & Blues – A cena con Enrico
Article signed by Andrea Piermattei and Massimo Tarabelli entitled "A dinner with Enrico" (1980). The article talks about the first concert of the formation of the Roman pianist with Maurizio Giammarco, Roberto Gatto, Riccardo Del Fra with the addition of Dino and Franco Piana. Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Open Dialogues (Suite, I Mov.) (feat....
Jazz Hot – The Day After the Silence
Article signed by Pierre Cressant appeared in the magazine "Jazz Hot" of April 1979 concerning the album "The Day After the Silence" by the pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi. Jazz Hot, one of the most authoritative magazines dedicated to jazz, was born in Paris in 1935 thanks to Charles Delaunay and Hugues Panassiè. Contribution shared by Enrico...
Enrico Pieranunzi: returns and changes
Two important recordings by the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi take shape in the second half of the seventies: "From Always to Now" and "Soft Journey". We are in the midst of a generational change within Italian jazz, dictated, especially in Rome, by a renewed artistic and cultural ferment. In this regard, it is good to highlight one aspect...
New Cinema Paradiso
Soundtrack by Ennio Morricone of the film "Nuovo Cinema Paradiso" directed by director Giuseppe Tornatore. The soundtrack, composed and conducted by Ennio Morricone and recorded at the Forum Studio in Rome in 1988, features, among others, Baldo Maestri on alto sax and Enrico Pieranunzi on piano. External links: Patrizia – Ennio Morricone Ennio...
Ennio Morricone – Once Upon a Time in America
Soundtrack created by Maestro Ennio Morricone for the film "Once upon a time in America" (directed by director Sergio Leone). The soundtrack of the film "Once upon a time in America" was recorded in 1983 at the Studi Forum in Rome (until 1979 known as Studi Ortophonic), with the contribution of the sound engineer...
The Day After The Silence – Enrico Pieranunzi
Album in solo del pianista e compositore Enrico Pieranunzi dal titolo “The Day After The Silence“. Il disco viene inciso l’8 e 9 settembre 1976 presso gli Studi Emmequattro di Roma e pubblicato dall’etichetta Edipan. A seguito all’incisione da leader degli album “Jazz a confronto 24” e “New & Old Jazz Sound “, Enrico Pieranunzi...
Radiocorriere TV - Enrico the professor
Article signed by S. G. Biamonte appeared on Radiocorriere TV (RAI weekly magazine) edition n.24 of 10 June 1979 concerning the fourth studio album of the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi entitled "From Always to Now". Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Radiocorriere TV RAI
Musica Jazz – The Day After the Silence
Article appeared in the magazine “Musica Jazz” (July 1979) regarding the album “The Day After the Silence” by Enrico Pieranunzi. The article focuses on the attention given by the prestigious French magazine “Jazz Hot” to the solo album by the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi “The Day After the Silence”, with an article by Pierre Cressant Courtesy of the editor of Jazz Music Contribution...
Radiocorriere TV - Chet is looking for a house
Article by S. G. Biamonte which appeared on Radiocorriere TV (RAI's weekly magazine) on February 3, 1980 concerning the American trumpeter Chet Baker. Chet Baker in the early eighties played in various clubs in Rome, now his second "home". At that time, in the aftermath of the serious problems caused by drug addiction (shortly before a drug dealer...
Enrico Rava and Enrico Pieranunzi at Saint Louis
In the photo (by Andrea Pacioni) the trumpeter Enrico Rava and the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi at the Saint Louis in Rome. Contribution from the book “Jazz Moment” edited by Adriano Mazzoletti, Marco Molendini and Stefano Mastruzzi External links: Enrico Rava / Enrico Pieranunzi – Nausicaa Enrico Rava – Enrico Pieranunzi – Coralie
The Masters of Jazz in Italy
In the early 1970s the international jazz scene was shaken by the advent of jazz-rock, the first signs of which had appeared on the horizon at the end of the previous decade. The initiator of this epochal transition towards a less purist vision of jazz material is undoubtedly the American trumpeter Miles Davis. After some attempts to electrify the...
Il Giornale d’Italia - Rome like New Orleans
Article (by Domenico Pertica) entitled “Rome as New Orleans” appeared in the newspaper “Il Giornale d'Italia” (29 November 1975) The article contains the testimonies of Pepito Pignatelli, owner of the Music Inn jazz club in Rome, and of his wife Picchi and some young visitors and musicians in "blue jeans". Several of these are found...
The blue-eyed bandit
Soundtrack by Ennio Morricone from the film "The Bandit with Blue Eyes", directed by Alfredo Giannetti starring the actor Franco Nero. For the creation of the soundtrack, Maestro Ennio Morricone made use of the collaboration of the trio formed by Enrico Pieranunzi (piano) , Riccardo Del Fra (double bass) and Roberto Gatto (drums). External links: Ennio Morricone –...
Edipan Studies - Pieranunzi / Baker
In the photo (by Massimo Perelli) the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi together with the American trumpeter Chet Baker during the recording of the album "Soft Journey" in the Edipan Studios in 1980. The meeting with Chet Baker, the subsequent recording of the album "Soft Journey" and the concerts performed together in the following years represent a fundamental step in Enrico Pieranunzi's artistic career in...
Forward! - Popular School of Music of Testaccio
Article by Enrico Pieranunzi and Bruno Tommaso published in the newspaper Avanti! (June 10, 1979) concerning the Popular School of Music of Testaccio in Rome. Founded towards the end of 1975, the Testaccio Popular School of Music involves artists and cultural personalities from heterogeneous contexts: Bruno Tommaso, Enrico Pieranunzi, Maurizio Giammarco,...
Nizza – Pieranunzi/Stitt/Fuller
In the first photo, pianist Enrico Pieranunzi together with saxophonist Sonny Stitt (among the fathers of the be-bop style) in Nice in 1979. In the second photo, pianist Enrico Pieranunzi together with trombonist Curtis Fuller in Nice in 1979. Contributions shared by Enrico Pieranunzi Links Outsiders: Sonny Stitt – Biography
Jazz Club in the Districts of Rome
Wanting to trace a geography of the historic jazz clubs of Rome we must walk with the imagination through the alleys of its neighborhoods, to go back to the seventies and eighties and be witnesses, together with the Eternal City, of an extraordinary story. Our journey can only start from the Music Inn, by virtue of being...
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In the photos (by Carlo Pieroni) the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, the trombonist Dino Piana, the double bass player Bruno Tommaso and the drummer Roberto Gatto in concert in Macerata in 1977. Contributions shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Enrico Pieranunzi Trio – Unknown title Massimo Urbani Macerata 1987
Concert - Pieranunzi / Urbani / Pietropaoli
In the photo the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, the saxophonist Massimo Urbani and the double bass player Enzo Pietropaoli in concert in 1983. Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Enrico Pieranunzi Official Site Enzo Pietropaoli Official Site
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In the first photo the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, the double bass player Riccardo del Fra and the American trombonist Birch Johnson during the recordings in October and November 1980 in Rome of the album "Jazz Roads" at the CAM Studios in Rome. In the second photo the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and the American trombonist Birch Johnson in a moment...
Folkstudio - Group of Marcello Rosa
In the photo, pianist Enrico Pieranunzi with trombonists Marcello Rosa and Giancarlo Schiaffini in concert at the Folkstudio in Rome in the early seventies. Marcello Rosa's group was formed, in addition to Enrico Pieranunzi and Giancarlo Schiaffini, by the double bass player Bruno Tommaso, the drummer Massimo Rocci, the percussionist Alex Serra and the trombonists Alberto...
Pieranunzi / Tommaso / Gatto
In the photo (from left) the drummer Roberto Gatto, the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and the double bass player Bruno Tommaso at the “Francobollo” Jazz Club (Brescia) in 1978. Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Cherokee – Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet – 7 July 1978 Mestre
Pieranunzi / Tommaso / Gatto
Article from the weekly "Gioia" (1983) on the episode of the "Blitz" program (broadcast on Sundays on the second Rai network) dedicated to the winners of the "Top Jazz" of 1982, announced by the magazine "Musica Jazz". In the photo (from left): the dancer Luciana Savignano, the choreographer and dancer Louis Falco, the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, Arrigo Polillo, the pianist and composer...
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Photo of the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and the double bass player Bruno Tommaso at the Siena Jazz Seminars in 1981. Enrico Pieranunzi and Bruno Tommaso were teachers at the Siena Jazz Seminars for several years. In particular, Tommaso was responsible for two projects promoted as part of the summer seminars held in the Tuscan city: "L'Orchestra Laboratorio", organized with...
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In the photo (from the right) saxophonist Ronnie Cuber, drummer Paolo Pellegatti, pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and double bass player Enzo Pietropaoli in Brescia in 1982. Enrico Pieranunzi met saxophonist Ronnie Cuber on his first trip to the United States. On the proposal of the pianist, a series of concerts is organized in Northern Italy which sees them...
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Presentation brochure of the “Space Jazz Trio” project, printed in 1984, the year in which the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi formed the homonymous trio with the double bass player Enzo Pietropaoli and the drummer Fabrizio Sferra. On the front of the brochure, next to the synopsis of the group's philosophy devoted to total interaction between the three components, was the score of the piece...
Space Jazz Trio: synthesis of a musical thought
“It is essential that musicians establish an eternal dialogue. By doing this together, they connect within an ideal "Space", where musical thought, emotions and languages find their synthesis, with the intention of extending the expressive possibilities of the trio and the desire to develop creative freedom, without lose sight of a specific style”. These...
Space Jazz Trio
In the photo the Space Jazz Trio formed (from left) by the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, the double bass player Enzo Pietropaoli and the drummer Fabrizio Sferra. The Space Jazz Trio was born in 1984. The group's first album, entitled "Space Jazz Trio Vol1", was recorded in 1986 at Sonic Studios, in the Prati area of Rome, with...
Urbino – Enrico Pieranunzi Trio & Phil Woods
In the photo (by Carlo Piernoni) the trio of the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, formed by the double bass player Enzo Pietropaoli and the drummer Roberto Gatto, in concert with the American saxophonist Phil Woods in Urbino (Marche) in 1991. Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Phil Woods - Live studio TV-1972 Phil Woods Big Band – Blue Note – Paris 1960
Enrico Pieranunzi and André Ceccarelli
In the photos (by Pino Ninfa) the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi with the drummer André Ceccarelli and the bassist Hein Van de Geyn during the 1995 recording of the album "Seaward" at the MU REC Studio in Milan. Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: André Ceccarelli – Saint Louis Hein van de Geyn – Biography Seaward – Enrico...
Edinpan – Di Castri/Gatto/Pieranunzi/Farmer
In the first photo (by Massimo Perelli), from the left, the double bass player Furio Di Castri, the drummer Roberto Gatto, the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and the trumpeter Art Farmer in the Emmequattro Studios in Rome in 1980 during the recording of the album "Isis". In the second photo (by Massimo Perelli), from the left, the drummer Roberto Gatto, the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and...
Noon - Space Jazz Trio
Album entitled "Meridies" by the Space Jazz Trio recorded at the C. M. C. Studios in Rome in 1988 and released by the Gala Records label. Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Enzo Pietropaoli: double bass/Fabrizio Sferra: drums External links: Space Jazz Trio – Discography
Imola 1978 - Enrico Pieranunzi's Quartet
In the photo (by Roberto Masotti) Enrico Pieranunzi's quartet in concert in Imola in 1978. Enrico Pieranunzi's trio formed by the double bass player Bruno Tommaso and the drummer Roberto Gatto takes part in the 1977 Macerata Festival and the following year in the Bergamo and Zurich. With the addition of saxophonist Maurizio Giammarco the...
The Copenhagen Concert December 2 – 1996
Album entitled “The Copenhagen Concert December 2 – 1996” by the trio formed by pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, double bass player Marc Johnson and drummer Paul Motian. In December 1996 Steve Schein, a friend of Pieranunzi's, decided to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of his record and book store dedicated to jazz located in Copenhagen. For the occasion the...
Pieranunzi/Johnson/Motian
In the photo (from left) the double bass player Marc Johnson. drummer Paul Motian and pianist Enrico Pieranunzi in Paris in 1990. Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Enrico Pieranunzi and Marc Johnson – Ein Li Milin (No More Words) Pieranunzi/Johnson/Motian – Tales From The Unexpected Live At The Village Vanguard
Jazz Music - Enrico Pieranunzi Interview
Interview by Mario Luzzi with Enrico Pieranunzi which appeared in the magazine "Musica Jazz" (March 1987). In that period, the Roman pianist released two trio albums: "Space Jazz Trio Vol.1" (produced in Germany by the YVP label), with drummer Fabrizio Sferra and double bass player Enzo Pietropaoli, and "Deep Down" (produced in Italy from the Soul Note label), with drummer...
Chet Baker & Enrico Pieranunzi
Top photo (by Carlo Pieroni): the American trumpeter Chet Baker together with the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi during the recordings in Recanati (Marche) of the album "The Heart of The Ballad" in 1988 produced by Paolo Piangiarelli's Philology label. Bottom photo: American trumpeter Chet Baker together with pianist Enrico Pieranunzi in Ascoli Piceno (Marche) in 1988....
Chet Baker meets Space Jazz Trio – little girl blue
Album entitled "Chet Baker meets Space Jazz Trio - little girl blue" recorded on 1 and 2 March 1988 at the Malleus Studio in Recanati (Marche) for the Philology label. Chet Baker: trumpet and voice/Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Enzo Pietropaoli: double bass/Fabrizio Sferra: drums Note: as the cover image of the album Chet Baker decides to use a...
Dangerous armed free men – Pieranunzi/Plenizio
Soundtrack by Enrico Pieraunzi and Gianfranco Plenizio from the 1976 film "Liberi Armed Dangerous". Gianfranco Plenizio: orchestral conduction/Enrico Pieranunzi: piano Enrico Pieranunzi records numerous soundtracks, also having the opportunity to write film music...
Space Jazz Trio Vol.2
Album entitled "Space Jazz Trio Vol.2" by the homonymous trio recorded in 1988 at the Soundvideocat Studios in Rome and published by the YVP Music label of the German producer York V. Prittwitz und Gaffron. Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Enzo Pietropaoli: double bass/Alfred Kramer: drums The first recording work of the trio "Space Jazz Trio Vol 1", was recorded in 1986 at the...
Enrico Pieranunzi Trio – Triologues
Album entitled "Enrico Pieranunzi Trio Vol.3 - Triologues" by the homonymous trio recorded on February 11, 1991 at the CAM Studios in Rome and released by the YVP Music label. Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Enzo Pietropaoli: double bass/Fabrizio Sferra: drums Note: the disc is made up of two long suites – triologue N° 1 and N°...
L'Unità - Interview Enrico Pieranunzi
Interview with the pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi which appeared in the newspaper “L'Unità” (January 23, 1986) on the occasion of the presentation at the Music Inn in Rome of the album of the Jazz Space Trio “Live At the Berlin Jazz Days '84 (with guest saxophonist Massimo Urbani). Note: the concert at the Berlin Philharmonie on November 2, 1984 by the Space...
Deep Down – Pieranunzi/Johnson/Baron
Album entitled "Deep Down" by the trio formed by pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, double bass player Marc Johnson and drummer Joey Baron. The disc was recorded on 26 and 27 February 1986 at the Barigozzi Studio in Milan for the Soul Note label of the producer Giovanni Bonandrini. Note: Marc Johnson following the release of the album in ...
Bella - Rava / Pieranunzi / Pietropaoli / Cat
Album entitled "Bella" by the quartet formed by Enrico Rava (trumpet), Enrico Pieranunzi (piano), Enzo Pietropaoli (double bass) and Roberto Gatto (drums). The album was recorded in 1994 and released by the producer Paolo Piangiarelli's Philology label. External links: Enrico Rava Official Site Enrico Rava – Amarsi Un Po
Pulsar Music Ltd
Album entitled “Pulsar Music Ltd” (1976) by the group of the same name formed by the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, the guitarist Silvano Chimenti and the drummer Vincenzo Restuccia. In the mid-Seventies the Roman pianist collaborated as a studio man with prestigious composers and conductors orchestra, such as Ennio Morricone and Armando Trovajoli. In the same period with the group...
Enrico Pieranunzi Trio feat. Massimo Urbani - Live At The Jazz Days '84
Album entitled Enrico Pieranunzi Trio feat. Massimo Urbani - Live at the Jazz Days '84. The disc, released in 2004 by the YVP Records label, contains the concert of 2 November 1984 by the Enrico Pieranunzi trio with guest Massimo Urbani at the Berlin Philharmonie. Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Enzo Pietropaoli: double bass/Fabrizio Sferra: drums/ Massimo Urbani: saxophone...
Live in Germany - Enrico Pieranunzi Trio
Album entitled "Live in Germany" by Enrico Pieranunzi's trio recorded on 11 October 1995 for the German label YVP. Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Piero Leveratto: double bass/Mauro Beggio: drums In the photo (from left) Piero Leverrato, Enrico Pieranunzi, Mauro Beggio at Mannheim Station in 1995. Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Enrico Pieranunzi Official Site
New Lands – Pieranunzi/Johnson/Baron
Album entitled "New Lands" by the trio of pianist Enrico Pieranunzi formed by the double bass player Marc Johnson and the drummer Joey Baron. The disc was recorded on June 17, 1984 at Sonic Studios in Rome and released by the Dutch label Timeless. In 1984 Marc Johnson (collaborator, among others, with the pianist Bill Evans and the...
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Logo dell’etichetta Edinpan fondata negli anni Settanta a Roma dal compositore e direttore d’orchestra Bruno Nicolai Bruno Nicolai durante gli studi presso il Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia di Roma instaura un forte legame di amicizia con Ennio Morricone, a cui segue, negli anni successivi, un lungo corso di collaborazione artistica; infatti, Bruno Nicolai dal 1965...
Repubblica – Art Farmer al Music Inn
Article appeared in the newspaper "la Repubblica" (1980) concerning the concert of the trumpeter Art Farmer at the Music Inn in Rome. Art Farmer during a short one-week tour in three Roman jazz clubs makes use of the titmic section formed by excellent Italian jazz musicians: Enrico Pieranunzi (piano), Enzo Pietropaoli (double bass), Giampaolo Ascolese (drums). External links: Art...
From always to Now – Enrico Pieranunzi
Album dal titolo “From Always to Now” del pianista e compositore Enrico Pieranunzi. Il disco viene registrato nei giorni 9, 19, 20 e 28 giugno del 1978 presso gli Emmequattro Studios di Roma e pubblicato dall’etichetta Edinpan. Enrico Pieranunzi: pianoforte/Maurizio Giammarco: sax tenore e soprano/Bruno Tommaso: contrabbasso/Roberto Gatto: batteria/Giovanni Fornari: tecnico del suono L’album “From...
Chet Baker Meets Enrico Pieranunzi – Soft Journey
Album entitled “Chet Baker Meets Enrico Pieranunzi – Soft Journey (Edipan label) recorded on December 4, 1979 and January 4, 1980 at the Emmequattro Studios in Rome. Enrico Pieranunzi: piano/Chet Baker: trumpet/Maurizio Giammarco: saxophone/Riccardo Del Fra: double bass/Roberto Gatto: drums Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi In 1979 Enrico Pieranunzi with the trio formed by...
Concert – Pieranunzi/Johnson/Baron
In the photo the trio formed by the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, the double bass player Marc Johnson and the drummer Joey Baron during the concert in Ravenna in 1984. Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: Pieranunzi, Johnson, Baron: Reunion Concert 11 December 2019 Improleaves -Pieranunzi/ Johnson/Baron
Cut Scene – A Day with Lee
Film entitled "A day with Lee", filmed during the recording sessions of the album "Blew - Lee Konitz Meets Space Jazz Trio" (Philology label), carried out at the Soundvideocat Studios in Rome in 1988. In the film in addition to the American saxophonist Lee Konitz and members of the Space Jazz Trio – pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, double bass player...
Enrico Pieranunzi & Chet Baker
In the photo the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi with the American trumpeter Chet Baker in 1980. In 1980 Chet Baker and Enrico Pieranunzi recorded the album "Soft Journay" (Edi-Pan) together at the Emmequattro Studios in Rome. The recording work represents an important document of the first meeting between the American trumpeter and the group of musicians of the Roman jazz scene:...
Music Inn – Pieranunzi/Farmer
In the photo, pianist Enrico Pieranunzi together with trumpeter Art Farmer in concert at the Music Inn in Rome in 1975. Contribution shared by Enrico Pieranunzi External links: So Beats My Heart For You – Art Farmer Blue Waltz – Enrico Pieranunzi
Berlin – Urbani/Pieranunzi
In the photo the saxophonist Massimo Urbani and the pianist Enrico Pieranunzi in Berlin. On November 2, 1984 Enrico Pieranunzi performed at the Berlin Jazz Festival with the trio formed by Enzo Pietropaoli and Fabrizio Sferra, with Massimo Urbani as a guest. The live performance will be released as an album by the German label YVP under the title "Enrico...
Musica Jazz – Top Jazz 1988
“Top Jazz” ranking of 1988 published in the magazine “Musica Jazz” (January 1989) The Space Jazz Trio, formed by Enrico Pieranunzi, Enzo Pietropaoli and Fabrizio Sferra, was elected in the two-year period 1988/1989 in the “Top Jazz” referendum, organized by the Musica Jazz magazine, as "best group or orchestra" Courtesy of the publisher of Musica Jazz Contribution shared by Enzo...
Repubblica - Quercia del Tasso Festival
Article appeared in the newspaper "Repubblica" (September 1981) concerning the Quercia del Tasso Jazz Festival on the Gianicolo Hill in Rome. Among the musicians who performed in that edition of the Roman review were: the Roman pianist Enrico Pieranunzi (with the quartet formed by Massimo Urbani, Enzo Pietropaoli, Giampaolo Ascolese), the American guitarist Pat Metheny (with the 80/81 project). ..
Sonic Studios – Pieranunzi/Johnson/Baron
In the photos (by Massimo Perelli) the trio formed by pianist Enrico Pieranunzi, double bass player Marc Johnson and drummer Joey Baron at Sonic Studios in Rome in 1984. The artistic and human partnership between Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson and Joey Baron begins with a concert at the Music Inn in Rome. Their first album “New Lands”…
Corriere della Sera - Chet Baker Music Inn Concert
Article appeared in the newspaper "Corriere della Sera" in October 1980 on Chet Baker's concert at the Music Inn accompanied by the quartet formed by Nicola Stilo, Enzo Pietropaoli, Roberto Gatto and Enrico Pieranunzi. The Music Inn of Pepito Pignatelli (descendant of a noble family, drummer and jazz enthusiast) was inaugurated on January 24 in 1974....
Pieranunzi / Tommaso / Gatto
In the photo (from left) Enzo Pietropaoli, Enrico Pieranunzi, Lee Konitz, Fabrizio Sferra. In December 1988 the Space Jazz Trio together with the American saxophonist Lee Konitz recorded the album “Lee Konitz Meets Space Jazz Trio-Blew” (Philology label) at the Soundvideocat Studios in Rome. External links: A DAY WITH LEE – Lee Konitz meets Space Jazz...
Space Jazz Trio e Chet Baker
Nelle foto Chet Baker in concerto con lo Space Jazz Trio a Macerata nel 1988. Nello stesso anno il trio incide con il trombettista americano l’album “Chet Baker Meets Space Jazz Trio – Little girl blue”, pubblicato dall’etichetta Philology del produttore Paolo Piangiarelli. Contributo condiviso da Enrico Pieranunzi Collegamenti esterni: Chet Baker & Space Jazz...
Enrico Pieranunzi – Concert Music Inn
Estratto del concerto del pianista Enrico Pieranunzi al Music Inn di Roma. Il concerto viene registrato nel 1975 al Music Inn di Roma per la puntata della rubrica televisiva di divulgazione culturale della Rai “Sapere“. Ad accompagnare il pianista romano ci sono Gianni Foccià al contrabbasso e Ole Jorgensen alla batteria. Contributo condiviso da Enrico...
Corriere della Sera – Space Jazz Trio at Saint Louis
Article by Paolo Biamonte which appeared in the newspaper "Corriere della Sera" (December 1989) concerning the concert of the Space Jazz Trio at the Saint Louis in Rome In the introduction the journalist Paolo Biamonte highlights how Italian jazz, and more generally European, in those years had "released himself from the relationship of cultural servility towards the American one"....
Berlino – Space Jazz Trio & Massino Urbani
In the photo the “Space Jazz Trio” together with Massimo Urbani in Berlin in 1984. The Space Jazz Trio – formed by Enrico Pieraunzi on piano, Enzo Pietropaoli on double bass and Fabrizio Sferra on drums – with guest saxophonist Massimo Urbani, perform on 2 November 1984 at the Berlin Philharmonie as part of the Berlin...
