«Enrico Rava»

Enrico Rava's name is automatically associated with the concept of "Italian jazz". Trumpeter with a rich and creative career, spanning all genres and styles of this genre of musician. Born 67 years ago in Trieste, he started playing trombone and traditional jazz, but the influence of Miles Davis made him change his instrument and musical taste! The trumpet led him to modern jazz. Thus, in the early '60s he found himself playing with musicians who were already stars, such as Chet Baker, or about to become stars, such as Gato Barbieri and Steve Lacy. He soon found himself in the vanguard of free jazz, which led him to America (his collaborations there, with Roswell Rudd, Marion Brown, Rashied Ali, Cecil Taylor, Charlie Haden, Carla Bley and the Jazz Composers' Orchestra, are now historic, as and his participation in the first essential steps of European free jazz). Since 1972, when he released his first personal album, "Il giro del giorno in 80 mondi", Enrico Rava has to his credit several dozen records and numerous collaborations with Europeans, Americans, etc. jazz musicians (e.g. Franco D'Andrea, Enrico Pieranunzi, Massimo Urbani, Paolo Fresu, Stefano Bollani, Roberto Gatto, John Abercrombie, Roswell Rudd, Miroslav Vitous, Richard Galliano, J.F. Jenny-Clark, Misha Mengelberg, Dino Saluzzi , Lee Konitz, Martial Solal, Charlie Mariano, Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Archie Shepp, etc.), in diverse styles, which have one thing in common: the fire of jazz does not die out over time. Companies like ECM, Black Saint / Soul Note, CAM, Label Bleu etc. consider Enrico Rava's music as an essential part of their repertoire. Always at the forefront, he continues to play with a quintet made up of Gianluca Petrella, Stefano Bollani, Rosario Bonaccorso and Roberto Gatto.