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Enrico Granafei: It's Hard to Say Goodbye

Read "It's Hard to Say Goodbye" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello


With It's Hard to Say Goodbye, multi-talented Italian guitarist and harmonica player, Enrico Granafei and a group of standouts offer eleven Latin-flavored jazz selections. The effort, recorded over an extended period, also features two artists who have unfortunately passed--trumpeter Claudio Roditi and pianist, Mike Longo. Granafei has dedicated the album to them and to the memory of Granafei's mentor, Toots Thielemans. “Claudinho," a Granafei original samba, opens the session. Upbeat in tempo, Granafei and Roditi make the ...

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Enrico Granafei: Alone (and) Together

Read "Alone (and) Together" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Enrico Granafei è un chitarrista e armonicista cosentino residente da anni negli Stati Uniti, precisamente a Montclair (New Jersey), dove possiede un ristorante e jazz club, Trumpets. La sua storia musicale inizia dopo un diploma di chitarra nel 1976 al conservatorio dell'Aquila e con l'attività di armonicista a Roma, iniziata alla fine di quel decennio dopo aver ascoltato Toots Thielemans. Negli anni ottanta si trasferisce a New York: inizia a esibirsi nei club e perfeziona la sua tecnica, iscrivendosi alla ...

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Enrico Granafei: In Search of the Third Dimension

Read "In Search of the Third Dimension" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Enrico Granafei, dopo studi di conservatorio in chitarra classica a l’Aquila, si è poi diplomato in armonica jazz negli USA, discepolo di Toots Thielmans. Ormai da oltre venticinque anni vive nel New Jersey (dove gestisce un importante jazz club, il Trumpets, a Montclair). Il suo lavoro è più noto negli States (ove a registrato con personalità del calibro di Eddie Gomez e Marc Johnson) che non da noi, dove comunque passa, con frequenza e varie formazioni, nei festival. Da alcuni ...

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Enrico Granafei: In Search Of The Third Dimension

Read "In Search Of The Third Dimension" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone


Enrico Granafei's day job (well, really his night job) is as proprietor and musical director of Trumpets, a popular jazz club in Montclair, New Jersey in the Metropolitan New York area. His other avocation is as a musician and recording artist, simultaneously playing chromatic harmonica and acoustic nylon guitar.

Granafei is a graduate of the Conservatory of L'Aquina in Italy and began working as a classical guitarist. After hearing a friend's recording of Bill Evans' Affinity (Warner Brothers, ...


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