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At the moment, beyond the partnership with Gianluca Petrella and the long time collaboration with Enrico Rava (PM Jazz Lab – Tribe), his own personal trio with Luca Aquino and Michele Rabbia “Thanks For The Fire”, the duo “Netsuke” with Daniele Di Bonaventura (bandoneon), Guidi is always leader of his own groups as his new quartet with the trumpet player Mirco Rubegni, the bassist Joe Rehmer and the drummer Fabrizio Sferra.
He took part to a very large number of important jazz festivals all around the world. We may mension Umbria Jazz, Vicenz New Conversation, Zurich Nu Jazz, Umbria Jazz Balcanic Windows, Stavanger Mai Jazz, Jazzlandia, Noth Sea Jazz Festival, San Francisco Jazz Festival, Molde Jazz, Portland Jazz Festival, and many others. Moreover , he performed in many clubs and theatres in New york, San Paolo, Rio De Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Slavador De Bahia, Berlino, Parigi, Londra, Monaco, Dublino, Seoul, Hong Kong.
His first album as a leader is “Tomorrow Never Knows”, recorded by the japanese label VENUS, receiving five stars in a review by the “Swing Journal” magazine.
After that he released other four albums for CAM JAZZ label: “Indian Summer” and “ The House Behind This One” recorded with his quartet, “The Unknown Rebel” with a band of ten elements and “We Don’t Live Here Anymore” recorded in New York with Gianluca Petrella, Michael Blake, Thomas Morgan and Gerald Clever.
His first album as leader released by the prestigious ECM label is dated 2013: “City of Broken Dreams”, recorded in trio with Thomas Morgan and Joao Lobo.
Guidi had just recorded previously two other albums for ECM: “Tribe” and “ On The Dance Floor”, both by Enrico Rava.
Guidi won, moreover, several awards, such as the “TOPJAZZ “ award by “Musica Jazz” magazine. In that occasion the young pianist is been named by a 58 members jury the best talent of 2007. On March 2015 ECM released “This Is The Day” recorded with Thomas Morgan and Joao Lobo.
On Autumn 2016 will be released a new ECM album “Ida Lupino” with Gianluca Petrella, Louis Sclavis and Gerald Cleaver.
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Giovanni Guidi featuring James Brandon Lewis a Firenze
by Neri Pollastri
Giovanni Guidi--A New Day Brillante--Nuovo Teatro Lippi Firenze 27 marzo 2025 A New Day, ultimo progetto del pianista Giovanni Guidi, uscito su CD l'estate scorsa per l'etichetta ECM, è approdato a Firenze in formazione leggermente rimaneggiata--al contrabbasso Joe Rehmer sostituiva Thomas Morgan --conservando tuttavia l'intensità e la potenza del suono. Il quartetto nasce dal trio che il pianista ha in piedi da una decina d'anni (alla batteria João Lobo), al quale si è ...
Continue ReadingGiovanni Guidi featuring James Brandon Lewis Piacenza Jazz Fest 2025
by Danilo Codazzi
A collection of photos from the Giovanni Guidi featuring James Brandon Lewis “A New Day" concert at Sala degli Arazzi in Piacenza on March 28, 2025 featuring Giovanni Guidi, James Brandon Lewis, Joe Rehmer and Joao Lobo. ...
Continue ReadingGiovanni Guidi: A New Day
by Mario Calvitti
Quello che colpisce maggiormente all'ascolto del nuovo lavoro del pianista Giovanni Guidi col suo trio (per l'occasione espanso a quartetto in quattro dei sette brani con l'ingresso del sassofonista James Brandon Lewis) è l'estrema rarefazione della sua musica, evidente già dal primo brano “Canto de ocells," una canzone tradizionale catalana, ma spinta ancora di più nei cinque brani originali firmati dal pianista (inclusa una improvvisazione collettiva accreditata ai quattro musicisti, posizionata giusto al centro dell'album). Questo è un ...
Continue ReadingGiovanni Guidi: A New Day
by Mark Corroto
There is some positive momentum surrounding Italian pianist Giovanni Guidi, especially with the trio he established with American bassist Thomas Morgan and Portuguese drummer João Lobo. Guidi's trio produced two excellent releases for ECM, City Of Broken Dreams (2013) and This Is The Day (2015). Their brand of music--let's call it the Bill Evans trio with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian, reconstructed to fit within Manfred Eicher's vision--prefers a stark sound but with its emotion displayed on their sleeves.
Continue ReadingUn giorno nuovo per Giovanni Guidi
by Libero Farnè
Quando nell'aprile 2021 intervistai Giovanni Guidi per questa rivista, concludemmo analizzando i suoi progetti musicali di allora, in particolare il giovane gruppo “italiano" Little Italy e quello “internazionale" che tributò un omaggio alla musica di Gato Barbieri. Nel 2021, oltre a Ojos De Gato, edito dalla CAM Jazz, uscirono anche due lavori in duo, uno con Luca Aquino e l'altro con Daniele Di Bonaventura. Da allora ad oggi non ci sono state ulteriori edizioni discografiche da parte sua; è quindi ...
Continue ReadingGiovanni Guidi: A New Day
by Chris May
There are in effect two albums on this disc by Italian pianist Giovanni Guidi's trio, and whether a listener would prefer to have just one of them will be a matter of personal taste. The duality stems from the presence of guest tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis on four of the seven tracks. Guidi's trio--completed by American double bassist Thomas Morgan and Brazilian drummer João Lobo--debuted in 2013 with City Of Broken Dreams, following up in 2015 ...
Continue Reading2021’s Overlooked and Underrated Gems
by Pat Youngspiel
Giovanni Guidi Ojos De Gato CAM Jazz 2021 In a year where saxophone roots-revivalist James Brandon Lewis made headlines everywhere --topping multiple year end lists for his collaboration with the Red Lily quartet on Jesup Wagon (among numerous placements in jazz publications around the globe for that album and for Code of Being on Intakt Records)--his expressive saxophone playing on the remarkable new effort by Italian pianist Giovanni Guidi has flown largely under ...
Continue ReadingECM Releases Four New Titles in September: Tigran Hamasyan, Giovanni Guidi, Andrew Cyrille and Jakob Bro
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RELEASE DATE: September 9 Tigran Hamasyan/Arve Henriksen/Eivind Aarset/Jan Bang: Atmosphères Tigran Hamasyan: piano; Arve Henriksen: trumpet; Eivind Aarset: guitar; Jan Bang: electronics and live sampling. This far-reaching double album, recorded and mixed in three days in Lugano, introduces a new quartet with Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang. The Norwegians had played in diverse configurations on ECM—Jan Bang on Eivind Aarset’s Dream Logic, for instance, and Bang and Aarset on Arve Henriksen’s Cartography— but with Hamasyan at ...
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