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Francesco Cafiso

Born: May 24, 1989

One of the most precocious talents in the history of jazz. When he was barely nine years old Francesco took his first steps, working with internationally famous musicians. Meeting Wynton Marsalis in Pescara at the jazz Festival held on July 2002 was a decisive moment for Francesco’s career. Amazed by Francesco’s qualities, Marsalis took him along with his septet on his European tour 2003, where Francesco performed in prestigious theatres in the largest cities in Europe. From that moment on, Francesco went through a series of important experiences both in Italy and abroad. He won various important prizes: the Massimo Urbani National Award in Urbisaglia, the EuroJazz Award in Lecco, the International Jazz Festivals Organization Award in New York, the World Saxophone Competition in London, the Django d’Or in Rome and many others. In order to improve his English, but most of all, in order to experience new musical styles and genres, Francesco went to New Orleans where he played with Ellis Marsalis, Jason Marsalis, Thadeus Richard, Bob Franch, Maurice Brown and many other important local musicians while taking special lessons from Alvin Batiste. In 2004, he participated as a special guest in the Sanremo Music Festival. In 2005 the Swing Journal, the authoritative Japanese jazz music magazine, confers him the New Stars Award, prize reserved to the emergent foreign talents. Immediately after, the affirmation in the Top Jazz, referendum of the Italian Music Jazz magazine, that recognizes him as the best new talent of the year. Francesco has performed with world famous musicians: Hank Jones, Dave Brubeck, Cedar Walton, Mulgrew Miller, Jonathan Batiste, Ronnie Matthews, Jimmy Cobb, Ben Riley, Ray Drummond, Reggie Johnson, Doug Sides Lewis Nash, James Williams, Joe Lovano, George Mraz, Joe Locke, Kenny Wheeler, Enrico Rava, Gianni Basso, Dado Moroni, Franco D’Andrea, Franco Cerri Stefano Bollani and many other Italian and American musicians. In February 2006 Francesco achieved the Diploma in Transverse Flute at the Musical Institute Vincenzo Bellini in Catania. Since 2008 he has been Artistic director of the “Vittoria Jazz Festival” in Vittoria his native city. On January 19, 2009 he played in Washington DC during the celebrations in honor of President Barak Obama and Martin Luther King Jr

Riccardo Arrighini: Cambio di Marcia

by Thomas Conrad
March 26, 2024

The first time I heard Riccardo Arrighini was at the Umbria Jazz Melbourne festival in Australia in May of 2005. It seems odd, as I look back on it, that I barely noticed him at the festival. The explanation is not that there were other, more famous Italian piano players there, like Stefano Bollani and Danilo ...

Umbria Jazz Winter 30

by Libero Farnè
January 8, 2024

Umbria Jazz Winter 2023 Orvieto Varie sedi 28.12.2023--1.11.2024 Umbria Jazz Winter, tutto concentrato nel centro storico di Orvieto, è un festival a misura d'uomo. Prestigiose le sue sedi, tutte raggiungibili a piedi in trasferimenti di pochi minuti: il Teatro Mancinelli, prezioso teatro all'italiana della seconda metà dell'Ottocento, il maestoso Palazzo del ...

Premio Internazionale Massimo Urbani 2023

by Libero Farnè
July 3, 2023

Premio Internazionale Massimo Urbani 2023 Camerino Auditorium Benedetto XIII 1-2.7.2023 Trent'anni fa, il 23 giugno 1993, moriva Massimo Urbani, nella disperata solitudine di una Roma d'inizio estate. Trent'anni compie ora Massimo Amadori, nato a Bologna un paio di settimane dopo, figlio del sassofonista e di Valentina Amadori. Massimo ...

Francesca Remigi, Hal Galper, Don Rendell, Ian Carr and Other New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
February 6, 2021

This week's perusal through recent and upcoming jazz releases brings us British jazz from today (Alfa Mist) and yesterday (Don Rendell and Ian Carr), a stunning debut from Italy (Francesca Remigi), cutting edge music from the East Coast (Dave Douglas, Ben Wendel and Taka Nawashiro) and the West Coast (Dan Rosenboom), and two live unreleased gems ...

Cafiso Cigalini Davis "Parker 100" Piacenza Jazz Fest 2020

by Danilo Codazzi
November 5, 2020

La 23esima edizione di Jazz & Wine of Peace

by Neri Pollastri
October 8, 2020

La pandemia e le misure precauzionali che ne sono conseguite non fermano il Jazz & Wine of Peace di Cormòns, festival giunto alla ventitreesima edizione che, come gli scorsi anni, porta il pubblico in alcune delle più apprezzate cantine della zona per coniugare musica e gastronomia, entrambe di altissimo livello. Ma se sui vini del Collio ...

Luciano Linzi: ripartire dal Festival "CdJ Reloaded"

by Paolo Marra
September 16, 2020

A marzo, durante i momenti peggiori della pandemia, nessun avrebbe scommesso sulla ripresa nel breve termine della programmazione dei festival jazz. Un percorso arduo e non privo di incognite affrontato—come nel caso della rassegna “Casa del Jazz Reloaded" prodotto dalla Fondazione Musica per Roma —con decisione, organizzazione e una buona dose di ottimismo. Il ...

Mauro Schiavone Trio: Pixel

by Neri Pollastri
August 20, 2019

Disco in trio, su composizioni originali, del quarantatreenne pianista siciliano Mauro Schiavone, collaboratore stabile di Francesco Cafiso e dalla solida formazione classica. Il lavoro è nel solco della tradizione del piano trio, tutto su composizioni originali (con la sola esclusione della conclusiva ”Isfahan”, di Duke Ellington), con una prevalenza di brani veloci e caratterizzati ritmicamente, alternati ...

Francesco Cosa & The Assassins meets Duccio Bertini

By Francesco Cafiso

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Spades-Picche; The Act Of Killing Music; Clubs-Fiori; Dr. Akagi; Interludio; Diamonds-Quadri; Kirtimukha; Elegia.