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Massimo Colombo

Born: February 16, 1961

Massimo Colombo, born in 1961 in Milano, is a composer, arranger, pianist who got a diploma in piano at “Conservatorio G. Verdi” of Milano. He studied harmony, contrappunto and composition and took some lessons from the American pianist Sonny Taylor and undertook an intense activity as a pianist and writer in collaboration with other Italian jazz musicians. He has taken part in concerts and music productions with a variety of Italian musicians including: Paolo Fresu, Enrico Rava, Attilio Zanchi, Tino Tracanna, Paolino Dalla Porta, Roberto Ottaviano, Gianluigi Trovesi, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Fabrizio Bosso, Franco D'Andrea and with international musicians including: Tony Scott, Tommy Campbell,Pierre Favre, Billy Cobham, Jeff Berlin, Greg Hutchinson, Peter Erskine, Darek Olesczkiewicz, Bob Mintzer

Electric Parker

Label: Play & Oracle Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Scrapple From The Apple; Confirmation; Moose The Mooche; Billie's Bounce; Donna Lee; My Little Suede Shoes; Yardbird Suite; Segment; Blues For Alice; Barbados.

Massimo Colombo, Peter Erskine, Chuck Berghofer: Electric Parker

by Jim Worsley
December 10, 2022

While mostly under the radar, Massimo Colombo is surely one of Europe's finest talents. The Italian pianist and arranger has many works to his credit, including his exceptional tributes to Bud Powell and Weather Report, Powell To The People (Jazzland DZ, 2018) and Acoustic Weather (Self-produced, 2019). Colombo now reimagines the genius of Charlie ...

Massimo Colombo: Personalities

by Angelo Leonardi
March 3, 2022

Oltre che autorevole insegnante di conservatorio, Massimo Colombo è uno dei pianisti e compositori più eclettici e raffinati del panorama nazionale. Un artista dai molteplici interessi che riguardano la world music, il concertismo classico, la musica da camera e altro. In un quarto di secolo d'attività professionale ha inciso quasi ottanta album, in proprio e con ...

Personalities

By Massimo Colombo

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Elizabeth, The Queen; Marie; Albert; Lucrezia; Pitagora; Frida; Coco (Gabrielle); Ludwig; Vincent; Cleopatra; Ingmar; Aaron.

It Takes Two to Jazz: Part II

by Ludovico Granvassu
February 25, 2020

Second part of this week's exploration of the duo format with a special emphasis on duos featuring saxophonists as well as drummers. For the first part of this show click here PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Vincent Peirani, Emile Parisien “Egyptian Fantasy" Belle Époque ...

Acoustic Weather (The Music of Weather Report)

By Massimo Colombo

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Track listing: Palladium; Teen Town; Elegant People; A Remark You Made; Black Market; Punk Jazz; Pinocchio; Face on the Barroom Floor.

Massimo Colombo, Maurizio Quintavalle, Enzo Zirilli: Acoustic Weather (The Music of Weather Report)

by Claudio Bonomi
August 7, 2019

Dopo l'ottima prova dell'anno scorso in cui il trio aveva omaggiato Bud Powell in Powell to the People, Massimo Colombo e soci riscendono in campo, puntando questa volta al repertorio dei Weather Report. In tutto otto brani tratti da quattro importanti album della band americana pubblicati tra il 1976 ed il 1985: Black Market ...

Massimo Colombo: Acoustic Weather (The Music of Weather Report)

by Jim Worsley
June 30, 2019

Depending on your point of view, Weather Report either defined or redefined fusion during the 1970s. Their vivid approach and instrumental dynamics were mind blowing back then and still set the bar. Somehow pianist Joe Zawinul and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, always buoyed by a top-notch rhythm section, defied the odds by creating spirited fusion without the ...

Powell To The People

By Massimo Colombo

Label: Jazzland DZ
Released: 2018
Track listing: Crossing the Channel; Buster Rides Again; Hallucinations; Celia; Down with It; Blue Pearl; Willow Groove; I'll Keep Loving You; Cleopatra's Dream; Strictly Confidential; Crossing the Channel(Take 2).