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Andrea Saffirio
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BACKGROUND
He began playing piano at age seven, studying classical music and ragtime with Maestro Barbara Martellini. He started studying jazz initially as a self-taught musician and later under the guidance of several teachers.
He studied jazz with, among others, Ramberto Ciammarughi, Claudio Colasazza, Antonio Faraò, Maurizio Giammarco, Aaron Goldberg, Eric Legnini, Dado Moroni, Pierpaolo Principato and Glenn Zaleski.
He has performed at the Auditorium Parco della Musica and Casa del Jazz in Rome, at the Fara Music Jazz Festival, and regularly plays in the top jazz clubs in Rome as well as in several European cities such as Brussels, The Hague, Leiden and Maastricht.
He attended masterclasses and advanced courses with Kenny Barron, Kevin Hays, Greg Hutchinson, Joe La Barbera, Shai Maestro, Aaron Parks, John Patitucci, Danilo Pérez, Reuben Rogers, Ameen Saleem, Mark Turner, Sam Yahel and others.
In addition to his work as bandleader with No Trio for Cats and his solo-piano project Sogni Acidi, he is very active as a sideman in various groups, including trumpeter Antonello Sorrentino’s quartet and Eugenio Renzetti’s Group Zero.
He composes and arranges for diverse ensembles, from small groups to big bands such as the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra and the Youth Jazz Orchestra.
Since 2017 he has been a faculty member in both academic and pre-academic courses at the Saint Louis College of Music in Rome.
Since 2025 he has been a Yamaha® endorsed artist.
In the academic year 2021–2022 he was a lecturer in Jazz Composition at the G. Nicolini Conservatory of Music in Piacenza.
In the academic year 2023–2024 he was a lecturer in Jazz Composition at the G. Puccini Conservatory of Music in La Spezia.
He is currently a lecturer in Jazz Composition at the L. Refice Conservatory of Music in Frosinone.
Thelonious Monk Reframed
Label: Extended Place
Released: 2025
Track listing: Epistrophy; Green Chimneys; Bemsha Swing; Eronel; Monk's Mood / 'Round Midnight; Trinkle Tinkle
Wayne Shorter Reframed
Label: Extended Place
Released: 2022
Track listing: Tom Thumb; Virgo; Armageddon; Dance Cavaderous; Pinocchio
K/024
Label: Filibusta Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Intro; Esperimento 3; La Metamorfosi; Appunti; Deep Meet; Strange Holiday's Nights;
Amerika; Piccola Ballata Distopica; Non Ho Mai Capito La fisica; Lord stay human!;
Chanson pour une nuit d'hiver
Colors Factory
Label: Extended Place
Released: 2019
Track listing: Dormiveglia (Red); Elvin; Colors Factory; Black Diamond; Dormiveglia; Dormiveglia (Yellow); Pondolo; High
Pressure; Shifting Point; Joe; December The 17th; Dormiveglia (Blue)
The Chicken in Love
Label: Emme Record Label
Released: 2015
Track listing: The Chicken in Love; Message in a Bottle; How Deep Is the Ocean; Trailer for Cats;
Floating Thoughts; The End of a University Affair; Question Mark; Tom & Jerry's Blues
