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Enzo Favata is one of the most active and best known Sardinian musicians on the Italian and international music scene, having played more than 2,000 concerts the world over. His research weds tradition and modernity and ranges between different musical cultures. He has studied classical and jazz saxophone, plays the soprano, sopranino and tenor sax, and the bass clarinet, as well as other ethnic wind instruments, above all from Sardinia – he is also a capable user of electronics, that he utilises together with acoustic instruments. He has played and recorded with Dino Saluzzi, Miroslav Vitous, Dave Liebman, Enrico Rava, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Django Bates, Lester Bowie, Flavio Boltro, Michel Marre, Tenores di Bitti, and many others. His concert-playing experience was flanked by production of sound tracks, working for RAI, radio and television, dance and the theatre

Album

Ritornare

By Enzo Favata

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Tukuman; El sur; Escuchame; Donde nace el viento; Sine nomine; Milonga del Sol; Ventana; Albatros.

Article: Interview

Enzo Favata, Ritornare ad Atlantico

by Neri Pollastri
September 14, 2026

Nell'ormai lungo e articolato percorso artistico di Enzo Favata, accanto all'esplorazione e reinterpretazione della tradizione della sua terra d'origine, la Sardegna, spicca la formazione che per oltre un decina d'anni, a cavallo del cambio di millennio, ha suonato sui palchi di mezzo mondo: Atlantico. Proprio con quella formazione, che dopo una lunga pausa ha ripreso a ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Rain Sultanov: Two From The Baku Jazz Festival Vaults

by Ian Patterson
December 18, 2025

Since the 1990s Azerbaijani saxophonist Rain Sultanov has forged an increasingly high-profile international career, collaborating with musicians of the caliber of Bobo Stenson, Enzo Favata, James Cammack, Tord Gustavsen, Simin Tander, Arild Anderson and Anja Lechner, to name but a handful. His own albums, such asVoice of Karabakh (Ozella, 2015), which features the outstanding ...

Article: Live Review

Baku Jazz Festival 2025: Part 2

by Ian Patterson
November 22, 2025

Part 1 | Part 2 Baku Jazz Festival Various Venues 20th edition, Days 5-8 Baku, Azerbaijan October 24-31, 2025 Driving around Baku the brightly colored dayglow signs advertising Baku Jazz Festival 2025 catch the eye at every turn. So do posters for COP 29, ...

Article: Live Review

Baku Jazz Festival 2025: Part 1

by Ian Patterson
November 11, 2025

Part 1 | Part 2 Baku Jazz Festival 2025 Various venues 20th Edition Baku, Azerbaijan October 24-31, 2025 For any jazz festival to clock up 20 years is a notable achievement. But in Azerbaijan, where jazz is often met with indifference, this landmark is of particular merit. ...

Article: Year in Review

Neri Pollastri's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

by Neri Pollastri
January 6, 2025

As the year has come to an end, it is interesting to look back, reflect on the music we have enjoyed the most, and share it with those who may have missed it. This year, I have noticed, with surprise and appreciation, an higher than usual number of remarkable albums. Many are listed below. I will ...

Article: Year in Review

I Dischi del 2024 secondo Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
December 31, 2024

Arrivati a fine anno è sempre interessante guardarsi indietro, ripensare alla musica ascoltata con maggior piacere e condividerla con coloro ai quali può essere sfuggita. Quest'anno osservo con qualche sorpresa che i dischi meritevoli sono tanti (e forse non sono neppure tutti qui), ma devo dire che farei fatica a eliminarne qualcuno. Se sia segno dell'elevata ...

Album

Os Caminhos De Garibaldi

By Enzo Favata

Label: Caligola Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Addio mia bella addio; Boa tarde; Montevideo; Anita; Lo stratega; Habanera do Rio Grande; Addio mia bella addio [reprise]; Inno di Garibaldi; Ballao; Pensando que va; Milazzo; Addio mia bella addio [end]; Caprera aprile 1882; La corsicana.

Article: Album Review

Enzo Favata: Os Caminhos De Garibaldi

Read "Os Caminhos De Garibaldi" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
December 16, 2024

È sempre un grandissimo piacere (ri)ascoltare questo eccellente lavoro, messo a punto da Enzo Favata --ma con la stretta collaborazione degli altri sei musicisti coinvolti --ben quattordici anni orsono, registrato l'anno successivo e solo da qualche mese disponibile su CD edito da Caligola. (Ri)ascoltare, perché chi scrive era presente nel 2010 alla decima Edizione del festival ...