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Born in Merano in 1941, D’Andrea began playing the piano at the age of 17 years old, having previously played the trumpet, the soprano sax and the clarinet. His professional career started in 1963 with Nunzio Rotondo at RAI in Rome. In 1964 he made his first recording with Gato Barbieri, within a two-year collaboration. In 1968 he formed the Modern Art Trio, with Franco Tonani and Bruno Tommaso. From 1972 to 1977 he played with the jazz rock band Perigeo. In 1978 he formed a quartet with Tino Tracanna, Attilio Zanchi and Gianni Cazzola. In 1986 the percussionist Luis Agudo, in 1989 the percussionist Naco and the trombonist Glenn Ferris, and in 1991 the vibraphonist Saverio Tasca joined the group. At the beginning of 1993 he created a new trio, Current Changes, with the trumpeter David Boato and with Naco.

Article: Album Review

Franco D'Andrea: Live

by Giuseppe Segala
March 30, 2026

Da quanto tempo Franco D'Andrea si misura con il classico trio di pianoforte, contrabbasso e batteria? L'esordio discografico in tale ambito, con la registrazione nel 1970 di Modern Art Trio, rappresentò una sfida forte ed eccentrica rispetto al trio jazz, in sintonia con quei tempi di sperimentazione e scavalcamento delle barriere, di mescolamento di idiomi, generi ...

Article: Year in Review

I Dischi del 2025 secondo Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 5, 2026

Immortalare la bellezza e la varietà del jazz pubblicato nel 2025 attraverso una “top ten" appare tanto arduo, vano--e alla fine deludente--quanto cercare di fotografare un tramonto sulla costiera amalfitana usando una rudimentale fotocamera digitale e facendo un forellino sul copriobiettivo. Certo, una foto verrà scattata. Potrebbe persino dimostrare che eri lì, in quel momento, quando ...

Album

Live

By Franco D'Andrea

Label: Parco Della Musica
Released: 2025
Track listing:
CD 1:
St. Louis Blues; Caravan; Livery Stable Blues; Sweet Georgia Brown; Lush Life; I’ve Found a New Baby; Epistrophy.
CD 2:
Nine Bars; Doodlin’; Take the “A” Train; Summertime; A Love Supreme; Soft Winds; Autumn Leaves; Norwegian Wood; Tenderly.

Album

Nouami

By Bruno Biriaco

Label: Alfamusic
Released: 2025
Track listing: Nouami; Swan; The Fly of Belphegor; Miss Laura; I Can’t Get Started; Giant Steps; Hello; Sweet Cookies.

Album

Standards Lost ad Found 2

By Gato Barbieri

Label: Red Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Jayne; Anthropology; New Rhumba; ‘Round About Midnight; Gato Blues; Epistrophy; In Search Of The Mystery; When Will The Blues Leave?.

Article: Live Review

European Jazz Conference 2025: Italian Showcases

by Ian Patterson
October 10, 2025

Italian Jazz Showcase Various venues European Jazz Conference Bari, Italy September 26-27, 2025 Jazz rang out in Bari for four days during the Europe Jazz Network's annual European Jazz Conference. It rang out in Bari's streets, piazzas and theatres, and in ancient church and castle too. It may have been ...

Article: Album Review

Premazzi / Nasser Quartet: From What I Recall

Read "From What I Recall" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
September 15, 2025

Dopo saltuarie collaborazioni durate un decennio, la pianista Simona Premazzi e il sassofonista Kyle Nasser hanno deciso tre anni fa di varare questo combo, completato con il contrabbassista Noah Garabedian e il batterista Jay Sawyer. Frequenti esibizioni nei club di New York City e alcuni tour hanno rafforzato la coesione del gruppo che pubblica ora il ...

Article: Album Review

Bruno Tommaso Barga Jazz Ensemble: Dagli Appennini alle Madonie

Read "Dagli Appennini alle Madonie" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
September 1, 2025

La musica di quest'album è stata presentata in anteprima al Barga Jazz Festival del 2021 e dobbiamo ringraziare il suo direttore Giancarlo Rizzardi e il patron della Caligola Records, Claudio Donà, per aver promosso e pubblicato questa session del maggio 2023. Non esageriamo nel definire la pubblicazione un evento significativo per il jazz italiano, ...

Article: Interview

Francesco Bigoni: A Long Love Affair with Siena Jazz

by Paolo Peviani
August 20, 2025

On the occasion of the fifty-fifth edition of the Siena Jazz summer seminars, we met with saxophonist Francesco Bigoni, the new artistic and didactic director of the National Jazz Academy of Siena. With a long trajectory as both student and educator at Siena Jazz, Bigoni reflects on the institution's evolution, its unique approach to jazz training, ...