Home » Search Center » Results: Gianni Savelli

Results for "Gianni Savelli"

Advanced search options

Results for pages tagged "Gianni Savelli"...

Musician

Gianni Savelli

Born:

GIANNI SAVELLI Born in Naples in 1961.he begins his career in 1974 as flute player, switching later to the saxophone. He deepens the knowledge of his principal instrument ( the saxophone) and of the jazz idiom under the guidance of Baldo maestri , Larry Dinwiddie and Quarto Maltoni. He studies harmony with sergio Rendine and Marco Tiso and participates in master classes with Dave Liebman, Gary Bartz and George Garzone. Moreover he studies flute with Battimelli e Guerini. At the age of 19 he moves to Rome, successfully introducing himself in the musical scene of the Italian capital. In 1983 the meeting with Bruno Biriaco, his mentor, with whom, playing jazz, he tours all over Italy. From 1988 he further broadens his professional activity trough a wide range of collaborations. For a few years He tours together with pop singers Riccardo Cocciante, Ornella Vanoni,Amy Stewart, Luca Barbarossa and Marina Rei, playing in Brazil, Venezuela, Canada and around Europe. He also takes part as saxophone and woodwind player in a large number of TV shows ensembles, mainly with the Rai orchestra, the Italian broadcasting public network. In this kind of contexts he plays with artists like Ray Charles, Manhattan Transfer,Leo Ferr

Album

Challenge

Label:
Released: 2011
Track listing: 1. My Greatest and Last Love: 2. Amazonas; 3. Alfie; 4. Medley: Tenderly/Amore Baciami; 5. Medley: Fly Me to the Moon/Le Tue Mani; 6. Ain't No Mountain High Enough; 7. Papo Furado; 8. Can't Help Lovin Dat Man; 9. Mel; 10. Ill Wind; 11. I Wish You Love; 12. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.

Article: Album Review

Eugenia Munari: Challenge

Read "Challenge" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


I dodici brani di Challenge mettono in mostra le sfaccettature vocali di Eugenia Munari, vocalist in grado di emozionare l'ascoltatore grazie alla sua duttilità interpretativa che si muove, senza cedimenti e sbavature, dal mainstream elegante e pensoso alla bossa nova più spensierata, fino a percorrere le vie della pop music. In una scaletta stilisticamente e formalmente ...

Album

Que la fête commence

Label: Alfamusic
Released: 2009
Track listing: 1. Tribù errante - 5:54; 2. Que la fête commence - 5:56; 3. The Chair At The Corner - 7:19; 4. Fog Dance - 9:40; 5. Dessejo - 7:17; 6. Semplice - 11:00; 7. Sevdah - 10:31. Tutte le composizioni sono di Gianni Savelli.

Article: Album Review

Gianni Savelli Media Res: Que la fête commence

Read "Que la fête commence" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Membro dell'Orchestra Jazz del Parco della Musica, il sassofonista e flautista Gianni Savelli è da alcuni anni anche leader del quintetto “aperto" Media Res, giunto qui al secondo lavoro. Si tratta di un gruppo classico fin dall'organico, tuttavia ispirato da uno spirito lirico-narrativo e influenzato dalla tradizione classica europea, senza dimenticare però le lezioni del jazz ...

Album

Media Res

Label: JazzingRoma
Released: 2004


Engage

Contest Giveaways
Enter our latest contest giveaway sponsored by Musicians Performance Trust Fund
Polls & Surveys
Vote for your favorite musicians and participate in our brief surveys.

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.