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Born in Trieste, in Italy, in 1959, after a career of forty-five years with concerts all over the world, he is a renowned and appreciated musician on the international jazz scene today. He has 42 recordings to his credit, including 3 CDs for the Soulnote/Black Saint label and 26 CDs in the USA for the Kansas City's JMood label, together with musicians such as Art Davis (bassist for John Coltrane), Albert Tootie Heath, Ira Sullivan, Idris Muhammad, Herb Geller, Brian Lynch (2 Grammy Award Winner), Mark Colby, Tony Lakatos, Eric Jacobson, Sam Reed, Paul Carr, Jim Mair, Eric Hochberg, Hermon Mehari, Logan Richardson, Kendall Moore, Brandon Lee, Alfredo Chacon, Rodolfo Zuniga and others. In the USA, he has mostly frequented the jazz scenes of Kansas City, of which he is also an honorary citizen, Los Angeles, Miami and Chicago, and has directed numerous groups and played as a bandleader in famous jazz venues such as The Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles, Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood, The Blue Room in Kansas City, WDNA Jazz Gallery in Miami, The Jazz Showcase in Chicago, The Jazz Estate in Milwaukee, The Caspe Terrace in Des Moines, The Love Jazz Club in Omaha, The Schwartz’s Jazz Point in Cincinnati. His CDs Live in Miami, Shuffling Ivories, Match Point and Duo & Trio, were voted by several American critics among the Best Jazz Albums of 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, and his CD Suite! passed the first round of selection for the Jazz Grammy Award nomination in 2019. In Europe, he has directed the Europlane Orchestra (a central-European jazz venture sponsored by INCE-Central European Initiative), his Italian quartet, the Gruppo Jazz Marca, the Alfabeats Nu Jazz band and, in the period 2016-2020, he was active with the MUH Trio (Magris-Uhlir-Helesic Trio), with a hundred concerts and 2 CDs recorded in Prague, where the trio had its base. In 2024 he re-started after two decades his Roberto Magris Europlane group with some of the best musicians from Central Europe and recorded live the Cd Freedom is peace. In the same year he also recorded the Cd Lovely day(s), the first solo piano album in his career, the Cd Let’s change! in Chicago, and started a new collaboration with Croatian saxophonist Denis Razz, recording the album In Action. In 2025 Magris has released his first solo piano album Lovely Day(s). Numerous interviews and reviews of his CDs were published by the major jazz magazines and websites, including Down Beat, JazzTimes, Cadence, Jazziz, All About Jazz, New York City Jazz Record, Jazzwax, Riffides, Chicago Jazz Magazine, Jazz Inside, Jazzhot , Jazz Journal International, Jazzwise, Citizen Jazz, Jazzpodium, Concerto, Union Disk Japan and many others. A profile of Magris is also included in the book The Jazz Stories Project, published in the USA by Cadence Media LLC in 2018.
In Action
Label: JMood Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Disc 1:
Some Other Blues (Coltrane); In Umbra (Razumović); Source Of Life (Magris/Razumović/Ergić);
Black
Nile (Shorter); Double Matrix (Magris/Ilić); Il Mare A Fiume (Magris); You Taught My Heart To
Sing
(Tyner); Hill Of Illusions (Magris); The Plum Blossom (Lateef);
Disc 2:
Spirits Of The Wild (Magris/Razumović/Ilić); Discipline 27-II (Sun Ra); Echoes From The Depths
(Magris/Razumović/Ergić); In Action (Magris); Lanquidity (Sun Ra); Left Alone (Waldron); “A”
Means
Antonia (Razumović); You’ll See (Smith); My Foolish Heart (Washington/Young); Audio Notebook
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Paul Collins.
Gianpaolo Venditti, Joel Ross, Tomeka Reid, Nicols-Mitchell-Al-Sultani
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, we'll listen to selections from new releases by pianists Roberto Magris and Gianpaolo Venditti; vibraphonist Joel Ross; cellist Tomeka Reid (w/pianist Craig Taborn and on her own); vocalists Maggie Nicols and Alya Al-Sultani w/pianist Robert Mitchell; and vocalists Ashley Daneman and Alex Robinson. Playlist ...
New Music From Lage, Tarentino, Berndt, Saber, Magris And More
by Bob Osborne
The breadth of content in the jazz world is captured in this selection of mostly new releases. From traditional post-bop workouts, through interpretations of popular songs, to full on invention and improvisation, this playlist demonstrates the variety of music which might be generally described as jazz but in reality covers a more complex set of variables. ...
Pianists: Andrew Hill, Patricia Barber, and More
by Jerome Wilson
This episode from November 2021 focuses on pianists playing in every format from solo to large ensembles. Musicians featured include Andrew Hill, Patricia Barber, Horace Silver, and Fats Waller.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Hassan ...
Roberto Magris / Denis Razz Quartet: In Action
by Dan McClenaghan
It is not easy for a European jazz artist to establish a notable profile in the United States, but Italian pianist Roberto Magris has done just that, in part via the tried and true “just show up" method of operation. It is necessary to show up with the drive, determination and talent to pull the success ...
Lovely Day (s)
Label: JMood Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Blues Clues; Reverend Du Bop; Bemsha Swing; Laverne; The Time Of This World Is At Hand; A
Flower Is A Lovesome Thing; Let's Cool One; Lonely Town; Saga Of Harrison Crabfeathers.
Angelo Leonardi's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025
by Angelo Leonardi
The five U.S. jazz albums and the five Italian jazz albums selected here represent, in my view, the very best of what was released in 2025. They stand out for their innovative spirit, expressive intensity, and interpretive freshness. The list is not ranked: each title fully deserves its place at the top. Patricia ...
I dischi del 2025 secondo Angelo Leonardi
by Angelo Leonardi
I cinque dischi di jazz internazionale e i cinque di jazz italiano qui selezionati si collocano, a mio parere, ai vertici di quanto è stato pubblicato nel 2025. Si distinguono per forza innovativa, intensità espressiva e freschezza interpretativa. L'elenco non segue un ordine di valore: ogni titolo occupa, a pieno titolo, il proprio posto al vertice. ...
Jack Bowers' Best Jazz Albums Of 2025
by Jack Bowers
2025: Another year which proves that jazz is not only alive and well but flourishing in its own little corner of the musical world. The number of splendid new recordings by groups large and small was as plentiful as ever and, even better, spanned the globe from the U.S. to Europe, Asia to Latin America, and ...
