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Stefano Travaglini

Described as “a wondrously eclectic talent” in Jazz Journal (UK), Stefano Travaglini is a pianist and composer mostly interested in the fascinating world of improvisation. He has released four albums: The Hungarian Songbook (2013) in which he freely improvises over ancient magyar melodies, Ellipse, solo piano (2017), recorded in Oslo at Rainbow Studio, the result of an hour-long free recording session, considered “a masterwork of improvised music” and “one of the best improvised works of 2017” (All About Jazz), The long line, Two pianos (2019), with pianist M. Coclite, produced by american label Odradek Records and the latest solo album Monk, Fifteen piano reflections (2020), recorded in Paris, dedicated to the music of Thelonious Monk

Monk - Fifteen Piano Reflections

By Stefano Travaglini

Label: Notami Jazz
Released: 2020
Track listing: Trinkle Tinkle; Children’s Song; Well, You Needn’t; Ruby, My Dear; Criss Cross; Straight No Chaser; Ugly Beauty; Bemsha Swing; Round Midnight; Monk’s Dream; Introspection; Evidence; Brilliant Corners; Misterioso; In Walked Bud.

Stefano Travaglini: Monk - Fifteen Piano Reflections

by Karl Ackermann
March 22, 2020

Italian composer and pianist Stefano Travaglini advanced his standing in the crowded field of solo piano improvisers with Ellipse (Notami Jazz, 2017). That album of (mostly) extemporaneous creations exhibited Travaglini's capacity for coalescing abstraction and lyricism in often understated ways. Trained as a classical pianist under Arvo Part and Vince Mendoza, he benefitted from their broad ...

The Long Line

By Stefano Travaglini

Label: Odradek Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Mythos; Garden of Delights; Ethos; Querendo Dançar Dianoia; Body and Soul; Lexis; Folk Song, Clowns, and Litany; Opsis; The Long Line; Melos (take 1) Melos (take 2).

Stefano Travaglini - Massimiliano Coclite: The Long Line

by Karl Ackermann
June 13, 2019

Italian pianists Stefano Travaglini and Massimiliano Coclite team up for a varied session of original improvisations and those influenced by composers of historical consequence. Both artists are coming from inspiring releases, Travaglini with his solo album Ellipse (Notami Jazz, 2017) and Coclite with his namesake quartet on Strange People (Odardek Records, 2018). These two musicians have ...

Stefano Travaglini: Ellipse

by Matt Hooke
March 27, 2018

Italian pianist Stefano Travaglini's Ellipse is a masterwork of improvised music. The recordings is the result of a single one-hour long unedited session at Oslo's Rainbow Studio. Travaglini's playing is beautiful and measured featuring a brilliant use of negative space. Travaglini is not interested in wowing the listener with flashy rapid-fire piano lines. Instead, he opts ...

Stefano Travaglini: Ellipse

by Dan McClenaghan
February 23, 2018

Set up some studio time. Step into the studio. Sit down at the piano. Let your muse take you where she will. That's how pianist Stefano Travaglini rolled for the recording of Ellipse. Solo jazz piano, free improvisation especially, has proven itself over the years a difficult artist endeavor. Consider the modern masters: Keith ...

Ellipse

By Stefano Travaglini

Label: Notami Jazz
Released: 2017
Track listing: The Importance of Fishing; Life; The Flowering Season; Persistence; Monk's Mood / Presences; Looking Back; Intermezzo; Softly, as in Morning Sunrise; Good Bye, for Now (Meditation).

Stefano Travaglini: Ellipse

by Karl Ackermann
December 4, 2017

Italy's Stefano Travaglini--primarily a composer and pianist--is wildly diverse as an instrumentalist and composer. He has performed on oboe and bass guitar, studied with Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and American jazz and classical composer Vince Mendoza. Touring throughout four continents, Travaglini has demonstrated impressive proficiency in both jazz and classical genres though he is equally at ...

The Hungarian Songbook

By Stefano Travaglini

Label: Terre Sommerse
Released: 2013
Track listing: Hajtsd ki rózsám; Elindultam szép hazámból; Repülj madár, repülj; Látod édesanyám; Tavaszi szél; Megkötöm lovamat; Erdő, erdő; Megrakják a tüzet; Madárka, madárka; Röpülj páva, röpülj.