ENRICO RAVA NEW QUINTET featuring GIANLUCA PETRELLA

Italian
意大利

Enrico Rava, trumpet
Gianluca Petrella, trombone
Giovanni Guidi, piano
Pietro Leveratto, bass
Fabrizio Sferra, drums

http://www.enricorava.com

Enrico Rava is undoubtedly the most well-known Italian jazz musician on a global level. In forty years of his career as a trumpet player and composer, he had produced more than hundred recordings and thirty of which as a leader. His career started at an early age and was under the influence by Miles Davis and Chet Baker.

Since his rapid rise to fame on the international scene in the mid sixties, he has been constantly involved in numerous original projects, and is considered one of the most important trumpet soloists on the European scene. His individuality on a musical and personal level make him hard to define, a musician who moves outside of traditional limits of genre and style, who refuses to adhere to convention. His style is immediately recognizable, his lyrical sound constantly sustained by an astonishing freshness of ideas which are revealed in all of his musical endeavours.

Rava's vast discography includes some real gems of artistic (and perhaps historical) significance, including Quartet (ECM 1978) “Rava l’opera Va” (Label Bleu 1993), “Easy Living” (ECM 2004), "Tati" (ECM 2005) and “The Words and the Days” (ECM 2007) and the latest “ New York Days” (ECM 2009).

In addition to his work as leader, Rava has been an important collaborator of many of the most important Italian, European and American musicians, including Franco D'Andrea, Stefano Bollani, Massimo Urbani, Philip Catherine, Lee Konitz, Aldo Romano, Joe Henderson, John Abercrombie, Palle Danielsson, Jon Christensen, Nana Vasconcelos, Miroslav Vitous, Daniel Humair, Michel Petrucciani, Charlie Mariano, Joe Lovano (with whom he co-led a quartet in the early 90's) Albert Mangelsdorff, Dino Saluzzi, Richard Gallliano, Martial Solal, Archie Shepp, John Taylor, Paul Motian, Mark Turner etc...

He has toured in the USA, Japan, Canada, Europe, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, with appearances at important festivals (Montreal, Toronto, Houston, Los Angeles, Perugia, Antibes, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, etc.) He has repeatedly been named “Best Musician” in the yearly referendum conducted by “Musica Jazz” (Italy's premier jazz periodical), as well as winning “Best Group” and “Best Record”.

Named “Knight of Arts and Letters” by the French Ministry of Culture, in 2002 Rava was also recipient of the prestigious “Jazzpar Prize” in Copenhagen.

In the last three years, Rava appeared as 4th place in the Trumpet category in the referendums conducted by the American magazine “Down Beat,” following Dave Douglas, Wynton Marsalis and Roy Hargrove.

ENRICO RAVA NEW QUINTET featuring GIANLUCA PETRELLA

The group includes several generations of musicians, each of whom bring strong personality and solo voices to the table. Since the beginning of his career as a leader, Rava has used a technique favored by many of the greatest jazz artists: periodically inserting young musicians, new talents in his groups, which tend to bring new ideas to the group and give it a fresher sound, respectful of tradition, but open to new possibilities and transformations. Some historic examples of this idea include the groups of Miles and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, which, despite respective differences in style, contributed in the “discovery” of many young musicians who later went on to forge important solo careers, in the meantime exerting strong influence as well on their bandleaders. Rava shares this predilection for scouting new talent, which can be easily seen considering the long list of young talents who have been brought to the forefront in part thanks to his intervention: guitarist Roberto Cecchetto, trombone player Gianluca Petrella, and the pianists Stefano Bollani and Giovanni Guidi, a current member of the NEW QUINTET

A shining example of Italy's latest generation of jazz talent, GIOVANNI GUIDI was named “Best New Talent” by Musica Jazz in their 2007 poll “Top Jazz.” He has released several critically acclaimed albums and has performed in many important festivals, both within Italy and internationally.

GIANLUCA PETRELLA is considered one of the world's finest jazz trombonists. He has appeared with musicians such as Steve Bernstein, Bobby Previte, Greg Osby, Carla Bley as well as Italians Roberto Gatto, Antonello Salis, Gianluigi Trovesi, Francesco Bearzatti, Paolino Dalla Porta, Paolo Fresu, Danilo Rea, Enzo Pietropaoli...and the list goes on. A fixture on the international scene, he has appeared in many of the most important international festivals, including Montreal, Toronto, San Francisco, Chicago, Rio de Janiero, Oslo, London, Berlin, Umbria Jazz and the Blue Note Jazz Clubs of Tokyo and New York

Considered one of the most creative and eclectic Italian bassists, PIETRO LEVERATTO began to appear professionally in the late seventies. In the following years, he could be seen performing with the most important Italian musicians, including Massimo Urbani, Maurizio Giammarco, Enrico Pieranunzi's trio, with which he appeared throughout the Italian peninsula in clubs and important festivals such as Umbria Jazz, Nice, North Sea, Amiens, Odessa, Leverkusen, Le Mans, North Carolina, Dublin, Algeria, Malta, Buenos aires, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro.

Now nearing his fifties, FABRIZIO SFERRA is the founder of the well-known and widely acclaimed trio “Doctor 3.” His experience in widely varying contexts has helped him develop an extremely refined dynamic and rhythmic control, and thanks to his artistic sensibility and versatility, he has come to be considered a true original of European drumming, able to fit into various group contexts, contributing greatly to the sound and interplay of the group.

A group composed of such richly varied and original soloists requires a decisive esthetic direction to permit creative dialogue between the musicians; Rava's clear authority as leader stems from his ability to draw out the best from his sidemen, allowing them to reveal their abundant originality within the expressive world of his original compositions. The result is a multi-faceted mosaic of musical expression in constant flux.

Enrico Rava無疑是世界上最知名的意大利爵士樂手。在四十年的演奏和作曲生涯中，他參與灌錄了超過一百張唱片，當中三十張為個人專輯。他很年輕就開始玩爵士樂，受Miles Davis和Chet Baker影響。

他於六十年代中期開始在國際上揚名，之後一直有參與原創項目，被視為歐洲樂壇其中一位最重要的小號獨奏樂手。他的音樂別具風格，個人形象獨特，很難被歸類；他是那種游走於不同類型音樂之間的樂手，不受傳統規限。他的音樂風格鮮明，旋律優美，新意迭出。

Enrico Rava所灌錄的多張唱片，不少極具藝術﹝甚至歷史﹞意義，當中包括Quartet﹝ECM，一九八七﹞、Rava l’opera Va﹝Label Bleu，一九九三﹞、Easy Living﹝ECM，二零零四﹞、Tati﹝ECM，二零零五﹞和The Words and the Days﹝ECM，二零零七﹞，還有最新推出的New York Days﹝ECM，二零零九﹞。

除了個人作品外，Enrico Rava亦是許多出色的意大利、歐洲和美國樂手的重要搭檔，包括Franco D’Andrea、Stefano Bollani、Massimo Urbani、Philip Catherine、Lee Konitz、Aldo Romano、Joe Henderson、John Abercrombie、Palle Danielsson、Jon Christensen、Nana Vasconcelos、Miroslav Vitous、Daniel Humair、Michel Petrucciani、Charlie Mariano、Joe Lovano﹝九十年代初期合作四重奏，Enrico Rava是其中一位主音﹞、Albert Mangelsdorff、Dino Saluzzi、Richard Galliano、Martial Solal、Archie Shepp、John Taylor、Paul Motian、Mark Turner等等。

他曾在美國、日本、加拿大、歐洲、巴西、阿根廷和烏拉圭巡迴演出；於重要的爵士樂節﹝蒙特利爾、多倫多、侯斯頓、洛杉磯、佩魯賈、昂蒂布、柏林、巴黎、東京、里約熱內盧、聖保羅等﹞演出。他多次在意大利著名爵士樂期刊Musica Jazz的全年總選中被選為為「最佳音樂人」，亦獲選過「最佳樂隊」和「最佳大碟」兩個獎。

Enrico Rava獲法國文化部頒發「文學藝術騎士勳章」；二零零二年於丹麥哥本哈根領受Jazzpar Prize。

過去三年，Enrico Rava在美國音樂雜誌Down Beat的讀者總選中均獲小號手第四位，緊隨Dave Douglas、Wynton Marsalis和Roy Hargrove之後。

ENRICO RAVA NEW QUINTET featuring GIANLUCA PETRELLA

這個組合網羅了橫跨幾代的音樂人，每人都有鮮明的風格及具獨奏能力。由自組樂隊開始，Enrico Rava就秉承了不少爵士樂大師的傳統：定期為樂隊注入年輕新血，他們通常都會為樂隊帶來新意，令樂隊彈奏的音樂保持新鮮感，尊重傳統之餘亦歡迎新契機。最著名的例子是Miles and Art Blakey’s Jazz Messangers，雖然風格各異，但協助「發掘」了許多年輕樂手，這些年輕樂手不少後來都成為獨當一面的爵士樂人，在組合中他們亦能發揮影響力，與原有成員和主音互動。Enrico Rava秉承了這發掘新血的傳統，經他賞識的年輕樂手繼有：結他手Roberto Cecchetto、伸縮長號手Gianluca Petrella、鋼琴手Stefano Bollani和Giovanni Guidi，後者現時是NEW QUINTET的成員。

GIOVANNI GUIDI是意大利新一代爵士樂手中光芒四射的一員，在Musica Jazz二零零七年的To心Jazz選舉中被選為「最佳新人」。他已推出了幾張備受好評的大碟，在意大利及國際不少重要的爵士樂節中演出。

GIANLUCA PETRELLA被視為全球其中一位最好的爵士伸縮長號手。他曾與Steve Bernstein、Bobby Previte、Greg Osby、Carla Bley等樂手合作；合作過的意大利樂手更是多不勝數，包括Roberto Gatto、Antonello Salis、Gianluigi Trovesi、Francesco Bearzatti、Paolino Dalla Porta、Paolo Fresu、Danilo Rea、Enzo Pietropaoli等。他經常在世界各地表演，曾參與過的大型爵士樂節包括蒙特利爾、多倫多、三藩市、芝加哥、里約熱內盧、奧斯陸、倫敦、柏林和翁布里亞爵士樂節，在東京和紐約的Blue Note Jazz Club亦有演出。

PIETRO LEVERATTO在七十年代後期開始作專業演出，被視為意大利最有創意及風格多樣化的低音結他手之一。自此之後，他不斷與出色的意大利爵士樂手合作，包括Massimo Urbani、Maurizio Giammarco和Enrico Pieranunzi的三重奏。當隸屬三重奏時，他於意大利半島巡迴演出，出席大型爵士樂節，例如翁布里亞爵士樂節、尼斯、北海、亞眠、敖德薩、利華古遜、勒芒、北卡羅萊納州、都柏林、阿爾及利亞、馬爾他、布宜諾斯介利斯、聖保羅、巴西利亞和里約熱內盧。

年近五十的FABRIZIO SFERRA是著名的Doctor 3組合的創辦人。他擁有多方面的音樂經驗，非常懂得掌握節奏和音量。他豐富的藝術素養令他成為歐洲樂壇真正具創意的鼓手，可以與不同樂隊合作，產生化學作用。