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Gianluigi Trovesi in 2006.
Gianluigi Trovesi in 2006.

Gianluigi Trovesi (born in 1944) is an Italian jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The' Italian people' are a Southern European Ethnic group located primarily in Italy, Switzerland, France and by virtue of a wide-ranging Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind A clarinetist (also spelled clarinettist) is a Musician who plays the Clarinet. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance

A native of Nembro, a small town near Bergamo, Lombardy, he studied harmony and counterpoint under Vittorio Fellegara. Nembro is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Bergamo ( Bèrghem in Lombard, antiquated Wälsch-Bergen in German) is a town in Lombardy, Italy, about Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the In Western music, harmony is the use of different pitches simultaneously and chords actual or implied in Music. In Music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices that are independent in contour and Rhythm, and interdependent in Harmony Since then he has been a major player in the Italian and European (free) jazz scene. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States He also teaches clarinet and saxophone in Italy. The clarinet is a Musical instrument in the Woodwind family The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian word The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest He has won various Italian jazz awards.

In 1978 Trovesi won the first prize in the Italian jazz competition for saxophone and clarinet, landing a permanent job in the Milan Radio Big band (until 1993). After a concert in Bergamo with Giorgio Gaslini's Sextet, the influential European producer Joachim-Ernst Berendt called him for his Clarinet Summit production, an all-star group with clarinet soloists, John Carter, Perry Robinson, Theo Jörgensmann and Ernst Ludwig Petrowsky. Giorgio Gaslini (born October 22, 1929 in Milan) is an Italian jazz pianist and composer Joachim-Ernst Berendt ( July 20 1922 in Berlin - February 4 2000 in Hamburg) was a German music journalist book John Wallace Carter ( 24 September 1928 &ndash 31 March 1991) was an American Jazz Clarinet, Saxophone Perry Morris Robinson (born September 17 1938 in New York City is an American jazz clarinetist and composer Theodor Franz Jörgensmann (born 1948 in Bottrop, Germany) is a Jazz and free-improvising Basset clarinet player and Composer

In the 1990s he formed his renowned octet, with Pino Minafra on trumpet. Pino Minafra (b 1951) is an Italian Trumpeter and Flugelhorn player who is associated with Free improvisation, Avant-garde jazz The first record of the group (From G To G, 1992) won the Italian Top Jazz poll and five stars in Down Beat. Down Beat is an American Magazine devoted to "jazz blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively The octet's Les Hommes Armès (1996) was voted Best Record of the Year and the Trovesi Octet best Italian Jazz Group in the Musica Jazz Italian Top Jazz Poll (1993, 1996; Trovesi already won in 1988 as best musician). Those records are characterized by the meeting of the learned classical and contemporary music, from Renaissance music to serialism, and the Italian folk, in a context of jazz improvisation. Renaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance, approximately 1400 - 1600 During the years the Octet went through important changes in the lineup.

In 1999 Trovesi composed "Round About A Midsummer's Dream", a suite whose inspiration comes from Shakespeare's mention, of the "Bergamasque" dance. William Shakespeare ( baptised The music is performed by a nonet based on three Trios: a jazz trio with sax, bass and drums, a classical string trio, and a folk trio with accordion and tamburello. Tamburello (called in Piedmont Tambass) is a Court game invented in the northern provinces of Italy during 16th century.

He has toured, recorded and performed with renowned improvisers, jazz musicians and musical experimenters, including Anthony Braxton, Misha Mengelberg, Horace Tapscott, Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler, Manfred Schoof, Mark Dresser, Han Bennink, Barre Phillips, Tony Oxley, and Günter Sommer. Improvisation (also called extemporization) is the practice of acting singing talking and reacting of making and creating in the moment and in response to the stimulus of Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American Composer, saxophonist, Clarinettist flautist, pianist Misha Mengelberg (born June 5, 1935) is a Dutch Jazz Pianist and Composer. Horace Tapscott (born Horace Elva Tapscott, Houston, Texas, April 6, 1934; d This article is about the jazz musician For the CEO of Meredith see Steve Lacy (businessman. Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944 in Bristol is a British free-improvising Saxophone player from the European free jazz Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, CC, (born 14th January 1930 Toronto Canada is a Canadian Composer and Trumpet and Flugelhorn player Manfred Schoof ( 6 April 1936 Magdeburg) is a German Jazz Trumpet player Mark Dresser (b 1952 in Los Angeles) is an American virtuoso Double bass player and composer Han Bennink (born April 17, 1942) is a Dutch Jazz Drummer, Percussionist. Barre Phillips (born October 27, 1934 in San Francisco) is a Jazz and Free improvisation bassist. Tony Oxley (born 15 June 1938) is a British Free jazz Drummer and one of the founders of Incus Records. Günter Baby Sommer ( 1943 Dresden) is a German Jazz Drummer. Trovesi is also member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra and a duo with accordeonist Gianni Coscia. The Italian Instabile Orchestra (IIO is an eighteen piece experimental Big band that performs Orchestral jazz and Avant-garde jazz. Gianni Coscia is an Italian Jazz Accordionist Originally a Lawyer, Coscia began focusing full time on jazz music

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