Gianluigi Trovesi
born in 1944 in Nembro, Lombardia, Italy
Gianluigi Trovesi
Gianluigi Trovesi (born in 1944) is an Italian jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer.
A native of Nembro near Bergamo in Lombardy, he studied harmony and counterpoint under Vittorio Fellegara. Since then he has been a major player in the Italian and European (free) jazz scene. He also teaches clarinet and saxophone in Italy. 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.
In the 1990s he formed his renowned octet, with Pino Minafra on trumpet. The first record of the group (From G To G, 1992) won the Italian Top Jazz poll and five stars in Down Beat. 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. 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. 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.
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. Trovesi is also member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra and a duo with accordionist Gianni Coscia.
Discography
As leader
- (1978) [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Baghet], Dischi Della Quercia.
- (1981) [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Cinque Piccole Storie], Dischi Della Quercia.
- (1985) [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Dances], Red Records.
- (1988) [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Les Boîtes à Musique], Splasc(h).
- (1992) [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide From G to G], Soul Note.
- (1992) [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Let], Splasc(h).
- (1994) [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Colline], Silex.
- (1995) [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Radici], EGEA. w/ Gianni Coscia
- (1997) [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Les Hommes Armés], Soul Note.
- (1999) [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Around Small Fairy Tales], Soul Note.
- (2000) [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide In Cerca Di Cibo], ECM. w/ Gianni Coscia
- (2000) [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Round About a Midsummer's Dream], Enja Records.
- (2002) [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Big Band Project], Enja Records.
- (2002) [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Fugace], ECM.
- (2005) [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Round About Weill], ECM. w/ Gianni Coscia
- (2007) [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Vaghissimo Ritratto], ECM.
- (2008) [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Profumo di Violetta], ECM.
- (2011) [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Frère Jacques: Round About Offenbach], ECM. w/ Gianni Coscia
As contributor
- Marc Charig & The Wuppertal Workshop Ensemble (1981). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide The Family], FMP.
- Trovesi Damiani Quintet; Paolo Damiani; Gianluigi Trovesi (1983). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Roccellanea], Splasc(h).
- Andrea Centazzo (1984). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Shock 11], Ictus.
- Dino Betti Van Der Noot (1985). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Here Comes Springtime], Soul Note.
- Paolo Damiani Quintet (1987). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Poor Memory: Live in Atina], Splasc(h).
- Dino Betti Van Der Noot (1988). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide They Cannot Know], Soul Note.
- Mario Schiano; Peter Köwald; Gianluigi Trovesi; Paul Lovens; Pino Minafra; Radu Malfatti (1989). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Benefit Concert to Repurchase the Pendulum for Mr. Foucault], Splasc(h).
- Marche jazz orchestra, year =1989 "Dies Irae", Philology
- Italian Instabile Orchestra (1991). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Live In Noci And Rive-De Gier], Leo Records.
- Giorgio Gaslini (1991). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Masks], Soul Note/Musica Jazz.
- Nexus Octet (1991). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Preacher and the Ghost], Splasc(h).
- Paolo Damiani Ensemble; Featuring Kenny Wheeler (1991). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Song Tong], Splasc(h).
- Tiziana Ghiglioni (1992). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide S O N B], Splasc(h).
- Paolo Damiani (1993). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Eso], Splasc(h).
- Enrico Rava (1994). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Electric Five], Soul Note.
- Paolo Fresu Sextet (1994). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Ensalada Mistica], Splasc(h).
- Italian Instabile Orchestra (1994). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide European Concerts '94-'97], Nel Jazz.
- Italian Instabile Orchestra (1994). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Skies of Europe], ECM.
- Tiziana Ghiglioni (1994). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Tenco Project], Philology.
- Ettore Fioravanti; Gianluigi Trovesi; Ernst Reijseger; Franco D'Andrea (1996). Belcanto, Ram Records.
- Pietro Tonolo (1996). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Disguise], Splasc(h).
- Banda Cittá Ruvo Di Puglia (1997). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide La Banda], Enja Records.
- Maarten Altena Ensemble (1997). October Meeting 1991, Anatomy of a Meeting, BIMhuis.
- Tiziano Tononi; Daniele Cavallanti (1997). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide We Still Have Visions], Splasc(h).
- Maria Pia De Vito (1998). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Phoné], EGEA.
- Guido Manusardi (1998). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide The Village Fair], Soul Note.
- Paolo Fresu (1999). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Berchidda: Italian Years], Iris.
- Gianni Coscia (1999). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide La Bottega], EGEA.
- Enrico Intra (1999). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Dissonanza Consonanza], Musica Jazz.
- Ivano Fossati (2000). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide La Disciplina della Terra], Columbia Records.
- Italian Instabile Orchestra (2000). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Litania Sibilante], Enja Records.
- Michel Godard (2001). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Castel del Monte], Enja Records.
- Gianni Coscia (2002). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide L' Archiliuto], EGEA.
- Civica Jazz Band (2002). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Italian Jazz Graffiti], Soul Note.
- Andrea Centazzo (2002). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Live with the Mitteleuropa Orchestra], Felmay Records.
- Italian Instabile Orchestra (2002). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Previsioni del Tempo: Forecast], Imprint Records.
- Orchestre National de Jazz (2003). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Charmediterranéen], ECM.
- Christina Pluhar (2004). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide All'Improvviso], Alpha Productions.
- Italian Instabile Orchestra; Featuring Cecil Taylor (2004). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide The Owner of the Riverbank], Enja Justin Time.
- Eso Octet. [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Eso Octet], Splasc(h).
- Nexus (1994). [Gianluigi Trovesi at All Music Guide Free Spirits], Splasc(h).
Filmography
Documentaries
- Il cortile della musica (The Music Court), (2010)
External links
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