Gianluigi Trovesi
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Gianluigi Trovesi (born in 1944) is an Italian jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer.
A native of Nembro, a small town near Bergamo, 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 accordeonist Gianni Coscia.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] As leader
- (1978) Baghet. Dischi Della Quercia.
- (1981) Cinque Piccole Storie. Dischi Della Quercia.
- (1985) Dances. Red Records.
- (1988) Les Boîtes à Musique. Splasc(h).
- (1992) From G to G. Soul Note.
- (1992) Let. Splasc(h).
- (1994) Colline. Silex.
- (1995) Radici. EGEA. w/ Gianni Coscia
- (1997) Les Hommes Armés. Soul Note.
- (1999) Around Small Fairy Tales. Soul Note.
- (2000) In Cerca Di Cibo. ECM. w/ Gianni Coscia
- (2000) Round About a Midsummer's Dream. Enja Records.
- (2002) Big Band Project. Enja Records.
- (2002) Fugace. ECM.
- (2005) Round About Well. ECM. w/ Gianni Coscia
- (2007) Vaghissimo Ritratto. ECM.
[edit] As contributor
- Marc Charig & The Wuppertal Workshop Ensemble (1981). The Family. FMP.
- Trovesi Damiani Quintet; Paolo Damiani; Gianluigi Trovesi (1983). Roccellanea. Splasc(h).
- Andrea Centazzo (1984). Shock 11. Ictus.
- Dino Betti Van Der Noot (1985). Here Comes Springtime. Soul Note.
- Paolo Damiani Quintet (1987). Poor Memory: Live in Atima. Splasc(h).
- Dino Betti Van Der Noot (1988). They Cannot Know. Soul Note.
- Mario Schiano; Peter Köwald; Gianluigi Trovesi; Paul Lovens; Pino Minafra; Radu Malfatti (1989). Benefit Concert to Repurchase the Pendulum for Mr. Foucault. Splasc(h).
- Italian Instabile Orchestra (1991). Live In Noci And Rive-De Gier. Leo Records.
- Giorgio Gaslini (1991). Masks. Soul Note/Musica Jazz.
- Nexus Octet (1991). Preacher and the Ghost. Splasc(h).
- Paolo Damiani Ensemble; Featuring Kenny Wheeler (1991). Song Tong. Splasc(h).
- Tiziana Ghiglioni (1992). S O N B. Splasc(h).
- Paolo Damiani (1993). Eso. Splasc(h).
- Enrico Rava (1994). Electric Five. Soul Note.
- Paolo Fresu Sextet (1994). Ensalada Mistica. Splasc(h).
- Italian Instabile Orchestra (1994). European Concerts '94-'97. Nel Jazz.
- Italian Instabile Orchestra (1994). Skies of Europe. ECM.
- Tiziana Ghiglioni (1994). Tenco Project. Philology.
- Ettore Fioravanti; Gianluigi Trovesi; Ernst Reijseger; Franco D'Andrea (1996). Belcanto. Ram Records.
- Pietro Tonolo (1996). Disguise. Splasc(h).
- Banda Citta' Ruvo Di Puglia (1997). La Banda. Enja Records.
- Maarten Altena Ensemble (1997). October Meeting 1991, Anatomy of a Meeting. BIMhuis.
- Tiziano Tononi; Daniele Cavallanti (1997). We Still Have Visions. Splasc(h).
- Maria Pia de Vito (1998). Phoné. EGEA.
- Guido Manusardi (1998). The Village Fair. Soul Note.
- Paolo Fresu (1999). Berchidda: Italian Years. Iris.
- Gianni Coscia (1999). La Bottega. EGEA.
- Enrico Intra (1999). Dissonanza Consonanza. Musica Jazz.
- Ivano Fossati (2000). La Disciplina della Terra. Columbia Records.
- Italian Instabile Orchestra (2000). Litania Sibilante. Enja Records.
- Michel Godard (2001). Castel del Monte. Enja Records.
- Gianni Coscia (2002). L' Archiliuto. EGEA.
- Civica Jazz Band (2002). Italian Jazz Graffiti. Soul Note.
- Andrea Centazzo (2002). Live with the Mitteleuropa Orchestra. Felmay Records.
- Italian Instabile Orchestra (2002). Previsioni del Tempo: Forecast. Imprint Records.
- Orchestre National de Jazz (2003). Charmediterranéen. ECM.
- Christina Pluhar (2004). All'Improvviso. Alpha Productions.
- Italian Instabile Orchestra; Featuring Cecil Taylor (2004). The Owner of the Riverbank. Enja Justin Time.
- Eso Octet. Eso Octet. Splasc(h).
- Nexus (1994). Free Spirits. Splasc(h).
