Giovanni Mirabassi
Giovanni Mirabassi ( born May 4, 1970 in Perugia ) is an Italian jazz pianist and composer.
Life and work
Mirabassi is self-taught; early influences were the records of Bud Powell, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson and Jaki Byard, finally Bill Evans, Kenny Barron, Chick Corea and Keith Jarrett, as well as pianist Enrico Pieranunzi the Roman. At age 17, he was given the opportunity to accompany Chet Baker during an appearance in Perugia. Two years later he went with Steve Grossman on a nationwide tour. In 1992 he moved to Paris, where several Italian jazz musicians, including Stefano Di Battista, Paolo Fresu and Flavio Boltro worked. Here he had studied with Aldo Ciccolini. He played in clubs with Parisian musicians, especially with cabaret singer who gave him also the first professional engagements.
In 1994 he founded with Alain Raman on bass and Xavier Frathely on drums, the trio Panta Rei. At the same time he worked in the Chanson scene both as a musician and as a composer; he worked on the album of the singer Agnès Bihl " La Terre est blonde" with and worked with Nicolas Reggiani ( singer / actor and grandson of Serge Reggiani ) at the 2003 -rehearsed " Léo en toute liberté ", an album of previously unreleased songs by Léo Ferré In 1996, he took with bassist Pierre -Stéphane Michel and Flavio Boltro on the trumpet under the band name dyad Album En bonne et due forme, which him the " Grand Prix" and a prize as " Best Soloist " at the international jazz days in Avignon earned. From then on, he worked as a bandleader; with Louis Moutin (drums) and Daniele Mencarelli ( bass). He was an active Gabriele Mirabassis Cambaluc with Richard Galliano and Riccardo Tesi with; In 1998, Mirabassi with his new trio album Architectures on the label Sketch on. Followed in 2001 by the solo album Avanti, a collection of political songs and hymns of revolution Hasta Siempre about " Le chant des Partisans " to John Lennon's " Imagine", which transferred Mirabassi in a jazz context.
He also worked for the album Dread Lines ( 2002) with the Polish accordionist Andrzej Jogodzinski together; 2003 established with trombonist Glenn Ferris and trumpeter Flavio Boltro Album ( ( Air) ). With the group of Tim Whitehead, he went on tour in 2005; it was the common album Lucky Boys. In 2007, the album Mirabassi Artero Brel on, with interpretations of French chanson classics from Serge Gainsbourg to Jacques Brel; 2008 Mirabassi Terra Furiosa played a classical trio formation; he was accompanied by drummer Leon Parker and bassist Gianluca Renzi.
Mirabassi worked as a composer of songs and film scores; He wrote the music for the short film sisters.
Disco Graphical Notes
- Dyad - En bonne et due forme (1996 )
- Architectures ( Sketch, 1998)
- Avanti! ( Sketch, 2000) solo
- Since Vivo! ( Sketch, 2001) trio
- ( ( air) ) ( Stetch, 2003) with Glenn Ferris, Flavio Boltro
- Prima o po ( 2005)
- Canto Piano (2006)
- Terra Furiosa (2008)
- Adelante ( Discograph, 2011)
- Viva Verdi ( CAM Jazz, 2012)