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Stefano Bollani biography

Stefano Bollani is a jazz pianist born in Milan on December 5, 1972. He made his professional debut at fifteen and received his diploma in piano from the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini in Florence. He does classical music, contemporary jazz, Brazilian jazz, and pop rock. Longlasting has been his collaboration (from 1996) with Enrico Rava: 12 records together, the last was Tati, ECM 2005, in trio with Paul Motian, battery. His production and live performances span much beyond mainstream jazz, with dozens of collaborations: even in nordic songs (Gleda, Stunt records, 2005), as soloist in classic music orchestras, live broadcasting on tv (with Renzo Arbore) & radio ("il dottor Djembè" with David Riondino, Radio3), and theatre (e.g., with Lella Costa). In 1998 Musica Jazz magazine voted him Best new Jazz Talent Of The Year and later on: a) in 2004, he was the first one non-american to be awarded "new star" by the Swing Journal, Japan; b) best 2006 musician according to Musica Jazz; and best record of the year (Piano solo, ECM); c) 2007: 8th world jazz new talent in Downbeat (Usa); Allaboutjazz (New York) critics vote him among the 2007 top 5; critics award him the European Jazz Prize. In 2008 he records "Carioca" (Emarcy) in Rio. [edit] The pianist issued a slew of records in 2012 and 2013 in various settings, including two more duet offerings: a self-titled album with Italian pop singer Irene Grandi and O Que Será, a collection with Brazilian bandolim (a ten-string mandolin) player Hamilton de Holanda. Ever ambitious, Bollani reconvened his trio and enlisted guitarist Bill Frisell and saxophonist Mark Turner as guests in a diverse program of original material arranged for various groupings from quintet to duo. Joy in Spite of Everything was issued in the late summer of 2014 on ECM. ~ Marisa Brown & Thom Jurek, Rovi

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