As a Leader
Lyricism and harmonic depth, care of the arrangements, refinement of sounds, elegance and great expressiveness in the improvisational phases make this new work an unmissable masterpiece.
Lirismo e profondità armonica, cura degli arrangiamenti, raffinatezza di suoni, eleganza e grande espressività nelle fasi improvvisative fanno di questo nuovo lavoro un capolavoro imperdibile.
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Three totally different lives, characters and backgrounds collide as one “Common View”.
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Enrico Pieranunzi's new solo album, a set of meditations on some of the painters – Jackson Pollock, Paul Klee, Mark Rothko, Piet Mondrian, Picasso inevitably – who have inspired and perhaps influenced him down the years.
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Gershwin composed “An American in Paris” in 1928 not long after teaching himself the secrets of orchestration. This was perhaps why he decided to put those newly acquired skills to the test by having his new composition performed by an exceptionally large orchestra. I have to admit that the first time I looked at that colossal score my enthusiasm at the thought of transcribing it wavered for a moment: how was it going to be possible for three instruments to take on that mass of music? Daunted but not discouraged, I met the challenge head-on with the help, luckily, of two other invaluable sources: the excellent transcription for solo piano by Gershwin’s trusted associate William Daly, and the two-pianos version of the piece that Gershwin himself had written while scoring “An American in Paris” for orchestra. So, by comparing one source with the other, cutting periods, adding bars and inserting a brief cadenza of my own (“Gershwin-style”, naturally) shortly before the end, I was able to give this celebrated tone poem a completely new form.
“Rhapsody in Blue” was another seemingly impossible transcription. First of all, it had to be decided whether its well-known piano solo part, written in 1924 by a 26-year-old Gershwin, should be maintained intact (numerous cuts, present in the score itself, are usually made in performances of “Rhapsody in Blue” when the original version for piano and orchestra is played).
Having decided to leave this famous part entirely as it was written, I was faced with the following problem: whom to assign certain rather substantial orchestral passages given that I had only a piano, violin and clarinet at my disposal. The answer was obvious: to my own splendid instrument naturally, the piano, thereby doubling its workload (noblesse oblige...). My final step was to (re)orchestrate several passages that in the original score should be played by the orchestra and leave to my two excellent partners the honor/onus of performing them.
At first glance, Gershwin’s Preludes, which he wrote for solo piano, seemed not to present any particular transcription problems, being an apparently simple question of (re)distributing the melodic material among the three instruments; but the reality wasn’t so simple I discovered. In fact, when transcribing them I had to be attentive both to essential technical aspects (the extension and timbre of the instruments themselves) and, above all, to those formal elements that would highlight the narrative structure of the pieces.
Post Scriptum
No doubt should remain by now regarding the extraordinary genius of George Gershwin, even though this great American pianist and composer is still the object of many musicological misconceptions. If his undeniable genius were, however, to require any additional proof, well: this CD would be it. Gershwin’s music in fact has the unique ability to preserve his compelling vitality and powerful, unequivocal identity even when his works are performed by ensembles totally different than the original ones. That is precisely the case in “Play Gershwin”.
Enrico Pieranunzi
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Questo viaggio con Claude Debussy colpisce per la sua bellezza, il lirismo e la delicatezza. L’album testimonia l’immenso rispetto che Enrico Pieranunzi dimostra per Debussy. A proposito di ciò, Pieranunzi scrive nella sua lettera aperta a Claude Debussy (riprodotta nel libretto del disco): “Il senso ultimo di questo scritto è semplicemente nel desiderio di comunicarle l’ammirazione incondizionata che la sua arte ha sempre suscitato in me e nei miei collaboratori, ammirazione che la frequentazione ravvicinata delle sue composizioni in vista della realizzazione di questo cd ha ulteriormente rafforzato”.
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Pieranunzi e il numero perfetto. Tre sono i musicisti: "Il trio è la mia formazione preferita, combina al meglio elementi ritmici e armonici. E mi piace follemente la batteria, l'unico strumento che ho minacciato di suonare oltre al piano".
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La mia vita musicale è stata fin dall’inizio una strana, meravigliosa esperienza in cui ho convissuto - e ancora felicemente convivo - con due bellissime “signore musicali”...
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...Playing intricately woven compositions by the leader and telling a few spontaneous “Impro Tales,” they aptly illustrate Pieranunzi’s initial statement – and make these “Tales from the Unexpected” a profound joy to listen to, forever in the moment.
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"Sono lieto di annunciare che il mio secondo "Live at the Village Vanguard" è stato pubblicato in USA e Giappone (sarà disponibile in Europa dal 17 marzo 2017).
Il CD è stato registrato in quartetto nell'aprile del 2015 con tre grandi musicisti statunitensi, Donny McCaslin, Scott Colley, Clarence Penn.
La rivista americana Down Beat l'ha recensito nel numero di dicembre 2016 dandogli 4 stelle e 1/2.
Un responso magnifico per questo nuovo capitolo della mia personale, entusiasmante avventura newyorchese".
E.P.
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My songbook, nuovo cd di Enrico Pieranunzi che non manchera' di sorprendere anche i piu' affezionati fans del noto pianista. Pieranunzi si presenta infatti qui nella inusuale veste di songwriter rivelando un’ulteriore, emozionante sfaccettatura del suo variegato universo musicale.
Undici i suoi brani inclusi nel cd, tutti rigorosamente con parole che, in alcuni casi, ha scritto lui stesso.
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The Italian pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi makes music that appeals to the imagination: filmic, compelling and with the kind of frivolity you might expect from an Italian.
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After two decades of wonderful collaboration in different contexts Enrico Pieranunzi and Rosario Giuliani have finally found themselves in the studio for a project of their own. In Duke's dream Pieranunzi and Giuliani best express that common vision of music that has long made them two stars of the international jazz scene.
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A new, great album by Enrico Pieranunzi. With Matt Penman on double bass. Ralph Alessi on trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn, and Donny McCaslin on tenor and soprano sax. Four superb musicians from different generations, each with a different sensitivity to music, who are having fun looking for a common rhythm, paradoxically with no reassuring support from drums, but trying to back one another up, taking all the jazz they have experienced and striving to conceive their own concept. As in every fine record by the Roman pianist, this CD rests on study, dedication and a respect for jazz, elements that firmly connect Pieranunzi to the traditions of the music he loves and allow him to create and compose new themes.
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A creatively inspired trio. Once again Enrico Pieranunzi has joined up with Scott Colley on double bass and Antonio Sanchez on drums for a recording session which gave rise to the amazing “Stories”, an enlightened, flowing, joyful CD. This album, recorded at Avatar Studio, New York, in February 2011, is a collection of eight tracks, most of which were composed by the Roman pianist.
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1685: the year that gave birth to Bach, Handel and Scarlatti...
Following the global success of the album «Pieranunzi plays Scarlatti» the Italian pianist returns to confront the Baroque repertoire, again through his own sensibility and uniqueness. With «1685» Pieranunzi widens his horizons by adding to his love for Scarlatti, the music of Bach and Händel, three contemporaries, three of the greatest geniuses history has given us.
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CAM Jazz presents the live recording of a recent concert in New York’s Village Vanguard by one of its major artists, Enrico Pieranunzi. With him on stage in the historic club are two friends from previous adventures: Marc Johnson on bass and the late Paul Motian on drums. Hence the great empathy that is felt immediately among the musicians, an extraordinary understanding that goes far beyond the mere fact of music.
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If it were not for the unmistakable sound of Enrico Pieranunzi's piano playing it would be hard to determine, when first hearing it, that "Permutation" is the new album by the Roman pianist. As reveals the title of this CAM Jazz release, it's an album of great changes and transformations, because Enrico Pieranunzi - unlike many musicians in the world - has a unique gift: his ability to listen to his partners and truly converse with them. Some would call this pure interplay. His partners are none other than the monumental Scott Colley on bass and the unparalleled Antonio Sanchez on drums... and it's here their game begins.
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"I must confess, I have a secret passion: Latin American music, a passion that extends to what is known as Latin Jazz.." (Enrico Pieranunzi)
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180 gram Vinyl LP
This first pressing 180 gram black vinyl LP is only available in vinyl format, as it was never issued in CD format.
The title of this album is enough to reveal a charm, “Live at Birdland” and to open the mind to a collective image that brings you back to the greats of the past, to those musicians who wrote history within the walls of this famous New York club.
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ENRICO PIERANUNZI plays DOMENICO SCARLATTI - Sonatas & Improvisations Somewhere between game, dream and vision, Pieranunzi succeeds in doing something that's never been done before: composing-by-improvising on the sonatas of the most original keyboard composer-improviser of the Baroque Age.
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Due grandi artisti alla guida di un ensemble d’eccezione per presentare un progetto che non mancherà di stupire e affascinare appassionati di jazz e non. Ada Montellanico ed Enrico Pieranunzi hanno, infatti, realizzato per l’etichetta EGEA un nuovo lavoro che è un vero e proprio viaggio all’interno del mondo poetico-musicale di Luigi Tenco.
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Kenny Wheeler and I met for the first time in 1997 on a concert stage: a dream come true!
In brief, for various reasons this album is something absolutely unique something that, as the title suggests, has never happened before. (E. Pieranunzi)
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A collection of ballads performed by a trio that no longer needs introduction... The trio of our dreams... Over sixty minutes of pure musical pleasure; honey for your ears. BALLADS, recorded by Enrico Pieranunzi with bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joey Baron, or rather his "American trio", or better: "the trio of my heart" as the Roman pianist once put it, is their fourth album for CAM Jazz.
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An enthralling performance by the Trio. A double album, recorded live in Japan, in the Spring of 2004.
This splendid edition (2-CD, 20 page full-color booklet, filled with visual anecdotes) includes a previously unreleased recording, "Aurora Giapponese".
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A musical tribute to the legendary film director.
Memorable themes performed in a jazz style by artists endowed with a soul without frontiers which exalt the extraordinary Fellini melodies.
"Italian pianist Enrico Pieranunzi is no stranger to tribute albums, with homages to Wayne Shorter, Bill Evans and film composer Ennio Morricone among his post-millennium credits. On Fellini Jazz he turns his attention to "inventing a new and in a completely original way" the sonic world of director Federico Fellini.
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Combining Pieranunzi's piano with bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Paul Motian deserves to be called a special encounter, and the music lives up to the billing. Two standards, My Old Flame and a beautiful You've Changed, show what they, and especially Pieranunzi, can do with the familiar, the third, a lovely Why Did I Choose You?, is less known.
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Quale nuovo progetto ti piacerebbe realizzare per noi?…"All'innocente domanda risposi con una naturalezza che sorprese me per primo: "vorrei fare un CD con piano, sax, contrabbasso e… quartetto d'archi". Nel momento stesso in cui davo quella risposta, provai un senso infantile di gioia e di smarrimento insieme.
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A year of celebrations for Enrico Pieranunzi! A work entirely dedicated to Ennio Morricone’s repertoire following closely behind a striking re-release of “FelliniJazz” in double LP format. This time, his chance arose with the thirtieth anniversary of this outstanding trio including Marc Johnson on double bass and Joey Baron on drums. ....
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More tunes from the Pieranunzi-Johnson-Baron trio, to caress your ears. The trio's magic hits home again and heads straight for your soul, tickling it with new original compositions by Enrico, Marc, and Joey. Pure pleasure.
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Very intimate Live-recording with 1949-born (Rome, Italy) Enrico Pieranunzi, the most famous Italian drummer André Ceccarelli (performed with giants like Dee Dee Bridgewater and Brad Mehldau, but also with Sting) and Bassplayer Hein van de Geyn, who recorded with Chet Baker, Dee Dee Bridgwater, Bobby Watson and many more.. The playlist consists of wellknown Standards played “State-of-the-Art” and few originals.
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Il progetto di Enrico Pieranunzi nasce dall'idea, semplice e terribile allo stesso tempo, di restituire Bill Evans alla propria musica: inscrivere, cioè, le chiaroscurali composizioni del geniale pianista americano nel compasso della sua esistenza. E prende corpo e forma da un fortunatissimo libro, "Bill Evans.
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Per festeggiare i trecento anni della nascita del pianoforte, EGEA ha messo a disposizione del pianista romano Enrico Pieranunzi il meglio della produzione mondiale di pianoforti, e il musicista è stato ben lieto di onorare la possibilità eseguendo in totale solitudine dodici sue composizioni vecchie e nuove. Al di là delle celebrazioni, un CD di grande musica.
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L`album, registrato nel febbraio del 2000 al Teatro Comunale di Gubbio, tiene piena fede all`intestazione con una serie di intensi ritratti sonori profondamente legati ad umori e suggestioni mediterranee. Sono temi struggenti, atmosfere delicate e toccanti, da approcciare con animo sereno, lasciandosi cullare ed emozionare. (Maurizio Favot)
Il CD Racconti Mediterranei di Enrico Pieranunzi, pubblicato dall’etichetta EGEA, è stato selezionato dalla rivista statunitense JAZZIZ tra le 19 migliori realizzazioni discografiche del 2001.
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European jazz musicians don't always get the recognition they deserve worldwide. Italian pianist Enrico Pieranunzi has already proved himself on several earlier dates for Challenge and as a leader of the Space Jazz Trio, recording with such saxophone greats as Phil Woods and Lee Konitz. But this mostly quartet date with the Belgian guitarist Philip Catherine, the Dutch bassist Hein Van de Geyn, and a token American, drummer Joe LaBarbera, focuses exclusively on a dozen time-tested standards from the Great American Songbook.
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Challenge Records gave Enrico the possibility to break away from the intimacy of the trio, and suggested a quintet recording of his music. The delicacy of the compositions has been maintained and expanded. That Enrico Pieranunzi Quintet gives us his beautiful compositions in a broad-sounding setting; breathtaking improvisations. Music of today, music of tomorrow.
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Fra gli album del pianista romano, questo è il più consapevole e maturo. Proprio così mi sembra debba essere un pianista (jazz) di fine secolo: colto, diplomato in conservatorio, capace di suonare validamente anche l'altra musica, in grado addirittura di scrivere bene. Nitido è il suo tocco, meditate le composizioni, sicura l'improvvisazione. Pieranunzi frantuma di continuo jazz e classica, ed evoca autori vari, ma rimane Pieranunzi. Perfetto.
F. Fayenz
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This CD looks promising at first. A trio led by one of Europe's finest jazz pianists, Enrico Pieranunzi, occasional guest appearances by alto saxophonist Lee Konitz or fluegelhornist Enrico Rava, and a young Italian singer, Ada Monellanico.
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"Some jazzmusicians are acrobats, others lumberjacks, some are scientists and still others are mimes (going through the motions with nothing to say). But only a few are artists. I've come to believe that Enrico Pieranunzi is one. With each new recording he releases, more proof is added to the positive side of the ledger. And this new trio date, where he is ably assisted by Hein Van de Geyn amd André Ceccarelli, provides some of the most convincing evidence of all.
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For the first time on CD, a vintage release of Maestro Pieranunzi's earlier years...
...This is a digitally remastered special edition of the 1980 recording, plus a bonus track (#12).
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"Art Farmer's always lyrical, inviting flugelhorn fit nicely into this quartet and quintet setting matching him with an Italian ensemble. They covered standards, such bop anthems as Dizzy Gillespie's "Blue 'N' Boogie" and Charlie Parker "Ah-Leu-Cha," plus Pieranunzi originals "Little Moon" and the title track.
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Questi brani raccontano il primo incontro tra Enrico Pieranunzi e Chet Baker, un artista unico che cambiò radicalmente il modo di suonare del pianista e testimoniano un’esperienza musicale e umana che rimane tra le più profonde, toccanti e indimenticabili della vita di Enrico, come il pianista romano afferma nelle note di copertina.
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Esce per i tipi dell’AlfaMusic la ristampa in cd di “The day after the silence”, il primo disco in piano solo di Enrico Pieranunzi, secondo in assoluto della sua carriera artistica. Pubblicato originariamente in LP, “The day after the silence” fu inciso nel 1976 per la Edi-Pan.
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