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Danilo Rea

One of Italy’s leading jazz pianists, Danilo Rea received a solid musical training, obtaining his degree from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. Among the artists he has worked with on-stage and in the recording studios are Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Steve Grossman, Bob Berg, Michael Breker, Billy Cobam, Aldo Romano, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano and others. In the field of pop music his peerless credentials include Mina, Pino Daniele, Claudio Baglioni, Fiorella Mannoia and many others. He has worked with Giovanni Tommaso’s quintet “Lingomania” (Top jazz 1987). He has given concerts in Italy ,France, England, US, India, Senegal and China. Together with percussionist Roberto Gatto he recorded Improvvisi (Gala Records). He is currently co-leader of the trio “DOCTOR 3”(with Enzo Pietropaoli and Fabrizio Sferra), one of the most highly-acclaimed groups in Italy. Under the “Via Veneto” label he has recorded the solo CD Lost in Europe which brings together the highlights of his year 2000 tour. He is also much sought-after as a performer in classical music settings. Noteworthy among these are Roberto De Simone’s Requiem for PierPaolo Pasolini under the direction of Zoltan Pesko at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. At the Teatro Rossini in Pesaro, in-ensemble , he performed in “Rossini, mon amour” production for the “Rossini Opera Festival”. He has also appeared with Roberto Gatto in the context of a jazz festival at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome. In recent years he has dedicated himself to teaching and master classes in jazz and improvisation techniques.

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Danilo Rea Reset Trio at Manerbio Jazz Festival 2023

Read "Danilo Rea Reset Trio at Manerbio Jazz Festival 2023" reviewed by Danilo Codazzi


A collection of photos from the Danilo Rea “Reset trio" concert at Manerbio Jazz Festival in Manerbio on November 3, 2023 featuring Danilo Rea, Massimo Moriconi and Ellade Bandini. ...

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Danilo Rea: Jazz, Mina e altri incontri

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Tra i primi giovani jazzisti a Roma a metà degli anni '70, il pianista e compositore Danilo Rea nella sua intensa e lunga carriera ha tracciato, insieme ai suoi illustri colleghi Roberto Gatto, Enzo Pietropaoli e Fabrizio Sferra, le linee guida per le nuove generazioni di musicisti del panorama jazz italiano. Diverse le sue collaborazioni con grandi nomi del jazz come Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Joe Lovano, Paolo Damiani e Enrico Rava insieme al quale ha suonato in ...

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Album Review

Danilo Rea and Flavio Boltro: Opera

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Opera is a big art form: elaborate sets; high, occasionally overwrought, drama; large orchestras; and, of course, the singers. So what happens to this art form when almost everything is stripped away and the melodies are recreated by a simple duo of piano and trumpet? On the evidence of Opera, the first duo project from pianist Danilo Rea and trumpeter Flavio Boltro, what happens is something rather special. Rea and Boltro have been friends for many years--both ...

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Danilo Rea: A Tribute To Fabrizio De André

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Danilo Rea is one of Italy's finest jazz pianists--a beautifully lyrical player with a precise and delicate touch. On A Tribute To Fabrizio De André, he creates his own memorial to the work of his fellow Italian, the singer and songwriter who died in 1999 at just 58 years of age. De André was an extremely popular and, at times, controversial figure in Italy. Although his work was mainly rooted in a contemporary folk idiom, De André ...

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Danilo Rea/Enzo Pietropaoli/Fabrizio Sferra: Tales of Doctor Three

Read "Tales of Doctor Three" reviewed by Ernesto De Pascale


Picture this. Two of Italy's most distinguished jazz musicians are former high-school classmates. They band together with a third and record an album of songs they all grew up with. Not just your standard jazz fare, either. This is the stuff they heard on the radio.But Tales of Doctor Three delivers the goods - jazz style. It's an absolutely unique meeting of Enzo Pietropaoli's witty basslines interacting with the intense melodicism of Danilo Rea's piano and Fabrizio Sferra ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Opera

ACT Music
2011

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Cello Songs

Kapustnik Records
2011

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Piano Works X: Danilo...

Parco Della Musica Records
2010

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Jazzitaliano Live 2009

Parco Della Musica Records
2009

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