Emiliano Vernizzi

Biography
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Attended seminars of John Taylor, Dave Liebman, Gideon Levensohn, Steve Coleman, Graham Collier, Giorgio Gaslini, the clinics by Berklee School of Boston (UmbriaJazz 1999). Studied in New York with Walt Weiskopf, Joel Fraham, Melissa Aldana. Renato D'Aiello, Tullio Ricci, Carlo Atti, Maurizio Giammarco, Bob Bonisolo, Giulio Visibelli. Master's Degree (cum laude) in Jazz Music at the Conservatory of Music A.Boito (Higher Education in Art and Music - Parma, Ialy) with Roberto Bonati.

He played with and recorded with the “Civica Jazz Band of Enrico Intra” (guests Eddie Daniels, David Raksin, Dave Liebman, Max Roach, Bobby Watson, David Murray, Evan Parker, Paolo Fresu, Enrico Rava, G.Trovesi, Enrico Pieranunzi, Franco D'Andrea,…).

He has performed at dozens of festivals in Italy, Europe, USA and released over thirty CDs as a performer as several musical genre (hip-hop, jazz-prog, rock, nu-jazz, pop, avantgarde).

He played with Bobby Durham, Paul Jeffrey, Gianni Cazzola, Franco e Stefano Cerri, Steve Grossman, Marco Tamburini, Tommy Campbell, Felice del Gaudio, Hengel Gualdi, Antonio Zambrini, Alberto Tacchini, Roberto Bonati, Max Furian, Rossano Sportiello, Jazz-Art (Massimo Manzi, Christian Mayer, Ellade Bandini, Michael Rosen, Mauro Negri, Fabrizio Bosso), and many others.

He has toured several times in USA and Europe with the Izzy Zaidman's band and trans-atlantic project (US_Paris_Italy) Pericopes+1.

“Great record. Wonderful music with a very diverse repertoire, played flawlessly. You can hear the spirit and mutual respect the three musicians have for each other and the music. These guys have a history to be sure.” DAVE LIEBMAN

”The bass-less trio of Pericopes+1 brings a 21st-century influence to their album These Human Beings. It’s modern jazz that’s heavy on intelligent melody and spirited improvisation. All the songs exhibit power and intention. Pericopes+1 also demonstrates a mastery of dynamics, creating steady climaxes that climb logically forward” David Kunian (Downbeat magazine – USA)

“There is the search but also heart

“There is the search but also heart. There is rage and love. There is the howl but also the song. These three excellent musicians tell us about their being human. Thank you!” ENRICO RAVA

”These Human Beings is a noteworthy example of Italian and American jazz musicians coming together, and Vernizzi, Sgobbio and Wight have no problem finding common ground when it comes to both the post-bop elements and the avant-garde elements. Both the inside and the outside work to their creative advantage on These Human Beings.” ALEX HENDERSON (JAZZ INSIDE MAGAZINE – USA)

”The duo piano-soprano saxophone shows the highlight of improvised music: it reminds me of the rehearsals of Mal Waldron with Steve Lacy (without wanting to force a comparison). Sgobbio and Vernizzi do not compromise with blatant references, and they look for an original direction. What these two composers and musicians are offering is true music, not an imitation. Heart, and intelligence too”.

Franco Bergoglio (jazz journalist and writer)

”As a jazz record producer, live always been looking for maturity, innovation and creative freshness. When I first heard the Pericopes project I immediately found all these elements in the music, which is not as obvious as it may sound, especially when dealing with young lions. They fresh and powerful music brought my mind back to the Dave Liebman and Richie Beirach duo excursions, but only as a reference. In fact their music totally reflects the times we live in, along with the influences of the masters, and it projects to the future; past, present and future. The music is all original and is strongly characterised by harmonic implications coming from contemporary classical music of the 20th century but also contains traces of world music, free jazz, fusion and mediterranean lyricism, all integrated into improvised jazz context.

Emiliano and Alessandro can be easily considered the musical excellence of our hometown Parma but, more likely, well represent the new wave of young european jazz musicians well rooted in the past but fully projected into the future”.

Raimondo Meli Lupi (RAM Records)

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