www.myspace.com/bollani - ECM myspace
www.myspace.com/bollanibodilsenlund - Italian/danish jazz trio
www.myspace.com/dottordjembe - radio show with Stefano Bollani, David Riondino, Mirko Guerrini
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At the age of six, wanting to become a singer, Stefano Bollani would accompany himself on the family keyboard. A few years later, he recorded a cassette of himself singing and playing, which he sent to his idol Renato Carosone, along with a letter explaining his dream. Carosone replied advising him to listen to a lot of blues and jazz, and so Bollani did.
His first record was the second volume of the jazz encyclopaedia published by Fratelli Fabbri. At age 11, he enrolled at the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory of Florence, where he received his diploma in piano in 1993.
At age 15, he tread the boards professionally, playing mostly pop, at the same time studying under Luca Flores, Mauro Grossi, and Franco D’Andrea whose seminars he attended at Siena Jazz.
In 1996, he met Enrico Rava at the Teatro Metastasio in Prato who immediately invited him to play in Paris with him: “You’re young, you don’t have a family. Take the risk, give up pop and devote yourself full-time to the music you love.” Taking Rava’s advice, Bollani backed out of Jovanotti’s tournée and flung himself into jazz, language of improvisation and freedom. His upswing was marked by rapid laps: from the important, and continuing collaboration with mentor Enrico Rava to his affirmation with a referendum held by Musica Jazz magazine (best new talent 1998); from directing his Orchestra del Titanic (with numerous concerts to its credit and two recordings for the Via Veneto label) to making records and performing tribute-shows to pop music of the past (Abbassa la tua radio with, among others, Peppe Servillo, Irene Grandi, Marco Parente, Elio from the Storie tese … and Guarda che luna! with Gianmaria Testa and Banda Osiris …), right up to winning the Premio Carosone, usually awarded to singers, in September 2003 in Naples.
They caught on to Stefano Bollani even in Japan. Swing Journal, the country’s most authoritative jazz publication, awarded him the New Star Award in 2003, the first time for a European musician. Besides his “historical” collaboration with Rava, he has played with countless others, including Richard Galliano, Gato Barbieri, Pat Metheny, Michel Portal, Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Han Bennink, Paolo Fresu, and appeared on the world’s most prestigious stages (from Umbria Jazz to the Montreal Festival, from Town Hall in New York to the Scala in Milan). His music often frequents irony, an evident characteristic of all of his work, some of it quite bizarre and offbeat, like Gnosi delle fanfole, a recording in which, along with songwriter Massimo Altomare, he set to music the surreal poetry of Fosco Maraini (1998), and Cantata dei pastori immobili, a sort of musical oratory for four voices, narrator and piano, on texts by David Riondino, published in a slip-case by Donzelli (2004). He has done four recordings for the French, Label Bleu: Les fleurs bleues, 2002, a homage to writer Raymond Queneau, recorded with Americans Scott Colley on the bass and Clarence Penn on the drums, the solo recording Smat smat, 2003; Concertone, 2004, a composition for jazz trio and symphonic orchestra with the arrangements and direction of Paolo Silvestri and, finally, I Visionari, the first recording with his new quintet formed by Mirko Guerrini on the sax, Nico Gori on the clarinet, Ferruccio Spinetti on the double bass, and Cristiano Calcagnile on the drums. In 2003 he began playing with Danish musicians Jesper Bodilsen and Morten Lund, recording with them for Stunt Records, Mi ritorni in mente and, in 2005, Gleda, Songs from Scandinavia.
For the “Racconti di canzoni” series, he published L’america di Renato Carosone (Elleu, 2004), a tribute to the history of swing and jazz in Italy and, especially, to his idol Carosone. This past May, the Jazz series of the weekly magazine L’Espresso, released the first Italian CD of his trio with Ares Tavolazzi and Walter Paoli. The previous discs had been released only for the Japanese label Venus Records. For his ingenious and sparkling character, and his natural gifts as an entertainer, Stefano Bollani earned the cover of the weekly magazine Topolino (this past May), the only Italian jazz musician to measure himself against Fethry Duck!
September 2006 marked the contemporary release of Piano Solo, the first CD in his name for ECM, which immediately rose to the top of jazz sales charts and landed the 31st place in the Sorrisi&Canzoni chart, and his first novel, La sindrome di Brontolo, published by Baldini Castoldi, Dalai.
fantastico il tuo concerto in Duo con Chick a Palermo al Teatro della Verdura... ero con Maria Pia De Vito.... ricordi? besitos volados y mucha suerte Stefano... tienes mucho DUENDE... il tuo andare in "trance".... la forza que scaturisce dalle viscere dell'IO .... questo è DUENDE.. ed è quando tu perdi contatto con la realtà e tutto quello che fai diventa arte come quella sera.... !! fantastico..!! gracias.. spero ritornerai in questa città dimenticata...!! Alejandra
CIAO MY DEAR FRIEND & THANK YOU 4 THE SUPPORT ! Check out my new video «la danza del negro »…MJ R.I.P. HAVE A GOOD TIME www.myspace.com/therealnest www.gunfunk.com
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http://www.myspace.com/liberemetropoli LIBERE METROPOLI Quando:Sabato, 04 lug 2009, 17.00 Dove:Area Diga via Visconti di Modrone Vaprio d'Adda Milano 20069
Performance di protesta contro: i mondi chiusi dell'arte, i mondi chiusi dell'artista, gli individualismi, i confini e le barriere..
Inizio lavori ore 17.00 creazione dell’installazione che ospiterà la performance
All’interno dell’installazione verranno creati degli spazi contenenti opere inesistenti
Ritrovo per partecipare alla performance: ore 18.30 circa
> Verranno distribuiti dei flyer per invitare le persone a partecipare> Compilazione del catalogo bianco attraverso nomi, tracce ecc.>Il pubblico e gli artisti coinvolti nella performance potranno rendere visibile le opere d’arte solo attraverso la propria fantasia.>Non ci sono regole, tutto è volutamente irrazionale…>Chiunque potrà decidere di appropriarsi degli spazi, scambiarli con altri, creare al suo interno delle azioni ecc…>Attraverso la sperimentazione del luogo, degli spazi e delle azioni si potranno creare piccoli mondi mentali che evolvono nel tempo all’interno di un’area stabilita… ma non è detto che i confini possano essere spezzati…
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Ciao,Stefano , grazie per la tua amicizia.mi ha fatto davvero piacere. sei davvero molto molto bravo,un grandissimo!! sei sicuramente uno dei miei preferiti. spero di ascoltarti presto , in giro per l'italia. a presto, e tutti i miei migliori auguri di ascoltare sempre.. la tua buona musica.. tanti e cari saluti..da un tuo nuovo amico All the best..e buona settimana neal
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
ho appena divorato il libro che ti riguarda:è veramente ben fatto e ti fa apparire quello che sei: grande.anch'io ho fatto il conservatorio poco prima di te (ero allievo di antonio bacchelli)e sentire un GRANDE che la pensa come me su tutto della musica mi fa immenso piacere.ciao,gianfranco
Ciaooo! E' pronto il singolo degli ALMADUO dal titolo "LUCIA" aut.L.Polge prodotto dalla Casa Editrice Musicale MONTEFELTRO se ti fa' piacere lo puoi ascoltare sul nostro space. A breve sara' in vendita on line.......
Ciao Stefano, se puoi ascolta alcuni brani di “II-V-Ultimo”, il nostro nuovo disco e lasciaci un commento, un bonifico, un insulto, insomma un segno di vita!!!
Tutte le volte la stessa storia...Rimango a bocca aperta come un bimbo che si stupisce e viene affascinato da uno scaltro prestigiatore...Che concerto!!!!!!
LIBRERIA AUDITORIUM PARCO DELLA MUSICA, ROMA: il 19 giugno alle 18.00, Valentina Farinaccio e Marco Sutera, con la gentile (anzi gentilissima!) partecipazione di STEFANO BOLLANI, presenteranno alla stampa, ai passanti e ai curiosi: "LA SINDROME DI BOLLANI (Gesta e opinioni di un pianista di talento)".
