Antonello Salis
Antonello Salis (born February 28, 1950 in Villamar in the south of Sardinia ) is an Italian jazz musician who plays the piano, Hammond organ and accordion.
Live and act
Salis taught himself to play the accordion at the age of seven and later learned to play the piano as well. In the 1970s he played with rock bands and in 1973 founded the “Cadmo Trio” with bassist Riccardo Lay and drummer Mario Paliano, which was later expanded to a quintet with alto saxophonist Sandro Satta and trombonist Danilo Terenzi . In 1975 he moved to Rome, where he played with his trio at the “Musica Inn” and where they recorded the album “Boomerang”. From 1978 he also played solo piano and accordion. In 1979 he played in the quartet of Marcello Melis . In the course of his career he played a. a. with Paolo Fresu (“PAF” trio with Furio Di Castri ), Roberto Gatto , Enrico Rava , Cecil Taylor , Lester Bowie (whom he met in 1977) and the “Art Ensemble of Chicago”, Pat Metheny , Don Cherry , Don Pullen , Billy Cobham , Naná Vasconcelos , Anouar Brahem , Han Bennink and Michel Portal and recorded four solo albums with CAM Jazz ("Orange Juice- Nice Food", "Salis!", "Quelli che Restano", "Pianosolo"). In 1993 he joined the “Quartetto Nuovo”, which consisted only of accordion players (with Richard Galliano , Marcel Azzola , Gianni Coscia ). Doudou Gouirand and Gérard Pansanel brought him into their Nino Rota project in 1995 . Together with the hr big band , the accordionist played Rota's music at the German Jazz Festival in Frankfurt in 2007 , where he interpreted Ennio Morricone's film music with Jens Thomas and Paolo Fresu as early as 2000 . He continued to play with pop and rock musicians, contributed music for theater and dance projects (e.g. from 1980 with the dancer Roberta Garrison) as well as films, etc. a. with the songwriter Claude Martí and the guitarist Gérard Pansanel in Éric Rohmer's film Herbstgeschichte .
In 2005 he received the Django d'Or (Italy) as an Established Musician .
Web links
- Homepage
- FelliniJazz - The Music of Nino Rota in Frankfurt 2007 ( Memento from August 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (with picture)
literature
- Claudio Loi: Sardinia Jazz. Il jazz in Sardegna negli anni Zero. Musica, musicisti, eventi, discografia di base . Cagliari, aipsa edizioni / percezioni musiche, 2010. ISBN 978-88 95692-26-5
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Salis, Antonello |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villamar in Sardinia |