Biagio Coppa
Biagio Coppa (born March 16, 1965 ) is an Italian jazz musician ( saxophone , composition ).
Live and act
Biagio Coppa has been engaged in jazz and improvised music based on Afro-American forms of play since 1996, u. a. with M-Base music, especially that of Steve Coleman , as well as Ornette Coleman's Harmolodic concept. Since 1997 he has been the artistic director of Flight Band , a non-profit music education organization. With the Flight band came together with Claudio Fasoli album Birth of the Cool: Driving Out . In 2005 he recorded his debut album Anastomosi , which featured Ralph Alessi , Matt Mitchell , Drew Gress and Shane Endsley . With Nate Wooley , Cory Smythe , Trevor Dunn and Tyshawn Sorey , he created his album Antagonisti Androgeni in 2009 .
Discographic notes
- Ralph Alessi / Biagio Coppa / Matt Mitchell / Drew Gress / Shane Endesley: Anastomosi (Abeat Records, 2006)
- Flight Band / Biagio Coppa: Mingus Uni & Versus (Philology, 2010) Bigband
- COD Trio: Odd Original Songs (Silta, 2010, with Gabriele Orsi , Francesco Di Lenge )
- Monk's Mind (Music Center, 2011) with Gabriele Orsi, John Patitucci , Francesco Di Lenge
- 23:54 Get Moving (NFR, 2014) with Aruán Ortiz and Rob Garcia
Web links
- Biagio Coppa at Allmusic (English)
- Biagio Coppa at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief portrait at All About Jazz
- ↑ Album review in ( Memento of the original from February 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. JazzTimes
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 16, 2014)
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SURNAME | Coppa, Biagio |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian jazz musician (saxophone, composition) |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1965 |