Enrico Intra
Enrico Intra (born July 3, 1935 in Milan ) is an Italian jazz pianist , composer and orchestra leader.
Live and act
Intra had a private music education and led her own groups in the 1950s. In 1960 he took part in the competition La coppa del Jazz of Rai Radio 2 part. In the 1960s he founded the Milan nightclub Intra's Derby Club . He worked with Pupo De Luca , Iva Zanicchi , Severino Gazzelloni , Claudio Cusmano , Bruno De Filippi , Marco Ratti , Victor Bacchetta , Pino Presti , Tullio De Piscopo , Gianni Bedori , Giancarlo Barigozzi and Sergio Farina . He also played with Chet Baker , Lee Konitz and Milt Jackson . Since the mid-1960s he has led the orchestra at the Sanremo Festival several times . Since the mid-1970s he has presented his own jazz albums.
In 1971 he composed a mass. As a songwriter he wrote with Vito Pallavicini No amore , who became known in the interpretations of Giusy Romeo and Sacha Distel (as part of the Sanremo Festival 1968 ). He also arranged for Francesco Guccini ( Un altro giorno è andato / Il bello , 1968) and composed for the film.
He has been working as a duo with Franco Cerri since 1980; with him he also founded Musica Oggi as a society for the promotion of jazz and organized the jazz courses Civici Corsi di Jazz di Milano . In 1987 he founded the Civica Orchestra Jazz di Milano , which he still leads today , with which he presented a program dedicated to Duke Ellington in 2007 . He also worked with Markus Stockhausen , Roberto Fabbriciani , Mauro Negri , Franco D'Andrea and Marco Vaggi .
Works
- La Messa d'Oggi (1971, RFL ST 14043 Ri-Fi)
- Archetipo ( Suite for sextet with violoncello and oboe )
- Contro la seduzione
- Dissonanza-consonanza
- The blues
- Nosferatu
- Bach Cage Intra
- Nuova civiltà
Discographic notes
- To the Victims of Vietnam , Ri-Fi, 1974
- Paopop / Adagio (7 "), Ri-Fi, 1975
- Gerry Mulligan meets Enrico Intra , Produttori Associati, 1976
- The Blues , CD, album, Dire, 1991
- Awake in the dark garden. Instrumental music based on Gregorian chants Kreuz, CD, 1999
- Bernstein / Gershwin / Rodgers , with the Civica Jazz Band and Franco Cerri, Soul Note, CD, 2000
- Live! , Distr. IRD, CD, 2005
- Le case di Berio , audio CD, album, Rai Trade, Alfa Music, 2005
- Like Monk , Alfa Music, audio CD, 2006
- Franco Cerri & Enrico Intra Jazz Italiano Live 2007 , MAG 2007
- David Liebman / Enrico Intra Liebman meets Intra Contenuto Alfa Music, CD, 2008
- Franco Ambrosetti / Enrico Intra Live In Milan, Duo, Trio, Quartet , CD, Album, Albore Jazz, 2009
literature
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-507418-1 .
- Maurizio Franco, Enrico Intra: IntraMood , 2008
Web links
- Enrico Intra at Allmusic (English)
- Short biography (Dischiespartiti.com)
- Enrico Intra in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Enrico Intra at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Intra, Enrico |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian jazz musician and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1935 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |