Ettore Fioravanti
Ettore Fioravanti (born May 18, 1958 in Rome ) is an Italian jazz percussionist and band leader .
Fioravanti studied classical percussion with Antonio Striano at the Conservatorio Alfredo Casella in L'Aquila and composition and arrangement with Bruno Tommaso and Marco Tiso . He has been working professionally as a jazz musician since 1975. He has been a member of the Paolo Fresu Quintet since it was founded in 1983 , has been a member of the Piero Bassini Trio since 1995 , of the Terre di mezzo group since 2000 and of the Millenovecento group since 2005 .
He was also a member of the bands of Paolo Damiani , Gianluigi Trovesi , Roberto Ottaviano and Bruno Tommaso and worked as a sideman with musicians such as Karl Berger , Marcello Melis , Tony Oxley , Enrico Rava , David Liebman , Massimo Urbani , Mal Waldron , Kenny Wheeler , Gunther Schuller , Steve Lacy , Sheila Jordan and Tim Berne .
Fioravanti has been leading his own bands since 1990: until 1995 the Ettore Fioravanti Quartet (with Fabio Zeppetella , Dario Deidda and Ramberto Ciammarughi ), the Ricercar scintille (1995–96) and since 1995 the group Belcanto .
In addition to his work as a jazz musician, he also worked at the Teatro Stabile della Toscana (1980-82), performed with the RAI symphony orchestra , took part in Giorgio Battistelli's Experimentum mundi and performed with the dance company Danzatori scalzi .
Discography
- Sorgente Sonora with Eugenio Colombo, 1988
- Settecanconi with Steve Swallow , Roberto Ottaviano, Riccardo Bianchi , Stefano Battaglia , Gianni Oddi , Roberto Ottini , Doriano Beltrame , Cicci Santucci , Stefano Mastrangelo , Stefano Scalzi , Fiorenzo Gualandris , 1989
- Nelle stanca delle arcate with Bruno Tommaso, 1992
- Canzoni non cantate with Fabio Zeppetella, Stefano De Bonis , Dario Deidda, 1993
- Belcanto with Gianluigi Trovesi, Franco D'Andrea , Ernst Reijseger , 1995
- Ricercar scintille with Pietro Tonolo , Stefano Battaglia, Steve Swallow, 1997
- Florilegium with Achille Succi , Beppe Caruso , Tino Tracanna , Stefano De Bonis, Giovanni Maier , 2000
- La musica rubata with Achille Succi, Beppe Caruso, Tino Tracanna, Giorgio Vendola and the Banda Città di Montescaglioso under Rocco Lacanfora , 2000
- Più with Tino Tracanna, Achille Succi, Beppe Caruso, Stefano De Bonis, Giovanni Maier, 2003
- Pierino, il lupo e altre cantastorie with Tino Tracanna, Achille Succi, Beppe Caruso, Stefano De Bonis, Giovanni Maier, Francesco Di Giacomo , 2005
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Fioravanti, Ettore |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian jazz percussionist and band leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |