Rossano Sportiello

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Rossano Sportiello (born June 1, 1974 in Vigevano ) is an Italian musician ( piano , composition ) of traditional and mainstream jazz .

Live and act

Sportiello took classical piano lessons with Carlo Villa at the age of nine and then studied classical piano at the conservatory. At the age of 16 he performed as a professional musician in jazz clubs in the Milan area; In 1992 he became a member of the trad jazz band Milano Jazz Gang , with whom he toured in Italy and Western Europe and also recorded records such as Lord You Made The Night Too Long (2000). That same year he met Barry Harris , who became his mentor. Stylistically in the footsteps of Ralph Sutton , Dave McKenna and Barry Harris, he appeared at festivals in the following years, such as regularly at the Ascona Jazz Festival in 2004 with Dan Barrett . In 2002 he recorded his debut album Moonshadow . In the following years he also played with Slide Hampton , Clark Terry , Kenny Davern , Bucky Pizzarelli , Bob Wilber , Warren Vaché , Bob Cranshaw , Mickey Roker , Howard Alden , Joe Wilder , Eddie Locke , Joe LaBarbera , Scott Hamilton , Jake Hanna , Houston Person , Bill Charlap and Dick Hyman . From 2008 Sportiello worked frequently with the Harry Allen Quartet; Rossano also teaches master classes at the University of Toronto , University of Central Florida and Claremont College (California). His solo album Piano On My Mind (2005) received the Prix ​​du Jazz Classique of the Académie du Jazz . He currently forms the trio Three Wise Men with Frank Roberscheuten and Martin Breinschmid . In the field of jazz he was involved in 73 recording sessions between 1998 and 2017, including a. also with Randy Reinhart / Jesper Thilo , Alfredo Ferrario , Antti Sarpila , Vince Giordano , Rebecca Kilgore and Bob Merrill .

Discographic notes

  • In the Dark (2004, Sackville)
  • Piano On My Mind (2005, jazz connoisseur)
  • Heart and Soul (2006, Arbors Records ) solo
  • People Will Say We're In Love (2006, Arbors Records ) with Nicki Parrott
  • It Amazes Me (2009, Sackville)
  • Do It Again (2009, Arbors Records ), with Nicki Parrott
  • Lucky to be Me (2010, Arbors), with Frank Tate, Dennis Mackrel
  • Chopin in Jazz (2010, SwingBros)
  • Live At The Jazz Corner (2011, Arbors), with Nicki Parrott, Eddie Metz
  • Schubert in Jazz (2011)
  • Liszt in Jazz (2011), with Joel Forbes (b), Chuck Riggs (dr)
  • The Rossano Sportiello Trio Lucky to Be Me (2010, Arbors Records), with Frank Tate and Dennis Mackrel
  • Strictly Confidential (Arbors, 2015), with Nicki Parrott, Eddie Metz

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 26, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Sportiello, Rossano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Vigevano