Stefan Scaggiari
Stefan "Stef" Scaggiari (* 1947 in Evansville, Indiana ) is an American jazz pianist .
Live and act
Scaggiari played piano in bands during high school and graduated from the Eastman School of Music in 1968. He then did his military service as a pianist in the United States Marine Band , which was stationed in Washington, DC and also performed at White House celebrations, such as the Duke Ellington 70th birthday party. After his discharge from military service and earning a master’s degree at the Peabody Conservatory, he was a semi-finalist at the Van Cliburn Competition in 1973 . During this time he decided to work primarily in the field of jazz , although he occasionally played classical music , such as with New World Players and the National Symphony Orchestra .
After a first album under his own name ( In the Beginning , 1980) Scaggiari recorded the trio album That's Ska-jar-e for Concord Jazz in California with John Lockwood and Colin Bailey . He first worked as a studio musician in New York for a year and then moved to Annapolis (Maryland) in 1985 , where he became the house pianist at Club King of France Tavern and guest musicians and vocalists such as Phil Woods , Jimmy Witherspoon , Ernestine Anderson , Eva Cassidy , Carol Sloane , Herb Ellis and Charlie Byrd accompanied. In the 1980s Scaggiari played regularly in the program Weekend Edition of National Public Radio . After a Japan tour with Carol Sloane in 1990 (a tour of the Fujitsu Concord Jazz Festival ), two more albums were created for Concord Jazz ; he also worked with Carol Sloane, Ken Navarro , Sue Matthews and Ethel Ennis . In the field of jazz he was involved in 28 recording sessions between 1980 and 2005.
Discographic notes
- Just the Beginning (1980), with Marshall Hawkins, Dave Palamar , Rick Whitehead, Michael Webber
- Global Function (Positive Music, 1992), with Mark Russell, Gregory K. Grainger, Gali Sanchez
- Stefanitely (Concord Jazz, 1993), with John Lockwood, Colin Bailey
- Stefan Out (Concord Jazz, 1994), with Jim Hughart , Colin Bailey
Web links
- Web presence
- Scott Yanow : Stefan Scaggiari at Allmusic (English)
- Stefan Scaggiari at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ entry (secondhandsongs)
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 28, 2018)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scaggiari, Stefan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scaggiari, Stef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Evansville, Indiana |