Stefano Di Battista

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Stefano Di Battista (2008)

Stefano Di Battista (* 14. February 1969 in Rome ) is an Italian jazz - saxophonist ( alto and soprano ).

biography

Di Battista started playing the saxophone at the age of 13. He came to jazz through the music of Art Pepper , where he was promoted by Massimo Urbani and Jean-Pierre Como . At an invitation from Como, Di Battista came to Paris , where he came into contact with the French jazz scene. Laurent Cugny brought Di Battista to the Orchester National de Jazz as a soloist . This was followed by an engagement with Michel Petrucciani . In 1997 his debut album appeared as the band leader Volare (with Flavio Boltro (trumpet)), which was nominated for the Victories de la Musique, Choc de l'Année Jazzman award. The next album A Prima Vista was released in 1998 on Blue Note Records . After joint recordings for the album Stefano Di Battista , a. a. with the pianist Jacky Terrasson , the jazz legend Elvin Jones engaged Di Battista in 2000 for a tour with his band Jazz Machine . For the fourth album Round About Roma , reminiscent of a soundtrack , Di Battista worked with the American arranger Vince Mendoza . Musicians like Flavio Boltro, Kenny Barron , Rosario Bonaccorso , Fabrizio Bosso , Baptiste Trotignon and Eric Harland have accompanied his last projects .

Discography

  • 1993 - Ada Montellanico - The Encounter (Philology)
  • 1995 - Aldo Romano - Prosody (Polygram)
  • 1996 - Enrico Rava - Noir (Label Bleu)
  • 1997 - Aldo Romano - Intervista (Polygram)
  • 1997 - ONJ / Cugny - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Polygram)
  • 1997 - Michel Petrucciani - Both Worlds (Dreyfus)
  • 1997 - Volare (Label Bleu)
  • 1998 - Rita Marcotulli - The Woman Next Door (Label Bleu)
  • 1998 - A prima vista (Blue Note)
  • 1999 - Flavio Boltro - Road Runner (Blue Note)
  • 2000 - Sergio Coppotelli - The Best Live (Splasch)
  • 2000 - Stefano Di Battista (Blue Note)
  • 2002 - Round About Roma (Blue Note)
  • 2005 - Parker's Mood (Blue Note)
  • 2007 - Trouble Shootin ' (Blue Note)
  • 2011 - Woman's Land (Discograph)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sylvain Luc & Stefano Di Battista Quartet. Retrieved on August 8, 2019 (German).
  2. ↑ Christopher Porter: Stefano di Battista. In: JazzTimes. Retrieved August 8, 2019 (American English).
  3. ^ All About Jazz: Stefano Di Battista: Stefano Di Battista: Parker's Mood. Accessed August 8, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Di Battista, Stefano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian jazz saxophonist (alto and soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome