Tino Tracanna

Tino Tracanna (* 1956 in Livorno ) is an Italian jazz - saxophonist ( soprano , alto and tenor saxophone ).

Live and act

Tracanna studied music in Bologna and did her PhD with a thesis on Steve Lacy . He became known when he played in the band of pianist Franco D'Andrea from 1981 to the early 1990s ( Flavors , 1992). From 1984 he also worked regularly with the trumpeter Paolo Fresu . At the end of the 1980s a first LP was released under his own name on the Splas (c) h label, Mr. Frankenstein Blues . In 1990 a second album was created with the title 292 , on which u. a. Paolo Fresu, the keyboardist Massimo Colombo and the bassist Francesco Sotgiu were involved.

In 1996 Tracanna took part in Alberto Nacci's wind project Passing ; in the same year he recorded the album Quartetto and was a member of Giorgio Gaslini 's big band ( Jelly's Back in Town ). In 1998 the big band production Gesualdo was born ; under the direction of Corrado Guarino five madrigals from the late 16th century were recorded by Gesualdo , supplemented by further titles in this style by Tracanna and Guarino. Maria Pia De Vito , who became known through projects with Colin Towns , took part as the singer .

He also worked with Tiziana Ghiglioni (1989–1990), with the Duke Ellington Repertory Orchestra and the Jazz Chromatic Orchestra . In 2000 he worked again with Paolo Fresu on his RCA album Melos . In the same year he played the album Punctus in a duo with drummer Pierre Favre .

Discographic notes

Albums under your own name

• 292 (Splas (c) h, 1990)
• Quartetto (Splas (c) h, 1990)
• Gesualdo (Splas (c) h, 1990)
• Nudes (Splas (c) h, 1999)
• La Forma delle Cosa (Splas (c) h, 2002)
• Quartet Live 2005 (Splas (c) h, 2005)

Albums as a sideman

• Franco D'Andrea: No Idea of ​​Time (Red, 1983), Live (Red, 1985)
• Paolo Fresu: Quartet / Quintet / Sextet (Splas (c) h, 1985), Inner Voices (Splas (c) h, 1986), Mamut: Music for A Mime (Splas (c) h, 1986)

literature

• Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2001.
• Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .

Web links

• Tino Tracanna at Discogs (English)