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Enrico Pieranunzi
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Instruments
Piano
Parents
Alvaro Pieranunzi
Role
Jazz Pianist
Name
Enrico Pieranunzi
Years active
1975–present
Born
5 December 1949 (age 74) (
1949-12-05
)
Occupation(s)
Musician
Professor
Author
Genres
Jazz, Jazz fusion, Classical music
Albums
Racconti mediterranei, Double Circle, Fellinijazz, Play Morricone, Duologues
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Biography
Pieranunzi, the son of Renata Brillantini and Alvaro Pieranunzi, was encouraged to study music from a young age. His father was a jazz guitarist. He studied classical music until 1973 when he became a Professor of Music, and maintained that post for two years. In 1975 he left his teaching practice and played in trios and small ensembles. He has recorded over 60 albums. He has also been prolific as a session musician.
Session work
He has performed with, among others, Frank Rosolino, Sal Nistico, Kenny Clarke, Johnny Griffin, Chet Baker, Joey Baron, Art Farmer, Jim Hall, Marc Johnson, Lee Konitz, Phil Woods, Bill Smith, Charlie Haden, Mads Vinding, and Billy Higgins. He issued his first LP in 1975. He has performed widely with his own group at European and American jazz festivals. He has also composed several film scores.
Awards and honors
1982 - Critics award for the Isis album - Soul Note (Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet & Quintet featuring Art Farmer)
1983 - Musician of the year Musica Jazz Annual Poll (along with D’Andrea, Rava, Urbani, Trovesi, Gaslini, Bagnoli)
1988 - Best Italian Group Musica Jazz Annual Poll (Space Jazz trio)
1989 - Musician of the year Musica Jazz Annual Poll. Best Italian Group Musica Jazz Poll (Space Jazz Trio)
1995 - Best CD of the Year Music & Discs "Flux & Change - Duo with Paul Motian (Soul Note)
1996 - Choc de l’année of Jazzman for the CD “The Night Gone By”
1997 - “Django d’Or” Best European Musician
2002 - Jazz Award "Palazzo Valentini" Province of Rome
2003 - Musician of the Year Musica Jazz Annual Poll
2005 - Jazz in Europe Award Guinness Jazz Festival (Cork)
2008 - Musician of the Year. Musica jazz Annual Poll (along with Franco D’Andrea)
2009 - Award of the French Academie du Jazz Francese for the best unpublished (Yellow and Blue Suites, duo with Marc Johnson - Challenge Records)
2015 - Top Jazz 2014. A Life for Jazz
As leader
1975 Jazz a confronto 24 (Horo)
1976 New & Old Jazz Sounds (EdiPan)
1976 The Day After the Silence (EdiPan)
1978 A Long Way (Carosello)
1978 From Always...to Now! (EdiPan)
1979, 1980 Soft Journey (EdiPan)
1980 Isis (Soul Note)
1980 Jazz Roads (CAM Jazz)
1982 Inconsequence
1984 New Lands (Timeless)
1984 Live at the Berlin Jazz Days '84
1985 What's What (YVP)
1986 Deep Down (Soul Note)
1986 Enrico Pieranunzi Trio vol. 1
1987 Il pianoforte senza confini (Fonit Cetra)
1988 Meridies (Gala)
1988 Enrico Pieranunzi Trio vol. 2
1989 No Man's Land (Soul Note)
1989 Just Friend's
1990 Parisian Portraits (IDA)
1991 Live in Castelnuovo
1991 Triologues (YVP)
1991 Elsa (Philology)
1993 Untold Story
1994 Seaward (Soul Note)
1995 Trioscape, vol. 4 (YVP)
1995 Live in Germany (YVP)
1996 The Night Gone By (AlfaJazz)
1997 The Chant of Time (Alpha Jazz)
1997 Ma l'amore no (Soul Note)
1998 Un'alba dipinta sui muri (Egea)
1998 Con infinite voci (Egea)
1999 Don't Forget the Poet (Challenge)
1999 Perugia Suite (Egea)
1999 Daedalus' Wings (Challenge)
2000 Alone Together (Challenge)
2000 Live in Switzerland (YVP)
2000 Racconti mediterranei (Egea)
2000 Canto nascosto (Egea)
2000 Multiple Choice (YVP)
2000 Improvised Forms for Trio
2000 Evans Remembered (Via Veneto)
2000 Plays the Music of Wayne Shorter (Challenge)
2001 Live in Paris (Challenge)
2001 Current Conditions (CAM Jazz)
2001, 2002 Play Morricone 1 & 2 (CAM Jazz)
2002 One Lone Star, vol. 7
2002 Les Amants (Egea)
2003 Special Encounter
2003 Fellini Jazz (CAM Jazz)
2004 Live in Japan (CAM Jazz)
2004 Ballads
2004 As Never Before (CAM Jazz)
2004 Dream Dance (CAM Jazz)
2005 Danza di una Ninfa
2006 Jazz Italiano Live 2006
2007 Wandering (CAM Jazz)
2008 Plays Domenico Scarlatti (CAM Jazz)
2008 New York Reflections
2010 Live at Birdland (CAM Jazz)
2010 Live at the Village Vanguard (CAM Jazz)
2011 Stories (CAM Jazz)
2011 Plays Bach, Handel, & Scarlatti (CAM Jazz)
2012 Permutation (CAM Jazz)
2013 Proximity (CAM Jazz)
2014 The Music of Enrico Pieranunzi
2014 Autour de Martinu (TCB)
2015 Ménage à Trois
2015 Tales from the Unexpected (Intuition)
2016 My Songbook (Forced Exposure/Via Veneto Jazz)
2016 European Trio
As co-leader
1988 The Heart of the Ballad (Philology)
1988 Solitudes (Philology)
1990 Yellow & Blue Suites (Challenge)
1992 Flux and Change (Soul Note)
1993 Nausicaa (Egea)
2002 Doorways
2002 Trasnoche
2004 Duologues
2005 Live Conversations
2013 Bluestop
2014 Double Circle
2014 Home Is Where the Heart Is
2015 Americas
As sideman
1973 Jazz a confronto 2
1975 Jazz a confronto 16
1975 Jazz a confronto 20
1976 Jazz a confronto 34
1977 Sonorities
1978 Colours (EdiPan)
1978 Duo Bone
1979 Hinterland
1980 Con Alma
1981 Bass in the Sky
1984 Il rito della Sibilla
1987 Silence (Soul Note)
1988 Little Girl Blue (Philology)
1988 Phil's Mood (Philology)
1988 Blew (Philology)
1989 PianaValdambrini Sextet
1987 Moon PieBllue and Golden (YVP)
1990 First Song (Soul Note)
1990 Bella (Philology)
1991 Live at the Corridonia Jazz Festival (Philology)