Name Enzo Pietropaoli | Music group Doctor 3 | |
Albums Stolen Songs, The Songs Remain the Same Similar People Danilo Rea, Enrico Rava, Rosario Giuliani, Rita Marcotulli, Gabriele Mirabassi | ||
Enzo pietropaoli e adriano viterbini tuscia in jazz
Enzo Pietropaoli (born in 1955) is an Italian jazz bassist.
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- Enzo pietropaoli e adriano viterbini tuscia in jazz
- 1987 Maurizio Giammarco Danilo Rea Umberto Fiorentino Enzo Pietropaoli Roberto Gatto
- Biography
- References
Born in Genoa, lives in Rome since 1961, he debuted with the Trio Di Roma in 1975 (with Danilo Rea and Roberto Gatto).
1987 Maurizio Giammarco, Danilo Rea, Umberto Fiorentino, Enzo Pietropaoli, Roberto Gatto
Biography
Pietropaoli has performed or recorded with, among others, Chet Baker, Lester Bowie, Woody Shaw, Kenny Wheeler, Franco Ambrosetti, Bob Berg, Johnny Griffin, Michael Brecker, Lee Konitz, Archie Shepp, Phil Woods, Curtis Fuller, Toots Thielemans, Richard Galliano, Gianni Coscia, John Taylor, Rita Marcotulli, Cedar Walton, John Abercrombie, John Scofield, Joe Pass, Pat Metheny, Ginger Baker, Han Bennink, Billy Cobham, Kenny Clarke, Maria Pia De Vito, Norma Wynstone, Gianmaria Testa.
In 1987 with the group Lingomania; in 1988 and 1989 with Enrico Pieranunzi Space Jazz Trio; and in 1999, 2001 and 2003 with Doctor 3 group (with pianist Danilo Rea and drummer Fabrizio Sferra) he won the award for Best Italian Group following a poll by Musica Jazz magazine.
In 1998 the CD The Tales of Doctor 3 and in 1999 the CD Shades of Chet, recorded as a project of trumpeters Enrico Rava and Paolo Fresu with drummer Roberto Gatto and renowned pianist Stefano Bollani, received the "Arrigo Polillo Prize" as the "Best Italian Record of the Year". In 1999 with Doctor 3, he won the award for "Best Italian Group" following a poll by Musica Jazz magazine.
Pietropaoli has toured internationally in Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Luxemburg, U.K., Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Russia, Serbia, Canada, U.S.A, Brasil, Senegal, Israel, China, Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco, Tunisia, Syria, and has made more than 70 recordings.
Since 1999 he appears on Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler's Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz.