Enrico Pieranunzi
Enrico Pieranunzi was born in Rome in 1949 and has for many years been among the most significant and well-known protagonists of the international jazz scene. A pianist, composer, and arranger, he has recorded more than 70 albums under his own name, ranging from piano solo to trio, from duo to quintet. He has collaborated, either live or in the studio, with Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Paul Motian, Charlie Haden, Chris Potter, Marc Johnson, and Joey Baron.
Pieranunzi has been named Artist of the Year three times by the Musica Jazz magazine critics’ poll (in 1989, 2003, 2008). He also won the French Django d’Or prize as “Best European Musician” in 1997 and the German Echo Jazz Award in 2014 as “Best International Keyboard Artist”.
Pieranunzi has performed his music all over the world in the most prestigious international festivals, from Montréal to Copenhagen and Buenos Aires, from Berlin and Madrid to Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Beijing. For the past ten years, he has been playing more and more in the USA, and has taken part in the San Francisco and Spoleto (Charleston, South Carolina) festivals.
He has also been regularly featured in the most important New York clubs, especially the Village Vanguard, where in July 2010 he recorded the album Live at the Village Vanguard with Marc Johnson and Paul Motian.
This is the first album ever recorded by an Italian musician (and one of the very few by European musicians) in the legendary diamond shaped 7th Avenue venue. A second Live at the Village Vanguard, recorded in 2015 with Donny McCaslin, Scott Colley and Clarence Penn, will be released at the end of 2016. Enrico Pieranunzi has composed over 300 pieces, many of which have become standards performed and recorded by musicians all over the world (Night Bird, Don’t Forget the Poet, Fellini’s Waltz).
“Pieranunzi can swing – crisply and surely. But in those tempos, he remains his lyrical self. His music sings”
(Nat Hentoff, 1990)
“Enrico Pieranunzi breathes new life into contemporary jazz”
(Ray Spencer, Jazz Journal International, 1992)
“Remember the name, me, get lost in the music”
(Josef Woodard, Jazz Times, 2000)
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Contemporary Jazz - Released by CAM JAZZ on Nov. 30, 2018
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Permutation
Enrico Pieranunzi, Scott Colley, Antonio Sánchez
Contemporary Jazz - Released by CAM JAZZ on Jan. 24, 2012
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Blue Waltz
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Jazz - Released by Stunt Records on Jul. 13, 2018
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Dream Dance
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Jazz - Released by CAM JAZZ on Jan. 20, 2009
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Seaward
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Jazz - Released by Soul Note on Jan. 1, 1996
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The Copenhagen Concert (Live)
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Jazz - Released by Storyville Records on Aug. 14, 2020
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Jazz - Released by Egea Srl on Apr. 6, 2018
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Yellow & Blue Suites (Live)
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Contemporary Jazz - Released by Baseline Jazz on Oct. 13, 2008
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Le bateau va bien (D'après la Petite Suite: I. En bateau de Claude Debussy)
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Plays the Music of Wayne Shorter
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Baseline Jazz on Mar. 8, 2001
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FAURÉVER (A Tribute to Gabriel Fauré)
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Contemporary Jazz - To be released on May 24, 2024 by Bonsaï Music
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Nuovi racconti mediterranei
Jazz - Released by Egea Srl on Apr. 6, 2018
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As Never Before
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Jazz - Released by CAM JAZZ on Jan. 22, 2008
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Home Is Where the Heart Is
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Vocal Jazz - Released by 33 Jazz on Jun. 1, 2015
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I 3 enrichi
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Jazz - Released by M&P Jazz on Sep. 25, 2020
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Enrico Pieranunzi Trio, Vol. 1
Jazz - Released by Yvp music on Jan. 1, 1986
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My Travel with Claude II
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Bonsaï Music on May 27, 2022
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Vendome
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Jazz - Released by Challenge Records on Dec. 16, 2022
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Ma L'Amore No
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Jazz - Released by Soul Note on Jan. 1, 1997
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