Michel Petrucciani

Giancarlo Velliscig - Direttore Artistico di Udin&Jazz

by Neri Pollastri
June 20, 2017

Un passato di cantante nell'ambito della musica popolare, etnica e di ricerca (che oggi torna a frequentare in rare ma sentite occasioni), un presente di padre che segue con emozione i progressi dei propri eredi (il figlio Alessio è da poco il nuovo cantante di Quintorigo), Giancarlo Velliscig è il direttore di Euritmica, associazione culturale udinese che organizza tra gli altri Udin&Jazz, di cui è ideatore e direttore artistico. All About Jazz: Udin&Jazz raggiunge quest'anno la ventisettesima edizione, ...

Michel Petrucciani: The OWL Years

by Maurizio Zerbo
April 7, 2016

Magistero tecnico, swing, cuore palpitante sono i tratti caratteristici di questo cofanetto, che di Michel Petrucciani)) mette a nudo le pieghe espressive più recondite. C'è il mondo evansiano sostenuto dalla cantabilità mediterranea, per proiettare la tradizione jazzistica lungo i sentieri di una magniloquente fantasia esecutiva. Svetta l'incedere lirico e trasognato di un artista inimitabile, che appartiene alla ristretta schiera di jazzisti per i quali la musica è sinonimo di poesia. Un genio del proprio strumento, che affronta con souplesse esecutiva ...

Non-Stop Travels With Michel Petrucciani/Trio Live in Stuttgart

by Jerry D'Souza
May 21, 2008

Michel Petrucciani Non-Stop Travels/Trio Live in Stuttgart Dreyfus Records 2008

Michel Petrucciani celebrated life. It was a short one (he died when he was 36 of a pulmonary infection), but he lived it to the brim. Jazz was his passion, which he shared through his numerous recordings and concerts. He also had a sense of humor that could be zany and irreverent.

Petrucciani is the focus of the documentary Non-Stop ...

Michel Petrucciani: Non Stop Travels / Trio Live in Stuttgart

by Budd Kopman
January 21, 2008

Michel Petrucciani Non Stop Travels/Trio Live in Stuttgart Dreyfus Records 2008 The phenomenon that was pianist Michel Petrucciani (b. December 28th, 1962, d. January 6th, 1999) is brought to life by this double-feature DVD from Dreyfus Records. Containing the hour-long documentary (Non-Stop Travels With Michel Petrucciani) that aired on many PBS television stations and a concert performance (Michel Petrucciani Trio: Live In Concert) in Germany, this wonderful DVD brings clarity to ...

Michel Petrucciani: So What: The Best of Michel Petrucciani

by Jim Santella
July 4, 2004

Michel Petrucciani left his mark on straight-ahead jazz. This compilation from previous albums demonstrates clearly that the pianist was in command when he explored the realm, both as a gentle balladeer and as a swinging musician who worked hard at his craft and connected well with a great number of like-minded artists in the jazz community.

The albums represented on this compilation were recorded between 1992 and ’98. It was in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, ...

Michel Petrucciani: So What: The Best of Michel Petrucciani

by Aaron Rogers
July 2, 2004

Bill Evans wrote in the liner notes for his Grammy Award-winning album Alone that “to understand music most profoundly one only has to be listening well." If you listen to an Evans album and follow it with So What, you will understand well that Evans' music lived in the small but profound hands of Michel Petrucciani.

So What is a recorded odyssey of Petrucciani's work on Dreyfus Jazz; a compilation that shows a well-seasoned jazz pianist playing beautifully in the ...

Michel Petrucciani: So What: The Best of Michel Petrucciani

by Franz A. Matzner
July 1, 2004

Released in memory of pianist/composer Michel Petrucciani, So What presents a comprehensive introduction and carefully constructed homage to Petrucciani’s many musical sides.

Afflicted with ontogenesis imperfecta, a bone disorder, Petrucciani found his accomplished career cut short by a pulmonary infection when he was only thirty-six. He showed an early aptitude and interest in music, and he was already drawn to the piano by age four. Fostering these early signs of great talent, Petrucciani’s parents provided a classical training, but he ...

In Support Of Music For Love, Son Of Michel Petrucciani Speaks About 'Cantabile 2.0'

Source: Katrina Yang
May 28, 2021

Earlier this year, Music For Love released a charity project entitled Music For Love Vol. 1. The opening track “Cantabile 2.0” by Fabrizio Bosso and Pablo Nannucci, aka Roc Flowers is inspired by the late great jazz pianist Michel Petrucciani “Cantabile.” “Cantabile 2.0" adapted modern hip-hop texture on top of existing melody ideas, drawing influences from jazz standards and funk. Soon after its release, the tune received support from Michel Petrucciani’s family. Alexandre Petrucciani, the younger son of the jazz ...
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Blue Note Records Reissues Two Michel Petrucciani Albums

Source: All About Jazz
September 12, 2002

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Boxed Set (Concerts Inedits) from Michel Petrucciani and Richard Galliano

Source: All About Jazz

Dreyfus Records Presents Two New, Unprecedented 'Live' 3-CD Sets From Jazz Masters Michel Petrucciani and Richard Galliano

Renowned for its commitment to presenting musical artistry in full flower, Dreyfus Records proudly announces the release of two unprecedented 3-CD boxed sets, one each from late pianist Michel Petrucciani and accordion virtuoso Richard Galliano, and both entitled Boxed Set (Concerts Inedits), to be released September 12. The collections feature the jazz masters in three different contexts--performing solo, as part of a duo ...
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