Conservatorio Palermo

Pianoforte jazz (comj/09)

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EDUCATION AND STUDIES

Berklee College of Music - Boston, MA. Diploma (1989).

Conservatory of Music “V.Bellini” - Palermo, Italy. Diploma in theory and solfege (1979).

Private studies: Enzo Randisi, Jerry Bergonzi, Alan Dawson, Dave Holland, Charlie Banacos, Paul Bley,

Andy LaVerne, Hal Galper, Richie Beirach, Lee Konitz.

MUSIC EDUCATOR

Chair of Piano Jazz – Conservatory of Music “A.Scarlatti” - Palermo, Italy (2014-present)

Chair of Jazz - Conservatory of Music “A.Scontrino” - Trapani, Italy (2002-2010/2011-2014)

Chair of Jazz - Conservatory of Music “A.Corelli” - Messina, Italy (2010-2011)

Chair of Jazz - Conservatory of Music “F.Cilea” - Reggio Calabria, Italy (1997-2002)

Clinics:

Summer Jazz Workshops - Castellammare del Golfo (TP), Italy (2012)

AKDT - Académie Internationale d’Eté de Wallonie - Libramont, Belgium (2011-2012)

Conservatorio di Musica “A.Corelli” - Messina, Italy - Cattedra di Jazz (2010-2011)

Saint Louis College of Music - Seminari - Monteroduni (IS), Italy (2010)

Palermo Jazz - Scuola internazionale di musica, Italy (2009-2010)

Academy of Music “Franz Liszt” - Weimar, Germany (2009)

Conservatoire communal des Arts “Albdelmoumen Bentobel” - Constantine, Algeria (2008)

ArtEZ Conservatorium - Enschede, Holland (2008)

Laboratorio Funduq - Università degli studi di Palermo - Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Italy (2008)

Seminari PuntodiVista Film Festival - Sarroch (CA), Italy (2008-presente)

Zerozerojazz Festival “Musica & Cinema” - Abano Terme (PD), Italy (2007)

Academy of Music in Gdańsk - Poland (2006)

Saint Louis Music Center - Rome, Italy (2006)

Università di Messina - Laboratori musicali, Italy (2005)

Roma Jazz’s Cool - Rome, Italy (2005, 2006)

Esplorazioni - Roccella Jonica (RC), Italy (2005)

Academy of Fine Arts - Palermo (2004)

Campus of Music - Gallodoro-Taormina (ME), Italy (2001, 2003, 2005)

University of Literature and Philosophy of Palermo, Italy (2001)

The Concord Community Music School - Concord, New Hampshire (1989).

South Australian C.A.E. (School of Music) - Adelaide, Australia (1989).

Harvard University - Cambridge, Massachussetts (1988).

FESTIVALS

Festival Internacional de Jazz de Menorca, Spain
Festival Couleurs Jazz, Tunisia
Festival International de Hammamet, Tunisia
Gent Jazz Festival, Belgium
Dima Jazz, Algeria
Festino di Santa Rosalia, Italy
JazzMiddleheim, Belgium
Gaumé Jazz Festival, Belgium
Festival delle Letterature, Italy
Festival della parola - Romapoesia, Italy
Sete Sóis Sete Luas Cartaya, Spain
Sete Sóis Sete Luas Alentejo, Portugal
Jazz Time, Croatia
Istanbul Jazz Festival, Turkey

Kongsberg Jazz Festival, Norwey
La Coruña Jazz Festival, Spain

Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Denmark
Jazz is Toulon, France

North Sea Jazz Festival, Nederland
Brooklyn Lager Festival, New York, N.Y.

Jazz Fest Wien, Austria
Umbria Jazz, Italy

Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland
Oupeye-Jazz au Chateau, Belgium

Pori Jazz, Finland Melbourne-
Moomba Festival, Australia

Ankara Uluslararasi Muzik Festivali, Turkey
Umbria Jazz Winter, Italy

Umbria Jazz Balkanic Windows, Serbia
Sagra del Mandorlo in Fiore, Agrigento, Italy

Festival Jazz Madrid, Spain
Festival Internacional de Jazz de Granada, Spain

Brussels Jazz Marathon, Belgium
Estoril Jazz Festival, Portugal

Barranquijazz Festival, Barranquilla, Colombia
Ajazzgo Jazz Festival, Cali, Colombia

Festival Internacional de Jazz de Bogotà, Colombia
Sommet de la Francophonie, Kinshasa, Congo

Malta Jazz Festival, Malta
Bergamo Jazz Festival, Italy

Rencontres des Musiques du Monde, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Sibafest, Helsinki, Finland

Amersfoort World Jazz Festival, Nederland

Jinju International Jazz Festival, South Korea

AWARDS

B.A.FilmFestival Prix for the best soundtrack (2004)

Grand Prix Città di Lagonegro for the best soundtrack (2003)

“Top record of the year” – Il Foglio newspaper, Italy (2001)

“Top record of the year” - Musica Jazz Magazine, Italy (2001)

Third place winner (jazz record category) - Musica&Dischi Magazine, Italy (2001)

“Top young player of the year” - Musica Jazz Magazine, Italy (1991)

Third place winner (jazz category) KFC Billboard Song Contest, USA (1990)

FILMS and DOCUMENTARIES

“Lovano Supreme” (2023)

“Sicily Jass” (2014)

“Belluscone. Una storia siciliana” (2014)

“Transeuropæ Hotel” (2012)

“A tutto tonno” (2010)

“Io sono Tony Scott ovvero Come l’Italia fece fuori il più grande clarinettista del jazz” (2010)

“LavoroLiquido” (2008)

“Come inguaiammo il cinema italiano - La vera storia di Franco e Ciccio” (2004)

“Il ritorno di Cagliostro” (2003)

“Miles gloriosus - Tributo a Miles Davis 1926-1991” (2001)

“Tutti for Louis - Omaggio a Louis Armstrong 1900-2000” (2001)

THEATER

“Assassina” di Franco Scaldati (Franco Maresco, 2023)

“È la notte un raduno d’ombre” di Franco Scaldati (Franco Maresco, 2022)

“Guerrin Meschino” di Gesualdo Bufalino (Carlo Quartucci, 2017)

“La Catastròfa” di Paolo Di Stefano (Marie Vaiana, 2016)

“Tre di Coppie” di Franco Scaldati (Franco Maresco, 2016)

“Lucio” di Franco Scaldati (Franco Maresco, 2014)

“Donna di cuori. Favola nera di una ribelle” (Mario Di Caro, 2009)

“Al buio” (Romano Usai, 2008)

“Inventario siculo-palermitanesco” (Ciprì e Maresco, 2007)

“Viva Palermo e Santa Rosalia” (Ciprì e Maresco, 2005)

“Palermo può attendere” (Ciprì e Maresco, 2002)

“Marocco” (Claudio Collovà, 2000)

“La ballata del sale” di Salvo Licata (Maurizio Scaparro, 1983)

DVD

Salvatore Bonafede Su contu de Sarroch Art’In Produzioni 2009

F.Badolato-J.Costantino Jazz Confusion BACO Productions 2006

Luigi Cinque Alentejo Story Concert MRF5 2006

TELEVISION

“Letterature 2009: 8° Festival Internazionale di Roma” (RAI 2, 2010)

“Le stelle di Capri, Hollywood” (RAI Extra, 2009)

“Jazz Life” (Red TV, 2009)

“Jazz: la musica più comica del mondo” (RAI 3, 2009)

“Il Caffè” (RAI International, 2008)

“Ai confini della pietà” (LA7, 2007)

“Musicultura Festival” (RAI 2, 2007)

“I migliori nani della nostra vita” (LA7, 2006)

“Emmerdale omnibus” (2004, 2005 Tv series - Regno Unito)

“Territorio intimo” (2004 Tv series - Spagna)

“Emmerdale farm” (2004, 2003 Tv series - Svezia)

“Emmerdale” (2003 Tv series - Finlandia)

“Viva il jazz” (RAI 1, 1999)

“Tandem” (RAI 2, 1986)

“Di jazz in jazz” (RAI 2, 1978)

“Chitarra e fagotto” (RAI 2, 1975)

“Sapere: il jazz in Italia” (RAI 1, 1974)

RADIO

“I concerti del mattino” - RadioTre, Italy (2022, 2005, 2003)

“Battiti” - Rai Radio 3, Italy (2021)

“Le Monde est un Village” - RTBF, Belgium (2013)

“Radio3 Suite”, Italy (2011)

“Zeppelin” - RadioDue, Italy (2010)

“Rai Radio3”, Italy (2003)

“Invenzioni a due voci” - RadioTre, Italy (2003, 2001)

“RadioTre Jazz Club” – Rai Radio 3, Italy (2001)

“RadioTre: Suite Festival” – Rai Radio 3, Italy (1997)

PUBLICATIONS

Racconto Jazz in ordine alfabetico (come in un Dizzyonario) - Youcanprint (2023)

Grande Dizionario Degli Accordi in tutte le tonalità - Volontè&Co. (2016)

Grande Dizionario Degli Accordi con rivolti in tutte le tonalità - Volontè&Co. (2016)

Italian Jazz Real Book - Carish (2005)

The European Real Book - Sher Music Co. (2005)

Salvatore Bonafede Sensual Gentile Edizioni Musicali Internazionali - Redland Edizioni Musicali (2001)

Salvatore Bonafede Che ora è Redland Edizioni Musicali (2001)

Ballando e cantando Paolo Frescura Edizioni Musicali (1998)

PAROLE & MUSICA - Idee jazz dal Sud italiano Orsara Musica (1996)

FREELANCE WORK

Carlo Actis Dato, Fabrice Alleman, Gianni Basso, Jamie Baum, Francesco Bearzatti, Bob Berg, Jerry

Bergonzi, Tim Berne, Don Braden, Francesco Cafiso, Maurizio Caldura, Emanuele Cisi, Mario Crispi,

Stefano D’Anna, Charles Davis, Alain Dersy, Billy Drewes, Ricky Ford, George Garzone, Jivan Gasparyan,

Gianni Gebbia, Sal Genovese, Maurizio Giammarco, Javier Girotto, Rosario Giuliani, Steve Grossman,

Khaled Gueddah, Vaughan Hawthorne-Nelson, Paul Jeffrey, Lee Konitz, Pat LaBarbera, Luigi Lai, Joe

Lovano, Saif Maayoufi, Charlie Mariano, Donny McCaslin, Gavino Murgia, Mauro Negri, Sam Newsome,

Piero Odorici, Roberto Ottaviano, Rich Perry, Dewey Redman, Joshua Redman, Logan Richardson, Sam

Rivers, Jay Rodriguez, John Ruocco, David Sanchez, Sandro Satta, Larry Schneider, Merlin Shepherd,

Archie Shepp, Steve Slagle, Jim Snidero, Nicola Stilo, John Stubblefield, Lew Tabackin, Daniele Tittarelli,

Pietro Tonolo, Gianluigi Trovesi, Mark Turner, Pierre Vaiana, Carlos Ward, Bobby Watson, Barney Wilen,

Ernie Wilkins, Pete Yellin; Marty Ehrlich, Rolf Kühn, Gabriele Mirabassi, Perry Robinson, Tony Scott;

Hassine Benmiloud, Franco Ambrosetti, Benny Bailey, David Boato, Flavio Boltro, Fabrizio Bosso, Lester

Bowie, Randy Brecker, Giampaolo Casati, Dave Douglas, Giovanni Falzone, Paolo Fresu, Andy Gravish,

Michael Gross, Tim Hagans, Tom Harrell, Eddie Henderson, Tom Kirkpatrick, Joe Magnarelli, Fabio

Morgera, Carlo Nardozza, Massimo Nunzi, Roy Okutani, Jimmy Owens, Roy Paci, Enrico Rava, Marco

Tamburini, Jack Walrath; Conrad Herwig, Ku-Umba Frank Lacy, Mauro Ottolini, Gianluca Petrella,

Marcello Rosa, Roberto Rossi, Danilo Terenzi, Michel Godard, John Abercrombie, Kenny Burrell, Juan

Ramon Caro, Franco Cerri, Pietro Condorelli, Mauro Di Domenico, Sandro Gibellini, Juan Carlos Gomez,

Mick Goodrick, Mario Incudine, Vic Juris, N’Guyên Lê, Efrén López, Armandinho Macedo, Rodolfo

Maltese (Banco del Mutuo Soccorso), Mauro Palmas, Lello Panico, Marcello Peghin, Mariano Piras, Foued

Rafrafi, Adam Rogers, Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Scofield, Dave Stryker, Ralph Towner; David Allen, Shafqat

Amanatali, Andhira, Mara Aranda, Nicola Arigliano, Rosa Balistreri, Rosalba Bentivoglio, Dean Bowman,

Rossella Cangini, Joan Cartwright, Urna Chahar-Tugchi, Oriana Civile, Luisa Cottifogli, Cuncordu &

Tenore de Orosei, Deborah Davis, Teresa De Sio, Maria Pia De Vito, Carlos Denia, Eileina Dennis,

Francesco Di Giacomo (Banco del Mutuo Soccorso), Dominique Eade, Rossella Faa, Lucilla Galeazzi, Joy

Garrison, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Alba Guerrero, Mame Diarra Gueye, Sheila Jordan, Zohra Lajnef, Patrizia

Laquidara, Elena Ledda, Marti Mabin, Petra Magoni, Malia, Chiara Morucci, Nick The Nightfly, Andrea

Parodi, Kathleen Perry, Francesco Pilu, Tenores di Oniferi, Raiz, Teri Roiger, Marco Scavazza, Badara Seck,

Peppe Servillo, Jill Seiffers, Monica Shaka, Judi Silvano, Jeffery Smith, Cinzia Spata, Tamara Suffren,

Monik Tenday, Verdiana, Norma Winstone, Emil Zrihan; Andrea Dulbecco, Joe Locke, Enzo Randisi;

Gianni Coscia, Pino Di Modugno, Gil Goldstein, Antonello Salis; Archaea String Quartet, Lino

Cannavacciuolo, Mark Feldman, Erik Friedlander, Jacques Morelenbaum, Alex Balanescu, Balanescu

Quartet, Bruno De Filippi; Marcella Carboni, Elisabeth Panzer; Miya Masaoka; Jay Anderson, Wayne

Batchelor, Michel Benita, Rosario Bonaccorso, Cameron Brown, Luca Bulgarelli, Manolo Cabras, Avishai

Cohen, Greg Cohen, Scott Colley, Todd Coolman, Paolino Dalla Porta, Paolo Damiani, Lars Danielsson,

Dario Deidda, Riccardo Del Fra, Gigi De Rienzo, Furio Di Castri, Michael Formanek, Bruce Gertz, Eddie

Gomez, Dodo Goya, Larry Grenadier, Peter Herbert, Dean Johnson, Marc Johnson, Sal La Rocca, Piero

Leveratto, Curtis Lundy, Pippo Matino, Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, Rufus Reid, Dario Rosciglione, Giorgio

Rosciglione, Ed Schuller, Peter Slavov, Esperanza Spalding, Ares Tavolazzi; Tony Arco, Amedeo Ariano,

John Arnold, Jeff Ballard, Joey Baron, Han Bennink, Lionel Beuvens, Bruno Biriaco, Otis Brown, Giulio

Capiozzo, Gianni Cazzola, Billy Cobham, Rachele Colombo, Keith Copeland, Sylvia Cuenca, Billy

Drummond, Steve Ellington, Peter Erskine, Ettore Fioravanti, Roberto Gatto, Bill Goodwin, Rodney Green,

Bob Gullotti, Lander Gyselinck, Jamie Haddad, Billy Hart, Patrice Heral, Sàrvàri Zsolt Kovàcs, Pietro

Iodice, Joe LaBarbera, Mel Lewis, Agostino Marangolo, Francisco Mela, Christian Meyer, Marc

 

DISCOGRAPHY (Selected)
Artist
Title
Label
Year
Salvatore Bonafede
SAL (Serenity And Love)
MEM
2024
Salvatore Bonafede
Caro Luca
Red Records
2021
Jerry Bergonzi
Jazz Now!
Repubblica
2018
Pierre Vaiana & Salvatore Bonafede
Itinerari siciliani
AZ Productions
2011
Luigi Cinque & Hypertext O’rchestra
Luna Reverse
MRF5-EMI
2010
Salvatore Bonafede
Sicilian Opening
JazzEyes
2010
Salvatore Bonafede
Il ritorno di Cagliostro (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
CAM
2007
Myriam Alter
Where is There
Enja
2007
Maurizio Giammarco
Jazz Italiano Live 2007
L’Espresso
2007
Salvatore Bonafede
Dream and Dreams
CamJazz
2006
Salvatore Bonafede
For The Time Being
CamJazz
2005
Salvatore Bonafede
Paradoxa
Red Records
2005
Salvatore Bonafede
Journey to Donnafugata
CamJazz
2004
Salvatore Bonafede
Ortodoxa
Red Records
2001
Fabrizio Bosso
Fast Flight
Red Records
2000
Salvatore Bonafede
Plays Gershwin
Splasc(h) Records
1998
Salvatore Bonafede
You
Beat-Fonit Cetra
1996
Salvatore Bonafede
Live in Brussels
Splasc(h) Records
1996
Naco
Naco
Soleluna-Mercury
1995
Michael Formanek
Low Profile
Enja Records
1994
Pierre Vaiana
Shakra
Celp Musiques
1993
Judi Silvano
Dancing Voices
JSL
1992
Salvatore Bonafede
Nobody's Perfect
Penta Flowers
1992
Jamie Baum
Undercurrents
Konnex
1991
Salvatore Bonafede
Plays
Ken Music
1991
Jerry Bergonzi
Tilt
Red Records
1991
Salvatore Bonafede
Actor-Actress
Ken Music
1990
Jerry Bergonzi
Inside Out
Red Records
1990
Jerry Bergonzi
Jerry on Red
Red Records
1989

REFERENCES

Joe Lovano Europa Quartet (2010-2017)

Pierre Vaiana Itinerari Siciliani (2010-2015)

Pierre Vaiana Al-Funduq (2007-2010)

Luigi Cinque (2006-present)

Fabrizio Bosso Quintet (1999-2000)

Judi Silvano (1989-1994)

Jerry Bergonzi Quartet (1987-1989)

Brandeis University Jazz Ensemble (1987-1989)

Brass Group Big Band/Orchestra Jazz Siciliana (1984-1986)

Cinzia Spata (1978-2018)