Ergio Valente Trio at Elegance Cafè Jazz Club

The band is a Jazz piano trio and includes Ergio Valente (piano), Aldo Capasso (bass) and Marco Fazzari (drums).
Founded by young and talented musicians coming out from the Jazz scene of the city of Naples (Italy), the trio was born in 2016.
The main features of the band are recognizable in its core values: a strong passion for the traditional Afro-American Jazz standards and a strong interest in all the new waves that are deeply changing the “classical” concept and way of playing Jazz music.
Ergio Valente trio developed its sound by taking inspiration from many great masters of Jazz music, such as McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Kirkland, Mulgrew Miller, Joey Calderazzo, Kenny Garrett, Roy Hargrove, Kenny Werner, Enrico Pieranunzi and many others....

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The band is a Jazz piano trio and includes Ergio Valente (piano), Aldo Capasso (bass) and Marco Fazzari (drums).
Founded by young and talented musicians coming out from the Jazz scene of the city of Naples (Italy), the trio was born in 2016.
The main features of the band are recognizable in its core values: a strong passion for the traditional Afro-American Jazz standards and a strong interest in all the new waves that are deeply changing the “classical” concept and way of playing Jazz music.
Ergio Valente trio developed its sound by taking inspiration from many great masters of Jazz music, such as McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Kirkland, Mulgrew Miller, Joey Calderazzo, Kenny Garrett, Roy Hargrove, Kenny Werner, Enrico Pieranunzi and many others.
The trio plays both jazz standards and original compositions, and combines constant research and work as piano trio with several collaborations with special guests, playing around in Jazz clubs.
In 2017 the band recorded some tunes at Godfather studio in Naples; these helped the trio to be selected for many Jazz contests:
Chicco Bettinardi Piacenza 2018 (Audience Award)
Bucharest International Jazz competition 2018 (Best band Award)
Conad Jazz contest 2018 (Finalist Award)
Veneto Jazz contest 2018 (Winner Award)
Fara in Sabina Jazz contest 2018 (Winner Award)
Thanks to these wonderful experiences and awards, in July 2018 the band played on the prestigious stage of Umbria Jazz Festival.
Moreover, Ergio Valente trio will perform supporting the talented saxophonist Federico Milone at Riga Jazz Festival 2019 and, in October 2018, it recorded its first album, produced by Emme Record Label.

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