Enrico Pieranunzi Trio at Sheffield Jazz at Playhouse Theatre

“One of the greatest jazz pianists of his generation” (Irish Times) and one of the most popular musicians on the international scene since the early ‘70s, famous for collaborations with top class USA rhythm sections. An improvising style where jazz and classical skills are organically interwoven.

Pianist, composer, arranger, born in Rome in 1949, Enrico Pieranunzi is one of the most famous and popular musicians of the international jazz scene. His formative years embraced both classical and jazz piano. Emerging in the early ‘70s, his lyrical approach quickly brought him to the forefront of the European scene and, in 1984, he formed a trio with Marc Johnson and Joey Baron, the first of several outstanding groups with American musicians –this trio was said to be “one of the very top tier trios working today” by thefamous on line magazine “All About Jazz”...

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“One of the greatest jazz pianists of his generation” (Irish Times) and one of the most popular musicians on the international scene since the early ‘70s, famous for collaborations with top class USA rhythm sections. An improvising style where jazz and classical skills are organically interwoven.

Pianist, composer, arranger, born in Rome in 1949, Enrico Pieranunzi is one of the most famous and popular musicians of the international jazz scene. His formative years embraced both classical and jazz piano. Emerging in the early ‘70s, his lyrical approach quickly brought him to the forefront of the European scene and, in 1984, he formed a trio with Marc Johnson and Joey Baron, the first of several outstanding groups with American musicians –this trio was said to be “one of the very top tier trios working today” by thefamous on line magazine “All About Jazz”. Pieranunzi created a piano style of his own in which jazz and classical languages are unconsciously and organically interwovenand he is, furthermore, a true original and a fine composer.

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