ANDREA PELLEGRINI
Jazz pianist, composer, arranger, conductor
Short Biography
Classical Studies
Piano in Livorno with I. BARONTINI;
Percussion in Livorno at Istituto Musicale Pareggiato "P. Mascagni" with G.
FERRARI.
Jazz Studies
Mainly by himself. Degree at Corso di Alta Qualificazione per Musicisti di Jazz e
Derivazioni Contemporanee, CEE, post-degree, Siena Jazz (best student, 60/60, having not a
degree).
Discography:
Commercial:
"What's Cooking at Le Bozze" - PaolaLiberatoProducions / Fonč 1995;
""Gently Hard" - Malina - CIS Records 1999.
Jazz:
"The Kid" - QUARTETTO OKAPIA - Oscar Records - Bologna 1993 (pianist);
"Things Left Behind" - IRIDESCENTE ENSEMBLE W/ PAOLO FRESU - Symphonia
Bluesmiles 1998 (pianist & arranger);
as a composer:
"Palermo Citta' d'Arte" , Extramedia 1997, BRUNELLESCHI STRING QUARTET;
as a Ledaer:
"Middle Hearth" - AINULINDALE ENSEMBLE W/ PAUL MC CANDLESS - Symphonia
Bluesmiles 2000 (All compositions by A.Pellegrini).
Arrangements:
Movie "Ritorno a Parigi", Festival di Venezia 1994 (strings orchestra);
Dance & Improvising music performance (Atelier Delle Arti, Livorno);
Septet Insieme Stabile (Ob-Fl-Cl-Tpt-bass-p-d), italian contemporary jazz standards;
Brunelleschi String Quartet;
Dance & Jazz Performance (Contemporalia Octet, classical quartet plus a jazz quartet);Other compositions for:
Orchestra Jazz Bonamici, flute, 5 sax, 1 el.Gtr, 2 pianos, 2 ac.Bass, 1 el.Bass, 2 dr,
perc.
Movie "Commercial Picture Rhymes", H.Richter 1929
Performing with:
Ainulindale Ensemble With Paul Mc Candless (2 fl, cl, 2 sax, v.cello, gtr, p, bass, 2
dr.s)
Ainulindale Quartet With Paul Mc Candless;
Insieme Stabile;
Contemporalia Octet (fl,vl,vla,cello,sax,c.bass,p,dr);
Quartetto Italiano (Tino Tracanna sax, Andrea Pellegrini p, Paolino Dalla Porta bass,
Cristian Calcagnile dr.);
In A Simmenthal Mood, duo w/ Bruno Tommaso (c.bass,) - w/ Nadia Scarpa, dancer;
Quintetto di Livorno - Progetto Macchiaioli. Original tunes inspired by painters from
tuscany (end of 1800).
Sogni d'artificio, original Fireworks and improvised music;
Meeting Point Duo (cello-piano), A.Vivaldi, R.Towner, S.Rachmaninov, himself, ...)
Piano Solo.
Teaching Jazz Piano, Ensemble, Atipic Orchestra: Scuola
Bonamici (Pisa); Laboratorio Mus.le, Rosignano (Livorno); Concert-Lessons in many local
statal schools.
CONTACTS
Ph. - gsm - fax
e mail: andrea_pellegrini
http://andreapellegrini1.interfree.it
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