Fabrizio Bosso
Gifted with an impeccable instrumental technique and a lyricism capable of transporting and moving any listener’s soul, Bosso has developed his artistic growth and career by tackling every type of musical genre whilst always remaining true to his jazz roots. A rigorous and indefatigable musician, he performs worldwide, showcasing on stage his prodigious melodic richness and Italian musicality, which, combined with his intimate knowledge of the Afro-American tradition and his constant attention to all that is new on the international music scene, make his trumpet-playing unique and instantly recognizable.
Special projects
ABOUT TEN
Fabrizio Bosso Quartet
& Paolo Silvestri Winds Ensemble
Fabrizio Bosso, trumpet
Julian Oliver Mazzariello, piano
Jacopo Ferrazza, double bass
Nicola Angelucci, drums
Paolo Silvestri ensemble:
Claudio Corvini, Fernando Brusco, trumpets
Mario Corvini, trombone
Gianni Oddi, alto saxophone
Marco Guidolotti, baritone saxophone
Michele Polga, tenor & soprano saxophone
Paolo Silvestri, arranger & conductor
Fabrizio Bosso presenta About Ten, l’organico con cui rilegge, grazie agli arrangiamenti di Paolo Silvestri, ancora i grandi maestri del Jazz come Ellington e Gillespie, e propone anche musica originale.
La collaborazione tra Bosso e Silvestri è di lunga durata e ha segnato alcuni momenti importanti della carriera di entrambi. Nasce nel 2007 con album You ’ve Changed, poi Duke nel 2015, e ancora il progetto The Champ del 2017. L’inconfondibile suono della tromba di Fabrizio Bosso, la sinergia e l’interplay del suo quartetto uniti agli arrangiamenti, eleganti e pieni di swing, di Silvestri per l’ensemble di fiati, danno vita a una musica raffinata, vivace, imprevedibile, ricca di colori e nuove sonorità.
Accanto a Fabrizio gli immancabili Julian Oliver Mazzariello, Jacopo Ferrazza, Nicola Angelucci, una line up che si appresta a festeggiare il decennale e dunque tra le più longeve del panorama jazzistico nazionale.
A completare l’opera il sestetto di fiati selezionato accuratamente tra i giovani talenti di tutta Italia, a indicare ancora una volta l’impegno di Fabrizio Bosso nel valorizzare le nuove generazioni di musicisti.
Fabrizio Bosso Quartet with Strings
YOU'VE CHANGED
Fabrizio Bosso, trumpet
Julian Oliver Mazzariello, piano
Jacopo Ferrazza, double bass
Nicola Angelucci, drums
Paolo Silvestri strings ensemble:
Prisca Amori, fist violin
Elton Madhi, violin
Luca Bagagli, violin
Zita Mucsi, violin
Nico Ciricugno, viola
Suzanne Krasnai, cello
Igor Barbaro, double bass
arrangements and direction, Paolo Silvestri
Fifteen years have passed since the release of “You’ve Changed”, an important milestone in Bosso’s career, a recording in which the Torinese trumpeter started disclosing more of himself, bringing to light his musical passions as well as his versatile and poetic nature. The arrangements had been entrusted to Paolo Silvestri, a maestro in the art of writing, and with whom Bosso subsequently developed a steadfast musical partnership, with ongoing projects such as “Duke”, their tribute to Ellington, and more recently “The Champ”, dedicated to Dizzy Gillespie.
Yet “You’ve Changed” continues to be a topical reference which they periodically revive: now and again Bosso feels the urge to go back on stage to tell his love for song, without distinction of genre or period, in an eclectic programme featuring songs such as “Senza Fine”, “You’ve Changed”, “Azzurro”, “Georgia On My Mind”, “Body and Soul”, “The Shadow of Your Smile”, “Fragile”, “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso”…
To accompany the sumptuous voice of Bosso’s trumpet, his inveterate quartet and the magic of Paolo Silvestri’s string ensemble.
Mathias Martelli & Fabrizio Bosso
in FRED! SUMMER EDITION
Fabrizio Bosso, trumpet
Julian Oliver Mazzariello, piano
Jacopo Ferrazza, double bass
Nicola Angelucci, drums
Paolo Silvestri strings ensemble:
Prisca Amori, fist violin
Elton Madhi, violin
Luca Bagagli, violin
Zita Mucsi, violin
Nico Ciricugno, viola
Suzanne Krasnai, cello
Igor Barbaro, double bass
arrangements and direction, Paolo Silvestri
Fifteen years have passed since the release of “You’ve Changed”, an important milestone in Bosso’s career, a recording in which the Torinese trumpeter started disclosing more of himself, bringing to light his musical passions as well as his versatile and poetic nature. The arrangements had been entrusted to Paolo Silvestri, a maestro in the art of writing, and with whom Bosso subsequently developed a steadfast musical partnership, with ongoing projects such as “Duke”, their tribute to Ellington, and more recently “The Champ”, dedicated to Dizzy Gillespie.
Yet “You’ve Changed” continues to be a topical reference which they periodically revive: now and again Bosso feels the urge to go back on stage to tell his love for song, without distinction of genre or period, in an eclectic programme featuring songs such as “Senza Fine”, “You’ve Changed”, “Azzurro”, “Georgia On My Mind”, “Body and Soul”, “The Shadow of Your Smile”, “Fragile”, “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso”…
To accompany the sumptuous voice of Bosso’s trumpet, his inveterate quartet and the magic of Paolo Silvestri’s string ensemble.
Fabrizio Bosso & Luciano Biondini
CONCERTO FOR JACK LONDON
Fabrizio Bosso, trumpet
Luciano Biondini, accordion
Silvio Castiglioni, story-teller
The Concerto For Jack London is a jazz melodrama on love and boxing where theater and music meet, bringing together on stage internationally renowned artists such as Fabrizio Bosso on the trumpet, Luciano Biondini on the accordion and the first-class narrator Silvio Castiglioni.
Castiglioni sees to the stage direction and the textual part of the project; Bosso and Biondini handle the musical part. What comes out of this project is a tribute to one of the the most translated American writers, whose hundredth death anniversary was commemorated in 2016 the father of White Fang, The Call of The Wild, a journalist but also a gold hunter, an oyster pirate, a vagabond, a social activist and much more, who rose to fame thanks to his novels.
The show is based on London’s short story The Game, which Silvio Castiglioni freely adapted to make it stageworthy. A story about boxing (London was also a great sport journalist), and a moving and heartwrenching love story. In the background, Bosso’s trumpet and Biondi’s accordion make for a mellow and sulfurous musical accompaniment.
FABRIZIO BOSSO
A NEW TALE
Concerto for Trumpet
and Symphonic Orchestra
Composed and conducted by
PAOLO SILVESTRI
In collaboration with Toret Artist Management
Considered one of the best trumpet players on the international scene, Fabrizio Bosso graduated from the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi of Turin at fifteen. Passionate about jazz since a very early age, he rapidly became a major figure in the most important venues in Italy, Europe and around the world. He performs with his own ensembles as well as special guest with others, above all in jazz but also in other musical genres, enriching his own language and inspiration at every step. Paolo Silvestri, pianist, composer and arranger, has made writing jazz for symphonic orchestra one of the fundamental attributes of his artistic career, his conviction being that that all types of music must circulate freely, intermingle and generate a new language, new productions, so as to express today’s world.
Their partnership began in 2007, with the production of “You've Changed”, one of the trumpeter's milestone albums, released on Blue Note. Over the years, their collaborative ideas have proliferated, with projects such as "Duke", a highly successful tribute to Duke Ellington, as documented in the disc released in 2015 on Universal Music.
“Paolo's sensitivity, his vast musical culture and deep knowledge of the jazz tradition make him extremely versatile and capable of tackling any kind of challenge. He handles any type of musical material with dexterity and personality, enriching it whilst making it also enjoyable for the listener,” says Bosso.
For some time Silvestri had been nurturing the idea of composing a piece for Bosso: “For several years I had been wanting to compose a symphonic work dedicated to him, with more complex formal characteristics such as those of a real concerto for trumpet and orchestra, built around his musical personality in such a way that it could fully enable him to express his extraordinary musical qualities and his amazing instrumental skills, which make him one of the greatest trumpet players in the world”.
The idea has now become a reality; a new page has been written: "A New Tale".