Paolo Fresu

Born: February 10, 1961

The village marching band and the most important international awards, the Sardinian countryside and the albums, discovering jazz and his many collaborations, his love of small things and Paris.

There are not many people capable of putting together such a diverse array of elements and turn it into such an incredible and fast stylistic growth. Paolo Fresu succeeded in a country like Italy where, for too long, jazz was famous just like Shakespeare or Matisse paintings, Armstrong was little more than a freak show and Miles Davis was acknowledged well after his creative peak. The magic lies in the spontaneous way in which he managed to convey the deepest meanings and magic of his native land with the most precious of the arts.

Mare Nostrum IV

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2025

Francesco Bigoni: A Long Love Affair with Siena Jazz

by Paolo Peviani
August 20, 2025

On the occasion of the fifty-fifth edition of the Siena Jazz summer seminars, we met with saxophonist Francesco Bigoni, the new artistic and didactic director of the National Jazz Academy of Siena. With a long trajectory as both student and educator at Siena Jazz, Bigoni reflects on the institution's evolution, its unique approach to jazz training, ...

Siena Jazz 2025

by Paolo Peviani
August 20, 2025

Siena Jazz--International Summer Workshop--55th Edition Siena Jazz International Academy Siena, Italy July 26-August 7, 2025 Fifty-five editions, more than ninety students from around the globe, and some thirty faculty members who are also acclaimed performers on the international scene. Listing them all is not mere name-dropping, but a way to ...

Francesco Bigoni e Siena Jazz - una lunga storia d��amore

by Paolo Peviani
August 11, 2025

In occasione della cinquantacinquesima edizione dei seminari estivi di Siena Jazz abbiamo incontrato il sassofonista Francesco Bigoni, dallo scorso mese di aprile direttore artistico e didattico dell'Accademia Nazionale del Jazz di Siena. All About Jazz: Siena Jazz �� una realt�� di cui ogni jazzofilo italiano ha sentito parlare. Penso tuttavia che non tutti abbiano ...

Siena Jazz - International Summer Workshop �C 55a Edizione

by Paolo Peviani
August 7, 2025

Siena Jazz--International Summer Workshop--55a Edizione Siena Jazz International Academy Siena 26 luglio--7 agosto 2025 Cinquantacinque edizioni, oltre novanta studenti provenienti da ogni parte del mondo, una trentina di docenti che sono anche affermati musicisti in ambito internazionale. Li elenchiamo tutti, non per gusto declamatorio, ma per dare contezza della portata dei ...

JAZZINEC #27 in Trutnov

by Luciano Rossetti
May 30, 2025

Yelena Eckemoff: Romance of the Moon

by Neri Pollastri
March 12, 2025

Yelena Eckemoff, prolifica e camaleontica compositrice russa da anni residente negli U.S.A., �� usa mutare con frequenza collaboratori, adattando le proprie composizioni al loro stile e alla loro cultura. Questo suo ultimo album, intitolato Romance of the Moon, sebbene sia ispirato alla poesia di Federico Garcia Lorca, �� di fatto un lavoro “italiano," essendo realizzato nel ...

Sandeep Chowta with Richard Hallebeek, Anthony Papamichael, The Hass Company, Chris Minh Doky and much more

by Len Davis
March 9, 2025

New music from 2025 with Sandeep Chowta and Richard Hallebeek, Anthony Papamichael with Jimmy Haslip and Simon Phillips, Yellow Jackets with their latest Fasten Up and Norwegian bassist Terje Gewelt. The Hass Company with with guitarist's Frank Gambale and Samuel Hallkvist, Australian guitarist Josh Meader, and Sardinian Trumpeter Paolo Fresu. New York drummer Curtis Nowosad, bassist ...

Umbria Jazz Winter 2024

by Libero Farn��
January 6, 2025

Umbria Jazz Winter 2024 Orvieto, varie sedi 28 dicembre 2024--1�� gennaio 2025 Come avviene ormai da 31 anni, Umbria Jazz Winter si svolge nel raccolto, accogliente e suggestivo centro storico di Orvieto nel clima festoso di fine anno, distribuendo i concerti in sedi storiche di grande prestigio. La serata inaugurale si �� ...