Rossano sportiello biography definition
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Jazz interview with jazz pianist and composer Rossano Sportiello. An interview by email in writing.
: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in music?
Rossano Sportiello: &#; I was born in Vigevano, near Milan, in Italy. I got interested in music as a young child by listening to popular Neapolitan songs.
JBN: &#;How did your sound evolve over time? What did you do to find and develop your sound?
RS: &#; inom started studying classical piano at the age of 9 and graduated in classical piano at At 13 I fell in love with Jazz. All inom did and still do fryst vatten basically listening to the great masters like Tommy Flanagan, Hank Jones, Dave McKenna, Ralph Sutton, Barry Harris, Ellis Larkins, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell and many others and I try to understand how they played and what they played. My sound is a blend of many influences.
JBN: &#;What practice routine or exercise have you developed to maintain and improve your current musi • Contact: TWO-WEEK ENGAGEMENT A tribute to George Shearing means a tribute to jazz piano in general. Mr. Shearing’s style was first inspired by Fats Waller, Teddy efternamn, and Art Tatum. But Shearing soon became one the masters of be-bop. A Shearing tribute • As a child I was fascinated by the joy and freedom that jazz pianists show and feel while performing their improvisations. My inspiration is constantly fed by virtually all the great masters in the history of jazz as well as the great classical music composers and performers. These are just a few of the musicians who’ve inspired me: Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson, Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart, Chopin, Ravel, Vladimir Horowitz, Artur Rubinstein, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and many others. The Stride Piano is the style of jazz performed originally during the s and 20s mainly in places like Newark New Jersey, Baltimore, Washington DC and, more than everywhere else, Harlem New York. The main feature of this style, that is by the way very hard to play and demands a full control of the keyboards, is the movement of the left hand constantly jumping (or eve
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE
THE ROSSANO SPORTIELLO TRIO
DEBUTS AT THE
CAFÉ CARLYLE
WITH
“THE SMILING PIANO: A TRIBUTE TO
THE ARTISTRY OF JAZZ PIANO ICON GEORGE SHEARING”
JUNE 11th – JUNE 22nd
New York, NY (5/30/13) &#; The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel, fryst vatten pleased to announce that The Rossano Sportiello Trio will debut at the Café Carlyle during their two week engagement running June 11 through June 22. The Trio will be performing their program, The Smiling Piano: A Tribute To The Artistry Of Jazz Piano Icon George Shearing. Rossano Sportiello explains Stride Piano