Zone

Musicisti

Bologna (BO)

In tutta Italia

A partire da 1000 €

Genere di musica

acid jazz, hip-hop, jazz, pop

Composizione

quintetto, sestetto

Strumento musicale

basso elettrico, contrabbasso

Genere di eventi

concerto, evento culturale, evento musicale, festival, tour promozionale

Tipologia di pubblico

per adulti, per anziani, per bambini, per giovani

Biografia

Enzo Torregrossa started jazz and classical studies at the same time. He took inspiration from John Coltrane, Charlie Mingus and mainly from Miles Davis who is still his artistic father and point of reference in his expressive and compositive work. He attended Master Bruno Tommaso’s “Siena Jazz” seminaries from 1980 to 1983. In 1982 he obtained the “Diploma di Laurea in contrabbasso” (“Degree in contrabass”) with Master Sebastiano Nicotra at the Academy of Music “Vincenzo Bellini” in Catania . Mean while he broadened his knowledge of his music studies by means of "Dik Groove” and “Barkley School”’s textbooks
In 1991 he took part in the “Festival Jazz d’avanguardia e nuove tendenze” (“Avant-garde Jazz Festival”) in Forlì where he presented and played his own compositions and arrangements.
In 1992 he composed and produced “Annatu lu sole”, soundtrack of the movie “Sud” directed by Gabriele Salvatores, getting the “Nastro d’Argento” Prize as the best soundtrack of the year.

Esperienza

In January 2011 he started to record "Metade", his third album with Zone. The pianist Gherardo Catanzaro, the saxophonist Gigi Sella, the Brazilian singer Heloisa Laurenço, the singer Robert Lee from London took part in it and the album came out on October 1st 2011.
In 2013 the album "Fortuna" is released with the collaboration of several musicians including Manola Micalizzi.
In September 2015 he released “Solo”, an album in which they participate; Davide Angelica on Guitar, Ty LeBlanc, Rossella Graziani, Laura Mars, Rachel Doe Alo on voice Kalifa Kone on percussion Stefano Paolini on drums Gherardo Catanzaro on piano
In July 2019 "Doralinda" was released, composed and arranged by Enzo Torregrossa, with the participation of jazz rapper Jaku Feliz Reyes, Vocalists Rachel Doe and Heloisa Lourenço and saxophonist Carlo Atti in addition to Gherardo Catanzaro and Ivano Borgazzi on piano, Enzo Torregrossa on bass and double bass, Stefano Paolini on drums and Davide Angelica on guitar.

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