A powerful double bill of two contrasting modern jazz piano stylists. Stefano Bollani & special guest Martial Solal + Marcin Wasilewski Trio 16 November 2011 / 19:30 Barbican Hall Italian ECM maestro Stefano Bollani combines melodic meditation with wild, Zappa-esque exuberance. Read more: barbican.org.uk
Popular Italian crossover jazz vocalist Biondi is a huge star in his homeland and his cool blend of Latin grooves and smooth pop jazz and soul travels well. Here with his fine band he’ll be playing music from his best-selling 2006 debut album ‘Handfiul Of Soul’ including his hit ‘This Is What You Are’. When: Tuesday, November 15th More info…
Paolo Conte returns to the UK for one London concert. His records are good but his live shows are great. If you don’t know him, you should – imagine the voice of Tom Waits and the soul of Cole Porter inhabiting the body of craggily handsome Italian poet, painter and singer-songwriter. ( from London Jazz Festival )
