Enrico Rava

Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava in 2005
Background information
Born	(1939-08-20) 20 August 1939 Trieste, Italy
Genres	Jazz, avant garde jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Trumpet
Years active	1960s–present
Labels	Black Saint, ECM, Soul Note, Label Bleu, Philology, CAM Jazz, Duck
Website	www.enricorava.com

Enrico Rava (born 20 August 1939 in Trieste, Italy), is an Italian jazz trumpeter. He originally played trombone, changing to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis. His first commercial work was as a member of Gato Barbieri's Italian quintet in the mid-1960s; in the late 1960s he was a member of Steve Lacy's group. In 1967 Rava moved to New York City, and one month later became a member of the group Gas Mask, a group that had one LP on Tonsil Records in 1970. He has played with artists such as Carla Bley, Jeanne Lee, Paul Motian, Lee Konitz and Roswell Rudd. Chiefly an exponent of bebop jazz, Enrico Rava has also played successfully in avant-garde settings. His style may partly recall Kenny Wheeler's in its spareness and lightness of tone, albeit Rava's is harmonically simpler.

In the 1970s and 1980s he worked with Pat Metheny, Michel Petrucciani, John Abercrombie, Joe Henderson, Richard Galliano, Miroslav Vitouš, Andrea Centazzo, Joe Lovano, Gil Evans and Cecil Taylor.

With trumpeter Paolo Fresu, Rava recorded a series of four albums on the influence of Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, and Miles Davis (Bix, Pop, Shades of Chet, Play Miles Davis). Also of note are his recordings Rava, L'Opera Va' and Carmen; his own interpretations of operatic arias and overtures. In 2001, he founded a quintet with pianist Stefano Bollani, and toured with Gato Barbieri and Aldo Romano. In the trio Europeans he worked with German bass player Eberhard Weber and Swiss percussionist Reto Weber.

Discography

As leader

• Il Giro Del Giorno in 80 Mondi (Black Saint, 1972)
• Katcharpari (MPS/BASF, 1973)
• The Pilgrim and the Stars (ECM, 1975)
• The Plot (ECM, 1976)
• Enrico Rava Quartet (ECM, 1978)
• Opening Night (ECM, 1981)
• Andanada (Soul Note, 1983)
• String Band (Soul Note, 1984)
• Nexus Meets Enrico Rava (Four Leaf Clover, 1985)
• Secrets (Soul Note, 1986)
• Volver with Dino Saluzzi (ECM, 1986)
• Animals (Inak, 1987)
• Nausicaa with Enrico Pieranunzi (EGEA, 1993)
• Rava, L'Opera Va (Blue, 1993)
• For Bix and Pops (Philology, 1994)
• Electric Five with Gianluigi Trovesi (Soul Note, 1994)
• Italian Ballads with Richard Galliano (Music Masters, 1996)
• Noir (JMS, 1997)
• Carmen (Label Bleu, 1997)
• Certi Angoli Segreti (Label Bleu, 1998)
• Shades of Chet (Via Veneto Jazz, 1999)
• Rava Plays Rava (Philology, 1999)
• Live at Birdland (Challenge, 2000)
• Duo en Noir with Ran Blake (Between the Lines, 2000 )
• Beyond Fellini (WEA/Warner, 2002)
• Renaissance (Venus, 2003)
• Happiness Is... (Stunt, 2003)
• Full of Life (CAM Jazz, 2003)
• Easy Living (ECM, 2003)
• Montreal Diary/A: Plays Miles Davis (Label Bleu, 2004)
• Montréal Diary/B (Label Bleu, 2004) with Stefano Bollani
• Tati (ECM, 2004)
• Chanson (Duck, 2006)
• What a Day (Duck, 2006)
• Quatre (Duck, 2006)
• The Words and the Days (ECM, 2007)
• The Third Man (ECM, 2007)
• Live at JazzBo '90 (Philology, 2007)
• New York Days (ECM, 2009)
• Tribe (ECM, 2010)
• Rava on the Dance Floor (ECM, 2012)
• The Monash Sessions (Jazzhead, 2013)^[1]
• Wild Dance (ECM, 2015)^[2]

As sideman

With Carla Bley

• Escalator over the Hill (JCOA, 1971)

With Lee Konitz

• Stereokonitz (RCA, 1968)

With Steve Lacy

• Sortie (GTA, 1966)
• The Forest and the Zoo (ESP-Disk, 1967)

With Jimmy Lyons

• Give It Up (Black Saint, 1985)

With Archie Shepp

• Little Red Moon (Soul Note, 1985)

References

External links

• Official site
• Discography
• Review of The Words and the Days at JazzChicago.net