Aldo Rossi (1911-1979) was an Italian jazz reedist and bandleader born in Milan.
Rossi performed and recorded with Kramer Gorni's orchestra in the middle of the 1930s, and also played in small ensembles led by Enzo Ceragioli and Cosimo Di Ceglie. In the mid-1940s he founded a large ensemble called the Orchestra del Momento, in which he and Gorni shared bandleadership. Giorgio Gaslini, Eraldo Volonte, and Roberto Nicolosi all played in Rossi's orchestra, which recorded for Fonit Records on multiple occasions. [1]
Paolo Fresu is an Italian jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, as well as a composer and arranger of music.
Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. A virtuoso bandoneonist, he regularly performed his own compositions with a variety of ensembles. In 1992, American music critic Stephen Holden described Piazzolla as "the world's foremost composer of Tango music".
Robert Edward "Bob" Brookmeyer was an American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer first gained widespread public attention as a member of Gerry Mulligan's quartet from 1954 to 1957. He later worked with Jimmy Giuffre, before rejoining Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band. He garnered 8 Grammy Award nominations during his lifetime.
Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, and jazz fusion. He is best known for his acclaimed collaborations with Miles Davis.
Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards.
Francesco Kramer Gorni, known as Gorni Kramer, was an Italian songwriter, musician and band leader.
Enrico Rava, is an Italian jazz trumpeter. He started on trombone, then changed to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis.
Philip Catherine is a Belgian jazz guitarist.
Michael Mantler is an Austrian avant-garde jazz trumpeter and composer of contemporary music.
Aldo Clementi was an Italian classical composer.
Italian jazz refers to jazz music that is played by Italian musicians, or to jazz music that is in some way connected to Italy.
Richard Andrew Henderson was an American jazz alto saxophonist and arranger.
Günter Lenz is a German jazz bassist and composer.
Rodolfo Miguel Montironi is an Argentine bandoneonist, conductor, composer and arranger who has been involved in many tango orchestras in addition to his own.
Gilberto "Gil" Cuppini was an Italian jazz drummer and bandleader.
Roberto Nicolosi was an Italian jazz double-bassist and leader born in Genoa.
Eraldo Volonté was an Italian jazz saxophonist and bandleader.
Cosimo Di Ceglie was an Italian jazz guitarist.
Claude Barthélemy is a French jazz guitarist.
Pablo Murgier is a pianist, arranger and composer from Argentina based in Paris, France. He is best known for his project the Pablo Murgier Ensemble, which was awarded the first World Tango Orchestra Award as part of the Tango International Meeting for Musicians at the CCK in Buenos Aires, and its first album was nominated to the Premios Gardel in the Best New Artist category.