Enrico Rava Tribe

Enrico Rava – trumpet – trombone Giovanni Guidi – piano Gabriele Evangelista– bass Fabrizio Sferra – drums

www.enricorava.com

Island of Sv. Nikola, June 22, at 8. p.m.

Enrico Rava is no doubt the world's best known musician and one of the Europe's and world's most prominent trumpet players. The international scene has been welcoming his idiosyncratic performance since the mid 1960s. He is an artist hard to label, as he defies the traditional notions of genre and style and breaks loose of all convention. You can't mistake his lyrical expression for any other, brimming with fresh ideas in every endeavor he makes.

Rava's vast discography includes some real gems in the history of jazz, including the albums Quartet (ECM 1978), Rava l'opera Va ( 1993), Easy Leaving (ECM 2004), Tati (ECM 2005), and (ECM 2007). According to many, however, his latest album Tribe, recorded for ECM in 2011, tops them all since his return to this label in 2003.

Rava has distinguished himself not only as an author and band leader, but also through numerous collaborations with the most prominent jazz musicians such as , Archie Sepp, , , , and . He has performed at all important jazz festivals and on the stages of all five continents. Recognitions for his work are many; in Italy he won the best musician, best trumpet player, and best band leader titles on several occasions. The French Ministry of Culture has named Rava the Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters, and he also received the prestigious Jazzpar Prize in Copenhagen in 2002. His status among jazz critics and audience is best illustrated by his top ranking in the Down Beat magazine trumpet-player-of-the-year list, where he makes company to such musicians as Dave Douglas, Wynton Marsalis and Roy Hargrove from year to year.

From time to time Rava invites young and talented musicians to join in and bring along fresh ideas and a new sound. With his authority, he opens for them the doors to the international music scene. The Enrico Rava Quintet spans several generations of Italian musicians. Two are already recognized throughout Europe; pianist Giovanni Guidi and trombone player Gianluca Petrella boast a long list of independent musical projects that have left a strong mark on the European and world jazz scene. Enrico Rava Quintet has been elected the best European jazz group in 2009.