«The music of Gabriele Pezzoli is so creative and full of tension»
Jazz'n'More, Switzerland
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ABOUT
Gabriele Pezzoli lives in Locarno, in Italian-speaking Switzerland, and is a musician with a wide range of interests. A pianist, composer and producer, he is a co-founder of the blue 2147 collective and is involved in projects that cross the boundaries between jazz, improvisation and contemporary music.
A missed guitarist, passionate drummer and frustrated saxophonist, Gabriele Pezzoli found his true voice in the piano. After graduating from the École de Jazz et Musique Actuelle EJMA in Lausanne and achieving his pedagogy degree at the Conservatory in the same city, he has focused his work on creating both solo and collaborative musical projects.
He has collaborated with French harmonica player Olivier Ker Ourio, Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær, Italian saxophonist Tino Tracanna and with relevant musicians from the Swiss, European and New Orleans scene, including Max De Aloe, Taavo Remmel, Kadri Voorand, Nils Wogram, Manu Gesseney, Domenic Landolf, Reto Suhner, Nolan Quinn, Kety Fusco and Chris Butcher among many others. For more than two decades, he’s been leading his own piano trio, featuring Lausanne-based double bass player Cédric Gysler and Swiss-American drummer Brian Quinn.
He has performed in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Estonia and Madagascar, playing at international clubs and festivals such as the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Athens Jazz Festival, Estival Jazz and Piano City Milano.