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DAVIDE LOGIRI |
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PROFILE & PROJECTS |
Davide Logiri Trio
Davide Logiri Sextet Tribute to Miles Annabella Fadin 4tet |
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At the age of 7 Davide enters the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan where he starts playing the Piano and the Cello. Very soon he feels an attraction for jazz that is to accompany him throughout his life and starts studying it with Diego Baiardi and Sante Palumbo. |
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After the degree in Classical Piano, he continues his jazz apprenticeship with the support of jazz international artists such as Antonio Faraò, Phil DeGreg, Dan Hearle and Harold Danko. He will finish his Jazz Study and graduate Cum Laude at Conservatorio Giuseppe verdi in Milano In 1995 he is "best pianist" at the Berklee Clinics in Perugia and this gives him the possibility to play at Umbria Jazz Winter in Orvieto. In this period Davide starts collaborating with some musicians in Milan like Tullio Ricci, Massimo Pintori, Massimo Minardi, Remo Bianchi, Marco Mistrangelo, Roberto Piccolo, Stefano Senni and Giovanni Giorgi, playing in the most important venues of the city (Capolinea, Scimmie, Tangram, Ponticello, Nordest Café, Mingus, Bolgia Umana, Dinamo, Leoncavallo,). At the same time Davide joins the Blueback quartet and he performs at the Cotton Time Jazz Festiva at Arco Della Pace with Cristina Benefico e Gigi Cifarelli. In 1997 Davide starts to work with the vocalist Roberta Sdolfo and for a couple of years they play in a jazz fusion band called Sing-Olare In 1999 he organises a concert for the city of Milan to celebrate the centennial of Duke Ellington, playing along with Marco Brioschi, Bruno DeFilippi and the American jazz star Don Friedman. In 2000 Davide is asked by Giorgio Fontana to arrange and perform the cd La Tetraluna. In 2001 Davide founds the Davide Logiri trio together with Gianluca Alberti (doublebass) and Alessio Pacifico (drums); the Trio plays at Lago Maggiore Jazz Festival and records a cd with the singer Giovanni Sartori. |
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In 2004 he meets and soon starts a collaboration with the English saxophonist Andrew Fawcett and his musicians. After 2 English and 2 Italian tours including the presence at Wavin' Jazz festival in Bellagio and St. Donat Art Fest in Cardiff, Andrew and Davide start thinking about a new project:The Chase, which becomes a cd in February 2006. Davide, Andrew and Gianluca Alberti showcase the cd in The U.K in August 2006 playing at Jazzland (Swansea), JazzCafè (Cardiff), The Bulls Head(London), The Black Cat (Northampton), The Lion (Notthingam), The White Swan (Stratford Upon Avon) and Harri's Jazz (Shepperton).
The newspaper The Guardian rates the concert at The Black Cat as one of the 3 "gigs of the week" in the UK. Davide is also the official pianist of the Ricardo Moraes 4tet and he has toured with the band of the Brasilian Bass player in August and September 2007 The Band has been recorded live during a Concert at the Bird's Eye Jazz Club in Basel and this recording is a cd produced by Radio SNJ: |
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Davide has developed a "Miles Davis tribute" which was first presented at the Garda Jazz Festival. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The project has been presented in many other Important Festival including: Art & Music Art Festival in Lecco in Italy. Breacon Jazz Festival in Uk Ufl Louisville Jazz Fest in USA. |
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In 2009, during the Usa Tour Davide has recorded a cd with the Mike Tracy Quartet. The cd Wingspan is now available by Sea Breeze Label |
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In 2010 Davide Logiri has toured Russia playing at the Eavesdrop 2010 Jazz Festival organized by Tatrstan Republic in the Capital Kazan.
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