The french jazz pianist michel petrucciani lived his life in pain. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. The complete concert in germany, and featured 20 tracks instead of the original releases 11. Januar 1999 in new york war ein franzosischer jazzpianist mit italienischen wurzeln. Suffering from brittlebone disease, michel petrucciani overcame his handicap to become an internationally renowned artist. This live recording from 1991 captures michel petrucciani in sparkling form, with a slightly odd quartet. Playground is a jazz album by michel petrucciani, which features his generally acousticbased approach being transformed by the addition of synthesizers and electric bass guitar in the ensemble, as well as a more funkrhythm driven approach to the music. Studio, rome on march 2930, april 16 and may 5, 1982.
He died on january 6, 1999 in new york city, new york, usa. This, along with promenade with duke are my favorite of his cds. This excellent album was originally recorded for concord during june, 1983 and features petrucciani s impressive solo piano playing when he was only 20 years old. Live at the village vanguard michel petrucciani, michel. Steve grossman quartet the michel petrucciani trio. The best of michel petrucciani michel petrucciani on allmusic 2004 the great pianist michel petrucciani recorded for. Petrucciani, we learn, was irresistible to women and, one former consort. Originally greatly influenced by bill evans and to a lesser extent keith jarrett, petrucciani developed his own individual voice.
Blue note cdp 7 46295 2,blue note cdp7 46295 2 format. Find michel petrucciani song information on allmusic. Michel petrucciani 2011 despite having brittlebone disease, a french musician becomes a successful jazz pianist. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. If you listen to an evans album and follow it with so what, you will understand well that evans music lived in the small but profound hands of michel petrucciani. Jenny clark and drummer aldo romano, petrucciani is more heavily influenced here by bill evans than he would be later.
It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. Bill evans wrote in the liner notes for his grammy awardwinning album alone that to understand music most profoundly one only has to be listening well. From birth he had osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disease that causes brittle bones and, in his case, short stature. Michael radford retraces the portrait of this great jazz pianist. Looking up its hard not to be lifted to a higher and better mood by this tune this is even truer for the other petrucciani composition. French pianist michel petrucciani s combination of rhythmic energy and inspired invention is heard here in several settings recorded between the mid 1980s and early 1990s. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the synopsis submission guide.
The son of the sicilian jazz guitarist antoine petrucciani and his french wife anne, michel was born, in 1962, with osteogenesis imperfecta, more often known as glass bones disease. Michel petrucciani 2011 michael radford in michel petrucciani 2011 michel petrucciani 2011 add image. A doublecd version of the concert was released in 2007, under the title piano solo. Healsorecorded in small groups, usually quartets and duets, with musicians including harold danko, fred hersch, and thepianist michel petrucciani, who began touring with konitz in europe atage 18. Looking up drums lenny white electric bass anthony jackson percussion frank colon piano steinway, synthesizer michel petrucciani synthesizer adam holzman, robbie kondor. Michel petrucciani had a prolific output during his short life, and on several different labels, i believe. Youtube michel petrucciani trio philharmonie im gasteig munchen, 1997 duration. What are the sources of his sublime inspiration and.
He became one of the most accomplished jazz pianists of his generation. Jackson played with petrucciani right to the very end and his distinctive elctric bass sound is present on many tracks. Petruccianis drummer aldo romano said of michels father. Show all release groups instead, or show various artists release groups. Michel petrucciani estate live 1991 michel perucciani, piano adam holzman, keyboards steve logan, bass abdou mboop, percussion victor jones, drums recorded in november of 1991 at the. Small man, big talenti had not heard of michel petrucciani before i.
Listen to your favorite songs from michel plays petrucciani by michel petrucciani now. He has a sumptuous, melodic style that can change effortlessly into a more improvisational tone. Petrucciani was less than three feet tall and weighed only 70 pounds. With michel petrucciani, alexandre petrucciani, eugenia morrison, david himmelstein. Michel petrucciani 2011 by pianist and musicologist benjamin halay by editions didier carpentier prefaced by didier lockwood and alexandre petrucciani. What are the sources of his sublime inspiration and how are they expressed. Michel petrucciani overcame the effects of osteogenensis imperfecta a bone disease that greatly stunted his growth to become a powerful pianist. He was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, brittle bone disorder. So what is a recorded odyssey of petrucciani s work on dreyfus jazz. Michel petrucciani trio estate 1982, vinyl discogs. Alexandre petrucciani celebrity profile check out the latest alexandre petrucciani photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. There certainly are better michel petrucciani albums out there, but given that you can pick this up very cheap it gets a strong recommendation. From birth he had osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disease that causes brittle bones and, in his case, short. Michel petrucciani english helmer michael radford il postino returns to almostdivine music and his nonfiction roots with michel petrucciani, which chronicles the short but intense life of.
Because he couldnt attend school, he started listening to music at a very young age and revealed himself to be a child prodigy. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. With madison hubbell, he is a twotime world medalist, 2018 grand prix final champion, 2014 four continents champion, and twotime u. Tox drohar is an actor, known for alex in wonderland 1970, station horizon 2015 and michel petrucciani 2011. He wanted to keep petrucciani as a partner, to play music with. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page. Michel plays petrucciani is a jazz album by michel petrucciani, blue note catalogue number cdp 7 48679 2 the album was recorded during two sets of sessions, with tracks 1 5 recorded on 24 september 1987 with gary peacock and roy haynes, and the remaining tracks over 9 and 10 december of the same year with eddie gomez and al foster. Michael radford 2011 a portrait of french jazz pianist michel petrucciani 19621999, who was born with a genetic disease that causes brittle bones and a short stature. He became one of the most accomplished jazz pianists of his generation despite having arms which caused him pain. Michel plays petrucciani by michel petrucciani on amazon. French jazz pianist, born december 28, 1962 in orange, france, died january 6, 1999 in new york city, new york, usa.
Michel petrucciani was born in france in 1962, and emerged from the womb with a rare disease, osteogenesis imperfecta known to laymen as glass bone disease, which made his bones unusually. The series of records he made at that time are some of the finest in the. If you listen to an evans album and follow it with so what, you will understand well that evans music lived in the small but profound hands of michel petrucciani so what is a recorded odyssey of petruccianis work on dreyfus. A high school scandal, a kung fu legend, and an australian outlaw. Michel petrucciani documentary film part 1 duration. The tune has this optimistic, sparkling atmosphere that is characteristic for the best of petrucciani s tunes e. Petrucciani, michel best of the blue note years amazon. Michel petrucciani was born on december 28, 1962 in orange, provence cote dazur, france. He became one of the most accomplished jazz pianists of his generation despite having arms that caused him pain. Michel petrucciani 196299 overcame a rare bone disease to become a talented jazz pianist.
Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and. S mall man, big talenti had not heard of michel petrucciani before i started making a film about him. Elizaveta sergeyevna liza tuktamysheva pronounced tooktahmishehva, even though in the past she insisted on pronouncing it tooktahmishehva. Michel petrucciani, voted one of the top french pianist at his early death of 36 years old, started out as a classical musician but all his recordings are of his first love jazz. When i want to hear something funky, this is one of the discs i reach for. Pussiau recalls that petrucciani always seemed to be in a hurry to record, saying. By the age of he sounded, according to one critic, like a. Brother to louis petrucciani bass and philippe petrucciani guitar. Despite his short stature and fragile body, petrucciani became a star and a legend on the jazz circuit, albeit one with appetites that would challenge a much. Zachary tyler zach donohue born january 8, 1991 is an american ice dancer. Date event sp fs total 2529 december 2011 2012 russian championships. I was lucky enough to see him live at the blue note in nyc when he was still alive. Since 2002, he has also been one of the four judges in the french version of pop idol, nouvelle star. A mosaic by edouard detmer in honor of michel petrucciani has been in the 18th district of paris since july 2003.
Petrucciani is one of my favorites jazz musicians and this cd is great. Michel petrucciani was born in france in 1962, and emerged from the womb with a rare disease, osteogenesis imperfecta known to laymen as glass bone. While petrucciani can be an arresting interpreter of the standard repertoire, the emphasis here is on his original compositions, many making use of latin rhythms and. Oct 30, 2014 michel petrucciani licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of emi. Solo live is a solo piano album by michel petrucciani, recorded in 1997 at the alte oper in frankfurt, germany, and released on the dreyfus label in 1998. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. The late french pianistcomposer michel petrucciani overcame the debilitating condition osteogenesis imperfectaglass bones disease to become one of the most exciting musicians of his generation, as this 1998 live date from frankfurt, germany shows. Michel petrucciani wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Pianist michel petrucciani, a major jazz musician who had already led 11 record dates by this time despite still being only 23, teams up with guitarist jim hall at the 1986 montreux jazz festival for two lyrical duets. Michel petrucciani s second recording following the obscure flash, put out by the french bingow label the previous year finds the pianist at age 18 already a powerful force. She is the 2015 world champion, the 2015 european champion, the 201415 grand prix final champion and the 20.
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