Stefano di Battista
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Biography
Celebrated Italian jazz saxophonist and bandleader Stefano di Battista was born in Rome on February 14, 1969. He immersed himself in jazz at a young age and start with the saxophone as a teenager, greatly influenced by Art Pepper and Julian âCannonball Adderley. His desire for a career in jazz solidified after meeting Massimo Urbani, but it was in the early 1990s, after taking the advice of pianist Jean-Pierre Como to move to Paris, France, that his career began to boom. He connected with several of the best French jazz musicians at the time and made his recording debut as a bandleader with 1997âs Volare. He signed to the celebrated jazz label Blue Note who allowed his to keep the Italian focus of his work even though he was entrenched in the French jazz scene. He released five albums for Blue Note including his self-titled 2000 LP, the 2004 Charlie Parker tribute Parkerâs Mood, and 2007âs Trouble Shootinâ, his final album for Blue Note. He challenged himself with his material on projects like 2011âs Womanâs Land, which drew inspiration from famous women throughout history, and he formed a regular working relationship with vocalist Nicky Nicolai. Eager to collaborate with other musicians, he balanced his own work as a bandleader with gigs as a sideman. His eclecticism was underscored but the 2021 release of Morricone Stories, an album-long tribute to the celebrated film composer Ennio Morricone. After a three year break, Stefano Di Battista returned with the album La Dolce Vita, a collection of classic Italian songs.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Laura
- Ne'll Acqua
- Benji
- Caruso
- First Smile
- Tu vuò fa l'americano
- T Tonic
- Dina
- Another Time
- Buffo
- Tartaruga
- Anastasia
- Funny Moon
- Spirit Of Messengers
- Flora
- Diamonds Love and Angels by Alessandro Molinari
- La donna della domenica (From "Sunday Woman")
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Deborah's Theme (From "Once Upon a Time in America")
- Metti una sera a cena
- Apertura della caccia (From "1900")
- Il grande silenzio (From "The Great Silence")
- The Next Nine Hours
- Roma Antica
