Flavio Boltro (born May 5, 1961) is an Italian trumpet and

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player.

Career

Flavio Boltro started playing trumpet at age nine and then entered the Turin school of Classical Music "G.Verdi". During his seven years at the school, he studied classical trumpet, especially with Carlo Arfinengo, trumpet player of Turin's Symphonic Orchestra From 1982 to 1985, he played regularly with Turin's Symphonic Orchestra and the RAI Symphonic Orchestra (Italian TV network). He began these first jazz gigs with Steve Grossman,

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and

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in several clubs and major festivals. From 1984 to 1986, he participated in the "Lingomania Quintet" of Maurizio Giammarco, with Roberto Gatto on drums, Furio Di Castri on bass, Maurizio Giammarco on sax and Umberto Fiorentino on guitar (Reverberi CD). In 1986, the Italian newspaper " Musica Jazz" gave him the award of "Best musician" of the year. From this time, he played with legendary musicians as

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. In 1987 another jazz band is decisive in his musical career : the original trio with Manu Roche on drums and Furio Di Castri on bass which is converted in quartet with the venue of

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(Imagine CD). In 1992, he released his first album as a leader: ''Flabula''. In 1994, Boltro and his friend Stefano di Battista (saxophonist) entered the French ''Orchestre National de Jazz'' conducted by Laurent Cugny. From 1996 to 2000,

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engaged Boltro in his sextet. In 1997, Boltro participated at the quintet ''Di Battista/Boltro'' with Eric Legnini on piano, Benjamin Henocq on drums and Rosario Bonaccorso on bass. In 2000, he entered the quintet of the avant-gardist

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up to 2005. He also played with Laurent de Wilde. He released two CDs as a leader via

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(EMI): ''Road Runner'' in 1999 and ''40 degrés'' in 2003. Also in 2003, he participated at TRIO AIR with

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on piano and Glen Ferris on trombone. Their album won the 2003 Album of the Year from the French

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. From 2005 to 2009, he played in Italian saxophonist Rosario Giuliani's quintet including their album, ''Anything Else'' (Dreyfus). Since 2007, he played aside Italian singer

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's band. They released ''Milestones'' (Blue Note, 2007). A second project ''Un Incontro in Jazz'' (Parco della musica, 2011) contains original compositions. In 2008, he created a quartet with Giovanni Mazzarino (piano), Marco Mitchelli (bass) and Francesco Sotgiu (drums). In 2011, the German label, ACT Music, released ''Opera at Schloss Elmau'', in which Boltro and the Italian pianist Danilo Rea play arias from the Italian Opera. In 2012, Boltro released ''Joyful'' with a new quintet : Rosario Giuliani (sax), Pietro Lussu (piano), André Ceccarelli (drums) and Darryl Hall (bass).

Discography

* 1987 – ''Immagini'' – Trio Boltro, Dicastri, Roche * 1987 – ''Into the Blue'' – Flavio Boltro quintet (Red Records) * 1991 – ''Flabula'' – Flavio Boltro Trio * 1999 – ''Roadrunner'' – Flavio Boltro quartet (Blue Note Records) * 2003 – ''40°'' – Flavio Boltro quartet (Blue Note Records) * 2003 – ''AIR'' – Trio Giovanni Mirabassi, Flavio Boltro, Glenn Ferris (Sketch) * 2005 – ''Trumpet Legacy'' – Fabrizio Bosso & Flavio Boltro 5et (Soundhills) * 2009 – ''Casa del Jazz di Roma'' – Flavio Boltro 4et (L'Espresso-La Rebublica) * 2011 – ''Opera at Schloss Elmau'' – Duo Danilo Rea/Flavio Boltro – (Act Music) * 2012 – ''Joyful'' – (Bonsaï Music)

References

External links

* https://www.facebook.com/official.flavioboltro {{DEFAULTSORT:Boltro, Flavio 1961 births 20th-century Italian musicians 20th-century Italian male musicians 20th-century trumpeters 21st-century Italian musicians 21st-century Italian male musicians 21st-century trumpeters Blue Note Records artists Flugelhorn players Italian jazz trumpeters Living people Male jazz musicians Male trumpeters Orchestre National de Jazz members ACT Music artists