Pietro Tonolo

b. 30 Might 1959, Mirano, Venice, Italy. Tonolo is among the most interesting from the batch of Italian music artists broadly grouped beneath the umbrella of La Nuova Onda (fresh wave) from the past due 80s. Although he got piano lessons at seven and researched the violin between your age range of 10 and 18, Tonolo trained himself saxophone at 16 and is rolling out an individual tone of voice in the alto. He started in jazz rock and roll bands then shifted to jazz, obtaining his first work along with his pianist sibling, Marcello, in 1978. By the end of 1981 he became a member of Enrico Rava’s music group and in 1982 toured with Gil Evans. He in addition has used Franco D’Andrea, Massimo Urbani, Luigi Bonafede, Roswell Rudd, Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Owens, Sal Nistico, Lee Konitz, George Lewis and Barry Altschul, and spent some time working within a duo and quartet with Rita Marcotulli, a cooperation that has created some extremely inventive and daring improvisation.