Raphael Gualazzi

Most widely known for re-introducing Italy towards the Eurovision Tune Contest stage, vocalist/pianist Raphael Gualazzi can be one of is own country’s most accomplished jazz-blues music artists. Delivered in the walled town of Urbino in 1981, his genuine sound is because his pianoforte research on the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro, his following analysis of early-1900s ragtime blues and New Orleans jazz, and a like of more sophisticated works like Jamiroquai, Stevie Question, and Ben Harper. In 2005, he released his debut record, Love Beyond your Window, and created a Piano Jazz compilation for Wagram Music 3 years later, nonetheless it was his 2009 cover edition of Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Quit” that launched him to a wider target audience because of its use on the TV ad marketing campaign for energy organization ENI. After putting your signature on a cope with Sugars Information, he participated in the 2011 Sanremo Event, where he received the Giovani (New Era) award and was selected with a six-member jury to represent his nation at Eurovision along with his self-penned bilingual track, “Follia d’Amore.” The monitor, Italy’s first access since 1997, completed second behind Azerbaijan with an extraordinary 189 factors, and became the breakout solitary for his sophomore work, Reality and Dream, which also included collaborations with French DJ Gilles Peterson, Italian trumpeter Fabrizio Bosso, and English soul vocalist Rox.