FEDERICO BONIFAZI
Genres: Post Bop, Hard Bop • Italy

It is considered one of the new talents appeared on the Italian music scene in recent years. Born in Terni and then moved to Paris, he distinguished himself with awards in several Italian awards. He won the second place and fourth place as a soloist in groups, "Crossroads Sound 2007," a finalist in the "National Award Chicco Bettinardi 2011," a finalist with his quartet and as Sidman "Award Carrara Padua Porsche Festival 2011." In 2012 and 2011 has been cited as one of the pianists emerging in Italy and previews of tomorrow's jazz, organized by the editors of the magazine Musica Jazz. The debut album "74th Street" recorded in quartet with Philip Harper (trumpet), John Webber (bass), Billy Kaye (drums), in the heart of Manhattan. After classical studies carried out in Umbria, he graduated in 2007 in Paris at the American School of Modern Music, a subsidiary of Berklee College of Music in Boston, read more...