GIOVANNI CECCARELLI
Genres: Post Bop, Pop, Art Song, Folk • Italy

Giovanni Ceccarelli was born in Fabriano, Italy in 1967. He begins studying classical piano at the age of seven, then six years after he discovers jazz. He leads numerous projects, which are dedicated to his own compositions and to original arrangements of music coming from different parts of the world. Giovanni Ceccarelli’s first album as a leader is a piano duet with the USA pianist Eddie Wied, “The Street Dancer” (1998). Then follows “Feedin’ Inner Urges” (2009) recorded with vocalist Fabrizia Barresi, and “The Nights of the Beuscher” (2009), a double live album with great saxophonist Massimo Urbani. In 2009 he founds the group InventaRio together with bassist Ferruccio Spinetti, including the Brazilian songwriter Dadi. The two musicians are also the artistic producers of “InventaRio” (2010), an album featuring such great artists as Marisa Monte, Ivan Lins, Petra Magoni and Pacifico. The record is released in Italy and Japan, meeting the success of the read more...