EMANUELE MANISCALCO
Genres: Post-Fusion Contemporary, Jazz Related Improv, Composition, Avant-Garde Jazz • Italy

Emanuele Maniscalco (Brescia, 1983) is an Italian multi-instrumentalist and composer. Since a young age, he showed a strong interest in jazz and improvised music. Although his first instrument was the piano, at age 12 he took up the drums, which would soon become his green card to the local jazz scene. By 21 he was already touring and recording with the most influential players in Italy, including Enrico Rava, Stefano Battaglia, Emanuele Cisi, Ares Tavolazzi. By the age of 23 though, he felt that his first instrument could not be left behind, so he decided to go back to the piano and dive into it. That almost meant starting his career anew, and the whole process resulted in a double amount of inputs shaping up his musical identity. Although Emanuele is mostly self-taught, an important confirmation came when he was accepted into the Soloist line (Advanced Post-graduate Diploma) at the read more...