Gianni
Giudici – over thirty five years as a Jazz musician, with a great symbiosis
with all keyboard instruments, from the piano to the polyhedral world of the electronic
musical instruments. Besides being a talented composer and pianist, he is
also billed as probably one of the best European performers on the Hammond, an instrument
which he plays with a unique style and virtuosity, since he has also been an Hammond
demonstrator and concert artist during the early seventies, before leaving his town
(Milan, where he was born).
In
the later years he played in concerts with high-caliber artists such as: Al Grey,
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis,
Bobby Watson, Benny Bailey, Tony Scott,
Valery Ponomarev, Ingrid Jensen,
Chet Baker,
Terry Gibbs, Gary Burton, Milt Jackson, Bruce Forman,
Randy Bersen, Jimmy Owens, Cameron Brown, JoyceYouille,
Magdeline Peyroux, Lew Tabackin, Joyce E. Yuille, Madeleine
Peyroux, the international band Jestofunk (recording a CD with Eric
Marienthal) and many European and Italian top Jazz musicians, like Renzo
Arbore, great player and singer, top international TV star and President of
Umbria Jazz.
Since 1974 he has been holding the
position of VP-Musical Director of GENERALMUSIC, the largest European producer of
Musical Instruments, and this unique position allowed him to enter the heart of
sound syntheses techniques, diversifying between executive practices and musical
instrument development with a versatility uncommon within the musical instrument
field. Thanks to this experience, he also dedicated time for seminars on music and
related technology.
The music of Gianni Giudici is published by RICORDI.
Video Files: Alligator Bogaloo (Lou Donaldson)
concert at Cantinetta Bentivoglio (Bologna) with Jimmy Villotti
(guitar) – Alex Fariselli (sax) e Max Ferri (Drums)
...con Gary Burton
Fano Jazz by the Sea 97
Gary Burton (vibes) – Gianni Giudici (piano) - Attilio Zanchi (bass) – Gianpiero
Prina (drums)