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was born in Rome (Italy) on December 27th 1956.
When he was 6 years old, he started studying piano. At the age of 16 years kept
on studying the pop, rock and jazz music. His big versatility gave him the chance
to live the music working in lots of different situations and ambiences.
During 80th he
moved to Germany where he dedicated his self more to the jazz music, studying and
working with different local musicians.
When he came back to Switzerland in 1983 he
put together a lot of different kind of bands, from the fusion music to the jazz
music.
To that period belong many bands like, Studio, Musaik and the little
ìcombosî with musicians of the Italian scene. We can remember the trio with the
guitar player
Gigi Cifarelli and the double-bass player
Paolo
Dalla Porta. In the second half of
80's he published a record
called Ad un amico with
the Many Rhythms & Blues Band.
In those years he deepened the study of different instruments, with this
new knowledge he had the possibility to develop what he liked the most: to compose
and to arrange.
 At
the end of 80ths he
had a stand by moment and he decided to go back to his European roots. From that
moment starts his fruitful composition period. In that period came out the CD
Cornici & Children's Songs
(1989) and
Alchimie (1991),
both with the collaboration of the flute player Christian Gilardi.
Another period of stand by came. To this silence followed a return to the
jazz music. In 1993 he created a trio with the
drums player Ivano Torre and the double-bass player Marco Danese and
in 1994 came out their first music work
Across my universe.
In the same period he recorded the third work with Christian Gilardi:
"Note di poesia" and
a record ties to a television show called "Hotel
Fortuna".
From the fusion of those two different situations born the band Musaik.
With this band he participated to many reviews in France, Italy and Switzerland
and he published also the CD "In
town".
At the end of 1998 from a session of
the trio with Luca Garlaschelli as bass player and Francesco D'Auria
as drums player born the CD "Live
at the Principe Leopoldo".
At the beginning of 1999 the drummer
Silvano Borzacchiello replaces Francesco D'Auria. One year later
Riccardo Fioravanti replaces Luca Garlaschelli for a new CD recorded
at the studios of the Swiss Italian Radio on 22nd 23rd may
2000 and published in October by the label ALTRI SUONI with the title
"My first pairs of glasses".
On February the 10th 2001 he records
his first piano solo CD titled "Dreams"
for the Italian label MAP.
On May 2002, as a quartet, he records
for the label ALTRISUONI the CD "In
The Mood", with Michael Rosen on Tenor and Soprano Saxophones,
Stefano Dall'Ora on bass and Silvano Borzacchiello on drums, published
in the spring 2003. On may
2004 came out the second CD of the band: "Live
at Moods", recorded in Zurich.
Between the end of 2004 and the beginning
of 2005 he compose his first concert for jazz
4tett and orchestra and in the following months a suite for piano and orchestra
entitled "Novecento".
Discography:
Giulio Granati & Christian Gilardi-
Cornici & Children's Songs
- INNOWO IN 812/01
Giulio Granati & Christian Ghilardi -
Alchimie - G&G 001
Giulio Granati & Christian Ghilardi -
Note di Poesia - ALTRI
SUONI AS 011
Giulio Granati Trio - Across
my Universe - ALTRI SUONI AS 009
Giulio Granati Trio - Live
at the Principe Leopoldo - ALTRI SUONI AS 029
Musaik - In Town
Giulio Granati Trio - My
First Pair of glasses - ALTRI SUONI AS 072
Giulio Granati piano solo -
Dreams - MAP LTCD 0121
Giulio Granati Quartet -
In the Mood - ALTRISUONI
AS119
Giulio Granati Quartet -
Live at Moods
Contacts and information:
Giulio Granati
email: giuliogranati@ticino.com
web: http://www.giuliogranati.com
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