The Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali (MiBAC) and Umbrias Jazz, is pleased to offer the public of Montreal the opportunity to listen to one of the most famous jazz pianist in Italy. Danilo Rea Solo will visit the city for an exceptional performance.
Wednesday, November 21, 2018, 8pm and 9:30pm
Upstairs Jazz Bar
1254 Mackay, Montréal, QC, H3G 2H4
Entry fee
Information 514.931.6808
Danilo Rea – Italian jazz pianist Danilo Rea is a graduate of the Santa Cecilia music conservatory in Rome. He made his debut with the “Trio di Roma” (with Roberto Gatto and Enzo Pietropaoli) in 1975. Rea has performed with, among others, Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Steve Grossman, Mimmo Cafiero, Phil Woods, Art Farmer, Curtis Fuller and Kenny Wheeler. He is widely sought after in pop music, and has performed with Mina, Domenico Modugno, Pino Daniele, Riccardo Cocciante and Gianni Morandi. He participated as a solo artist in 1989 in “Requiem for Pierpaolo Pasolini” by Roberto De Simone at the Teatro San Carlo in Napoli.