Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava (born 1939 in Trieste) is an Italian jazz trumpeter and bandleader. He started on trombone, switched to trumpet after hearing Miles Davis, and moved between bebop and avant-garde jazz. He is best known for a long series of albums on ECM from the 1970s onward. Enrico Rava first worked with Gato Barbieri in the 1960s and then played in Steve Lacy's group. He moved to New York in 1967, joined Gas Mask and played with Cecil Taylor, Roswell Rudd and Carla Bley.
Live Soncino (LP)
1979 live album on ICP/AdLib by the core members of the Pool (Han Bennink, Misha Mengelberg) with many Italian musicians including Giancarlo Schiaffini, Enrico Rava, Eugenio Colombo and Gianluigi Trovesi. With original innersleeve.
Katcharpari
Milan, January 1973. Enrico Rava's second record as a leader, with John Abercrombie on guitar, Bruce Johnson on bass and Chip White on drums, released by MPS/BASF. Rava has called it his breakthrough: the album that got Manfred Eicher's attention. Se…
D.N.A. (LP)
*Warehouse find!* "D.N.A." is a contemporary jazz album recorded at Mondial Studios in Milan in December 1996 by two 'heavyweights' of Italian and international jazz music, trumpeter Enrico Rava and pianist Mario Rusca, the latter here feature with h…
Jahrmarkt / Local Fair (LP)
Original 1977 album on Po Torch with gatefold sleeve by 'the' free jazz big band, featuring Peter Brotzmann, Albert Mangelsdorff, Anthony Braxton, Peter Kowald, Paul Lovens, Evan Parker, Enrico Rava, Alex Schlippenbach and a host of others.
Compositions (LP)
Original German edition on Japo of the 1980 album by 'the' free jazz big band, featuring Steve Lacy, Albert Mangelsdorff, Paul Lovens, Evan Parker, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Kenny Wheeler, Manfred Schoof, Enrico Rava and a host of others.
Rotella Variations
2003 release ** "“The human voice must not be limited only to a conventional language, but is an inexhaustible source of natural musical instruments. If it is coupled with jazz it becomes a double musical instrument”: Mimmo Rotella dixit, and here is…
Il Giro Del Giorno In 80 Mondi
Il Giro Del Giorno In 80 Mondi by Enrico Rava is a landmark of early 1970s European jazz, blending burning trumpet invention with eclectic grooves and poetic improvisation. Recorded in 1972, this album stands out for its adventurous spirit, balancing…
The Song Is You
Their collaboration has been hailed as a summit meeting of two jazz masters. Enrico Rava, trumpeter from Trieste, and Fred Hersch, pianist from Cincinatti, share a deep affection for the tradition and a profound sense for melodic invention. In this r…
Pupa o Crisalide
Enrico Rava's Pupa o crisalide, with tracks recorded by three different line-ups, sums up the first phase of the Triestine trumpeter's solo career, reissued officially for the first time.
Jazz In Italy
This compilation comes as a perfect introduction to vintage Italian Jazz. A fine selection of some of the best Italian mainstream jazz masters of the sixties and seventies such as the young trumpet genius of Enrico Rava, or maverick film music compos…
Easy Living
Easy Living is Enrico Rava's 2004 ECM album with his Italian quintet: Gianluca Petrella (trombone), Stefano Bollani (piano), Rosario Bonaccorso (double bass) and Roberto Gatto (drums), recorded in June 2003 at Artesuono Recording Studio, Udine, produ…
The Pilgrim And The Stars
Enrico Rava's first ECM album, seven of his compositions played by a pianoless quartet with John Abercrombie (guitar), Palle Danielsson (double bass) and Jon Christensen (drums), recorded in June 1975 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg.
Corners
Corners (ECM, 2026) is the first ECM album by Enrico Rava's Fearless Five (Paggi, Diodati, Ponticelli, Polidoro) with guest Joe Lovano on tenor saxophone: nine originals recorded in July 2025 at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, produced by …
Edizione Speciale
Live sextet recording by Enrico Rava (flugelhorn) with Francesco Bearzatti, Francesco Diodati, Giovanni Guidi, Gabriele Evangelista and Enrico Morello, recorded on 18 August 2019 at Jazz Middelheim, Antwerp. ECM 2672, 2021.
Roma
Live quintet recording co-led by Enrico Rava (flugelhorn) and Joe Lovano (tenor saxophone, tárogató) with Giovanni Guidi, Dezron Douglas and Gerald Cleaver, from a concert on 10 November 2018 at the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome. Produced by Ma…
Rava On the Dance Floor
Enrico Rava with the twelve-piece Parco della Musica Jazz Lab plays Michael Jackson songs in arrangements by Mauro Ottolini, recorded live at the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, on 20 May and 30 November 2011. Produced by Manfred Eicher. ECM 229…
New York Days
Enrico Rava's quintet with Stefano Bollani (piano), Mark Turner (tenor saxophone, his ECM debut), Larry Grenadier (double bass) and Paul Motian (drums): nine Rava pieces and two group improvisations. Recorded February 2008, Avatar Studios, New York.
The Third Man
Duo album by Enrico Rava (trumpet) and Stefano Bollani (piano): originals by both, Bruno Martino's Estate, Jobim and Moacir Santos, plus a free improvisation. Recorded November 2006 at Auditorio Radio Svizzera, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.