Piero Odorici & Roberto Rossi Quintet

“Play The Music Of Cedar Walton”

Piero Odorici , tenor saxophone

Roberto Rossi , trombone

Danny Grissett , piano

Josh Ginsburg , double bass

Pasquale Fiore , drums

Cedar Walton (Dallas, January 17, 1934 - New York, August 19, 2013) was one of the most influential jazz pianists from the late 1950s to the present.

In order to commemorate him, important musicians of the jazz world come together as the Piero Odorici quintet. Masetro Cedar Walton also prepared a CD for Piero Odorici titled “Cedar Walton presents Piero Odorici” due to their friendship.

Odorici is accompanied by Roberto Rossi, one of the most important representatives of jazz in Europe, on trombone, Josh Ginsburg on bass, Pasquele Fiore on drums and Danny Grissett, one of the most interesting pianists in American jazz today and a deep connoisseur of Walton's music, on piano.

Piero Odorici , tenor saxophone

Born in Bologna, he was introduced to music by his trumpeter father and accordionist uncle. He started playing the trumpet at the age of nine and switched to the saxophone at the age of ten. After several years of classical studies, he became interested in jazz music and deepened his studies in this field, first under the guidance of Giorgio Baiocco, then Sal Nistico and Steve Grossman. Throughout his artistic career, he worked with world-class musicians such as Cedar Walton, George Cables, Eumir Deodato, Diane Schuur, Curtis Fuller, Cyrus Chestnut, Buster Williams, Lenny Withe, Eric Reed, Billy Higgins, Slide Hampton, Eddie Henderson, Ben Riley, Jimmy Cobb, Sal Nistico, Steve Grossman, Red Rodney. These included musicians such as Jack Walrath, Lee Konitz, Joe Lovano, Steve Lacy, Billy Hart, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Peter Bernstein, Jack McDuff, Mingus Big Band, Vincent Herring, Joey Di Francesco, One For All, John Hicks, Alvin Queen, Ronnie Mathews, Antonio Faraò, Enrico Pieranunzi, Massimo Urbani, Roberto Gatto, Danilo Rea, Larry Nocella, Tullio De Piscopo. He took part in jazz concerts in major cities of the United States (New York, Boston, Philadelphia ...). He is frequently invited to the most important jazz festivals in Europe. Some of these festivals are; Umbria Jazz, Orvieto (Umbria Jazz Winter), Gran Parade du Jazz in Nice, Pori Jazz Festival, Thessaloniki Jazz Festival, Nord Sea Jazz.