Tribute to Paolo Piangiarelli, founder of the Massimo Urbani Prize

On January 1st this year Paolo Piangiarelli, creator and founder of the award, tireless record producer, organizer and promoter of jazz and young musicians, left us.

We continue on the road traced by Paolo.

His intuition to discover, get to know and enhance young jazz talents in the name of Massimo Urbani, recognized as the most talented jazz player ever, was a winning one and represented the engine that allowed the Urbani Prize to continue its journey for 26 years.

Paolo leaves us a great and important legacy, the strength of the Urbani Prize was to never change direction but to always strive for the enhancement of young jazz players and the recognition of talent.

Long live jazz, long live the Massimo Urbani Award!

Musicamdo Jazz

Paolo Piangiarelli con il direttore artistico Daniele Massimi

2022 Edition XXVI

The Schedule

24/06 Friday

PAPPAFO’ CountryHouse

Via Montagnano, 98
h 5.00 PM

DINNER / CONCERT

MUSICAMDO JAZZ ORCHESTRA

guest STEFANO BEDETTI

“Tribute to Charles Mingus 100 years after his birth”

Director: Luca Pecchia

Stefano Bedetti, tenor sax
Carlo Stella Fagiani, Flute
Giancarlo Rubini, clarinet
Andrea Canzonetta, trumpet
Pietro Murri, trumpet
Francesco Zuccatosta, trumpet
Massimo Ricciutelli, trumpet
Stefano Conforti, alto sax / soprano sax
Nicola Luchetti, alto sax
Luigi Colucci, tenor sax
Giorgio Organtini, tenor sax
Fabrizio Caraceni, baritone sax
Sergio Giuli, baritone sax
Nicholas Vietti, trombone
Diego Copponi, trombone
Daniele Cherubini, trombone
Daniele Maggi, trombone
Doriano Marcucci, percussion / trombone
Tonino Monachesi, electric guitar
Pierfrancesco Ceregioli, piano
Giuseppe Barabucci, electric bass

25/06 Saturday

ROCCA BORGESCA

h 5.00 PM

Music for Game

from 3 to 9 years Musical instruments construction workshop by Letizia Forti
in collaboration with ADESSO MUSICA (reservation +39 333 366 7943)

h 7.00 PM

aperitif / concert at sunset

LORENZO BISOGNO QUARTET feat Massimo Morganti

Lorenzo Bisogno, tenor sax (winner Premio Urbani 2021)
Massimo Morganti, trombone
Manuel Magrini, piano
Pietro Paris, contrabass
Lorenzo Brilli, drums

h 9.15 PM

Final PREMIO URBANI 2022

Finalist: Ava Alami, voce – Aldo Di Caterino, flauto – Lucia Filaci, voce – Alessandro Laura, sax – Antonio Ottaviano, sax – Matteo Paggi, trombone – Nicolò Petrafesa, pianoforte – Simone Sansonetti, chitarra – Michele Tedesco, tromba – Saverio Zura, chitarra

Accompanied by:

Massimiliano Rocchetta, pianoe
Gabriele Pesaresi, contrabass
Massimo Manzi, drums

Winners announcement

26/06 Sunday

ROCCA BORGESCA

h 5.00 PM

Music for Game

from 3 to 9 years Musical instruments construction workshop by Letizia Forti
in collaboration with ADESSO MUSICA (reservation +39 333 366 7943)

h 7.00 PM

aperitif / concert at sunset

CAMERINO PLAYERS meet MAURIZIO URBANI

Maurizio Urbani, tenor sax
Alberto Napolioni, piano
Enrico Mianulli, contrabass
Roberto Bisello, drums

h 9.15 PM

MASSIMO MORGANTI & BAPTISTE HERBIN QUINTET

meet VINCITORI PREMIO URBANI 2022

Massimo Morganti, trombone
Baptiste Herbin, alto sax
Massimiliano Rocchetta, piano
Gabriele Pesaresi, contrabass
Massimo Manzi, drums

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Presidents of the Jury

Baptiste Herbin

President of the Jury

Originally from Chartres, Baptiste Herbin undertook the study of the saxophone with Jean-Louis Mounier, devoting himself to jazz music under the guidance of Julien Lourau, Jean-Jacques Rulhmann and, later, of Jean-Charles Richard. After being a pupil of Riccardo Del Fra at the Paris Conservatory, he entered the vibrant jazz scene of the French capital.

Here he met André Ceccarelli, during his sessions at the Duc des Lombards jazz club. Together they recorded the album Brother Stoon, in quartet with Pierre de Bethmann and Sylvain Romano, also hosting Jean Toussaint and Dimitri Dourantonis. His second album entitled Interférences – in quintet with Benjamin Henocq, Maxime Fougères, Sylvain Romano and Renaud Gensane – was released in 2015. On the album Dreams and connection (2016), recorded with Ali Jackson, Darryl Hall and Eduardo Farias resonate persuasive Brazilian atmospheres. His music and style are influenced by Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Ornette Coleman, Maceo Parker, John Coltrane, traditional music of Madagascar, but also by classical composers such as Debussy, Ravel and Bach.

In November 2012 Herbin played for Dionne Warwick at the Olympia in Paris, as well as collaborating with Keith Brown in Sweet and Lovely (2011), with Aldo Romano in New Blood (2012), with Jeff “Tain” Watts and Manuel Valera. in Shona (2014), with Vincent David, Jean-Charles Richard and Stéphane Guillaume in Fireworks (2015), with the Francis Lockwood Quartet in Minton’s Blues (2018).

Today Baptiste is also dedicated to teaching, holding master classes all over the world. In addition to his country he has performed in Belgium, Germany, England, Italy, Madagascar, United States, Switzerland, Thailand etc. along with a number of first-rate musicians such as Glenn Ferris, Alain Jean-Marie, Ralph Bowen, Donald Brown, Kenny Garrett, Jean Toussaint, Mark Gross, Steve Wilson, James Carter, Gary Smulyan, Marcus Gilmore, Stéphane Belmondo, Archie Shepp, Jean-Michel Pilc, Darryl Hall, Franck Avitabile, Pierrick Pedron, Julien Lourau, Enrico Rava, Eric Legnini, Trotignon, Billy Hart, Michael Chéret, Jerry Bergonzi, Stefano di Battista.

He accompanied Charles Aznavour until his last concerts.

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Massimo Morganti

President of the Jury

He graduated in Trombone, Band Instrumentation and Composition at the “G. Rossini ”of Pesaro.
He continues his studies at Berklee College in Boston (thanks to a scholarship won at the 1997 Umbria Jazz seminars) with Phil Wilson, Jeff Galindo, Hal Crook and Gorge Garzone.

His concert activity, which ranges from small ensembles to large orchestras, leads him to collaborate with important musicians of the Italian and international jazz scene: Kenny Wheeler, Bob Brookmeyer, Bob Mintzer, Mike Stern, Scott Robinson, Bill Cunliffe, Martin Wind, Joe La Barbera, Greg Hopkins, Maria Schneider, Ayn Inserto, Paul Mc Candless, WDR Big Band, Cyro Baptista, Fabio Zeppetella, Ramberto Ciammarughi, Massimo Manzi, Paolo Damiani, Marco Tamburini, Fabrizio Bosso, Javier Girotto, Gianluca Petrella, Gianluigi Trovesi, Cristina Zavalloni, Gabriele Mirabassi, Enrico Rava, Aldo Romano, Toninho Horta, Ronnie Cuber, Jack Walrath, Paolo Fresu and many others. He has over sixty recordings as leader, sideman and co-leader.

In 2001 he founded the “COLORS JAZZ ORCHESTRA” of which he is the director, with which he recorded three discs, the first “Nineteen Plus One” with Kenny Wheeler, the second “When I am in love” … in Jazz, with music by Roberto Livraghi and the most recent “Home Away From Home” with the American composer Ayn Inserto.
He is currently a teacher of Jazz Trombone at the F. Venezze Conservatory of Rovigo and at the F. Morlacchi Conservatory of Perugia

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