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Gianluca Petrella
Gianluca Petrella is credited on 191 releases across 74 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1993–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
191
Pressings credited
74
Albums
4
Decades active
12
In collections
Biography
Gianluca Petrella is an Italian jazz trombonist. In 2001 he won Italy's Django d'Or Award as well as Musica Jazz's annual critics poll as Best Young Talent. In 2006 and 2007 he was featured in Down Beat magazine, winning their award for "Best Emerging Artist" in the category for Best Trombonist. He started his career with Roberto Ottaviano in 1993. He has worked with many international musicians including Joey Calderazzo, Jimmy Owens, Greg Osby, Carla Bley, Pat Metheny, Marc Ducret, Manu Dibango, Nicola Conte, Bobby Previte and Enrico Rava. His group Indigo 4, with Paolino Dalla Porta, Francesco Bearzatti and Fabio Accardi, has recorded the albums Indigo 4 and Kaleido. The recordings were released on Blue Note and were well received by critics. While noted influences include Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, and Sun Ra, Petrella also uses loops and sound effects.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
191 releases · 74 albums · active 1993–2026
- Performance · 322
- Other credits · 51
- Production · 15
- Engineering · 5
- Mastering · 2
Studios: Sorriso Studios · Artesuono Recording Studio · White Noise Studio, Hamburg · Attic Studios, London
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Nicola Conte
- Various
- Paolo Achenza Trio
- Enrico Rava Quintet
- 9Lazy9
- Suba
- Greyboy
- The Five Corners Quintet
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