Seamus Blake, among most important tenor saxophonists of the contemporary world stage said of him: “Claudio is a wonderful saxophone player with a deep warm tone. He is full of great ideas and inspiration from jazz history and continues the legacy forward with a Sicilian Flare…”
He graduated with honours in Jazz Saxophone in the “Vincenzo Bellini” Conservatory of Palermo, in little years he has carved out a prominent space for himself in the new generations’ contemporary musical panorama of italian jazz, both as a leader and as a sideman. Indeed, he manages different projects under his name and he collaborates on a continuous basis with some of the best musicians in Italy.
He is actually the saxophonist of the Orchestra Jazz Siciliana and in recent years he performed with national and international artists, as: David Kikoski, Eliseo Loreda Garsia, Fabrizio Bosso, Max Ionata, Enrico Pieranunzi, Roberta Gambarini, Nicole Henry, Halie Lauren, Simona Molinari, Mauro Grossi, Dino Rubino, Seby Burgio, Dario Carnovale, Giorgio Rosciglione, Marteen Weyler, Enzo Zirilli, Gianni Cavallaro, Mimmo Cafiero, Vito Giordano.
Some important awards: Winner of the National Prize of Arts, Jazz category (2013) and finalist for Internazional Prize for Jazz solists of Massimo Urbani (2012).
Festival participations: Rendez Vous de l’Erdre (Nantes), Torino Jazz Festival 2013, Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Nizza) – Pescara Musica Futura – Vittoria Jazz Festival – Messina Sea Jazz Festival – Castelbuono Jazz Festival – Noto Jazz Festival – Sergio Amato – Winter Festival, and others…
His new disk is “JUIU”, produced by the record label Alfamusic and distributed by Egea.
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