NEW YEAR’S EVE FROM IL CASTELLO CERTALDO, TUSCANY

SCOTT HAMILTON TRIO

THURSDAY DECEMBER 31

9.00 PM PARIS / 8.00 PM UK / 3.00 PM NEW YORK / 12PM LA

Scott Hamilton, tenor saxophone, Paolo Birro, piano Alfred Kramer, drums

Scott Hamilton was born in 1954, in Providence, Rhode Island. After a move to New York in 1976 at the age of twenty-two, and through Roy Eldridge, he got a six-week gig at Michael’s Pub. Roy also paved the way for him to work with Anita O’Day and Hank Jones. During this period he also played with Illinois Jacquet, Vic Dickenson and Jo Jones. Pianist John Bunch got Scott his first recording date, for Famous Door, and was also responsible for him joining Benny Goodman. He continued to work with Goodman at different times until the early 1980s. In 1977 he formed his own quartet, which later became a quintet, with Bunch added to the group. He started to record for the Concord label and along the way he has made albums with Dave McKenna, Jake Hanna, Woody Herman, Tony Bennett, Gerry Mulligan, Flip Phillips, Maxine Sullivan, Buddy Tate, Warren Vache, many with Rosemary Clooney and several with another of his mentors, Ruby Braff. Over the years Scott has also performed and recorded with such touring bands as the Concord Jazz All Stars, the Concord Super Band and George Wein’s Newport Jazz Festival All Stars.

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Drummer, percussionist and composer, Francesco Petreni has played with many musicians, among whom are Marc Johnson, Jonny Griffin, Palle Danielsson, Mal Waldron, Eddie Henderson, Enrico Rava, Tony Scott, Michael Blake, Avishai Cohen.
He is on more than seventy recordings also with Enrico Pieranunzi trio, Mark Turner, David Binney, Larry Grenadier, Eddie Wied, Paolo Fresu, Stefano Bollani, Kim Prevost, Bill Solley, and brasilian music with Marisa Monte, Ivan Lins, Chico Buarque, Hamilton De Holanda, Vanessa Da Mata, Maria Gadu etc, participating in International Festivals around the world including concerts in Cuba and Brazil.