Danilo Rea

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Danilo Rea

| image = Danilo Rea.JPG

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|8|9}}

| birth_place = Vicenza, Italy

| genre = Jazz

| occupation = Musician

| instrument = Piano

| years_active = 1980–present

| label = {{flatlist|

CAM Jazz
ACT

}}

Danilo Rea (born 9 August 1957) is an Italian jazz pianist. He is a graduate of the Santa Cecilia music conservatory in Rome.{{cite web |title=Danilo Rea, Stefano Bollani, Enrico Pieranunzi and Riccardo Arrighini: Four Italians for Reale |last=Conrad |first=Thomas |work=JazzTimes |date=January–February 2007 |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/18297-danilo-rea-stefano-bollani-enrico-pieranunzi-and-riccardo-arrighini-four-italians-for-reale |accessdate=27 March 2010}} He made his debut with the "Trio di Roma" (with Roberto Gatto and Enzo Pietropaoli) in 1975.Riccardo Giagni. "Danilo Rea". Gino Castaldo (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp. 1441–2.

Rea has performed with Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Steve Grossman, Mimmo Cafiero,{{cite web|url=https://www.mimmocafiero.com/video/bye-bye-blackbird/|title=Bye Bye Blackbird – Danilo Rea – Harvie S – Mimmo Cafiero trio|website=Mimmo Cafiero|language=it-IT|access-date=3 October 2017|archive-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513132129/https://www.mimmocafiero.com/video/bye-bye-blackbird/|url-status=dead}} Phil Woods, Art Farmer, Curtis Fuller and Kenny Wheeler. In pop music he has performed with Mina, Domenico Modugno, Claudio Baglioni, Pino Daniele, Riccardo Cocciante and Gianni Morandi. He participated in "Requiem for Pierpaolo Pasolini" by Roberto De Simone at the Teatro San Carlo in Napoli.

Discography

=As leader=

Lost in Europe (Via Veneto, 2000)
Lirico (Egea, 2003)
Live at Villa Celimontana with Roberto Gatto, Baci Rubati (Wide Sound, 2003)
Romantica (Venus, 2004)
So Right with Maria Pia De Vito, Enzo Pietropaoli (CAM Jazz, 2005)
Jazzitaliano Live 2006 (Casa Del Jazz, 2006)
Solo (Parco Della Musica, 2007)
Introverso (EmArcy, 2008)
Reminiscence with Martux_m (Parco della Musica Records, 2008)
At Schloss Elmau with Flavio Boltro (ACT, 2010)
Due come Noi Che with Gino Paoli (Parco Della Musica, 2012)
Napoli con Amore with Gino Paoli (Parco Della Musica, 2012)
Something in Our Way (Atlantic/Warner, 2015)
Notturno (Casa Del Jazz, 2016)
Bach Is in the Air with Ramin Bahrami (Decca, 2017)

=As sideman=

With Claudio Baglioni

Oltre (CBS, 1990)
Io Sono Qui, Tra le Ultime Parole D'Addio e Quando Va la Musica (Columbia, 1995)
Attori e Spettatori (Columbia, 1996)
Anime in Gioco (Columbia, 1997)
Sono Io (Columbia/Sony 2003)

With Roberto Gatto