Emanuele Maniscalco
{{Short description|Italian jazz pianist, drummer and composer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Emanuele Maniscalco
| image = Emanuele-Maniscalco DSC07994.jpg
| image_size = 260 px
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| caption = Maniscalco in Aarhus, Denmark 2019.
Photo Hreinn Gudlaugsson
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1983}}
| birth_place = Brescia, Italy
| genre = Jazz, Improvised, Alternative
| occupation = Musician, composer
| instrument = Piano, drums
| years_active = 2000s–present
| label = Aut, ECM
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Emanuele Maniscalco (born 1983) is an Italian jazz pianist, drummer and composer.
Life and career
Maniscalco was born in Brescia in 1983.[http://player.ecmrecords.com/third_reel "Third Reel"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226221506/http://player.ecmrecords.com/third_reel |date=2016-12-26 }}. ECM. Retrieved 26 August 2015. He began playing the piano at the age of 8 and the drums at 12. He is largely self-taught on both instruments, but he attended the monthly workshops of Stefano Battaglia in Siena between 2001 and 2008.[http://player.ecmrecords.com/third-reel-2431 "Third Reel – Many More Days"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226220914/http://player.ecmrecords.com/third-reel-2431 |date=2016-12-26 }}. ECM. Retrieved 26 August 2015. He played with trumpeter Enrico Rava between 2004 and 2007.
In 2012, Maniscalco recorded for ECM Records as drummer and co-leader of the trio Third Reel.Collar, Matt [http://www.allmusic.com/album/third-reel-mw0002495718 "Emanuele Maniscalco / Nicolas Masson / Roberto Pianca / Third Reel – Third Reel"]. AllMusic. Retrieved 26 August 2015. Two years later, the same group, this time with Maniscalco on piano and drums, recorded Many More Days for ECM.
Compositions
"As early influences on his compositional style he cites Carla Bley, Paul Motian and Charlie Haden."
Discography
An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.
=As leader/co-leader=
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!Year recorded !Title !Label !Personnel/Notes |
| 2010*
|Slow Band |Re:think-art (later Onwire) |Quartet, with Dan Kinzelman (tenor sax, clarinet), Karsten Lipp (guitar), Paolo Biasi (bass); Maniscalco plays drums |
| 2011
|From Time to Time |El Gallo Rojo |Trio, with Giulio Corini (bass), Nelide Bandello (drums); Maniscalco plays piano |
| 2012
|Third Reel |ECM |As Third Reel; trio, with Nicolas Masson (tenor sax, clarinet), Roberto Pianca (guitar); Maniscalco plays drums |
| 2012
|Small Choices |Aut |As Small Choices; trio, with Giacomo Papetti (bass), Gabriele Rubino (piccolo, soprano and bass clarinets); Maniscalco plays piano |
| 2014
|Many More Days |ECM |As Third Reel; trio, with Nicolas Masson (tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet), Roberto Pianca (guitar); Maniscalco plays piano, drums |
| 2014*
|Copenhagen Season |ILK |Duo, with Thomas Morgan (bass); Maniscalco plays piano |
| 2015*
|From Solesmes to Solanas |self-produced |Solo; Maniscalco plays piano |
| 2015*
|Maniscalco, Bigoni, Solborg |ILK |Trio, with Francesco Bigoni (sax, clarinet), Mark Solborg (guitar); Maniscalco plays piano |
| 2015*
|Maniscalco/Hedén/Wikenmo |Havtorn Records |Trio, with Ivar Hedén Judt (trumpet), Måns Wikenmo (drums); Maniscalco plays piano |
| 2016*
|Emanuele Maniscalco meets Sandro Gibellini |Ritmo&Blu Records |Duo, with Sandro Gibellini (guitar); Maniscalco plays piano |
| 2017*
|Birthday |Gotta Let It Out |As Il sogno; trio, with Tomo Jacobson (bass), Oliver Laumann (drums); Maniscalco plays piano |
=As sideman=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year recorded !Leader !Title !Label !Notes |
| 2006
|{{sortname|Giovanni|Guidi|nolink="1"}} |Tomorrow Never Knows |Maniscalco plays drums |
| 2006
|Enrico Rava |Jazz Italiano Live, Vol. 1 |Gruppo Repubblica/L'Espresso |Maniscalco plays drums |
| 2007
|Walter Beltrami |Piccoli numeri |CAM Jazz |Maniscalco plays drums |
| 2007
|Paolo Cattaneo |L'equilibrio non basta |V2/Edel |Maniscalco plays drums, piano |
| 2008
|Emanuele Cisi |The Age of Numbers |Auand |Maniscalco plays drums |
| 2008
|Ares Tavolazzi |Godot e altre storie di teatro |Dodicilune |Maniscalco plays drums |
| 2009
|Walter Beltrami |Timoka |Re:think-art (later Onwire) |Maniscalco plays drums |
| 2009
|Stefano Battaglia |Out-vestigation |Jazz Engine |Maniscalco plays drums |
| 2010
|Paolo Cattaneo |Adorami e perdonami |Eclectic circus |Maniscalco plays piano |
| 2010
|Angela Kinczly |Phoenix EP |Segesto Invenzioni |Maniscalco plays drums |
| 2011
|Marco Parente |La riproduzione dei fiori |Woland |Maniscalco plays drums, percussion |
| 2012*
|Alessandro Fiori |Questo dolce museo |Urtovox |Maniscalco plays drums, percussion |
| 2014*
|Sacrum Facere |Barefoot Records |Maniscalco plays piano |
| 2014*
|{{sortname|Ned|Ferm|nolink="1"}} |Spent All the Money |Maniscalco plays piano, keyboards |
| 2015*
|Ermes Pirlo, Paolo Biasi |Bellow's Training |nBn |Maniscalco plays drums, harmonium |
| 2015
|Rafael Schilt |A Sound |Wide Ear Records |Maniscalco plays drums |
| 2016
|Andrea Lombardini |Diminuendo |CAM Jazz |Maniscalco plays piano, drums |
| 2016
|Paolo Cattaneo |Una piccola tregua |Lavorarestanca |Maniscalco plays piano |
| 2017
|Lumina |Lumina |Tuk Music |Maniscalco plays drums, harmonium |
References
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Category:Italian jazz drummers
Category:Italian male drummers
Category:Italian jazz pianists
Category:Musicians from Brescia
Category:21st-century Italian pianists
Category:21st-century Italian drummers