Enzo Avitabile

Born in Naples, Italy, Avitabile started as a self-taught saxophonist at ten years old. He graduated in flute at the Naples Conservatory. He started his career as a turnist, and made his record debut in 1982 with Avitabile, an album which saw the collaboration of Richie Havens.Ernesto Assante. "Avitabile, Enzo". Gino Castaldo (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp.69–70.

He tours with his band, going under the name of Enzo Avitabile & Bottari. Bottari is a traditional rhythm from southern Italy involving percussion elements such as wine barrels, wooden drums and the like. Avitabile keeps the Bottari culture in mind while experimenting with fusion jazz (sax, trumpets, etc.).

He has collaborated with Pino Daniele, Edoardo Bennato, James Brown, Afrika Bambaataa and Tina Turner, Trilok Gurtu, Daby Touré, and Ashraf Sharif Khan (son of Sharif Khan Poonchwaley), among others.{{Cite news |last=Rapold |first=Nicolas |date=2013-10-17 |title=A Boundless Appetite for a Universe of Sound |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/18/movies/enzo-avitabile-music-life-about-the-italian-musician.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |issn=0362-4331}} With his Bottari lineup, he was nominated for the prestigious 'Audience Award' in the 2005 BBC Awards for World Music.

In 2012 he was the subject of Jonathan Demme's docu-movie Enzo Avitabile Music Life.{{Cite web |last=Fondi |first=Vanni |date=2017-03-28 |title=Doppio David di Donatello, stravince Enzo Avitabile |url=http://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/napoli/spettacoli/17_marzo_28/doppio-david-donatello-stravince-enzo-avitabile-7571b072-1386-11e7-bf25-360b0da8bff2.shtml |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it}}

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In the same year, he recorded "Black tarantella", an award-winning record with new songs that included duets and collaborations with outstanding international musicians from Europe, America and Africa like, among others, David Crosby,{{Cite web |date=2023-01-21 |title=David Crosby & friends |url=https://www.giornaledellamusica.it/articoli/david-crosby-friends |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Il giornale della musica |language=it}} Bob Geldof and Franco Battiato.

In 2017 he won 2 Donatello's David Awards for best song and best soundtrack of the movie "Gli indivisibili".

• {{ill|Avitabile (album)|lt=Avitabile|it}} (1982)
• {{ill|Meglio soul|it}} (1983)
• {{ill|Correre in fretta|it}} (1984)
• {{ill|S.O.S. Brothers|it}} (1986)
• {{ill|Alta tensione|it|Alta tensione (album)}} (1988)
• {{ill|Stella dissidente|it}} (1990)
• {{ill|Enzo Avitabile (album)|lt=Enzo Avitabile|it}} (1991)
• {{ill|Easy (Enzo Avitabile album)|lt=Easy|it|Easy (Enzo Avitabile)}} (1994)
• {{ill|Addò|it}} (1996)
• {{ill|O-issa|it}} (1999)
• Salvamm'o munno (2004)
• Sacro Sud (2006)
• Festa, farina e forca (2007)
• Napoletana (2009)
• {{ill|Black Tarantella|it}} (2012)
• {{ill|Lotto infinito|it}} (2016)
• {{ill|Pelle differente|it}} (2018)

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• [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/enzo-avitabile-mn0001279948 Enzo Avitabile] at Allmusic

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