TONY PANCELLA
pianist, composer

Performances in many outstanding theatres and jazz-clubs all over Italy, U.S.A., Germany, Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Slovenia, Switzerland, Belgium, Greece, Luxembourg, France, Israel.
International jazz festivals (UMBRIA JAZZ, ANCONA JAZZ, PESCARA JAZZ, JAZZ'N FALL, MILANO ESTATE, IVREA EUROJAZZFESTIVAL, SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN MUSIK FESTIVAL (Germany), JAZZ TIME RJIEKA (Croatia), STELLA ARTOIS Zagreb (Croatia), Tel Aviv Jazz Festival (Israel), and many others.
Many radio and television's interviews and concerts broadcasted by italian RAI, DeutschlandRadio, BayernRadio, Croatian Televition, Israel Radio and Television, etc.
Best New Talent in Italy (Rome 1989) in a competition organized by Rome's most prominent jazz-club: the “Music Inn” and Best New Emerging Italian Jazz Group (Forli' 1990) along with saxophonist Pierpaolo Pecoriello at the 7th annual Forli' Jazz Competition.
Basically a self taught musician and a natural talent, his exposure to jazz began very early with performances by his father, a pianist himself; subsequently studied piano in 1981- 82 at the Siena Jazz Clinics, and in New York with James Williams and Larry Willis, two of his main piano influences and mentors.
Collaborations with international musicians like Charles Tolliver, Jimmy Owens, Ray Mantilla, Jimmy Knepper, Steve Turre, Lee Konitz, John Mosca, Tony Scott, Joe Magnarelli, Bobby Durham, Ulf Radelius, Kim Parker, Keith Copeland, Virginia Mayhew, Robert Anchipolovsky, Jure Pukl, Shay Zelman, Gilad Abro, Magdalena Reising, Steve Thompson, Alex Eberhardt, Uri Bracha, Dima Grodsky, Miles Griffith, Larry Willis, Buddy De Franco, Phil Woods, Deborah Brown and many others.
Teacher at the “Manager of Music Communication” 1st level Master 2004 at the G.D’Annunzio University in Chieti.
Mentor in Jazz Piano at the 2004 edition of “Jazzinty” Workshop in Novo Mesto (Slovenia).
His most recent projects includes a piano-duet together with piano giant Larry Willis, with several concerts and a recording, and the Miles Griffith & Tony Pancella Trio which performed extensively and recorded all over Europe and Middle East for nine years.


CONCERTS:
AUSTRIA
“Porgy&Bess Jazz Club”- Vienna
“Reigen”- Vienna                       
Auditorium - Linz
SnowJazzFestival - BadGastein
             
GERMANY
“Birdland" - Hamburg   
“A-Trane” - Berlin               
“Unterfahrt JC” - Munich
“Rich’s Lounge” - Wiesbaden
Theatre -Kessel               
Jazz Festival - Magdeburg
Spielhause - Saarbruecken
JazzClub - Marburg                       
“Birdland” Neuburg
“Maxburg” - Neustadt                    
Jazz Festival - Greiz               
Jazz In Der Mitte - Reutlingen     
Cave61 Jazz Club - Heilbronn
Festhalle - Illmenau
                  
CROATIA
“BP Club” - Zagreb                    
“Stella Artois Festival” - Zagreb     
Jazz Time Festival - Rijeka     
“Jazz & Blues Festival” - Split     
Jazz Festival - Zadar
JazzClub - Porec
Jazz Club - Bjelovar

SLOVENIA
LoKal Patriot - Novo Mesto
American Embassy - Ljubljana
Jazzinty Workshop - Novo Mesto
Grand Hotel Palace - Portoroz

SERBIA
International Jazz Festival - Novi Sad

HUNGARY    
Jazz Club - Gyor
                       
BELGIUM
“Hnita JC” - Heist Op Den Berg
               
LUXEMBOURG
“Melusina JC” - Luxembourg
“Inoui JC“ - Arlon   

SWITZERLAND
“Moods JC” - Zurich
“Bird’s Eye” - Basel
          
ISRAEL
“Museum Of Modern Arts” - Tel Aviv
“Jazz, Blues & Videotape Festival" - Tel Aviv
Theatre - Jerusalem
Theatre - Haifa
"Kamelot Jazz Club" - Herzliya
Opera House - Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv Jazz festival
          
FRANCE
“Hot Brass” Jazz Club - Avignon


GREECE
"Guru Bar Jazz Club" - Athens


U.S.A.
"An Die Musik" - Baltimore

"Trumpets" - Montclair NJ


many jazz clubs - NY City

SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY

Tony Pancella Trio/Quartet "DICE" (Philology W62) 1990
Tony Pancella & Pierpaolo Pecoriello "TETRACOLORS" (Philology W63.2) 1990
Tony Pancella "BASICJAZZTRIO" (Philology W115.2) 1996
Marcello Sebastiani "SUITE & SONGS" (Splasc(h)) 1996
Tony Pancella BasicJazzTrio “KEEP THIS IN MIND” (YVP 3066) 1998
Mauro De Federicis "MINORISMI" (Philology W 159.2) 1998
Tony Pancella Trio “DIFFERENT STORIES” (YVP 3088) 2000
VV.AA. “I’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE” (YVP 3086) 2001
VV.AA. “TOP JAZZ FROM ITALY VOL.2” (YVP)
Miles Griffith & Tony Pancella Trio “ I FOUND YOU” 2003
Aldo Vigorito & TP Duet “ECHO” – to be released
Larry Willis – Tony Pancella Duet “ALTER EGO” 2006 (Mapleshade Rec. USA)
Miles Griffith & Tony Pancella Trio “SMILE AGAIN” MG Music 2005 USA
Buddy DeFranco/Bepi D’Amato “LIVE AT OPERA HOUSE” to be released
Miles Griffith & Tony Pancella Trio "The Struggle Never Dies!" 2008