Enzo Torregrossa started jazz and classical studies at the same time. He took inspiration from John Coltrane, Charlie Mingus and mainly from Miles Davis who is still his artistic father and point of reference in his expressive and compositive work. He attended Master Bruno Tommaso’s “Siena Jazz” seminaries from
1980 to 1983.
In 1982 he obtained the “Diploma di Laurea in contrabbasso” (“Degree in contrabass”) with
Master Sebastiano Nicotra at the Academy of
Music “Vincenzo Bellini” in Catania and
attended the course of “Orchestra Composition and Art
direction” in Bologna. Meanwhile he broadened his knowledge of his music studies by means of "Dik Groove” and “Barkley School”’s textbooks. In the ‘80s he played with Lillian Terry quintet together with Paolo Birro, Andrea Beneventano, Massimo Urbani, in the quintet with Dizzy Gillespie, Chick Corea and in the City Co quartet together with Pippo Guarnera, Giulio Capiozzo, Marco Tamburini.In 1991 he took part in the “Festival Jazz d’avanguardia e nuove tendenze” (“Avant-garde and New tendencies Jazz Festival”) in Forlì where he presented and played his own compositions and arrangements.
In 1992 he composed and produced “Annatu lu sole”, soundtrack of the movie “Sud” directed by Gabriele Salvatores, getting the “Globo d’Oro e il Nastro d’Argento” Prize as the best soundtrack of the year.
In 1998 he arranged, composed and published his first record “Aeon” with the texts assistance of the poet Roberto Zizzi.
In 2004 he started the “Zone Project” with the record company CurveMusic of London. The musicians Gherardo Catanzaro e Rob Lee participated in this project and their artistic partnership has never stopped.
In 2005 he wrote and produced his first CD “Madrugada” and went to the prestigious “International Word Music Market MIDEM” in Cannes where he played live and his band awarded the prize as one of the four best up-and-coming nu-jazz bands in the world.
In 2007 the CD “Madrugada” was published and distributed, both audio digital and physical format, all over the world
(iTunes, Amazon, Napster, etc). Meanwhile he had
concerts in London, Paris and
several European cities . In
2009 Irmarecords published his second CD “Gimali”, still in the best selling jazz records of several
European countries, U.S.A. and Japan, which met with the favour of the critics and the audience. In the CD “Gimali” he dedicated the track “Angel’s wings” to Angelo D’Arrigo and made the video clip in collaboration with the Foundation Angelo D’Arrigo e Laura Mancuso.
In 2009 he had many summer concerts and also played
with the Zone band at the Antico Teatro di Taormina during the Festival “Ad ali spiegate” as a part of “Taormina Arte”.
In 2010 he worked as Professor of doublebass and Jazz Bass Guitar at the Conservatory “V. Bellini” in Catania.
In September 2015 he released “Solo”, an album in which they participate; Davide Angelica on Guitar, Ty LeBlanc, Rossella Graziani, Laura Mars, Eva Macaggi ,Rossella Cosentino, Rachel Doe Alo on voice Kalifa Kone on percussion Stefano Paolini on drums Ivano Borgazzi and Gherardo Catanzaro on piano
In July 2019 "Doralinda" was released, composed and arranged by Enzo Torregrossa, with the participation of jazz rapper Jaku Feliz Reyes, Vocalists Rachel Doe and Heloisa Lourenço and saxophonist Carlo Atti in addition to Gherardo Catanzaro and Ivano Borgazzi on piano, Enzo Torregrossa on bass and double bass, Stefano Paolini on drums and Davide Angelica on guitar.
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