Pietro Valente trio:"Goodbye Italy concert"

N e w s

15/11/2007: I will leave for India on November 18th and after a week in Bangkok to get the visa, i will stay in India for three weeks. I will be back to Taiwan on December 18th. This is a travel for spiritual reasons. 19/10/2007: Here in Shanghai i played with the best musicians in the most important clubs and in the JZ festival. I will go back to Taiwan on October 23rd to play in the most important festival, the Taichung Jazz Festival with Suchi Wu's group on October 28th. 01/10/2007: In these days i played in some jazz clubs in Shaghai: CJW, JZclub(twice) and JZclub in Hangzhou. On Thursday October 4th i will play at the Shanghai JZ Festival. 20/09/2007: I've finished the recordings two weeks ago in Taipei. Now i'm in Shanghai and i aleready started to get in touch with some musicians here. Tomorrow i have the first gig with the JZ Big Band in Time Square(Shanghai). 09/07/2007: I will leave Italy to Asia on August 21th, i will stay about ten days in Taiwan to record two CDs with an international jazz band. I will stay in Asia for many months, coming back Italy probably on the next June. 11/05/2007: I came back yesterday from Taiwan. This travel has been very important professionally. I've held two drum workshops and played several gigs with my trio featuring Martijn Vanbuel on standup bass and Pete Jeffreys on saxophone. 07/04/2007: On april 17th i will leave for Taiwan and i will come back on may 10th. 01/03/2007: I passed the semifinal and now i'm one of the 6 finalists of the new italian jazz talents contest "Chicco Bettinardi". The final will be on 30 march at “G. Nicolini” playhouse in Piacenza. 10/01/2007: Tomorrow we will open with Marco Strano Syntax Quartet the new paduan jazz season at Café Pedrocchi. 26/12/2006: Thursday 28 december i will play in the Umbria Jazz Winter festival in Orvieto with the BERKLEE/UMBRIA JAZZ CLINICS 2006 AWARD GROUP. 14/12/2006: Yesterday i recorded, playing with Orchestra Italiana di Musica Leggera, the TV program: "Stelle e Note di Natale" that will be televised 29 december on RAI DUE(italian national TV) 07/12/2006: Yesterday i graduated at Università della Muscia di Roma with jazz drum specialization and the best mark 10/10. 09/11/2006: Sunday 19 november i will play in the opening concert of Porsche Jazz Festival 2006 with a 35 elements orchestra directed by Bruno Tommaso with guest Pietro Tonolo. 04/10/2006: From October i'm in the resident band of Venice Jazz Club. I'will paly here every wednesday, friday and saturday unless i will have other gigs in these days.