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Francesco Chebat
piano, organ, keyboards, composition "...essential, refined, never casual..." Musica Jazz - Bruno Schiozzi "...what strikes most is the simplicity and the elegance of his music: this makes Imprinting a very interesting work." Jazzitalia.net - Luca Labrini Biography Download: ENG ITA Francesco Chebat, born in Trento (Italy) in 1978, is an interesting pianist and composer. He started his career started at an early age, when he played in clubs in Milan. He played with many important musicians, such as Dave Weckl, Tino Tracanna, Attilio Zanchi, Gianluigi Trovesi, Maurizio Giammarco, Sergio Orlandi, Giovanni Falzone, Riccardo Fioravanti, Maxx Furian, Emilio Soana, Paolo Tomelleri, JW Orchestra (directed by Marco Gotti), and many others. In 2007 he releases his first CD, Imprinting, with Attilio Zanchi on double bass and Marco Castiglioni on drums. This work has received excellent reviews and showed his skills both as a pianist and as a composer: all the tracks of the CD are written by Chebat, who choose the traditional acoustic trio as the best way to perform his music. He works with vocalist Martha J. as pianist and arranger. They released already three albums: "That's it!" (classic jazz songs, with Roberto Piccolo on double bass and Stefano Bertoli on drums), "No one but you" (classic jazz songs, duo voice and piano) and "Dance your way to heaven" (original tunes, with Roberto Piccolo on double bass, Stefano Bertoli on drums and Cisco Portone on percussions). In January 2010, with Gianni Satta on trumpet, Francesco released a CD for Double Stroke Records called: "Promenade", a mix of acoustic and electric jazz that represents an exhibition of the ways they have been playing together during these years. All the songs of this album are composed and arranged by Francesco Chebat. This projecy i bass-less: the bass lines are played by Francesco’s left hand, like the Hammond organ technique, but with electronic sounds. In this CD there are also Stefano bertoli on drums and Cisco Portone on percessions.
He works with JW Orchestra directed by arranger/composer/saxophonist Marco Gotti, also playing in a CD entitled “Lectio brevis on trillo” released in 2009.
He plays with saxophonist Beppe Aliprandi in “Blue Totem”, a musical project that mixes ethnic music coming from Africa and Middle-East with jazz.
He plays with actor Valerio Bongiorno: most of all in “Numbert, il passeggero del secolo” (Numbert, the century’s passenger), performed with success in many theatres of north of Italy. In this show Francesco makes counterpoint of the monologue melting written music, improvisation and special effects. He is actually a “second actor”. He has also payed in the Vanni Stefanini trio, latin-american rythms specialist. This trio, with Attilio Zanchi on double bass, performed at Blue Note Milano and in 2004 released Nobody knows. Some Performance Highlights
- Martha J. & Francesco Chebat @ Il Ritmo delle Città, Magenta 2011 - Martha J. & Francesco Chebat @ Passeggiate Donizettiane, Bergamo, 2011
- Maurizio Brunod, Elvin Betti, Francesco Chebat @ Ivrea Jazz Club, 2011 - Sergio Orlandi, Giovanni Falzone, Francesco Chebat, Marco Ricci, Tony Arco @ Bergamo Jazz Club, 2011 - Francesco Chebat with Promenade @ Ivrea Jazz Club, 2011 - Dave Weckl & Tony Arco drums contest with JW Orchestra @ Bigio l'Oster, Bergamo, 2011 - Francesco Chebat piano solo “Improvvisando su Rigoletto” @ Musica Festival, Bergamo, 2010 - Valerio Bongiorno & Francesco Chebat @ Festa del teatro Monza e Brianza, Bovisio (Mi), 2010 - Martha J. & Francesco Chebat @ RSI, Locarno Film Festival (CH), 2010 - JW Orchestra @ Iseo Jazz, Iseo (Bs), 2010 - Francesco Chebat & Valerio Baggio piano duo @ Festival della Cultura, Bergamo, 2010 - Martha J. @ Osijek Jazz Festival (HR), 2010 - Gianluigi Trovesi & Francesco Chebat @ Livraga Jazz, Livraga (Lo), 2009 - Martha J. & Francesco Chebat @ Festival Suonintorno, Stezzano (Bg), 2009 - Martha J. 5et @ Brianza Open Jazz Festival, Biassono (Mi), 2008 - Numbert @ Teatro Sala Fontana, Milano, 2005 - Numbert @ Teatro Verdi, Milano, 2005 - Vanni Stefanini trio @ Brianza Open Spring, Monza (Mi), 2004 - Vanni Stefanini trio (feat. Attili Zanchi) @ Blue Note, Milano, 2004 - Marcos Vinicius 4et @ Blue Note, Milano, 2004 - Numbert @ Teatro Fraschini, Pavia, 2004 - Amedeo Biggiogero, Tom Waits tribute @ Lario Jazz & Blues Festival, Menaggio (Co), 2003 - Il colore delle storie @ Teatro Giuditta Pasta, Saronno (Mi), 2003 - Cafè con Pan @ Teatro Manzoni, Monza (Mi), 2003 - Jampin’ Jazz @ Ascona Jazz Festival, Ascona (CH), 2002 - Valerio Bongiorno & Francesco Chebat @ Palazzo Te, Mantova 2002 - Piano solo @ Palazzo Reale (for Piccolo Teatro, Milano), Milano 1999 Discography - Martha J. 4et, "Harlem Nocturne", Clessidra Records 2011 - Martha J. & Francesco Chebat, "Dance your way to heaven", Clessidra Records 2010 - Francesco Chebat & Gianni Satta, “Promenade”, Double Stroke Records 2010 - JW Orchestra, “Lection Brevis on trillo”, 2009 - Martha J. & Francesco Chebat, “Crazy for Christmas”, Clessidra Records 2008 - Martha J. 4et, “That’s it!”, Music Center 2008 - Martha J. & Francesco Chebat, “No one but you”, Music Center 2008 - Francesco Chebat, “Imprinting”, Music Center 2007 - Vanni Stefanini, “Nobody knows, Instrumental Spirituals in Jazz”, Rugginenti Editore 2004 Collaborations Martha J., Dave Weckl, Gianluigi Trovesi, Attilio Zanchi, Marco Castiglioni, Tino Tracanna, Giovanni Falzone, Stefano Bertoli, Sergio Orlandi, Paolo Manzolini, Javier Girotto, Michael Rosen, Marco Gotti, Roberto Piccolo, Gianni Satta, Marco Esposito, Kyle Gregory, Maxx Furian, Tony Arco, Marco Ricci, Marco Gamba, Guido Bombardieri, Paolo Tomelleri, Emilio Soana, Dudu Kwateh, Beppe Aliprandi, Marcos Vinicius, Carlo Bagnoli, Marcello Noia, Walter Ganda, Francesco D’Auria, Riccardo Fioravanti, Vittorio Marinoni, Ney Portilho, Riccardo Vigorè, Ettore Fioravanti, Carol Sudhalter, Michael Supnick, Vanni Stefanini, Angelo Peli and many others. Education Background - Performer Course with Giovanni Tommaso, CEMM, Bussero (Mi), 2009 - Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2006 - Composition Forth Year’s Certificate, Conservatory “G. Verdi” of Milan, 2002 - Piano Masterclass with Ricardo Descalzo, ContemporaneaMente Festival, Lodi, 2002 - Contemporary Composition Seminar with Bernard Cavanna, ContemporaneaMente Festival, Lodi, 2001 - Jazz Masterclass with Tino Tracanna, G. Liguori, L. Garlaschelli, Conservatory “G. Verdi” of Milan, 2001 - Piano Diploma (10 years course), Conservatory “G. Verdi” of Milan, 1999 - Jazz Clinics with Larry Monroe, Dino Govoni, Russell Hoffman, Berklee College of Boston, Perugia, 1999 - Scientific high school degree, Liceo Scientifico Giovanni Gandini, Lodi, 1997 - Gregorian Chant seminar with Bonifacio Baroffio, Vallombrosa Abbey, 1996 |