Francesco Turrisi
An original jazz pianist and musical conceptualist, Francesco Turrisi has been described as “a musical alchemist” by The Irish Times. Turrisi’s Mediterranean roots harbour a deep grasp of popular and classical traditions that sweep the centuries. A graduate in jazz and early music from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, Turrisi is a treasurer of the folkloric and a fearless explorer of new sonic realms.
His mastery of the traditional allows him to dissect and reimagine ancient melodies in bold new settings that seduce and surprise. The music on his four CDs as leader and two as co-leader isn’t easy to define – drawing from early music counterpoint and bass ostinatos, evocative Mediterranean modal melodies and scintillating jazz improvisation.
"His ability to rework ancient melodies and rhythms through a contemporary jazz prism marks Turrisi out as one of the most striking voices to have emerged on the European jazz scene in the past decade" Ian Patterson - All About Jazz
Tasting notes with cookbook author and food writer Domenica Marchetti
Tasting notes - a chat with Emiko Davies
Tasting notes - a conversation with James Gabriel Martin
Tasting notes - a conversation with photographer, cook and writer Valentina Solfrini of @lappetito
Francesco Turrisi with Roisin El Safty live in Dublin
Northern Migrations (Francesco Turrisi)
Francesco Turrisi performs Eleventeen
Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi perform "Alabama Joe" on Minstrel banjo and tambourine
Tamburello solo - Tambourine solo by Francesco Turrisi
Making Of "Northern Migrations" - piano solo music by Francesco Turrisi
Piano solo version of "Mi Mariposa Hermosa" by Francesco Turrisi
A Thousand Tears Old (F.Turrisi) - piano solo music
Francesco Turrisi talks about "Northern Migrations"
Hadasa
Grigio (Francesco Turrisi), performed by Taquin
Caravan Petrol
Isole (F.Turrisi)
Alla carpinese (trad Italian arr. F.Turrisi)
Mi Mariposa Hermosa (F.Turrisi)
Savina Yannatou, Barry Guy, Francesco Turrisi - Síle Bheag Ní Chonnalláin (Trad Irish)
Francesco Turrisi - extracts from piano solo concert
Isole (F.Turrisi)
Isole - short extracts
Sile bheag Ní Chonnellan (trad Irish)
Terra Ca Nun Senti
Tu Ridi (F.Turrisi)
Grigio (Francesco Turrisi)
Sareri Hovin Mernem (Trad. Armenian)
Francesco Turrisi and the Taquín Experiments
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