Patti Wicks trio

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Member Since: 3/27/2008
Band Website: pattiwicks.com
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PATTI WICKS Even if she didn’t sing a note herself, she’d still be a formidable keyboard presence. TIME OUT, NEW YORK Her phrasing is behind the beat, and yet extremely fluid, and most effective in communicating a lyric. She has a killer sense of swing and a repertoire filled with illustrious standards as well as lesser-known lost gems which she manages to restore to their original luster. ANCONA JAZZ
Each listener seems to get individual attention. It is like having her and her trio live in the same room with you. ALL MUSIC GUIDE
Wicks' performances are like that book you can't put down, while the unattended bathtub is overflowing or the neglected oven burns the roast to a crisp. CADENCE MAGAZINE
PATTI WICKS is an outstanding jazz pianist and singer with a distinctive, smoky voice; a storyteller whose delivery of a lyric makes an immediate and personal connection with the listener, both in her live performances and her recordings. “It should be noted that Patti has the rare ability to excel as a singer and as an instrumentalist, which talents place her in a very select category.” - Mort Fega
Born in Islip, New York in 1945, Patti amazed her family at age 3, by going to the piano and repeating the song her mother had just played. She studied classical piano for 15 years with a teacher who also encouraged Patti’s gift for composing. She also learned to play and sing popular songs at home by listening to recordings.
Her life-long passion for jazz began while a student at Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam, after hearing Miles Davis and Bill Evans recordings. She absorbed the music of the all the jazz giants from recordings her friends generously provided; sat in at college jam sessions, and spent the last year and a half playing weekend gigs in jazz trios and quartets until graduation.
Moving to New York City in 1969, she spent the next 20 years playing jazz clubs such as Bradley’s, The Half Note and Gulliver’s (NJ); frequently working with bassists Sam Jones, Richard Davis, Brian Torff. Her trios included drummers Louis Hayes, Mickey Roker, Alan Dawson and Curtis Boyd.
Highlights of Patti’s career over the past 15 years include working as a pianist with jazz luminaries Clark Terry, Larry Coryell, Cecil Payne, Frank Morgan, Flip Phillips; accompanying renowned vocalists Anita O’Day, Sheila Jordan, Carol Sloane and Rebecca Parris to name a few.
She’s been a featured guest on piano legend Marian McPartland’s award-winning NPR show “Piano Jazz.”
Based in South Florida, between local performances Patti continues touring the US performing at: The Jazz Standard, The Metropolitan Room (NYC), Blues Alley (D.C.); The Jazz Cruise; The Cape May and Syracuse Jazz Festivals (USA); Tranquility Jazz Festival, Anguilla (BWI). In Italy: The Blue Note (Milan), The Alexanderplatz (Rome), Teatro Della Muse (Ancona ),The Jazz Club (Ferrara), Club Suprema (La Spezia) Jazz Club Torino; Livorno, La Spezia, Ivrea Euro Jazz Festivals, with bassist Giovanni Sanguineti and drummer Giovanni Gullino.
Critics refer to vocalist Wicks as "an extraordinary interpreter;" a “musical spellbinder.” Cadence Magazine noted: “She sings these songs with an attention to nuance and interpretive detail that's genuinely riveting.” As a jazz pianist: “Her solos are imaginative and impressive in their construction; this is jazz piano playing of the very highest order.” declared Jazz Journal International’s Bruce Crowther.
Patti’s 5 CDs have received rave reviews from major US and international jazz publications. “Patti Wicks’ 1998 debut release Room At The Top establishes her as a world class singer-pianist.” - jazz critic Joel E. Siegel;
“Love Locked Out (2003 MAXJAZZ) deserves a place on the CD shelf right alongside [Shirley] Horn’s finest recordings. It’s that good.” -Mike Joyce, Washington Post
Italy releases w/ Giovannni Sanguineti, bass; Giovanni Gullino, drums: "Basic Feeling" (2005) (EGEA Dist) feat. Claudio Chiara, alto sax; “Patti Wicks is the artist responsible for the extraordinary Basic Feeling, her “Italian” album.. The record is a real gem…”-F. Francione, IL CITTADINO
"Italian Sessions" (2006) w/ sp. guest Gianni Basso, tenor sax: “The instrumental solos here, especially from Patti and Gianni, are exceptional and the singing exemplary throughout, as indeed it always is.” -- Bruce Crowther, Jazz Journal International
“It’s A Good Day” (2007) (Geco): “I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance” and “My Romance” truly showcase Patti Wicks. The former [shows] that she is an unparalleled interpreter of ballads… The latter is simply a tour de force of her considerable piano skills.” - C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz
"It's A Good Day" received 2 Italian Jazz Awards 2008 nominations: for Best Jazz Album and Best Jazz Vocalist; The CD has won the award for Best Jazz Album of 2008. Patti is honored to be the first foreign artist ever to have won or been nominated for the Italian Jazz Awards.
"Two For The Road," a duo CD with Patti & Claudio Chiara, alto sax was released in March, 2008.
Patti Wicks returns to Italy for a July 26 - August. 3, 2008 performance tour, including the Argo Jazz Festival.

GIOVANNI GULLINO born in Saluzzo (CN) in 1974; hones his drumming style while inspiring himself by jazz tradition. Since 2003 he has joined the trio of pianist singer Patti Wicks which allows him to collaborate even in another level of album production. He has played with many Jazz artists from around the world : Dave Glasser, Valery Ponomarev, David Hazeltine, Grant Stewart, Claudio Chiara , Gianni Basso , Renato Sellani, Riccardo Fioravanti ,Rachel Gould, Fulvio Chiara , Diego Borotti , Luigi Tessarollo , Giovanni Sanguineti , Aldo Rindone, Christopher Thomas, Marlene VerPlanck, Aisha Ruggeri, Silvia Bolognesi ecc. He is actively working on his fourth CD with the Patti Wicks Trio besides also working for other incisions as sessionman.

GIOVANNI SANGUINETI Born in 1974 in the beautiful city of Genoa, Italy where he currently resides, jazz bassist Giovanni Sanguineti began his formal musical training in 1984. Beginning on electric bass, he studied privately with Mr. Michele Migone. Giovanni continued his study of music theory at The Duke Ellington School of Music in Nervi, Genoa, where he studied the double-bass with his teacher Aldo Zunino.
During the 1990’s Giovanni took part in several “We Love Jazz” seminars, organized by JU-JU, a cooperative association led by Massimo Farao. These seminars gave Giovanni the opportunity to study and work with such jazz bass legends as Ray Brown in 1995, Ron Carter (1996) Buster Williams 1997-2000, and Keter Betts in 2001. (In 1999 Giovanni was awarded a scholarship to study section bass/double-bass with Buster Williams.) In 1998 & 1999, he also participated as a sideman in seminars for theory and improvisation led by jazz saxophonists Plas Johnson, Paul Jeffery, and Charlie Mariano. As a result of these seminars, Giovanni had the opportunity to perform in concerts with jazz greats such as Benny Golson, Kenny Barron, Garz Bartz, Dado Maroni, Bruno Marini, Max Dell’Omo and Shawnn Monteiro to name a few. With Shawnn Monteiro, he performed at the Villa Celimontana 2001 jazz festival in Rome.
(It should also be noted that in 1998, Giovanni also graduated with honors from the University “Science della Formazione”, Genoa, with a degree in Science Education. )
Since 1997, Giovanni has performed with his own trios in clubs and concerts in Genoa and the Liguria region as well as performing regularly as a member of the Felice Reggio Big Band, the jazz group, Fausto Rossi Jazzmen, and the lab band The Borgo Band.
In July, 2003 Giovanni presented American jazz pianist/vocalist Patti Wicks for her first European tour, which included the Livorno Jazz Festival. The trio (with Giovanni Sanguineti and drummer Giovanni Gullino) was received with rave reviews from both the jazz critics and audiences during the tour. In 2004, Giovanni successfully presented & performed with sax player Grant Stewart, English singer Susan Daily, pianist David Hazeltine and, again, Patti Wicks.
The summer 2004 tour with Patti Wicks included recording a CD, "BasicFeeling". The CD is a project of JazzMates, the company formed by GiovanniSanguineti and Giovanni Gullino as a way to present less-known Americanjazz artists to a wider audience in Italy. "Basic Feeling" was produced andrecorded at Massimo Visentin's Studiottanta in Calliano for his label, JazzGuests. Released in Italy in January, 2005 through EGEA Distribution, the CD features Patti Wicks and alto saxophonist Claudio Chiara with JazzMates Giovanni Sanguineti and Giovanni Gullino. Since its January 10th release, it has received excellent reviews by noted journalists Francesco Mazzotta (All Jazz), Lorenzo Vigano (IL CORRIERE Magazine), Fabio Francione (IL CITTADINO) and Massimo Terabelli (Anconajazz). Plans are being completed for the Summer, 2005 tour with Patti Wicks, Including concerts and jazz festivals and featuring selections from “Basic Feeling”.A member of the International Society of Bassists of Dallas, Texas (USA), Giovanni Sanguineti also teaches bass. Since October, 2002, he has been on the faculty of the “Scuola di Educazione ed Avviamento Musicale – Storti” in Genoa. He also teaches bass privately
Record Label: Gecorecords
Type of Label: Indie