biografia

[…] He plays both trumpet and flugelhorn with deep lyricism, without showing off virtuosity […]
Giampiero Cane – Alias (Il Manifesto)

[…] Since the very early notes emerges Enrico Rava’s influence […]
Francesco Martinelli – (recensione Oidé) Musica Jazz

[…] Twelve original pieces testifying the quality of Olivieri’s writing; lyricism, flashes of free, echoes of bop and alluring ballads […]
Marco Delle Fave - (recensione Oidé) Jazzit

[…] Out of his instrument comes an allusive and melancholy lyricism, even in the more informal interventions, that relaxes into a lively cantabile in the ballads […]
Angelo Leonardi – Allaboutjazz

[…] Olivieri’s trumpet is now bright and assertive, now charmingly folded on more intimistic sounds […]
Sergio Spada – Suono

[…] Olivieri displays half valves effects reminding the ellingtonian trumpeter Cootie Williams and Lester Bowie […]
Francesco Martinelli – (recensione Echoes) Musica Jazz

Angelo Olivieri
trumpet player, composer, musician… researcher.

Eclectic musician mainly involved in the improvised music scene, he is seizing more and more the critics' attention, he has been indicated as one of the more interesting Italian trumpet players in the TOP JAZZ 2008 published by the magazine Musica Jazz.
In 2004 he recorded the CD Oidé with the Oidé ensemble. The CD, produced by the label Terre Sommerse – JèI in 2006 was indicated as one of the more interesting Italian Jazz production by the magazine M&D. With the same label he published Nadir with the pianist Alessandro De Angelis (2006) and Echoes with Pasquale Innarella, Armando Battiston, William Parker and Hamid Drake (2007).
His new CD CAOS Musique with the celloist Vincent Courtois, the drummer Marco Ariano and the sound designer Antonio Pulli has obtained an unanimous critics' consensus. It has been defined as “a wonderful example of contemporary immagination and sensibility” (Aldo Gianolio - Musica Jazz).
He is a co-leader of the Harafè quintet together with the Portuguese saxophonist Alípio Carvalho Neto and collaborates with him in the DIGGIN’ project. The CD Harafè has been presented in September with a series of concerts in Portugal in the frame of the festival jazz.pt.

He participated to many important Art Festivals such as Terra di Maremma - Prima Gita: improvisations inspired to artworks of contemporary painting and sculpture; Roccella Jonica, Friuli Venezia Giulia Jazz, Orsara Jazz, CeglieJazz Open Festival, Valdarno Jazz, Ciampino Jazz, Alburni Jazz, jazz.pt...

He participated as guest to many radio programs such as Salt Peanuts (Radio Città Futura), So What and On the Corner (Radio Città Aperta), Radio 3 Suite (RAI), Radio 2 LIVE (RAI), Notturno Italiano (Rai International), Jazz Not Dead (Radio popolare) Acquarello Show (Radio Classica). He also partecipated to the John Sinclair Radio Show (episode 149) on Radio Free Amsterdam. The French Radio HDR has dedicated to him an episode of the radio program Jazz à part.

He composed and performed the music of the song “En tus pupilas”, the soundtrack of the shortfilm FIN di Esteban Crespo.
Together with Awa Ly and Valerio Guaraldi, he composed and played the song “The Tape” in the movie La prima linea, to be presented at the Toronto Festival 2009.

Collaborations: Andrew Cyrille, Butch Morris, William Parker, Hamid Drake, Vincent Courtois, John Sinclair, John Tchicai, Paolo Damiani, Francesco Lo Cascio, Eddie Henderson, George Garzone, Armando Battiston, Roberto Bellatalla, Riccardo Fassi, Tyshawn Sorey, Pasquale Innarella, Lillo Quaratino, Antonio Iasevoli, Federico Ughi, Alipio C. Neto, Marco Ariano, Giulia Fossà, David Riondino...

He got a Master degree in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Fluid Dynamics.

Selected Discography (as leader or co-leader)
- CAOS Musique (Terre Sommerse/JèI006) Olivieri, Courtois, Ariano, Pulli
- Harafè (Terre Sommerse/JèI009) C Neto, Olivieri, Peccheneda, Raciti, Ughi
- Oidé (Terre Sommerse/JèI001) Angelo Olivieri – Oidé Ensemble
- Nadir (Terre Sommerse/JèI003) Angelo Olivieri – Alessandro De Angelis
- Echoes (Terre Sommerse/JèI004) Olivieri, Innarella, Battiston, Parker, Drake.
- iNEDiti (NED-CD-04) document of extemporary music directed by Angelo Olivieri and Marco Ariano.
Other selected works
- The Spiritual Man (Terre Sommerse/JèI008) John Thcicai and the Open Orchestra.
- En avant la Zizique (Stampalternativa) – Quartetto Vian .
- NOÈ (NED-CD-07) document of extemporary music
- Tanaquil (MAP/ Lush Tales) con il quartetto Tanaquil di Claudio Riggio.
- Provvisorio (Splasc(h) Records) Paolo Damiani e Alea Ensemble.