Ilario Ferrari Trio

With special guests - Mark Armstrong and Enrico Olivanti

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Last Show: Wednesday 11 th January 2023

PizzaExpress Jazz Club (Soho)

An exclusive London performance by internationally acclaimed Italian pianist Illario Ferrari with Charlie Pyne (double bass) and Katie Patterson (drums/percussion) plus special guests, form a unique trio in the panorama of contemporary Jazz. Their Music is a mix of fine lyrical compositions, adventurous improvisations, meditative atmospheres, sounds and rhythms from Mediterranean culture. They will be celebrating their two years anniversary here at PizzaExpress, presenting a brand new set that evolves from their very well received debut album 'Childhood Memories', exploring new territories, including vocal harmonies, new songs and arrangements that employ the full multifaceted talent of the trio. Their performances always tell a story to the audience. Imbued with warmth and playfulness their shows are always a very inclusive and pleasurable journey.

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“..A mixture of experimental jazz, modern classical music and Yoga…The music of the trio sounds dreamy, romantic....bright as if they were trying to capture the Italian sun"

Alexia Foelsch German blogger

Ilario, Charlie and Katie started their journey 2 years ago with a well received debut at the Lauderdale house in London. The concert was live streamed in Europe and the synergy between them and their capacity to bring the audience in a beautiful emotional Journey has been very clear since then. As Chris Newstead director of Watford Jazz Junction said “..Bringing an unmistakable mediterranean feel into contemporary jazz, the trio feed off each other effortlessly grabbing cues and developments for great improvisation and undoubtable musicianship.” 

They will be celebrating their two years anniversary here at Pizza express, presenting a brand new set that evolves from their debut album “Childhood memories”, exploring new territories, including vocal harmonies, new songs and arrangements that employ the full vocal and instrumental potential of the trio.

Their Music is a mix of fine lyrical compositions, adventurous jazz improvisations, meditative atmosphere and rhythms from Mediterranean culture “As if they are trying to capture the Italian sun…” (Alexia Foelsch) 

Ilario Charlie and Katie are multi talented musicians, always surprising and interacting with the audience in ways that make their shows very enjoyable and inclusive to a vast audience. 

Their Music has received enthusiastic feedback around the world. It has been streamed and playlisted on radios in  US, Germany,  UK (one Jazz radio - Jazz FM), Russia, Japan,  Brazil, France, Poland, Spain, and Italy. 

For their recent appearance at The Watford Jazz Junction Festival Ilario has composed an orchestral premier of “Playground” for trio and Jazz orchestra that has seen the collaboration of the trio with Mark Armstrong and the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. 

For this concert at PizzaExpress Jazz Club they will be having two special guests Mark Armstrong on trumpet and Enrico Olivanti on electric guitar.