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Ferdi Argenti

Pianist / Singer

(1 Review)

Country: Italy
Based In: Fucecchio (Florence, Italy
Performs: Worldwide
From: $200

I have made my living as a pianist/singer for 40 years in the US and Europe , I have performed jazz, pop and other genres . I performed with Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Larry Coryell , Eddie Fisher, Rita Moreno, Joe Piscopo, I worked for many cruise lines around the world.

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Biography

Ferdinando Argenti is an Italian jazz pianist/singer from Pisa, Tuscany,
Italy, who has been living in the United States for a couple of decades after
travelling the world extensively playing music. He has performed with Chet
Baker, Lee Konitz, Kenny Wheeler, Steve Grossman, Herb Pomeroy, The Artie
Shaw Band, Gray Sargent, Greg Hopkins, Matt Garrison, Jeff Ballard,
Clive Chaman, Charles Davis, Massimo Urbani, Paolo Fresu, Flavio Boltro,Lance
Bryant, and many others . He has performed and recorded with Larry Coryell,
Victor Bailey, Kenwood Dennard, Jorge Rossi, Marshall Wood, Marc ... ello
Pellitteri, Joshua Redman, Antonio Hart, Enrico Rosa, Cicci Santucci,
Bob Wolfman, Dave Mattacks, George Blackmon, and more; accompanied Rita Moreno and Eddie Fisher: he has 5 own recordings,
'Argenti" , Look for the silver lining" , "live at the Sahara", and "To the old friendship"
and 'Boston gig" with Enrico Rosa. He has been featured in concerts and performances,
TV shows and radio shows in both Europe and in the USA, and has travelled as far as Japan
and Scandinavia for musical engagements and jazz clinics. He has studied piano, voice arranging and performing at Berklee College of Music in Boston and voice at Bel Canto Opera of Boston.

Reviews (1 Review)

Ferdi Argenti - Pianist / Singer - Fucecchio (Florence, Italy Event Location: Westwood, MA, 2005 Event Type: Recording

he Ferdie Argenti CD with two trios “Look for the silver lining” is a masterpiece of jazz playing and singing. I can't remember when I heard a pianist who could sing that great and play his tail off at the same time. Ferdie and I first worked together in 2010 on a project with our friend, guitarist-composer-singer Bob Wolfman and I enjoyed his musical contribution on that project to the max . . . this dude can burn with the best of them. They say that Jazz is an African-American music, and I agree. But I also say that anybody, any one, who understands what jazz is about can play it. Ferdie is Italian, of course, and in a way, being Italian, with that culture's deep understanding and exposition of art and music, he fits right in with the classic piano greats like Wynton Kelly, Cedar Walton, Bud Powell, and of course, Chick Corea. Here he does two different versions of Chick's "Friends" and they're fantastic, because one is acoustic piano and instrumental (without voice) an ...

Reviewed by: Larry Coryell

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