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Rino Adamo
violin
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 Rino
was born in Tricarico in the Italian province of Matera on the 27th of September
1961.
 He
learned the rudiments of violin from his grandfather (a violinist in coffee salons
and revues in Naples in the 1920's and 30's).
After studying for nine years at the Conservatory ER Duni in Matera and after
having performed in symphonic and operatic orchestras, Rino decided to become "self-taught".
During this time he collaborated with Antonio Infantino & I Tarantolati and played
with local musicians from the south of Italy.
After a brief period studying at the Scuola di Paleografia e Filologia Musicale
in Cremona, in 1985 he became interested in
jazz and tzigane (gipsy) music.
In 1986 and
1987 he was the tzigane violinist for the Circo Darix Togni and at the
same time formed his first group, Sestante trio.
He debuted in jazz in 1988 with the Orchestra
Laboratorio dei Seminari Senesi, then directed and spearheaded by Bruno Tommaso.
At the Seminari Senesi di Musica Jazz he studied for several years with
Riccardo Zegna,
Gianluigi
Trovesi,
Paolo Fresu,
Bruno Tommaso and
Enrico Rava.
From 1992 until
1995, Rino was first violinist for the Orchestra Utopia (directed
by Bruno Tommaso). In 1995 –
1996 he participated in a brief venture with
the group Il Diritto e Il Rovescio, also organized by Bruno Tommaso. With
these two groups, he toured the principal Italian Jazz Festivals.
Between 1997 and
2000, isolating himself in the Siennese countryside,
Rino took a break from formal studying while he perfected his unique style,.
 In
2000 he formed the Rino Adamo Quartetto
with an Italian-French group composed by Loic Dequidt on the piano, Massimo
de Stephanis on the double bass, and Fred Delestrè on the drums.
With this group, Rino cut his first record in his own name, The Rino Adamo
Quartetto and played at the Rassegna del Jazz Italiano/Siena
Jazz in 2001.
 In
2002 he initiated a fruitful and intense collaboration
with the pianist Sergio Corbini based on work by Italian jazz musicians.
This grew into recording work. He also participated in the saxophonist's, Stefano
Franceschini, Monk Project Quartet.
In 2003 together with Sergio Corbini
and the double bass player Giovanni Maier, he adapted music by Eric Dolphy.
Rino recorded his own composition (Variazioni su un Tema)
with his new quartet (Rino Adamo Fiii Quartet) in Paris released by Splasc(h)
in 2004.
The disc "Playing with Eric" was released
by Splasc(h) in 2005.
That same year in conjunction with the AJMI of Avignon-France (Association
pour le Jazz et les Musiques Improvisées), Rino formed another quartet with Véronique
Mula (saxophonist), Bernard Santacruz (Double bass player), and Samuel Silvant (drummer).
This project, which was later joined by the pianist Sergio Corbini, created
a partnership of the Accademia Nazionale del Jazz –
Siena Jazz.
Named Euro JazzLab, the group performed a series of concerts in Italy and in France
in 2007 and recorded a soon to be released CD.
Rino Adamo FIII Quartet – Variazioni su un Tema
Splasc(h) Records
The composer and violinist has proved to be one of the most
original, eccentric, peripheral "new" voices of Italian Jazz. After the notable
Antologia Italiana recorded in duet with the pianist Sergio Corbini, Adamo reunites
a symbiotic quartet with Loic Dequidt (piano), Mauro Gargano (double bass), and
Fabio Accardi (drums). Nine original compositions play in complicity mainly with
the pianist, hovering on the sonorous edge between contemporary music and experimental
Jazz. In the violin solo in Anima tripla, Adamo can be appreciated in the quartet
of the enigmatic Prologo, and in the sharp Lillo e la mosca, in the refined Canone
imperfetto. Music restless and passionate.
(Luigi Onori-2005)
*for discography,groups, and press reviews back to italian
page
Contacts and Information:
Rino Adamo
Email: rinoadamo@online.fr
[ translation by Pia Savoia Muran – de Assereto, email:
piasavoia@hotmail.com ]
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