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In 2006, he began his collaboration in USA with Art Davis (the legendary bassist for John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong and Max Roach), performing at the "Catalina's Jazz Club" in Hollywood, at "The Jazz Bakery" in Los Angeles and in 2007 at "The Blue Room" in Kansas City, also accompanied by renowned drummers such as Jimmy Jackson, Alonzo "Scooter" Powell and John Alesi. In 2007, he released the new Cd "Current Views" (Soulnote), also featuring vibraphonist Bill Molenhof and European jazz icon guitarist Philip Catherine. As a complementary musical experience, during the ‘90s, Magris performed with the acid jazz group "DMA Urban Jazz Funk". In 2003, he founded the progressive band "Alfabeats Nu Jazz", whose Cd "Stones" (Oasis USA 2006) has received high responses from the International jazz community.
Along the years, Magris also performed with Kai Winding, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Sal Nistico, Franco Ambrosetti, Frantisek Uhlir, Florian Brambock, Michael Erian, Janusz Muniak, Richie Buckley, Darko Jurkovic, Ricardo Cavalli, Ines Reiger, Fabio Jegher, the Traditional Jazz Studio from Prague and many others. He also performed "jazz piano & orchestra" concerts, as a special guest of the "Big Band Ritmo-Sinfonica Città di Verona" and the "Orchestra Giovanile del Veneto". About Magris' style, jazz critic Ira Gitler wrote: "as a pianist he reflects some of his most admired models - Wynton Kelly, Tommy Flanagan, Bill Evans, Kenny Drew, Jaki Byard, Randy Weston, McCoy Tyner, Andrew Hill, Paul Bley, Don Pullen and Steve Kuhn (a varied group indeed) - in his own way. There is a quick, supple right hand and the rich harmonies of the two-handed transitions in his playing that don't necessarily summon up instant comparisons to any of the above or others." Festival And Concerts Interviews – Articles - Reviews Discography
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Magris
was born in Trieste (Italy) in 1959 and began
his jazz career in the late ‘70s. In the ‘80s, he led a jazz trio named "Gruppo
Jazz Marca", whose recordings were reissued in
2006, as collector's items, by English label Arision. In
1987, he founded the "Roberto Magris Quartet",
a group that has performed all around the world for two decades. 
In
1998, he founded the "Europlane Orchestra",
a central-European jazz venture sponsored by INCE-CEI, which led to the creation
of the Internationally renowned "Roberto Magris Europlane".
In 2003, he collaborated with Herb Geller
(the West-Coast jazz master), recording the Cd "Il
bello del Jazz" (Soulnote). In the same year he also began his
collaboration with Tony Lakatos (one of the outstanding names of European
jazz), also recording the Cd "Check In"
(Soulnote). Both the Cd's received rave reviews from the International jazz critics.
Magris
has recorded 15 albums with his own groups and has played concerts in over 30
different countries in Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Australia, also performing
at the top jazz festivals worldwide. 
The
Blue Room, Kansas City (USA 2007), Galway Jazz
Festival (Ireland 2007), Nomme Jazz Festival,
Tallinn (Estonia 2007), Nardis Jazz Club, Istanbul
(Turkey 2007), Downtown Sambosi Jazz Festival,
Budapest (Hungary 2007), Catalina's Jazz Club
and The Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles (USA 2006),
Jazz at the Hermitage Garden, Moscow (Russia 2006),
Krakow Jazz Festival and Muniak Jazz Club (Poland 2006),
Umbria Jazz (Italy 2006), Notorious and Thelonious,
Buenos Aires (Argentina 2006), Centre Culturel
Francais, Libreville (Gabon 2006), Centro Cultural
Ruta Maya, Managua (Nicaragua 2006), Granados
Hall Asuncion and Encarnacion (Paraguay 2006),
Aarau and Olten jazzclubs (Switzerland 2005),
Hong Kong Performing Arts Festival and Guangzhou Xhinghai Festival (China
2004), Jakarta Festival (Indonesia
2004), Sofia Jazz Peak (Bulgaria
2004), Tashkent Jazz Festival and Samarcanda
(Uzbekistan 2003), Melbourne Italian Jazz Festival
and Bennett's Lane Jazzclub (Australia 2003),
Jazz
en Lima (Perù 2003), Mar del Plata Jazz Festival
(Argentina 2003), Jazz Tour Montevideo (Uruguay
2003), No Borders Music (Italy
2003), Kaunas Jazz and Vilnius (Lithuania
2002), Locarno Jazz (Switzerland
2002), Montreal Jazz Festival, Toronto Downtown
Jazz Festival and Atlantic Jazz Festival Halifax (Canada
2001), Gostenhofer Jazztage Nuernberg (Germany
2001), Udine Jazz (Italy
2001), Half Note Athens (Greece
2001), Agharta Prague (Czech Rep.
2001), San Sebastian Jazz Festival (Spain
2000), Newport Jazz Festival Torino (Italy
2000), Ocho Rios Jazz Festival (Jamaica
2000), Curacao Jazz Festival
1999 (Dutch Antilles
1999), Juan Sebastian Bar Caracas (Venezuela
1999), Jazzkaar Tallin (Estonia 1999),
Festival Guanajuato and Festival Olimpio Merìda (Mexico
1999), Festival Jazz Corinthos and Athens Music Festival (Greece
1998), Festival Cervantino, Festival Metepec
and Festival Guanajuato (Mexico 1997),
Jazz
Time Rijeka (Croatia 1994/1995/1997),
Moritzburg Jazz Festival Halle (Germany 1996),
Atlantis Basler Jazz Woche (Switzerland 1995),
Jazz in Raab (Austria 1994), International Jazz
Days Zagreb (Croatia 1993), Jazz Days Liberec
(Czech Rep. 1992), Jazz Festival Wuerzburg (Germany
1992), Ancona Jazz (Italy
1992), Lange Jazz Nacht Lindau (Germany
1991), Festival Jazz Sant Cugat (Spain
1990), Jazz Ost-West Nuernberg (Germany
1990), Messina Jazz Meeting (Italy
1989), Pannonton Jazz Napok Budapest (Hungary
1989), Prerov Jazz Days (Czech Rep.
1988), Euro Jazz Ivrea (Italy
1988), Sibiu Jazz (Romania
1986), Jazz Festival Gottwaldov and Blansko
Jazz Days (Czech Rep. 1986), Cegled Jazz Show
(Hungary 1986), International Jazz Festival
Prague (Czech Rep. 1984)
