Tenor and soprano sax player and composer, born in Palermo, has performed and/or recorded, among many others, with: Pietro Leveratto, Marco Grillo, Angelo Cultreri, Giuseppe Mirabella, Joe Santoro, Valerio Abeni, Marco Vaggi, Tony Arco, Sandro Gibellini, Piero Di Rienzo, Francesco Sotgiu, Nicola Muresu, Mariano Tedde, Luca Piana, Antonio Zambrini, Jorge Rossy, Paolino Dalla Porta, Santiago Colomer, Francesca Corrias, Marcello Pellitteri, Raffaele Genovese, Marco Tamburini, Ignacio Berroa, Harvie S, Salvatore Bonafede, Fabrizio Sferra, Ares Tavolazzi, Mauro Schiavone, Emmanuel Bex, Ben Monder, JoAnne Brackeen, Pietro Ciancaglini, Pietro Lussu, David Berkman, Larry Grenadier, Jeff Ballard, Francesco Puglisi, Paul Jeffrey, Pietro Iodice, Marvi La Spina, Stefano Bollani, Lello Pareti, Walter Paoli, Francesco Barberini, Lanfranco Malaguti, Umberto Fiorentino, Enzo Pietropaoli, Enrico Pieranunzi, Diederik Wissels, Stefano Sabatini, Dario Deidda, Pietro Condorelli, Mimmo Cafiero, Giovanni Tommaso, Massimo Manzi, Enrico Bracco, Fabrizio Bosso, Carlo Morena, Rodrigo Gonçalves, Bruno Pedroso, Nelson Cascais, Vito Di Modugno, Nico Morelli, Norma Winstone, Sheila Jordan.
In 2005 Stefano D'Anna's CD "Runa" has been included in the seventh edition of "The Penguin Guide to CDs", obtaining a three and a half stars rating.
In 1998 Stefano D'Anna's CD "Carousel" has been rated "Best Italian Jazz CD" by Basimedia Magazine and it has also been included in "The Penguin Guide to CDs", obtaining a three stars rating.
In 1995 Stefano D'Anna's CD. "Leapin' in" has been included in "The Penguin Guide to CD, LP & Cassettes", obtaining a four stars rating i.e. the maximum available.
In 1992 Stefano D'Anna has won the yearly critics poll "Top Jazz", held by the Italian magazine "Musica Jazz", resulting first in the category "Best New Talent".
Since 2020 he teaches Jazz Saxophone at Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Conservatory in Cagliari, Italy.
From 2015 to 2019 he taught Jazz Saxophone at Luca Marenzio Conservatory in Brescia, Italy.
From 2010 to 2014 he taught Jazz Saxophone at Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Conservatory in Cagliari, Italy.
Stefano D'Anna plays exclusively mouthpieces set up by Filippo Bucci, Rome.
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selected discography
Soundscape
Stefano D'Anna, S'ard, 2013
Stefano D'Anna tenor sax, Enrico Bracco guitar, Matteo Marongiu bass, Gianrico Manca drums "S M L" (S. D'Anna)"Heatwave" (S. D'Anna)
"Passaggio" (S. D'Anna)
"New Two" (S. D'Anna)
"Sa Boxi" (S. D'Anna)
"Soultown" (S. D'Anna)
"Blues Siete" (S. D'Anna)
Songshine
Francesca Corrias, S'ard, 2012
Francesca Corrias vocals, Stefano D'Anna tenor & soprano sax, Alessandro Di Liberto piano, Filippo Mundula bass, Pierpaolo Frailis drums
Open Letter To Mingus
Matteo Marongiu, Improvvisatore Involontario, 2012
Stefano D'Anna tenor sax, Alessandro Di Liberto piano, Matteo Marongiu bass, Roberto Migoni drums
Open View
Paolo Carrus New Ensemble, S'ard, 2012
Stefano D'Anna soprano sax, Dario Pirodda alto sax, Andrea Morelli tenor sax, Valter Alberton tenor sax, Francesco Sangiuliano baritone sax, Paolo Carrus piano, Corrado Salis electric bass, Alessandro Garau drums
Freeway
Raffaele Genovese, Alfa Music, 2011
Fabrizio Bosso trumpet, Stefano D'Anna tenor sax, Raffaele Genovese piano, Gioacchino Papa guitar, Marco Panascia bass, Marcello Pellitteri drums
Gaetano Riccobono
Fino A Domani, Jazzy Records, 2011
Gaetano Riccobono vocals, Marco Tamburini trumpet and flugelhorn, Sergio Bernetti trombone, Luigi Grasso alto sax, Orazio Maugeri alto sax and clarinet, Stefano D'Anna tenor sax, Nevio Zaninotto tenor sax, Pasquale Grasso guitar, Andrea Pozza piano, Aldo Zunino bass, Massimo Chiarella drums
A19
Stefano D'Anna - Mauro Schiavone, Splasc(h), 2004
Stefano D'Anna tenor sax, Mauro Schiavone piano, Olivia Sellerio vocals on # 10 "A 19" (S. D'Anna)"Sheep Syndrome" (M. Schiavone)
"Ask No One" (S. D'Anna)
"No Sun" (M. Schiavone)
"Lu Silenziu" (S. D'Anna)
"Capo" (S. D'Anna)
"Nel Buio" (M. Schiavone)
"I've Seen It All" (Björk)
"My Man's Gone Now" (G. & I. Gershwin)
"Lu Silenziu" (S. D'Anna) vocal version, lyrics from a poem by Ignazio Buttitta
Anthology - Le Strade Del Jazz
Stefano D'Anna trio meets JoAnne Brackeen, GO Four Records, 2006
Stefano D'Anna tenor sax, Joanne Brackeen piano, Pietro Ciancaglini bass, Lorenzo Tucci drums
Zagara e Sale
Fulvio Buccafusco, Splasc(h), 2005
Stefano D'Anna tenor sax, David Berkman piano, Fulvio Buccafusco bass, Atanas Papov drums, Florinda Piticchio on # 4, 7 "Tango Matto" (F. Buccafusco)"Zagara e Sale" (F. Buccafusco)
"Mr. Van Gogh" (F. Buccafusco)
"Azure" (D. Ellington)
"Coffe House" (F. Buccafusco)
"Whatever It Is... It Is Red" (F. Buccafusco)
"Modinha" (A. C. Jobim)
"Wonderland" (F. Buccafusco)
Runa
Stefano D'Anna, Splasc(h), 2004
Stefano D'Anna tenor & soprano sax, Pietro Ciancaglini bass, Mimmo Cafiero drums "Runa" (S. D'Anna)"Up There" (S. D'Anna)
"38N 13E" (S. D'Anna)
"Blues to M. C." (S. D'Anna)
"Canto della Vicaría" (S. D'Anna)
"Stan" (S. D'Anna)
"Stocco" (S. D'Anna)
Oboe Sommerso
Marvi La Spina Macchina di Suoni Jazz Orchestra, Dischi della Quercia, 2004
Massimo Laguardia voice and percussion, Anita Vitale voice, piano on # 5, Antonio La Placa, Mario Raja, Stefano D'Anna, Gaspare Palazzolo sax, Silvio Barbàra, Giovanni Calderone, Rosario Causa trumpet, Biagio Benenato french horn, Giuseppe Mendola trombone, Giuseppe Lo Cascio guitar, Luca Lo Bianco bass, Gianpaolo Terranova drums, Elena D'Anna background vocals on # 8, Marvi La Spina arrangements, conduction, piano
Organ Grooves
Vito Di Modugno, Red Records, 2003
Fabrizio Bosso trumpet, Stefano D'Anna tenor sax, Sandro Gibellini guitar, Vito Di Modugno hammond organ, Massimo Manzi drums
Due Colori
Antonio Zambrini, Splasc(h), 2002
Antonio Zambrini piano, Tito Mangialajo bass, Ferdinando Faraò drums, Stefano D'Anna tenor & soprano sax
Parole, Parole
Lanfranco Malaguti, Splasc(h), 2000
Lanfranco Malaguti guitar, Stefano D'Anna tenor sax, Enzo Pietropaoli bass, Roberto Gatto drums - Recorded Jan. 1991
Don't Forget The Poet
Enrico Pieranunzi, Challenge Records, 2000
Bert Joris trumpet & fluegelhorn, Stefano D'Anna tenor & soprano sax, Enrico Pieranunzi piano, Hein Van de Geyn bass, Hans Van Hosterhout drums
Quattro Quinti Project
play the music of Francesco BarberiniQuattro Quinti, Splasc(h), 1998
Stefano D'Anna tenor & soprano sax, Stefano Bollani piano, Lello Pareti bass, Walter Paoli drums "Higher Depths" (F. Barberini)"Childish Waltz" (F. Barberini)
"Satiesfied" (F. Barberini)
"Funky Sinuosi" (F. Barberini)
"Sereno Per Tre Quarti" (F. Barberini)
"Song For Hiromi" (F. Barberini)
"Flores Por Luca" (F. Barberini)
"Gargantua" (S. Bollani)
Carousel
Stefano D'Anna, Splasc(h), 1998
Stefano D'Anna tenor sax, Fabio Zeppetella guitar, Pietro Ciancaglini bass, Roberto Gatto drums "Carousel" (S. D'Anna)"Coolwalk" (S. D'Anna)
"Elena" (S. D'Anna)
"Coasting" (S. D'Anna)
"Seven Years" (S. D'Anna)
"Have A Nice Day" (S. D'Anna)
"La Valse" (S. D'Anna)
"Southern Comfort" (S. D'Anna)
Triangles
Mimmo Cafiero, Splasc(h), 1997
Stefano D'Anna tenor & soprano sax, Pietro Condorelli guitar, Diederik Wissels piano, Dario Deidda electric bass, Mimmo Cafiero drums, percussion
Waiting
Stefano Sabatini, Splasc(h), 1995
Stefano Sabatini piano, Stefano D'Anna tenor sax, Francesco Puglisi, Dario Deidda bass, Amedeo Ariano, Pietro Jodice drums
In That Dawn Of Music
Enrico Pieranunzi, SNMJ, 1993
Enrico Pieranunzi piano, Stefano D'Anna tenor sax, Enzo Pietropaoli bass, Roberto Gatto drums
Inside Meaning
Lanfranco Malaguti, Splasc(h), 1993
Lanfranco Malaguti guitar, Stefano D'Anna tenor & soprano sax, Enzo Pietropaoli bass
Love For Sale
Luca Flores, Splasc(h), 1993
Michelle Bobko, Tiziana Simona, Barbara Casini vocals, Fabio Morgera, Ilaria Kramer, Piero Borri trumpet, Nicola Stilo flute, David Murray tenor sax, Fulvio Sisti, Stefano D'Anna alto sax, Luca Flores piano, Riccardo Del Frà, Franco Nesti, Lello Pareti, Nicola Vernuccio bass, Stefano Rapicavoli, Alessandro Fabbri, Andrea Melani, Valerio Abeni, Walter Paoli, Giulio Capiozzo drums
Campo Grande
Lanfranco Malaguti, Splasc(h), 1992
Lanfranco Malaguti guitar, Stefano D'Anna tenor sax, Enzo Pietropaoli bass
Leapin' In
Stefano D'Anna, Splasc(h), 1992
Stefano D'Anna tenor sax & soprano sax, Enzo Pietropaoli bass, Fabrizio Sferra drums "Leapin' In" (S. D'Anna)"Flocks" (S. D'Anna)
"In The Mob" (S. D'Anna)
"Calls" (S. D'Anna)
"No Wave" (S. D'Anna)
"Four Giants" (S. D'Anna)
"A Shady Waltz" (S. D'Anna)
Do It
Aldo Vigorito, Ariston, 1991
Riccardo Fassi piano, Stefano D'Anna tenor & soprano sax, Aldo Vigorito bass, Alberto D'Anna drums
Inside Colors
Umberto Fiorentino, Gala Records, 1988
Umberto Fiorentino guitar, Stefano D'Anna tenor sax, Stefano Sastro piano & keyboards, Luca Pirozzi, Enzo Pietropaoli bass, Alberto D'Anna, Roberto Gatto drums
