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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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 drumsA19
Stefano D'Anna - Mauro Schiavone, Splasc(h), 2007
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
Antologia 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 drumsZagara 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)
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, pianoQuattro 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)