Feb. 25 – Last night, Pozza took the stage in Eastleigh, a town in Hampshire. Tonight, he plays in London, and in the next few days, Pozza performs in Brighton, Oxford, Maidstone, Herts, Brentford and beyond. This is Andrea Pozza’s UK tour as special guest of the American saxophonist Harry Allen’s quartet. Together, they will walk on 13 stages alongside Simon Woolf (bass) and Steve Brown (drums). This is yet another prestigious collaboration for Genoa-native Pozza, who works for the first time with the acclaimed New York saxophonist, a worthy heir to tenor sax giants like Stan Getz and Lester Young. Pozza has performed in recent years with: Harry “Sweet! Edison, Bobby Durham, Chet Baker, Al Grey, George Coleman, Charlie Mariano, Lee Konitz, Sal Nistico, and Massimo Urbani. The Italian pianist was part of Enrico Rava Quintet (with Roberto Gatto, Rosario Bonaccorso and Gianluca Petrella, replacing Stefano Bollani) from 2004 to 2008, with whom he recorded for ECM “The Words And The Days” (released in 2007). His collaborations include those with Sal Nistico and Gianni Basso, with whom he collaborated for more than 25 years and recorded many albums (particularly significant is the one dedicated to Billy Strayhorn). Pozza collaborates, among others, with Enrico Rava, Fabrizio Bosso, Scott Hamilton, Steve Grossman, Tullio DePiscopo, Luciano Milanese, Dado Moroni, Ferenc Nemeth, Bob Sheppard, Antony Pinciotti, Furio Di Castri and many others. His concert career led him constantly to tour in Italy and Europe.
