Umberto Petrin

Umberto Petrin
Born	1960 (age 63–64)
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, poet
Instrument(s)	Piano
Years active	1980s–present
Website	umbertopetrin.it

Umberto Petrin (born 1960) is an Italian jazz pianist, composer and poet.

Life and career

Petrin began studying piano in the early 1970s and started playing jazz more than a decade after that. He joined the Italian Instabile Orchestra in 1997.

Petrin has published two poetry collections – Perimetri and Miles.

Discography

An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.

As leader/co-leader

Year recorded	Title	Label	Personnel/Notes
1999*	Ellissi	Splasc(h)	Some tracks trio, with Giovanni Maier (bass), Roberto Dani (drums); some tracks quartet, with Tim Berne (alto sax) added
2001*	Voir Loin	Splasc(h)	With Assif Tsahar (tenor sax, bass clarinet), Giovanni Maier (bass), Roberto Dani (drums, percussion), Milo De Angelis (vocals)
2001	Reuniao	Splasc(h)	With Renato Borghetti (gaita ponto), Pedrinho Figueiredo (flute, soprano sax), Daniel Sa (guitar), Susie Georgiadis (vocals)
2003	Particles	Splasc(h)	Solo piano
2007*	Law Years	Soul Note	Duo, with Jean Luc Capozzo (trumpet)
2010–11	A Dawn Will Come	Leo	Solo piano
2014*	Traces and Ghosts	Leo	Solo piano

As sideman

Year recorded	Leader	Title	Label
1992	Tiziana Ghiglioni	Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue	Splasc(h)
2005	Gianluigi Trovesi	Vaghissimo Ritratto	ECM