Enrico Rava

Enrico Rava is a Jazz artist from Italy, born on August 20, 1939.

Enrico Rava is a self-taught Trieste-born jazz trumpeter. Rava's career started at an early age, when he played in clubs in Turin. From the beginning, he was a great admirer of Miles Davis (he started on trombone, then changed to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis) and Chet Baker. During those years, Rava met Don Cherry, Mal Waldron and Steve Lacy, with whom he played free jazz in a quartet, appearing alternately between London and Buenos Aires. .