Who I am

Pier Paolo Pozzi, born in 1964, is an Italian jazz drummer and composer. From 1983 to 1986, he studied at the Scuola Popolare di Musica di Testaccio in Rome, focusing on jazz technique, reading, and improvisation under teachers such as Massimo D’Agostino, Giovanna Marini, Martin Joseph, Francesco Marini, Danilo Terenzi, and Giancarlo Gazzani.

Throughout his career, Pier Paolo Pozzi has performed in various musical contexts, evolving within the Italian jazz scene. He has played with artists like Antonello Salis, Crystal White, Alex Britti, Danilo Terenzi, Donovan Mixon, Fabio Zeppetella, Ares Tavolazzi, Tony Scott, Marcello Rosa, Maurizio Giammarco, Riccardo Fassi, and many others.

In 1993, he moved to Paris, where he continued to perform with various formations as both a leader and a session musician. He collaborated with musicians such as Daniel Mille, Jean Jacques Avenel, Pierre de Bethmann, Michel Graillier, Jean-Loup Longnon, Bobby Few, Gil Naturel, Richard Clemens, Gimmy Gourley, Denis Le Loup, Barend Midelhoff, Olivier Ker Ourio, Paula West, Giovanni Mirabassi, Ronnie Lynn Patterson, Harold Singer, Joe Chindamo, Joshua Redman, and many more.

In May 1998, Pier Paolo Pozzi replaced Lewis Nash in Tommy Flanagan’s Trio, performing with Peter Washington on bass for a series of concerts at the Alliance Jazz Club de Paris.

Here are some of the festivals he has participated in:

  • Umbria Jazz '87 (Italy)

  • Berlin’s 750 years Fondation City Festival 1987 (Germany)

  • 35ème Festival de Jazz d’Antibes Juan-les-Pins 1995 (France)

  • Colmar '98 (France)

  • Octobre Musical Carthage '99 (Tunisia)

  • Tabarka 2003 (Tunisia)

  • Revelations Antibes 2004

  • Colmar 2005 (France) 1

Selected discography :

  • Pier Paolo Pozzi Quartet: “Greetings from…” with Paolo Fresu on trumpet, Fabio Zeppetella on guitar, and Jean Jacques Avenel on bass (A-Records AL73184)

  • Barend Middelhoff Quintet: “City Lines” with Barend Middelhoff on saxophone, Denis Leloup on trombone, Olivier Ker Ourio on harmonica, and Stephane Kerecki on bass

  • Gilda Solve: “The Best Is Yet to Come” with Gilda Solve on vocals, Patrice Galas on piano, Marc Fosset on guitar, and Gus Nemeth on bass

  • Rogerio Dentello: “Aguas”

  • Patrice Galas: “A Time for Jazz Trios” featuring various musicians, including Pier Paolo Pozzi on drums 

  • CJC Orchestra Plays Joe Zawinul featuring Antonello Salis Arr. Mario Corvini Pulsar Jazz 2012.

  • Pier Paolo Pozzi Quartet Tribute to Jacques Brel Sebastien Jarrousse sax, Remy Decormeille piano, Steve Cantarano d.bass, Pier Paolo Pozzi drums & direction Challenge Records (NL)

  • Ronnie Lynn Patterson, Michel Benita, P.P.Pozzi Jazz à Ramatuelle

  • Joshua Redmann, Gus Nemeth, P.P.Pozzi Juin Les Pins (FR)

  • Tabarka Jazz Festival (Tunisia)

  • Cambodgia Audi Jazz Festival

  • Francesco Bearzatti, Fabio Zeppetella, Luca Bulgarelli, P.P.Pozzi Villa Borghese (Roma)

  • Ronnie Lynn Patterson, Fabio Zeppetella, Jean Jacque Avenel, P.P.Pozzi

  • Cambodia

  • Cambodia

  • Rome (IT)

  • Fancesco Bearzatti, Federico Casagrande, P.P.Pozzi (Rome)

  • Ares Tavolazzi, P.P.Pozzi - Alexander Platz (Rome)

  • Tommy Flanagan, Peter Whasington, P.P.Pozzi - Paris (FR)

  • Olivier Hutman, Matteo Bortone, P.P.Pozzi - Paris (FR)

  • Francesco Bearzatti, Pier Paolo Pozzi Paris (FR)

  • recording of the new CD with Aldo Farias - Paris (FR)

  • Audi Jazz Festival with C. Brenner Quartet

  • Castelli Jazz Collective featuring Antonello Salis

  • Le Petit Opportune - Paris (FR) 1996

  • DucDe Lombards - Paris (FR) 1997

  • Jazz à Ramatuelle

  • Tabarka Jazz Festial 2003 (TU)

  • Bimhuis 2002 Barend Middelhoff Quintet

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