For many years, Alberto Braida has been active as pianist, improviser and composer.

He has collaborated and played with musicians such as Liz Albee, Ab Baars, Antonio Borghini, John Butcher, Cristiano Calcagnile, George Cremaschi, Wilbert De Joode, John Edwards, Lisle Ellis, Massimo Falascone, Wolfgang Fuchs, Ig Henneman, John Hughes, Hans Koch, Peter Kowald, Giancarlo Locatelli, Paul Lovens, Paul Lytton, Edoardo Marraffa, Filippo Monico, Gino Robair, Wadada Leo Smith, Fabrizio Spera, Michael Thieke, Luca Venitucci, Jack Wright and many other.

He played at the Vision Festival (New York), Improvised and Otherwise Festival (New York), Total Music Meeting (Berlin), Tasten Festival (Berlin), Uncool Festival (Poschiavo), Taktlos Festival (Zurich), Interactivity 05 (The Haag), Music Unlimited Festival XIX (Wells), Konfrontationen (Nickelsdorf), Podring (Biel), Risonanze (Venezia), Controindicazioni (Rome), Free Radicals at the Red Rose (London), , Festival milanese della musica d'improvvisazione (Milano), Pulsi (Milano), ContemporaneaMente (Lodi) and in many other venues within the United States and Europe .

 

DISCOGRAPHY

a brush with dignity

Weightless

Alberto Braida, piano

John Butcher, tenor and soprano saxophones

John Edwards, bass

Fabrizio Spera, drums

Clean Feed, CF 154

 

talus

Alberto Braida

piano solo

nuscope recordings

cd 1022

 

 

re:start

Alberto Braida, piano-objects

Massimo Falascone, saxophones-crackle box-ipod-live electrinics

Filippo Monico, drums-percussion-flute

setole di maiale SM1470

 

 

reg erg

Alberto Braida, piano

Wilbert De Joode, bass

RED TOUCAN records

RT 9332

 

 

MOBILE

Alberto Braida, piano

John Hughes, bass

BROKENRESEARCH - 2006

 

 

di terra

Alberto Braida, piano

Lisle Ellis, bass

Fabrizio Spera, drums

Nu Bop records 2 - 2005

 

 

DUE

Giancarlo Locatelli, clarinets

Alberto Braida, piano

Z-rec GLAB1 - 2004

 

 

OUED

Alberto Braida

piano solo

Z-rec AB1 - 2004

 

 

ORA!

RARA ensemble

Giancarlo Locatelli, clarinets

Alberto Braida, piano

Gianfranco Tedeschi, bass

Fabrizio Spera, drums

Z-rec RARA1 - 2004

 

 

ARIA

Giancarlo Locatelli, clarinets

Alberto Braida, piano

Peter Kowald, bass

free elephant 004 - 2004

 

 

 

tripwire

Lars Scherzberg, alto saxophone

John Hughes, bass

Jeff Arnal, percussion

*Alberto Braida, piano

*Giancarlo Locatelli, clarinets

*track 3

generate records

GEN 07 - 2002

 

 

Audiology

11 groups live in Berlin

TOTAL MUSIC MEETING 2001

*Alberto Braida, piano

*Giancarlo Locatelli, clarinets

*track 6

all a division of FMP

002 - 2002d

 

 

 

diciannove calefazioni

Giancarlo Locatelli, clarinets

Alberto Braida, piano

Takla records 2 - 1999

 

 

 

trio 97

Alberto Braida, piano

Tito Mangialajo Rantzer, bass

Carlo Virzi, drums

cmc 9974-2 - 199

 

 

UPCOMING RELEASES:

"Margotta suite" A. Braida/G. Locatelli -broken reasearch, z-rec-

"Extraordinary Rendition" Diego Garcia Quintet , L. Albee/A. Braida/G. Cremaschi/G. Robair/F. Spera

 

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