Portraits in jazz

  • Dates
    2013 - 2015
  • Author
  • Topics Portrait, Editorial, Studio
  • Location Orvieto, Italy

Jazz musicians out of the stage taken without their instruments. Just them with their own personalities...

Every year Umbria Jazz festival moves to Orvieto for their winter edition. Many great jazz musicians come from all over the world to join one of the main events of this kind. In collaboration with a painter who allowed to create a set in his studio, I invited musicians to interact with the atmosphere, the colors, the objects in the room, expressing their musical personality to present themselves in new clothes. Sessions were really fun, the musicians were mostly surprised, but at least relaxed. Photos are the results of human interaction and exchange. No suggestion or indication about what to do, everything has been chosen by musicians.

© Paolo Soriani - Francesco Ciniglio, drummer
i

Francesco Ciniglio, drummer

© Paolo Soriani - Roberto Schiano, trombonist
i

Roberto Schiano, trombonist

© Paolo Soriani - Greta Panettieri, singer
i

Greta Panettieri, singer

© Paolo Soriani - Omar Sosa, pianist
i

Omar Sosa, pianist

© Paolo Soriani - Roberto Gatto, drummer
i

Roberto Gatto, drummer

© Paolo Soriani - Cécile McLorin Salvant, singer
i

Cécile McLorin Salvant, singer

© Paolo Soriani - Sara Jane Ceccarelli, singer
i

Sara Jane Ceccarelli, singer

© Paolo Soriani - Alessandro Paternesi, drummer
i

Alessandro Paternesi, drummer

© Paolo Soriani - Kurt Elling, singer
i

Kurt Elling, singer

© Paolo Soriani - Luciano Biondini, accordion
i

Luciano Biondini, accordion

Latest Projects

  • I saw a tree bearing stones in the place of apples and pears

  • try, take time

  • BUY NOTHING

  • Unimportant Message

  • The Darker the Night, the Brighter the Stars

  • Like the Waves Appear and Disappear and Appear Again

Sign up to our weekly newsletter

Stay in the loop


We will send you weekly news on contemporary photography. You can change your mind at any time. We will treat your data with respect. For more information please visit our privacy policy. By ticking here, you agree that we may process your information in accordance with them. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.