Gianluca Petrella

Gianluca Petrella is an Italian jazz trombonist and electronic music innovator who’s been reshaping boundaries between acoustic improvisation and futuristic beats since the early 2000s. Hailing from Bari, this forward-thinking artist gained recognition through collaborations with jazz heavyweights like Greg Osby and Enrico Rava, but his solo work and projects like Cosmic Renaissance reveal his true playground – a space where hypnotic African grooves, spiritual jazz, and club-ready electronics collide. Tracks like "African Spirits" and recent remix EPs showcase his knack for blending raw trombone lyricism with pulsing rhythms, drawing equal inspiration from Fela Kuti’s afrobeat and electronic producers like Fred P. Whether through boundary-pushing albums like *Universal Message* or genre-fluid collaborations, Petrella keeps reinventing jazz’s role in the 21st century global soundscape.

Genres

Nu Jazz

Acid Jazz

Latest Release

Universal Message

Gianluca Petrella

Ep - 5 Tracks - Released September 29, 2023