Randy Brecker and Ada Rovatti

Recital

RANDY BRECKER
Seven-time Grammy award-winning and World-Renowned Jazz trumpeter and composer Randy Brecker has helped shape the sounds of Jazz, R&B, and Rock for six decades. His trumpet and flugelhorn performances have graced hundreds of albums by a wide range of artists from James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, and Parliament/Funkadelic to Frank Sinatra, Steely Dan, Jaco Pastorious, and Frank Zappa.

ADA ROVATTI
Italian native Ada Rovatti started playing saxophone in high school after years of classical piano training. After winning a scholarship from Berklee College of Music in Italy, she divided herself between Boston, where she studied with Joe Viola, George Garzone, and Italy, where she was working in Big Bands with guest artists such as Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Bob Mintzer, and Randy Brecker. After spending one year in Paris, touring Europe and Africa, she moved to New York City.

Ada has performed in numerous festivals including: JVC in NYC, Rochester Jazz Festival, IAJE, Detroit Jazz Fest, Montreal Jazz Fest appearing and performing with an impressive and diverse list of artists and bands such as Mike Stern, Randy Brecker, Miroslav Vitous, John McLaughlin, Anne Ducros, Bob Mintzer, Victor Bailey, Rodney Holmes, Joanne Brackeen, Tony Levin and many others. In addition to her musical expertise Ada appeared in the movie “Mona Lisa Smile” featuring Julia Roberts.