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Several record stores in the United States have moved his CD’s from the “Blues” shelves to the “Guitar Hero” section, and have put them next to those by Chet Atkins, Eric Clapton, and so forth. The definition of Guitar Hero might not look compatible with Enrico Crivellaro’s unassuming nature and with his genuine and humble devotion to music, but it definitely serves to perfectly photograph the status of a guitarist who has earned international fame, and who is considered to be one of the most influential of his generation, thanks to a style that bridges Blues with Jazz and American Roots Music.

Enrico’s latest album, “Mojo Zone” (on the Canadian/US label Electro-Fi Records) has contributed to elevate him to such status. The record has been widely acclaimed and has received excellent reviews, among which stands out a 4-star review by Downbeat—the world’s most prestigious Jazz and Blues magazine. Downbeat traditionally bestows four stars only to few selected records, and justifies them with the acknowledgment that “Mojo Zone sets the gold standard for blues instrumental albums,” pouring “inspiration, hypnotic feeling and emotional delicacy” into the songs, and that Enrico’s “stellar technique” will allow him to “conquer blues America”. A fantastic show at the 2009 Montreal Jazz Festival, in a packed venue in front of an enthusiastic audience, has proved that all this holds true, putting Enrico on the spot in the festival circuit in North America.

A former student of Ronnie Earl, Duke Robillard and Kenny Burrell, Enrico Crivellaro has developed a refined yet explosive guitar style which has led him to tour, play and record with an impressive number of major-league artists—among them James Harman, the late Lester Butler of the Red Devils, Jeff Healey, Janiva Magness, Finis Tasby, Bruce Katz, the Royal Crown Revue (the band from “The Mask” movie), and legendary harmonica player Lee Oskar.

Born in Padova, Italy, but later relocating to Los Angeles, and now literally living in a suitcase and taking his music all around the world, Enrico Crivellaro has been able to prove that passion and talent can transcend political and cultural borders.

His reputation is growing all over the world as he tours regularly from the Americas to Europe, to Australia, to Asia and even Polynesia, playing the most renowned clubs and festivals (among them: Livid Festival, Brisbane, Australia; 2000 Paralympics Games, Sydney, Australia; Philips Dubai International Jazz Festival, Dubai, UAE; Belgium Rhythm’n’Blues Festival; Lucerne Blues Festival, Switzerland; Southside Shuffle, Toronto, Canada; Montreal International Jazz Festival, Canada; Boston Blues Festival; Sacramento Heritage Festival, California; Tucson Blues Festival, Arizona; Moulin Blues Festival, Holland; Universal Blues Festival, Singapore; Manly Jazz Festival, Australia; and many, many more!) and having often shared the bill with the likes of John Lee Hooker, B.B.King, Mose Allison, and so forth.

Enrico’s musical taste and guitar licks have been refined during his studies with several blues masters at the National Guitar Workshop, in Connecticut, and later at the University of California with jazz legend Kenny Burrell. But he has learned his trade “the old way”—by playing, literally, thousands of gigs everywhere, with some of the best artists in the contemporary blues scene. Enrico’s strength lies in his extraordinary versatility in different musical genres, which has allowed him to build an extraordinary experience playing with bands and artists of all extractions—soul jazz, country, funk and even zydeco. Yet his playing is firmly rooted in the blues language and his passion for Earl Hooker, Pee Wee Crayton and Lowell Fulson is pleasantly noticeable.

Signed by the excellent Canadian-US label Electro-Fi Records, Enrico has debuted with a well-arranged CD, “Key To My Kingdom”. His affiliation with Electro-Fi has opened the way to new opportunities—in fact Enrico has co-produced Finis Tasby’s CD “What My Blues Are All About” and has appeared with label-mate Mel Brown and his band, which comprises Bob Stroger and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith of the Muddy Waters Band.

The latest CD, “Mojo Zone”, is a 2009 Electro-Fi release which features 70 minutes of genre expanding blues guitar instrumentals, showcasing the incredible sonic range of one of the most gifted young guitarists working on the blues scene today.

Awards

2004 Best international contemporary blues guitarist—Thropees France Blues (France)
2003 Best Italian blues guitarist—Blues and Blues awards (Italy)
2002 Best international swing guitarist—Swing Awards (USA)

Discography

Year	Album	Band	Label
1997	Down At The Juke	Jason Ricci Band	North Magnolia Music Company Oxford Oxford The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through... , Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
1998	Takin’ Chances	James Harman James Harman James Harman is an American blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter. Music journalist, Tony Russell, described Harman as an "amusing songwriter and an excellent, unfussy harp player".-Biography:...  Band	Cannonball Records Chanhassen, Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
1999	My Bad Luck Soul	Janiva Magness Band	Blues Leaf Records Deal Deal, New Jersey Deal is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the borough population was 750.Deal was incorporated as a borough on March 7, 1898, by an act of the New Jersey Legislature, from portions of Ocean Township.... , New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
2000	“Friday Night Blues Revue” Friday Night Live	KPCC 89.3 FM KPCC KPCC is a public radio based in Pasadena, California. The station has among the widest-reaching broadcast areas of all public radio stations in Southern California, with a signal that reaches through most of Los Angeles and Orange County...	Pacific Blues Recording Company Burbank, California
2001	Passport to Australia	Royal Crown Revue Royal Crown Revue The Royal Crown Revue is a band formed in 1989 in Los Angeles, California. They are often credited with starting the Swing Revival movement. Live, RCR has been extremely successful: They participated in 1998's Vans Warped Tour, opened for the B-52s and The Pretenders and played at major US Jazz...	RCR Records Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... , California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
2002	So Lowdown Tour 2002	Lester Butler Tribute Band	CRS Wageningen Wageningen ' is a municipality and a historical town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specializes in life sciences. The city has 37,414 inhabitants , of which many thousands are students... , Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
2003	Lonesome Moon Trance	James Harman James Harman James Harman is an American blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter. Music journalist, Tony Russell, described Harman as an "amusing songwriter and an excellent, unfussy harp player".-Biography:...  Band	Pacific Blues Records Los Angeles, California
2003	Blues Ignited	David Rotundo	Stone Pillar Productions Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... , Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
2003	Key To My Kingdom	Enrico Crivellaro	Electro-Fi Records Toronto, Canada,
2005	What My Blues Are All About	Finis Tasby	Electro-Fi Records Toronto, Canada
2006	Mosquito Bite	Enrico Crivellaro & Raphael Wressnig Organ Trio	ZYX Music ZYX Music ZYX Music is a German record label which was founded in 1971 by Bernhard Mikulski. Until 1992, the label's name was Pop-Import Bernhard Mikulski. The label specialized in disco and early house music. Founder Bernhard Mikulski is credited with coining the term Italo disco in the 1980s... /Koch Entertainment Koch Entertainment Koch Entertainment was a music, film and television distribution company. It was purchased by E1 Entertainment in 2005 and now operates under the name E1 Entertainment.-History:The company began in 1975 as Koch International... Merenberg Merenberg -Location:Merenberg lies on the southern edge of the Westerwald between the district seat of Limburg and Weilburg.-Neighbouring communities:Merenberg borders in the north on the community of Mengerskirchen, in the east on the community of Löhnberg, in the south on the town of Weilburg, in the... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
2009	Live At The Off Festival (DVD/CD)	Enrico Crivellaro & Raphael Wressnig Organ Combo	ZZYX Music ZYX Music ZYX Music is a German record label which was founded in 1971 by Bernhard Mikulski. Until 1992, the label's name was Pop-Import Bernhard Mikulski. The label specialized in disco and early house music. Founder Bernhard Mikulski is credited with coining the term Italo disco in the 1980s... /Koch Entertainment Koch Entertainment Koch Entertainment was a music, film and television distribution company. It was purchased by E1 Entertainment in 2005 and now operates under the name E1 Entertainment.-History:The company began in 1975 as Koch International... Merenberg Merenberg -Location:Merenberg lies on the southern edge of the Westerwald between the district seat of Limburg and Weilburg.-Neighbouring communities:Merenberg borders in the north on the community of Mengerskirchen, in the east on the community of Löhnberg, in the south on the town of Weilburg, in the... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
2009	Mojo Zone	Enrico Crivellaro & Band	Electro-Fi Records Toronto, Canada