JOY GRIFONI
Musicologist, researcher, educator, composer.
She graduated in double bass at the Refice Conservatory in Frosinone. She studied also at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, Fonderia delle arti, University of Music, Saint Louis College, Rome jazz cool, Fabriano Injazz, Arcevia jazz, Umbria jazz Siena Jazz, Enrico Rava Young Orchestra, IASJ Riga, Jazz Institute of Berlin, BERKLEE college of Boston.
She has performed with Maurizio Urbani, Massimo Manzi, Giovanni Ceccarelli, Carlo Battisti, Aki Montoja, Marcello Allulli, Garrison Fewell, Maurizio Giammarco, Carlo Atti, Eugenio Colombo, Ettore Fioravanti, Joy Garrison, Jim Rotondi, Dave Liebman , Barry Harris, Ornette Coleman, Lenny White, Brian Blade.She played as a side in national and international festivals such as Acuto Jazz, Villa Celimontana, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Teatro India, Auditorium Massimo, Fete della Musique,festival Women in Jazz, Jazz and Surroundings, Montreaux jazz festival, We Love jazz Clusone, Iseo Jazz, Garda jazz festival, Umbria jazz, Umbria Jazz Winter, Lucca Jazz.
First prize 2008 Injazz, winner of the Berklee 2010 award. Finalist at Bettinardi contest 2018. Fara Jazz prize, European music Award. Founder and author of the Pure Joy project, with which she qualified in second place in the European Jazz Contest Tuscia 2017. ABEAT ARTIST 2018.
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