Luca Flores

Luca Flores (October 20, 1956 - March 29, 1995) was an Italian pianist and composer. He is considered one of the most interesting exponents of the Italian jazz scene. Biography Born in Palermo, the youngest of four siblings, he moved with his family to Mozambique in 1959. There he began playing piano at the age of 5. When he returned to Italy in 1966, he spent some time in Rome and then in Portugal, before arriving in Florence in 1972. He studied at the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory where he graduated in piano with honours in 1981. Later on he studied jazz with Roberto Pichini, Marco Vavolo, Enrico Pieranunzi and Franco D’Andrea. His encounter with jazz took place in the early 1970s: he frequented Florentine clubs such as the Andrea del Sarto, where he met the nascent community of Italian jazz musicians. He made his national debut in the “Tiziana Ghiglioni Sextet” (with Tiziana Ghiglioni, Maurizio Caldura Nuñez, Luca Bonvini, Franco Nesti, Alessandro Fabbri) with which he recorded his first LP, Streams (1984). Together with Gianni Cazzola he formed the “Matt Jazz Quintet” (with Maurizio Caldura Nuñez, Alessandro Di Puccio, Marco Vaggi). With these groups he took part in major Italia