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Enrico Pieranunzi was twenty-six, working as a music professor, when he walked away from the job in 1975 to play jazz full time. He cut his first album as leader that same year, a solo piano record called The Day After the Silence (Edipan, 1976). More than seventy albums later, he's still the pianist Paul Motian, Charlie Haden, and Marc Johnson all chose to record with more than once.
Born in Rome, Pieranunzi grew up around the music before he chose it: his father, Alvaro Pieranunzi, played guitar in the local jazz scene, and Enrico began studying piano at age five. He trained classically on piano and stayed inside that world long enough to hold his own professorship, from 1973 to 1975 at a conservatory in Frosinone, before deciding the classroom wasn't where he belonged.
The classical training never left him. In 2011 he recorded Works and Improvisations: 1685 (CAM Jazz), a solo album built entirely on jazz interpretations of Domenico Scarlatti, Bach, and Handel — Pieranunzi sitting at the piano and improvising directly on the source material rather than simply covering it.
That combination, classical rigor married to jazz instinct, is what kept pulling American rhythm sections back to him. Bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joey Baron built a working trio with him that ran from New Lands (recorded 1984, Timeless) through Deep Down (recorded February 1986, released 1987, Soul Note). Drummer Paul Motian chose Pieranunzi as a trio partner three separate times, with three different lineups: Untold Story (1994, with Marc Johnson), Doorways (2004, with Chris Potter), and Special Encounter (2005, with Charlie Haden). Nobody books the same pianist three times across three different bands by accident.
Pieranunzi also crossed paths early with trumpeter Paolo Fresu: both appear as featured soloists on the 1992 big-band session Great News From Italy (YVP Music), years before either one became a fixture of the international festival circuit. He also worked repeatedly with fellow Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava — the duo record Nausicaa (1994, Quadrivium) and the group session Bella (1994, Philology) both pair the two, and decades later the two Enricos reunited on I 3 Enrichi (2020, with Enrico Intra).
Beyond his own trio work, Pieranunzi built a substantial career as a first-call sideman: he recorded with Chet Baker (Soft Journey, 1980; The Heart of the Ballad, 1988), Lee Konitz (Solitudes, 1988), Charlie Haden (Silence, 1989; First Song, 1992), and Phil Woods (Elsa, 1998).
Away from the piano, Pieranunzi is also a published author on his own primary influence: his 2001 Italian-language book on Bill Evans was translated into English in 2004 as Bill Evans: The Pianist as an Artist (Continuum Books).
The recognition followed the work rather than announcing it in advance: Musica Jazz's critics' poll named him Artist of the Year in both 2003 and 2008, France awarded him the Django d'Or for Best European Musician in 1997, and Germany's Echo Jazz named him Best International Keyboard Artist in 2014.
Pieranunzi's playing sits in the harmonic lineage of Bill Evans — a connection close enough that he wrote the book on it, literally, in Bill Evans: The Pianist as an Artist. But the description undersells him: critics who track that lineage generally credit Pieranunzi with a rare individuality inside it, built on a classically-trained sense of line and touch rather than imitation. That classical foundation surfaces most explicitly on records like Works and Improvisations: 1685, where Baroque repertoire (Bach, Handel, Scarlatti) becomes raw material for jazz improvisation rather than a straight recital.
His catalog runs in two clear directions: a long-running trio practice (with Marc Johnson and Joey Baron in the 1980s, then repeatedly with Paul Motian in the 1990s and 2000s) built on close, conversational interplay, and a parallel classical-crossover strand — solo Baroque reinterpretations, chamber collaborations, and film-score-adjacent work — that treats the European classical tradition as a genuine second home rather than a novelty detour.
- Deep Down (recorded 1986, released 1987, Soul Note, with Marc Johnson and Joey Baron) - The second and best-known record from his 1980s trio with Johnson and Baron, often cited as the deepest expression of his Bill Evans lineage on record. Spotify - Deep Down Listen · Buy
- Special Encounter (2005, CAM Jazz, with Paul Motian and Charlie Haden) - The last of his three different Paul Motian trio records, and the only one to pair Motian with Charlie Haden. Spotify - Special Encounter Listen · Buy
- Works and Improvisations: 1685 (2011, CAM Jazz) - A solo piano record of jazz interpretations of Bach, Handel, and Scarlatti, the most literal expression of his classical-jazz crossover. Spotify - Works and Improvisations: 1685 Listen
- The Day After the Silence (1976, Edipan) - His debut as leader, a solo piano record cut the year after he left his professorship to play jazz full time. Buy
Enrico Pieranunzi — Full Discography
Source: Discogs API (api.discogs.com), authenticated via this project's .env DISCOGS_TOKEN, per the standing full-discography rule in content-workflow.md.
Leader (48 albums)
Releases credited to Enrico Pieranunzi alone or under his own trio/ensemble branding.
| Album | Year | Label | Personnel | Notes | Listen | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jazz A Confronto 24 | 1975 | Horo Records | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| The Day After The Silence | 1976 | Edipan | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| A Long Way | 1978 | Carosello | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Jazz Roads | 1983 | CAM | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| New Lands | 1984 | Timeless (9) | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Autumn Song | 1985 | Enja Records | Enrico Pieranunzi (piano), Massimo Urbani (alto saxophone), Enzo Pietropaoli (bass), Fabrizio Sferra (drums) | Recorded live at the Berlin Jazz Days, November 11, 1984 | not found | Buy |
| What's What | 1985 | Demon Records | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| What's What Piano Solo | 1988 | Divox | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| No Man's Land | 1990 | Soul Note | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Rapsodia Romana | 1990 | Golden Sound (2) | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Parisian Portraits | 1991 | IDA Records | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Vol 3 | 1991 | YVP Music | Enrico Pieranunzi (piano), Enzo Pietropaoli (bass), Fabrizio Sferra (drums) | - | not found | Buy |
| In That Dawn Of Music | 1993 | Musica Jazz, Soul Note | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Live in Castelnuovo | 1994 | Siena Jazz Records | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Enrico Pieranunzi Trio Vol. 4 - Trioscape | 1995 | YVP Music | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Enrico Pieranunzi Trio Vol.5 - Live in Germany | 1996 | YVP Music | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Seaward | 1996 | Soul Note | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| The Night Gone By | 1996 | Alfa Jazz | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Ma L'Amore No | 1997 | Soul Note | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| The Chant Of Time | 1997 | Alfa Jazz | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Kaleidoscope | 1998 | YVP Music | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Con Infinite Voci | 1999 | EGEA | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Un'Alba Dipinta Sui Muri | 1999 | EGEA | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Canto Nascosto | 2000 | EGEA | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Improvised Forms For Trio | 2000 | Challenge Records (3) | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Live In Switzerland | 2000 | YVP Music, YVP Music | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Plays The Music Of Wayne Shorter - Infant Eyes | 2000 | Challenge Records (3) | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Vol 6 - Multiple Choice | 2000 | YVP Music | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Enrico Pieranunzi Trio & Quartet Vol 7 - One Lone Star | 2002 | YVP Music | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Perugia Suite | 2002 | EGEA | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Live In Paris | 2005 | Challenge Jazz | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Special Encounter | 2005 | C.A.M. Jazz | not verified this pass | - | Spotify | Buy |
| Jazzitaliano Live 2006 | 2006 | Casa Del Jazz | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Wandering | 2009 | C.A.M. Jazz | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| The Complete Remastered Recording On Black Saint & Soul Note | 2010 | Black Saint, Soul Note | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| New York Reflections (Live At Birdland) | 2012 | C.A.M. Jazz | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Originals | 2012 | Jazzit Records, Jazzit | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Autour De Martinu - Live At The Bird's Eye | 2014 | TCB Records (2) | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Proximity | 2015 | C.A.M. Jazz | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Tales From The Unexpected (Live At Theater Gütersloh) | 2015 | Intuition Records | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| European Trio | 2016 | Casa Del Jazz | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Seaward | 2017 | Soul Note | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Monsieur Claude (A Travel With Claude Debussy) | 2018 | Bonsaï Music | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Wine & Waltzes | 2018 | C.A.M. Jazz | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| New Visions | 2019 | Storyville | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Frame | 2020 | C.A.M. Jazz | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Pieranunzi Plays Previn | 2022 | Extended Place | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Improclassica | 2025 | Abeat Records | not verified this pass | - | not verified this pass | Buy |
Co-Leader (86 albums)
Releases co-billed with one or more other named artists/ensembles — duo/trio records, collaborative sessions, and sideman dates where Discogs still classifies Pieranunzi as "Main" rather than "Appearance."
| Album | Year | Label | Co-billed With | Listen | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From Always... ...To Now! | 1978 | Edipan | Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet Featuring Maurizio Giammarco / Enrico Pieranunzi Trio / Enrico Pieranunzi & Roberto Gatto | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Con Alma | 1980 | Dire (2) | Manuel De Sica Featuring Enrico Pieranunzi / Oscar Valdambrini Vocal By Christian De Sica | Enrico Pieranunzi (piano), Enzo Pietropaoli (bass), Fabrizio Sferra (drums, tracks A3 and B1), Roberto Gatto and Sergio Consani (drums), with a horn section led by Baldo Maestri | Buy |
| Soft Journey | 1980 | Edipan | Chet Baker Meets Enrico Pieranunzi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Isis | 1981 | Soul Note | Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet & Quintet Featuring Art Farmer | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Il Rito Della Sibilla - Live At Radenci 1984 | 1985 | Fonit Cetra | Bruno Tommaso, Enrico Pieranunzi, RAI Big Band | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Deep Down | 1987 | Soul Note | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | Spotify | Buy |
| Il Pianoforte Senza Confini | 1987 | Fonit Cetra | Raimondo Campisi, Enrico Pieranunzi, Gaetano Liguori, Antonio Ballista (four-LP set, each pianist taking two sides; Pieranunzi is credited on sides 3-4; recorded live at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, February-March 1987) | not found | Buy |
| Moon Pie | 1987 | YVP Music | Enrico Pieranunzi, Enzo Pietropaoli, Roberto Gatto | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Solitudes | 1988 | Philology | Lee Konitz & Enrico Pieranunzi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| The Heart Of The Ballad | 1988 | Philology | Chet Baker - Enrico Pieranunzi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Just Friends | 1989 | Right Tone | Pieranunzi*, Søndergaard*, Pietropaoli*, Jørgensen* | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Silence | 1989 | Soul Note | Charlie Haden with Chet Baker, Enrico Pieranunzi, Billy Higgins | not verified this pass | Buy |
| First Song | 1992 | Soul Note | Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins, Enrico Pieranunzi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Great News From Italy | 1992 | YVP Music | Gerardo Iacoucci Modern Big Band Featuring Paolo Fresu, Enrico Pieranunzi, Sandro Satta, Pietro Tonolo, Gianluigi Trovesi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| The Dream Before Us | 1992 | IDA Records | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson (2) | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Bella | 1994 | Philology | Rava* / Pieranunzi* / Pietropaoli* / Gatto* | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Nausicaa | 1994 | Quadrivium (2) | Enrico Rava - Enrico Pieranunzi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Untold Story | 1994 | IDA Records | Enrico Pieranunzi - Marc Johnson (2) - Paul Motian | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Flux And Change | 1995 | Soul Note | Enrico Pieranunzi / Paul Motian | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Elsa | 1998 | Philology | Phil Woods, Enrico Pieranunzi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Daedalus Wings | 1999 | Challenge Records (3) | Enrico Pieranunzi, Bert Van Den Brink | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Don't Forget The Poet | 1999 | Challenge Records (3) | Enrico Pieranunzi Quintet | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Evans Remembered | 2000 | Not On Label | Enrico Pieranunzi Sextet, Piano Solo & Duo* | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Racconti Mediterranei | 2000 | EGEA | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson (2), Gabriele Mirabassi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Alone Together | 2001 | Challenge Records (3) | Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Evans Remembered | 2001 | Via Veneto Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi & Horns* | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Play Morricone | 2001 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Eric - The Best, Celebration of VPRO/Boy Edgar Award 2001 | 2002 | Challenge Records (3) | Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Current Conditions | 2003 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Fellini Jazz | 2003 | C.A.M. Jazz | Wheeler*, Potter*, Pieranunzi*, Haden*, Motian* | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Trasnoche | 2003 | EGEA | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson (2) | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Doorways | 2004 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi, Paul Motian Special Guest Chris Potter (2) | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Play Morricone 2 | 2004 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Danza Di Una Ninfa (Storie Di Tenco) | 2005 | EGEA | Ada Montellanico E Enrico Pieranunzi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Duologues | 2005 | C.A.M. Jazz | Jim Hall, Enrico Pieranunzi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Play Morricone | 2005 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Ballads | 2006 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Live Conversations | 2006 | Abeat Records | Dado Moroni, Enrico Pieranunzi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Jazzitaliano Live 2007 | 2007 | Casa Del Jazz | Rosario Giuliani Special Guest Enrico Pieranunzi | Rosario Giuliani (alto saxophone), Emanuele Cisi (tenor saxophone), Flavio Boltro (trumpet), Massimo Pirone (trombone), Enrico Pieranunzi (piano), Gianluca Renzi (double bass), Fabrizio Sferra (drums) | Buy |
| Live In Japan | 2007 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | not verified this pass | Buy |
| As Never Before | 2008 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Liberi Armati Pericolosi | 2008 | Beat Records Company | Gian Franco Plenizio* & Enrico Pieranunzi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Sonatas And Improvisations | 2008 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi Plays Domenico Scarlatti | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Yellow & Blue Suites | 2008 | Challenge Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi & Marc Johnson (2) | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Dream Dance | 2009 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enricopieranunzi*, Marcjohnson*, Joeybaron* | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Oslo | 2009 | Resonant Music | Terje Gewelt, Enrico Pieranunzi, Anders Kjellberg | not verified this pass | Buy |
| American Music For Guitar & Piano | 2010 | Brilliant Classics | Joplin* · Nazareth* · Gershwin* · Guastavino* · Brubeck* · Cervantes* - Stefano Cardi, Enrico Pieranunzi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Concert In Capbreton | 2010 | Dreyfus Jazz | Philip Catherine, Enrico Pieranunzi, Joe LaBarbera, Hein Van de Geyn | not verified this pass | Buy |
| LA Ragazza Alla Pari | 2011 | Cometa Edizioni Musicali | Enrico Pieranunzi & Silvano Chimenti | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Works And Improvisations - 1685 | 2011 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi plays Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Händel, Domenico Scarlatti | Spotify | Buy |
| Permutation | 2012 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi With Scott Colley, Antonio Sanchez (2) | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Live At The Village Vanguard | 2013 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi With Marc Johnson (2), Paul Motian | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Bluestop | 2014 | Alfa Music | Enrico Intra, Enrico Pieranunzi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Nuovi Racconti Mediterranei | 2014 | EGEA | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson (2), Paul McCandless | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Play Morricone 1 & 2 - The Complete Recordings | 2014 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Stories | 2014 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi With Scott Colley, Antonio Sanchez (2) | not verified this pass | Buy |
| 60 Out Of Shape - Live At Jazhus Montmartre Copenhagen June 12-13 2014 | 2015 | Storyville | Jesper Lundgaard Trio Featuring Enrico Pieranunzi & Alex Riel | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Double Circle | 2015 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi, Federico Casagrande | Listen | Buy |
| Home Is Where The Heart Is | 2015 | 33 Records, 33 Records | Tina May Meets Enrico Pieranunzi With Special Guest Tony Coe | not verified this pass | Buy |
| The Music Of Enrico Pieranunzi | 2015 | W.E.R.F. | Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Bert Joris, Enrico Pieranunzi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Americas | 2016 | C.A.M. Jazz | Bruno Canino, Enrico Pieranunzi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| La Poliziotta Fa Carriera (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 2016 | Not On Label | Silvano Chimenti & Enrico Pieranunzi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| My Songbook | 2016 | Via Veneto Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi With Simona Severini | Personnel not itemized in this table. | Buy |
| Ménage À Trois | 2016 | Bonsaï Music | Enrico Pieranunzi · André Ceccarelli · Diego Imbert | not verified this pass | Buy |
| New Spring (Live At The Village Vanguard) | 2016 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Duke's Dream | 2017 | Intuition Records | Enrico Pieranunzi, Rosario Giuliani | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Blue Waltz | 2018 | Stunt Records | Enrico Pieranunzi & Thomas Fonnesbæk | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Blue Waltz (Live At Gustavs) | 2018 | Stunt Records | Enrico Pieranunzi - Thomas Fonnesbæk | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Play Gershwin | 2018 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi, Gabriele Mirabassi, Gabriele Pieranunzi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Common View | 2020 | Challenge Records (3) | Enrico Pieranunzi, Jasper Somsen, Jorge Rossy | not verified this pass | Buy |
| I 3 Enrichi | 2020 | Musicians & Producers | Enrico Intra, Enrico Pieranunzi, Enrico Rava | not verified this pass | Buy |
| The Copenhagen Concert December 2 - 1996 | 2020 | Storyville | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson (2), Paul Motian | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Afterglow | 2021 | Challenge Records (3) | Enrico Pieranunzi & Bert Joris | not verified this pass | Buy |
| The Real You | 2021 | Stunt Records | Enrico Pieranunzi & Thomas Fonnesbæk | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Cantare Pieranunzi | 2022 | Alfa Music | Valentina Ranalli / Enrico Pieranunzi (drums: Cesare Mangiocavallo) | Spotify | Buy |
| Something Tomorrow | 2022 | Storyville | Enrico Pieranunzi, Thomas Fonnesbæk & André Ceccarelli | not verified this pass | Buy |
| The Extra Something - Live At The Village Vanguard | 2022 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi Quintet | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Voyage In Time (A Suite In Nine Movements) | 2022 | Challenge Records (3) | Enrico Pieranunzi, Jasper Somsen | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Chet Remembered | 2023 | Challenge Records (3) | Enrico Pieranunzi, Bert Joris, Frankfurt Radio Big Band | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Fauréver - A tribute to Gabriel Fauré | 2024 | Bonsaï Music | Enrico Pieranunzi, André Ceccarelli, Diego Imbert | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Heroes | 2024 | Abeat Records | Aldo Di Caterino Ensemble, Enrico Pieranunzi (drums/composer "Stretch": Cesare Mangiocavallo) | Spotify | Buy |
| Hindsight - Live At La Seine Musicale | 2024 | C.A.M. Jazz | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson (2), Joey Baron | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Traveller's Ways | 2024 | Challenge Records (3) | Jasper Somsen / Enrico Pieranunzi / Gabriele Mirabassi | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Evanscape | 2026 | Bonsaï Music | Enrico Pieranunzi, Bebo Ferra | not verified this pass | Buy |
| Perspectives | 2026 | Red Record | Pieranunzi* / Polga* / Fonnesbæk* / Beggio* | not verified this pass | Buy |
| New & Old Jazz Sounds | - | Edipan | Enrico Pieranunzi & Alvaro Pieranunzi | not verified this pass | Buy |
Sideman, Compilation & Other Credits (324 credits, chronological)
Sideman dates, one-track compilation appearances, and production/engineering credits, listed chronologically.
| Year | Release | Credited As | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Amarsi Come Ora / Il Mare Negli Occhi | Tony Smith (20) | Appearance |
| 1973 | Jazz A Confronto 2 | Marcello Rosa | Appearance |
| 1973 | Jazz A Confronto 4 | Frank Rosolino | Appearance |
| 1975 | Jazz A Confronto 17 - Jac's Anthology | Various | Appearance |
| 1975 | Guitars Cocktail | Alvaro E Filippo | Appearance |
| 1975 | Momenti Di Jazz Al Capolinea | Various | Appearance |
| 1975 | Friendship | Marcello Rosa Jazz Ensemble featuring Tony Scott (2) | Appearance |
| 1975 | Jazz A Confronto 20 | Kenny Clarke | Appearance |
| 1975 | Jazz A Confronto 16 | Sal Nistico | Appearance |
| 1976 | Jazz A Confronto 34 | O. Valdambrini* & D. Piana* | Appearance |
| 1976 | Marmalade | Pino Cannizzo* | Appearance |
| 1976 | L'Uomo E La Città | Piero Umiliani | Appearance |
| 1976 | Temi Descrittivi Per Piccolo Complesso | Piero Umiliani | Appearance |
| 1976 | Pulsar Music Ltd. | Pulsar Music Ltd.* | Appearance |
| 1976 | Freedom Power | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 1977 | Rock Satellite | Puccio Roelens | Appearance |
| 1977 | Quello Che Ci Resta | Mimmo Locasciulli | Appearance |
| 1978 | Rugantino, Er Giornale Romanesco | Alvaro* & Vittorio* | Appearance |
| 1978 | Sonorities | Bill Smith* | Appearance |
| 1978 | Due Temi Con Variazioni (Two Themes With Variations) | Rovi | Appearance |
| 1978 | Nouami | Saxes Machine | Appearance |
| 1979 | Duo "Bones" | Kai Winding Featuring Dino Piana | Producer |
| 1979 | Concerto In Umbria | Various | Appearance |
| 1979 | Duo "Bones" | Kai Winding Featuring Dino Piana | Appearance |
| 1980 | Hinterland | Claudio Fasoli Jazz Group | Appearance |
| 1980 | Live In Paris • Night Bird | Chet Baker | Appearance |
| 1980 | Rhythmical Movement - N. 2 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 1980 | Do You Like Dancing? | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 1980 | Sweetness | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 1981 | Isis | Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet & Quintet* , Featuring Art Farmer | Producer |
| 1981 | Furio Rendine: Le Nuove Canzoni | Giusy (5), Enzo D'Auria | Appearance |
| 1981 | The Way I See | Eddy Palermo | Appearance |
| 1981 | Isis | Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet & Quintet* , Featuring Art Farmer | Appearance |
| 1981 | Il Jazz In Italia III | Various | Appearance |
| 1981 | Artide Antartide | Renato Zero | Appearance |
| 1982 | Bass In The Sky | Massimo Moriconi | Appearance |
| 1982 | Ennio Morricone | Ennio Morricone | Appearance |
| 1983 | Top Jazz In Italy | Various | Appearance |
| 1983 | Il Clarinetto Nel Jazz | Various | Appearance |
| 1983 | Colours | Bill Smith* | Appearance |
| 1983 | Serenata Ar Cuppolone | A. Pieranunzi* / V. Bezzi* | Appearance |
| 1983 | Inconsequence | Ronnie Cuber / Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet | Appearance |
| 1983 | Top Jazz In Italy | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 1983 | Il Clarinetto Nel Jazz | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 1984 | I Remember You | Chet Baker | Appearance |
| 1984 | New Lands | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio | Appearance |
| 1985 | Zallizbo | Quintetto Bolli Bozza | Appearance |
| 1985 | Jazz Performances | Various | Appearance |
| 1985 | Les Plus Belles Musiques D'Ennio Morricone Vol.2 | Ennio Morricone | Appearance |
| 1986 | Vol. 1 | Space Jazz Trio | Appearance |
| 1987 | Nightbird | Chet Baker Featuring Van Morrison | Appearance |
| 1987 | Deep Down | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | Appearance |
| 1988 | Thankin' You | Sergio Esposito Jazz Group Featuring Alfredo Golino | Appearance |
| 1988 | Meridies | Space Jazz Trio | Appearance |
| 1988 | Little Girl Blue | Chet Baker Meets Space Jazz Trio | Appearance |
| 1988 | Sound Investigations | Lanfranco Malaguti, Enzo Pietropaoli, Fabrizio Sferra | Appearance |
| 1988 | Cinema Paradiso (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Ennio Morricone | Appearance |
| 1989 | Piana-Valdambrini Sextet | Piana-Valdambrini Sextet | Appearance |
| 1989 | Blew | Lee Konitz Meets Space Jazz Trio | Appearance |
| 1989 | A Sip Of Your Touch | Riccardo Del Fra | Appearance |
| 1990 | New Lands | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio | Producer |
| 1990 | Phil's Mood | Phil Woods & Space Jazz Trio | Appearance |
| 1990 | Cinquant'Anni Di Jazz A Torino | Various | Appearance |
| 1990 | Orange Park | Enzo Pietropaoli | Appearance |
| 1990 | No Man's Land | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio With Marc Johnson (2) And Steve Houghton | Appearance |
| 1990 | My Funny Valentine (Seven Faces Of Valentine) | Chet Baker | TrackAppearance |
| 1991 | Jazz At Cinecittà | Piero Umiliani | Appearance |
| 1991 | A Night At The Shalimar Club | Chet Baker | Appearance |
| 1991 | Naima (Unusual Chet, Vol. 1) | Chet Baker | Appearance |
| 1991 | Vol 3 | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio | Appearance |
| 1991 | Between A Smile And Tears | Thierry Lang Trio | Appearance |
| 1992 | To... | Enzo Pietropaoli Strings Project Featuring Enrico Rava | Appearance |
| 1992 | Live At The Corridoia Jazz Festival | Phil Woods & Space Jazz Trio | Appearance |
| 1992 | Full House | Phil Woods Quintet* | Appearance |
| 1992 | Il Bandito Dagli Occhi Azzurri / ... Correva L'Anno Di Grazia 1870 (Original Soundtracks) | Ennio Morricone | Appearance |
| 1993 | Live At Ronnie Scott's | Various | Appearance |
| 1993 | Black Butterfly | Russell Malone | Appearance |
| 1994 | Live in Castelnuovo | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio | Appearance |
| 1995 | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio Vol. 4 - Trioscape | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio | Appearance |
| 1995 | Les Allumés Du Jazz | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 1996 | Bestiarium | Eric Vloeimans Quartet | Appearance |
| 1996 | Italian Jazz Today | Various | Appearance |
| 1996 | Speak Low | Kirsten Høj / Søren Nørbo | Appearance |
| 1996 | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio Vol.5 - Live in Germany | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio | Appearance |
| 1996 | La Gabbia (Original Soundtrack) | Ennio Morricone | Appearance |
| 1996 | Seaward | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio With Hein Van de Geyn & André Ceccarelli | Appearance |
| 1996 | Gli Occhiali D'Oro (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Ennio Morricone | Appearance |
| 1996 | The Night Gone By | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio | Appearance |
| 1997 | Les Allumés Du Jazz Le Collector | Various | Appearance |
| 1997 | The Kingdom (Where Nobody Dies) | Mads Vinding Trio | Appearance |
| 1997 | *Miage * | Guillaume'Tett | Appearance |
| 1997 | Ma L'Amore No | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio & Ada Montellanico With Lee Konitz & Enrico Rava | Appearance |
| 1997 | The Chant Of Time | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio | Appearance |
| 1997 | Les Allumés Du Jazz Le Collector | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 1997 | *Egea * | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 1997 | Atelier Musicale Del Ventesimo Secolo - Stagione '96 - '97 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 1998 | All That Jazz From Denmark '98 | Various | Appearance |
| 1998 | Music From Denmark '98 | Various | Appearance |
| 1998 | La Legge Dei Gangsters (The Original Complete Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Piero Umiliani | Appearance |
| 1998 | Exotic Themes For Films, Radio And TV | I Gres | Appearance |
| 1999 | The ABC Of Jazz - Face The Challenge In Music | Various | Appearance |
| 1999 | Jazz Club | Various | Appearance |
| 1999 | European Faces | Matthias Broede Feat. Wolfgang Engstfeld | Appearance |
| 1999 | Jazzvision | Various | Appearance |
| 1999 | Stroboscopica Vol. 2 | Various | Appearance |
| 1999 | Don't Forget The Poet | Enrico Pieranunzi Quintet | Appearance |
| 1999 | A Tribute To Chet Baker | Dave Liebman, Phil Markowitz, Davia Sacks, Billy Dowling, Dennis Irwin, Art Frank | Appearance |
| 1999 | The ABC Of Jazz - Face The Challenge In Music | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 1999 | Jazz After Dark - The 90's | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 1999 | Almost Blue | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 1999 | Stroboscopica Vol. 2 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2000 | Roberto Gatto Plays Rugantino | Roberto Gatto | Appearance |
| 2000 | Live | Grande Orchestra Nazionale Di Jazz (A.M.J.) | Appearance |
| 2000 | Vol 6 - Multiple Choice | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio | Appearance |
| 2000 | Plays Rugantino | Roberto Gatto | Appearance |
| 2000 | Goofy's Dance | Thelonius Monk Big Band* Conducted By Marcello Tonolo Special Guests: Paul Jeffrey, Luisa Longo, Marco Tamburini, Pietro Tonolo | Appearance |
| 2000 | Roberto Gatto Plays Rugantino | Roberto Gatto | Appearance |
| 2000 | More Morricone With Love | Ennio Morricone | Appearance |
| 2000 | Plays The Music Of Wayne Shorter - Infant Eyes | The Enrico Pieranunzi Trio* | Appearance |
| 2001 | Play Morricone | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | Producer |
| 2001 | Histoire D'Eau | Four Roses | Appearance |
| 2001 | Family Album | Yellow Tone | Appearance |
| 2001 | Alone Together | Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet | Appearance |
| 2001 | Play Morricone | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | Appearance |
| 2002 | Chase Morricone | Ennio Morricone | Appearance |
| 2002 | Suoni Modulanti | Ada Montellanico | Appearance |
| 2002 | Nobody Else But Me | Michael Pagán | Appearance |
| 2002 | Italian Jazz Graffiti | Civica Jazz Band | TrackAppearance |
| 2003 | Current Conditions | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | Appearance |
| 2003 | MondoMorricone | Ennio Morricone | Appearance |
| 2003 | *Everything I Love * | Nikki Iles | Appearance |
| 2003 | Via Veneto Jazz - Ten Years Of Italian Jazz Label 1993-2003 | Various | Appearance |
| 2003 | The Bachelor = Mio Caro Dottor Grasler (Original Soundtrack) | Ennio Morricone | Appearance |
| 2003 | Molto MondoMorricone (Even More Thrilling Cult Movie Themes By Ennio Morricone Volume 3) | Ennio Morricone | Appearance |
| 2003 | More MondoMorricone Revisited (More Elegant And Exquisite Cult Movie Themes By Ennio Morricone Volume 2) | Ennio Morricone | Appearance |
| 2003 | I've Been Around | Giovanni Tommaso | TrackAppearance |
| 2003 | Egea Story | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2003 | Umbria Jazz 30th Anniversary | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2003 | Collection | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2003 | Jazz Odyssey | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2003 | Jazz Club Duc Des Lombards | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2003 | Jazz Magazine Vol. 11 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2003 | Via Veneto Jazz - Ten Years Of Italian Jazz Label 1993-2003 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2004 | Play Morricone 2 | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | Appearance |
| 2004 | Les Amants | Enrico Pieranunzi & String Quartet Con Marc Johnson (2) & Rosario Giuliani | Appearance |
| 2004 | Top Jazz 2003 | Various | Appearance |
| 2004 | Carte Blanche | André Ceccarelli | Appearance |
| 2004 | Battisti In Jazz | Various | Appearance |
| 2004 | Oiseaux de Nuit | Alain Jean-Marie, Michel Graillier | Appearance |
| 2004 | The Drive CD - Julia Lester | Various | Appearance |
| 2004 | Jazz A Cinecittà | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2004 | Battisti In Jazz | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2004 | Jazziz Magazine On-Disc - January 2004 - Critics' & Readers Choice - The Best Of 2003 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2004 | Jazz Magazine Vol. 24 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2005 | Piano, Piano | Anne Ducros | Appearance |
| 2005 | The Music of Cornish | Various | Appearance |
| 2005 | Play Morricone | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | Appearance |
| 2005 | Roccellanea - 25 Anni Di "Roccella Jazz" | Paolo Damiani & Friends | TrackAppearance |
| 2005 | Jazziz On Disc - February 2005 - Love - Strings, Flings and Movie Things | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2005 | Jazz Magazine Vol. 35 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2006 | So Right! | Various | Appearance |
| 2006 | My Funny Valentine | Chet Baker | Appearance |
| 2006 | Di Mezzo Il Mare | Germano Mazzocchetti, EGEA Orchestra | Appearance |
| 2006 | CamJazz | Various | Appearance |
| 2006 | JazzItalia | Various | Appearance |
| 2006 | BlueTenco | Ada Montellanico | Appearance |
| 2006 | Solo | Norbert Gottschalk | Appearance |
| 2006 | Immagini | Nicola Stilo | Appearance |
| 2006 | Jazz In Italy - Tra I Classici E Il Free | Various | Appearance |
| 2006 | Il Poeta Del Contrabbasso | Charlie Haden | Appearance |
| 2006 | Ballads | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | Appearance |
| 2006 | So Right! | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2006 | CamJazz | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2006 | JazzItalia | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2006 | Jazziz On·Disc - January 2007 - Critics Choice The Best Of 2006 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2006 | Jazz Magazine Vol. 48 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2006 | The Italian Way | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2006 | Italia In Jazz | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2006 | Jazz In Italy - Tra I Classici E Il Free | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2007 | Humanity | Tom Harrell, Dado Moroni | Appearance |
| 2007 | Bösendorfer Solo Piano Competition 2007 At The Montreux Jazz Festival | Various | Appearance |
| 2007 | The Cam Jazz Collection - Catalog 2007 | Various | Appearance |
| 2007 | Live At Zeffirellis | Dan Whieldon, Gavin Barras, Jonas Backman | Appearance |
| 2007 | Live In Japan | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | Appearance |
| 2007 | Golden Land | André Ceccarelli | Appearance |
| 2007 | A Child Is Born | Marcello Rosa | Appearance |
| 2007 | Cinecocktail - Calibro 3 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2007 | A Cross Section Of The Challenge Catalogue - Home Of Creative Music | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2007 | Natura Music Collection (Turquesa) | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2007 | il Dramma 06 - The Joker | DJ ilD | TrackAppearance |
| 2008 | Il Sole Di Un Attimo | Ada Montellanico | Appearance |
| 2008 | Omaggio A Armando Trovajoli | Dino E Franco Piana Jazz Orchestra | Appearance |
| 2008 | Accoppiamenti Giudiziosi | Barbara Raimondi | Appearance |
| 2008 | I Grandi Concerti - Volume 1 | Various | Appearance |
| 2008 | As Never Before | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron Featuring Kenny Wheeler | Appearance |
| 2008 | Italia Violenta Volume 2 - The Best Music Of The Italian's Police Movie | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2008 | Jazziz Magazine On-Disc - March 2008 - Traditions In Transition Vol. 5 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2008 | Jazz Magazine Vol.74 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2009 | Solo Piano Competition 2009 At The Montreux Jazz Festival | Various | Appearance |
| 2009 | Live At The Subway Club | Chet Baker Quartet | Appearance |
| 2009 | Dream Dance | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | Appearance |
| 2009 | Top Jazz 2008 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2010 | Horo: A Jazz Portrait | Various / Gilles Peterson | Appearance |
| 2010 | Blue Nude | Piero Umiliani | Appearance |
| 2010 | The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note | Paul Motian | Appearance |
| 2010 | Dreams, Thoughts & Poetry (The Music Of Enrico Pieranunzi) | Jasper Somsen | Appearance |
| 2010 | The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note | Charlie Haden | Appearance |
| 2010 | Trame | Marcella Carboni | Appearance |
| 2010 | V-Flow | Eric Vloeimans | Appearance |
| 2010 | Live At Birdland | Enrico Pieranunzi Latin Jazz Quintet | Appearance |
| 2010 | Random/Control | David Helbock's Random/Control | Appearance |
| 2010 | Horo: A Jazz Portrait | Various / Gilles Peterson | TrackAppearance |
| 2010 | The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note | Paul Motian | TrackAppearance |
| 2011 | 1861-2011 Italia 150 - Dal Passato Al Futuro: Riletture E Trascrizioni Dei Canti Della Patria | Various | Appearance |
| 2011 | Jazz Dag | Various | Appearance |
| 2011 | Umbria Jazz 11 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2012 | New York Reflections (Live At Birdland) | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio With Steve Swallow & Paul Motian | Appearance |
| 2012 | Seven | Dino Piana & Franco Piana Septet | Appearance. Pieranunzi shares the piano chair with Luca Mannutza; also features Fabrizio Bosso, Enrico Rava and Roberto Gatto. |
| 2012 | Abeat Time | Dado Moroni | Appearance |
| 2012 | Live At Kerrytown House | Narada Burton Greene* | Appearance |
| 2013 | The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note | Art Farmer | Appearance |
| 2013 | Bassoon Works (dedicated to Paolo Carlini) | Paolo Carlini | Appearance |
| 2013 | Dalla In Jazz | Various | Appearance |
| 2013 | Il Bandito Dagli Occhi Azzurri (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Ennio Morricone | Appearance |
| 2013 | Bassoon Works (dedicated to Paolo Carlini) | Paolo Carlini | TrackAppearance |
| 2013 | Dalla In Jazz | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2014 | Play Morricone 1 & 2 - The Complete Recordings | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | Producer |
| 2014 | Still Chime | Marcella Carboni | Appearance |
| 2014 | Play Morricone 1 & 2 - The Complete Recordings | Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron | Appearance |
| 2014 | Capo Verde Terra D'Amore Vol. 5 - In Jazz | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2015 | Lela | Alice Zawadzki, Dan Whieldon | Appearance |
| 2015 | Remembers Chet | Le Lann*, Gilles Le Mao | Appearance |
| 2015 | Seasons | Dino & Franco Piana Ensemble | Appearance |
| 2015 | Belgian Jazz 2015 | Various | Appearance |
| 2015 | Live In Stockholm 1983 | Chet Baker - Hank Jones Quartet | Appearance |
| 2015 | Live In Hungary 1987 | Chet Baker | Appearance |
| 2015 | Laure (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film) | Franco Micalizzi | Appearance |
| 2015 | Eeg -Fonnesbaek | Sinne Eeg, Thomas Fonnesbæk | Appearance |
| 2015 | The Moon And The Bonfires | Roberto Olzer Trio | Appearance |
| 2015 | Klara Serveert 3 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2015 | Pieces (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2016 | Prima | Francesco Petreni | Appearance |
| 2016 | *Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde - The Ultimate In Thrilling, Erotic and Raunchy Fimmusic!! Volume 3 * | B-Movie Orchestra | Appearance |
| 2016 | New Spring (Live At The Village Vanguard) | Enrico Pieranunzi Quartet | Appearance |
| 2016 | Sangue Di Sbirro | Alessandro Alessandroni | Appearance |
| 2016 | Rare Music From The Cometa's Archives #1 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2016 | Jazziz On Disc - Spring 2016 - 33 1/3 Anniversary | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2016 | Soundcrate Presents: Grand Theft Audio Vol. 7 | Various | UnofficialRelease |
| 2016 | Rock Satellite | Puccio Roelens | UnofficialRelease |
| 2017 | Yesterdays | Mads Vinding Trio | Appearance |
| 2017 | Hörvergnügen 14 | Various | Appearance |
| 2017 | Compendium (Solos, Duos, Trios) | Burton Greene | Appearance |
| 2017 | The Deep | Shelly Berg & David Finck | Appearance |
| 2017 | Torre Del Lago | Roberto Olzer | Appearance |
| 2017 | Bar Buenos Aires - Mediterranean | Various | Appearance |
| 2017 | Tribute To Charlie Haden | Diego Imbert | Appearance |
| 2017 | Studio Umiliani | Piero Umiliani | Appearance |
| 2017 | Live from the Moonlight | Chet Baker Trio | Appearance |
| 2017 | Pieces (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Stelvio Cipriani, Carlo Maria Cordio And Fabio Frizzi | Appearance |
| 2017 | Hörvergnügen 14 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2017 | Bar Buenos Aires - Mediterranean | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2018 | As Before - Piano Duet | MADemoiselles Sarabande* | Producer |
| 2018 | Snow | Eazy Quartet | Appearance |
| 2018 | Stunt Records 35 Years 1983 - 2018 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2018 | Stunt Records Compilation Vol. 26 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2019 | New Visions | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio | Producer |
| 2019 | Chet Visions | Riccardo Del Fra | Appearance |
| 2019 | New Visions | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio | Appearance |
| 2019 | Musiques De Films = Colonne Sonore = Original Soundtracks 1964–2015 | Ennio Morricone | Appearance |
| 2019 | Stunt Records Compilation Vol. 27 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2019 | Umbria Jazz 19 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2020 | Time's Passage | Enrico Pieranunzi Jazz Ensemble (special guest vibraphone: Andrea Dulbecco) | Mixed by |
| 2020 | Secret World | Edouard Bineau & OSEFH Quintet | Appearance |
| 2020 | Time's Passage | Enrico Pieranunzi Jazz Ensemble (special guest vibraphone: Andrea Dulbecco) | Appearance |
| 2020 | *Between * | Vittorio Cuculo Quartet | Appearance |
| 2020 | Solisti - Omaggio a Franco Micalizzi | Various | Appearance |
| 2020 | The Real You: A Bill Evans Tribute | Pieranunzi Fonnesbæk Duo | Appearance |
| 2020 | Morricone Segreto | Ennio Morricone | Appearance |
| 2020 | Good To Know | JoJo (3) | Appearance |
| 2020 | The cage side of the flute | Til Cage Ensemble | TrackAppearance |
| 2020 | Open Spaces | Dino & Franco Piana Ensemble | Appearance |
| 2021 | The Real You: A Bill Evans Tribute | Pieranunzi Fonnesbæk Duo | Producer |
| 2021 | Wood Tales | Jacopo Ferrazza | Appearance |
| 2021 | Stunt Records Compilation Vol. 29 | Various | Appearance |
| 2021 | Library Music • Volume 1 | Piero Umiliani | Appearance |
| 2022 | Musiques De Films 1964-2015 Vol. II | Ennio Morricone | Appearance |
| 2022 | The Land Of Dreams | Sorin Zlat | Appearance |
| 2022 | Agata | Canova Trio Feat. Fulvio Sigurtà* | Appearance |
| 2022 | Double Vision/Triple Vision | Peter Schärli | Appearance |
| 2022 | The Extra Something - Live At The Village Vanguard | Enrico Pieranunzi Quintet | Appearance |
| 2022 | Inner Spirit: The 1979 Concert At Teatro General San Martín, Buenos Aires | Bill Evans, Marc Johnson (2), Joe LaBarbera | Appearance |
| 2023 | Blues & Bach - The Music Of John Lewis | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio & Orchestra | Producer |
| 2023 | Blues & Bach - The Music Of John Lewis | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio & Orchestra | Appearance |
| 2023 | Torre Del Lago | Roberto Olzer | Appearance |
| 2023 | Blue Room - The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions In Holland | Chet Baker | Appearance |
| 2023 | Il Tocco Di Piero (Piero's Touch) Original Soundtrack | Piero Umiliani | Appearance |
| 2024 | Yasukuni Terashima Presents Jazz Bar 2023 | Various | Appearance |
| 2024 | Trust | Akane Matsumoto, Ayumi Koketsu | Appearance |
| 2024 | Miradas | Marcella Carboni Trio | Appearance |
| 2024 | Yasukuni Terashima Presents Jazz Bar 2023 | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2025 | Improclassica | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio & Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali | Producer |
| 2025 | Improclassica | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio & Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali | Producer |
| 2025 | In Rome | Thomas Fonnesbæk | Producer |
| 2025 | Improclassica | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio & Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali | Appearance |
| 2025 | Improclassica | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio & Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali | Appearance |
| 2025 | Duo "Bones" | Kai Winding | Appearance |
| 2025 | In Rome | Thomas Fonnesbæk | Appearance |
| 2025 | Synth Utopia | Various | TrackAppearance |
| 2026 | *Kuumbwa * | Michel Petrucciani | Appearance |
| 2026 | Shine | Chet Baker | Appearance |
| - | The Best Of Stunt Records Vol. 6 | Various | Appearance |
| - | L'altro Tenco | Ada Montellanico Quartetto & Enrico Rava | Appearance |
| - | En Espiral | Carmen Aguilera Trío | Appearance |
| - | Daje Roma ! / Fontane Di Roma | Complesso Elvio Monti / Alvaro E La Sua Chitarra* | Appearance |
| - | Vol. 2 | Space Jazz Trio | Appearance |
| - | Disque D'Or 2 | Ennio Morricone | Appearance |
| - | *Jazz Magazine Vol.2 * | Various | TrackAppearance |
| - | EGEA - Radici Mediterranee Della Nuova Musica | Various | TrackAppearance |
| - | In Concert - Ascoli Piceno 28/02/1988 | Chet Baker & Enrico Pieranunzi | UnofficialRelease |
| - | Solo Concert 2022 | Enrico Pieranunzi | UnofficialRelease |
| - | Fellini Jazz | Wheeler*, Potter*, Pieranunzi*, Haden*, Motian* | UnofficialRelease |
| - | Love For Sale | Chet Baker feat. Van Morrison | UnofficialRelease |
| - | Doorways | Enrico Pieranunzi, Paul Motian, Chris Potter (2) | UnofficialRelease |
| - | Artide Vol.1 | Renato Zero | UnofficialRelease |
Stefania Tallini (piano, composer) - not a direct performing partner, but Discogs documents Pieranunzi's trio recording three of her compositions: Vol. 6 - Multiple Choice (2000, track 8), Canto Nascosto (2000, "Per Due"), and (with bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joey Baron) "When All Was Chet" on Ballads (2006). Now profiled on this site; reciprocal link added given the repeated composing relationship.
Sandro Satta (alto saxophone) - fellow featured soloist, each on their own composition, on the various-leaders big-band record Great News From Italy (1992, Gerardo Iacoucci Modern Big Band); Discogs-confirmed at the track-credit level. Profiled separately on this site.
Pietro Tonolo (tenor/soprano saxophone) - In That Dawn of Music (1993), track "What's What," with Enzo Pietropaoli and Fabrizio Sferra.
Massimo Pirone (trombone) - Discogs-confirmed fellow personnel on Jazzitaliano Live 2007 (Rosario Giuliani Special Guest Enrico Pieranunzi) and the Dino E Franco Piana Jazz Orchestra's Omaggio A Armando Trovajoli (2008). Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Marc Johnson - bassist, Pieranunzi's most sustained American rhythm-section partner: the 1980s trio with Joey Baron (New Lands, Deep Down), the 1994 Motian trio record Untold Story, and a long later run of duo and trio records into the 2020s (Yellow & Blue Suites, Trasnoche, Hindsight).
Paul Motian - drummer who chose Pieranunzi as a trio partner three separate times with three different lineups (Untold Story, Doorways, Special Encounter) — a level of repeat billing few pianists received from Motian.
Charlie Haden - bassist, paired with Pieranunzi on Silence (1989), First Song (1992), and Special Encounter (2005).
Paolo Fresu - trumpeter, co-featured soloist on the 1992 big-band session Great News From Italy; already profiled separately on this project.
Enrico Rava - trumpeter, paired on Nausicaa (1994) and Bella (1994), reunited decades later on I 3 Enrichi (2020); already profiled separately on this project.
Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Phil Woods - among the American horn players who booked Pieranunzi as a sideman across the 1980s and 1990s (Soft Journey, The Heart of the Ballad, Solitudes, Elsa).
Andrea Dulbecco (vibraphone) - appeared as "special guest" on vibraphone on Pieranunzi's Time's Passage (2020, Abeat Records), confirmed at the Discogs credit level.
Bebo Ferra (guitar) - duo partner on the 2026 album Evanscape (Bonsaï Music), recorded Meudon, May 2025.
Bruno Biriaco (drums) - both credited pianists (Pieranunzi and Franco D'Andrea, on different tracks) on the same Horo Records release, Jazz A Confronto 4 (1973), on which Biriaco plays drums; Pieranunzi also wrote the liner notes to Biriaco's own Nouami (1978). Profiled separately on this site.
Cesare Mangiocavallo (drums) - called by Pieranunzi in 2019 to play trio and quartet; two Discogs-confirmed studio credits together, Cantare Pieranunzi (2022) and Heroes (2024, where Mangiocavallo also composed "Stretch"). Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Dino Piana (trombone) - two Discogs-confirmed sessions a decade apart, Duo "Bones" (1979, Pieranunzi on piano and co-producer) and the Piana-Valdambrini Sextet (1989). Profiled separately on this project.
Marcello Rosa (trombone) - two Discogs-confirmed sessions three decades apart, Jazz A Confronto 2 (1973, a four-trombone session also featuring Dino Piana and Giancarlo Schiaffini) and A Child Is Born (2007, Rosa's own leader session). Profiled separately on this project.
Emanuele Cisi (tenor saxophone) - fellow sideman alongside Pieranunzi's piano on Jazzitaliano Live 2007 (Casa Del Jazz, credited to Rosario Giuliani), confirmed at the Discogs credit level. Already profiled separately on this project.
Fabio Zeppetella (guitar) - plays keyboards on tracks 1 and 13 of Ada Montellanico Quartetto and Enrico Rava's L'altro Tenco (Philology, recorded May 1996), on which Zeppetella plays guitar, Discogs-credited.
Fabrizio Sferra (drums) - drummer in the Space Jazz Trio; credited on Autumn Song (recorded live at the Berlin Jazz Days, 1984), the trio's Vol. 1 (1986), the Chet Baker session Little Girl Blue (1988) and Vol 3 (1991), all Discogs-confirmed. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Federico Casagrande (guitar) - co-leader of the duo album Double Circle (2015, CAM Jazz), recorded at Artesuono in Cavalicco in November 2014 with Casagrande on acoustic guitar; Discogs-verified.
Ferruccio Spinetti (double bass) - credited on drummer Francesco Petreni's Prima (Wide Sound Jazz, 2016), on which Pieranunzi plays piano on tracks 2, 5 and 9; Discogs-confirmed on the record, with the two bassists' credits not itemized by track. Pieranunzi's composition "The Look in Your Eyes" is also on Spinetti's Arie (2022), and press coverage lists Pieranunzi as a guest on Spinetti and Giovanni Ceccarelli's Le Grand Michel (2025). Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Francesco Lento (trumpet, flugelhorn) - trumpeter on tracks 2 and 3 of Pieranunzi's My Songbook with Simona Severini (Via Veneto Jazz, 2016); Discogs-confirmed.
Franco Piana (trumpet, flugelhorn) - six Discogs-confirmed sessions across 40 years: Manuel De Sica's Con Alma (1980), the Piana-Valdambrini Sextet (1989), Piana's Omaggio A Armando Trovajoli (2008, Pieranunzi on track 8), Seven (2012), Seasons (2015) and Open Spaces (2020). Profiled separately on this project.
Gaetano Liguori (piano) - co-billed with Pieranunzi, Raimondo Campisi and Antonio Ballista on the four-LP box set Il Pianoforte Senza Confini (Fonit Cetra, 1987), recorded live at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, with each pianist credited on two LP sides (Pieranunzi on sides 3-4, Liguori on sides 5-6); Discogs-confirmed.
Giampaolo Casati (trumpet) - credited with Casati on Germano Mazzocchetti and the EGEA Orchestra's Di Mezzo il Mare (2006, EGEA). Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Giampaolo Ascolese - drummer on three tracks of Pieranunzi's Jazz Roads (CAM, 1983) and a fellow player with him on Gerardo Iacoucci's Great News From Italy (1992); Discogs-confirmed. Ascolese's own biographies also place him in Pieranunzi's Space Jazz Trio in the 1980s.
Giancarlo Barigozzi (recording engineer) - credited as recording engineer on Deep Down (Soul Note SN 1121, 1987), per Discogs.
Gianni Basso (tenor saxophone) - credited on Frank Rosolino's Jazz A Confronto 4 (1973, Horo), with Pieranunzi on piano, per Discogs; profiled separately on this site.
Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone, tuba, euphonium) - credited together on Jazz A Confronto 2 (1973), Hinterland (1980) and A Child Is Born (2007). Discogs-confirmed.
Gianni Oddi (alto saxophone, flute) - on Puccio Roelens' Rock Satellite (1977), where Pieranunzi plays piano, and the alto saxophonist on Saxes Machine's Nouami (1978), for which Pieranunzi wrote the liner notes. Discogs-confirmed.
Gianni Savelli (saxophone, flute) - saxophonist on the Dino e Franco Piana Jazz Orchestra's Omaggio a Armando Trovajoli (2008), a session on which Pieranunzi is credited on piano; Discogs-verified.
Jacopo Ferrazza (double bass) - recorded Pieranunzi's composition "Les Amants" on his solo album Wood Tales (2021), per the Discogs track credit.
Lanfranco Malaguti (guitar) - Pieranunzi is credited with the liner notes to the Malaguti / Pietropaoli / Sferra trio's Sound Investigations (Splasc(h), 1988); a writing credit on Discogs, not a playing one.
Livio Cerveglieri (flute) - shares track A1 of Piero Umiliani's L'Uomo E La Citta (1976); Discogs-confirmed. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Luca Mannutza (piano) - shares the piano chair with him on Seven (2012), the Dino Piana & Franco Piana Septet album; Discogs-confirmed.
Mauro Beggio (drums) - his trio's drummer for more than thirty years; Discogs-verified across Enrico Pieranunzi Trio Vol. 4 (1995), Vol. 5 (1996), Ma L'Amore No (1997, with Lee Konitz and Enrico Rava), Blues & Bach (2023) and Improclassica (2025). Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Michele Polga (tenor saxophone) - co-leader, with no designated leader, of Perspectives (2026, Red Records), alongside bassist Thomas Fonnesbaek and drummer Mauro Beggio; Discogs-confirmed. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Nicola Angelucci (drums) - drums on My Songbook (2016, with Simona Severini), Discogs-confirmed. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Oscar Valdambrini (trumpet, flugelhorn) - Discogs-confirmed on two sessions: Jazz A Confronto 34 (1976, Horo Records), Valdambrini's own leader date, and Con Alma (1980, Dire), a large-ensemble session led by Manuel De Sica. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Stefano D'Anna (tenor saxophone) - Discogs-listed member of the Enrico Pieranunzi Quintet and the tenor saxophonist on the title track of In That Dawn of Music (1993), alongside Enzo Pietropaoli and Roberto Gatto. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
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