Mauro Negri (clarinet, tenor saxophone) - three Discogs-confirmed sessions across two decades: Certi Angoli Segreti (1998), [Vento] (2000, alongside Stefano Bollani and Barbara Casini), and Jazzitaliano Live 2006, plus Reborn (2020) on Aldo Romano's own leader date. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.

Maurizio Giammarco (saxophone) - fellow sideman on Giorgio Gaslini's Message (1973) and Giovanni Tommaso's Third Step (1998), Discogs-confirmed.

Andrea Pozza (piano) - co-billed with Rava on the quartet session Stormy Weather (2005, Philology) and the credited pianist on Rava's own Live in Montréal (2006, EmArcy), alongside fellow sideman Francesco Cafiso. Profiled separately on this site.

Stefano Bollani - his most visible ECM-era partnership; co-led Tati (2005) and The Third Man (2007), also together on Rava Plays Rava (1999) and Montréal Diary /B (2002); Bollani plays piano on Rava's own New York Days (2009). Already profiled separately on this project.

Paolo Fresu - discovered by Rava at the Siena Summer Jazz Seminars in the early 1980s; the two also appear together on Shades Of Chet (1999/2011/2019 reissues). Already profiled separately on this project.

Evita Polidoro (drums, vocals) - drummer and occasional singer of Rava's Fearless Five quintet, credited on Fearless Five (2024, Parco Della Musica Records), confirmed at the Discogs credit level; press profiles say Rava first heard her at the Siena Jazz seminars. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.

Francesco Ponticelli (double bass) - bassist of the Fearless Five and of the earlier Enrico Rava New Generation band, Discogs-confirmed on Fearless Five (2024). Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.

Matteo Paggi (trombone) - trombonist Rava chose for the Fearless Five quintet, Discogs-confirmed on Fearless Five (2024). Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.

Giovanni Guidi and Gianluca Petrella - pianist and trombonist who came up through Rava's bands before leading their own groups.

Manfred Eicher - ECM Records producer across Rava's ECM catalog.

Roswell Rudd and Steve Lacy - free jazz collaborators from Rava's late-1960s New York period.

Mark Turner, Larry Grenadier, Paul Motian - the rest of the New York Days (2009) quintet.

Alessandro Presti - a younger Sicilian trumpeter for whom Rava wrote the liner notes on his 2022 album Intermezzo (800A Records), praising Presti's "beautiful sound" and the album's "perfect democracy" of interplay.

Alessio Menconi - Genoese guitarist; Rava is composer and trumpet soloist on "Il Viaggio," from the Bansigu Big Band's Now We Can (2001, Splasc(h) Records), on which Menconi plays guitar throughout.

Anaïs Drago - violinist; performed a duo set with Rava at L'Aquila's "Jazz Italiano per le Terre del Sisma" earthquake-relief benefit festival, 3 September 2022.

Andrea Tofanelli (trumpet, flugelhorn) - Discogs-confirmed sideman on Rava On The Dance Floor (2012, ECM Records), Rava's Parco della Musica Jazz Lab tribute to Michael Jackson. Profiled separately on this site.

Battista Lena (guitar) - played in Rava's groups from 1991 to 1996, Discogs-credited on Rava L'Opéra Va (1993, Label Bleu) and the retrospective Note Necessarie (2004, Minimum Fax); Rava in turn guests on Lena's own Banda Sonora (1997) and I Cosmonauti Russi (2002).

Barbara Casini (vocals, guitar) - liner notes on her leader debut Todo O Amor (1997); co-billed trumpeter on [Vento] (2000); trumpet and flugelhorn on Play Rava (2004, live at Umbria Jazz Festival 2003, alongside Lee Konitz, Phil Woods, and Stefano Bollani). Already profiled separately on this project.

Bruno Biriaco (drums) - drums on the Rome-recorded tracks of Pupa O Crisalide (1975, Vista), confirmed at the Discogs credit level; the album's other two lineups (Buenos Aires and New York) do not include him. Profiled separately on this site.

Bruno Romani (alto saxophone) - fellow credited musician alongside Rava's trumpet on U.T. Gandhi Ensemble's Cjale Ce Sere (1998, Nota), a Friulian folk-jazz session. Profiled separately on this site.

Claudio Quartarone (guitar) - invited by Rava into his touring Enrico Rava Special Edition ensemble after being heard at the 2007 Siena Jazz seminars; performed with the group at multiple Italian jazz festivals. A documented touring credit, not a studio recording - no release under this billing exists in Discogs, and this earlier ensemble is unrelated to Rava's 2021 ECM album Edizione Speciale. Profiled separately on this site.

Daniele Cavallanti (tenor saxophone) - Rava guested on trumpet, alongside accordionist Antonello Salis, on two Italian Instabile Orchestra releases crediting Cavallanti as a founding-era member: Litania Sibilante (2000) and Previsioni Del Tempo / Forecast (2002), both confirmed at the Discogs extraartists-credit level.

Danilo Gallo (double bass) - Rava recorded a full album, La Giostra (2025, Hora Records), with Gallo's own instrumental trio Guano Padano (Alessandro Stefana, guitar; Zeno De Rossi, drums), billed to "Guano Padano Plays With Enrico Rava."

Daniele Tittarelli (alto saxophone) - Discogs-confirmed sideman across four releases alongside Rava, 2009-2017: Jazzitaliano Live 2009 (Casa Del Jazz), Rava On The Dance Floor (2012, ECM), My Songbook (2016, Casa Del Jazz) and the anthology Note Necessarie (2017, CG Entertainment); also crosses paths with Rava as a fellow sideman in Giovanni Guidi's working band. Profiled separately on this site.

Danilo Terenzi (trombone) - fellow sideman alongside Rava's trumpet on Giorgio Gaslini Double's Message (1973, BASF), confirmed at the Discogs credit level; profiled separately on this site.

Dario Deidda (bass) - Discogs-confirmed bassist on Rava On The Dance Floor (2012, ECM Records), Rava's Parco della Musica Jazz Lab tribute to Michael Jackson, alongside Andrea Tofanelli and Daniele Tittarelli. Profiled separately on this project.

Domenico Caliri (guitar) - electric guitarist in Rava's Electric Five, alongside Gianluigi Trovesi, confirmed at the Discogs release-credit level on the group's self-titled 1995 album (Soul Note); Rava also wrote the liner notes for Caliri's own Camera Lirica (2014, Caligola). Profiled separately on this project.

Dino Piana (trombone) - a friendship dating to a mid-1950s Turin jam session; the two reunited on record more than sixty years later on Piana's final album, Al Gir Dal Bughi (2021), confirmed at the Discogs credit level. Profiled separately on this project.

Emanuele Cisi (tenor saxophone) - Rava is the featured artist on Cisi's own debut album, Where Are You (1994, Modern Times), billed "Emanuele Cisi Featuring Enrico Rava"; Cisi returns the favor on tenor sax on two tracks of Rava's own Certi Angoli Segreti (1998, Label Bleu/Musica Jazz), both confirmed at the Discogs credit level. Already profiled separately on this project.

Emanuele Parrini (violin) - fellow sideman, Discogs-confirmed, on Rotella Variations (2003, Splasc(h)), the Tiziana Ghiglioni/Parrini co-led session also featuring Gianluigi Trovesi and Claudio Fasoli.

Emiliano Vernizzi (saxophone) - Rava co-wrote the liner notes, with Dave Liebman, for the Pericopes+1 album These Human Beings (2015, Alfa Music), Discogs-confirmed. Already profiled on this project.

Enrico Morello (drums) - drummer in Rava's quartet from 2014 and in the Special Edition band from 2019, Discogs-confirmed on Wild Dance (2015, ECM, with Gianluca Petrella) and Edizione Speciale (2021, ECM, recorded live in Antwerp in 2019). Profiled separately on this site.

Emilio Soana (trumpet, flugelhorn) - trumpeter in the Bansigu Big Band's Now We Can (recorded live in Genoa in 1997, issued 2001), on which Rava is credited as a trumpet soloist. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.

Enrico Terragnoli (guitar) - both credited on the Bizart Trio's Hope (2004, Auand), Rava on five tracks and Terragnoli guesting on track 5; Terragnoli also mastered Rava's 2025 album with Guano Padano, La Giostra.

Eugenio Colombo (alto and soprano saxophones, flute) - Rava is a guest on the Italian Instabile Orchestra's Litania Sibilante (2000) and Previsioni Del Tempo / Forecast (2002) and a trumpeter on its Italian Instabile Festival (1998); both are also on the ICP Orchestra's Live Soncino (1979). Discogs-confirmed.

Fabio Zeppetella (guitar) - plays guitar on Ada Montellanico Quartetto and Rava's L'altro Tenco (Philology, recorded May 1996) and on Audioslang's Spirit Energy Presence (2005), on which Rava is special guest, both Discogs-credited.

Fabrizio Sferra (drums) - drummer on Rava's Full of Life (2003), the quintet album Tribe (2011, ECM) and the DVD Live in Montreal (2006), and on the Audioslang album Spirit Energy Presence (2005) where Rava is a special guest; all Discogs-confirmed. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.

Francesco Diodati (guitar) - guitarist on Rava's Wild Dance (2015, ECM), the concert film Note Necessarie (2017), Edizione Speciale (2021, ECM) and Fearless Five (2024), all Discogs-credited; Rava also wrote the liner notes for Diodati's Need Something Strong (2012). Profiled separately on this site.

Franco Tonani (drums) - Discogs-credited alongside Rava on Giorgio Gaslini's Nuovi Sentimenti (1966) and Message (1973). Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.

Franco Piana (trumpet, flugelhorn) - Rava is the guest trumpeter on the last track of Seven (2012, Alfa Music), credited to the Dino Piana & Franco Piana Septet, and Piana plays cornet on Al Gir Dal Bughi (2021), both confirmed at the Discogs credit level. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.

Gabriele Comeglio (alto saxophone, arranger, bandleader) - fellow member of the all-star ensemble on Franco Ambrosetti's Grazie Italia (Enja, 2000), with Comeglio on alto saxophone; Discogs-confirmed. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.

Gabriele Evangelista (double bass) - bassist in Rava's groups since 2010 and on three ECM albums: Tribe (2011), Wild Dance (2015) and Edizione Speciale (2021); also credited on the concert film Note Necessarie (2017).

Giampaolo Casati (trumpet) - credited with Rava on Battista Lena's I Cosmonauti Russi (2002, Label Bleu) and on the Bansigu Big Band's Now We Can (2001, Splasc(h) Records), where Rava is a credited trumpet soloist and Casati conducts and plays trumpet. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.

Giancarlo Barigozzi (recording engineer) - credited as recording engineer on Andanada (Soul Note SN 1064, 1983), per Discogs.

Giampaolo Ascolese - drummer on Nicola Arigliano's Go Man! (2001), on which Rava is a guest trumpeter, and on Opzioni's Il Viaggio (2004), on which Rava is a special guest; Discogs-confirmed.

Gianni Basso (tenor saxophone) - tenor saxophonist on Flashback (2002, Philology), with Stefano Bollani, Ares Tavolazzi and Massimo Manzi, and on Tea for Two (Another Flashback) (2005), per Discogs; profiled separately on this site.

Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone, tuba, euphonium) - credited together on Tiziana Ghiglioni's SONB (1992) and Rotella Variations (2003), and in the Italian Instabile Orchestra, where Rava was a guest on Previsioni Del Tempo / Forecast (2002). Discogs-confirmed.

Gianni Bedori (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute) - credited with Rava on Giorgio Gaslini's Nuovi Sentimenti (New Feelings) Suite (1966) and on Gaslini Double's Message (1973). Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.

Gianni Sanjust (clarinet) - led the 1961 Cetra EP Jazz '61 (billed as Gianni Sanjust E Il Suo Complesso), on which Discogs credits Rava on trumpet.

Giorgio Pacorig (piano, Fender Rhodes) - both are credited on the U.T. Gandhi Ensemble's Cjale Ce Sere (Nota, 1998), on which Rava plays trumpet on four tracks and Pacorig Rhodes piano on three. Discogs-verified.

Giorgio Azzolini (double bass) - bassist and leader of Crucial Moment (Car Juke Box, recorded at Fonorama Studio in Milan on June 27, 1968), a quartet with Rava on trumpet, Franco D'Andrea on piano and Aldo Romano on drums; Discogs-verified.

Giovanni Maier (double bass, cello) - credited alongside Enrico Rava on 8 releases, among them Electric Five (1995), Noir (1996), Cjale Ce Sere (1998, U.T. Gandhi Ensemble).

Glauco Venier (piano) - pianist on the U.T. Gandhi Ensemble's Cjale Ce Sere (Nota, 1998), on which Rava plays trumpet on tracks 1, 2, 4 and 11; Rava also wrote the liner notes for the quintet album Mufloni (2000) with Venier. Discogs-confirmed.

Guido Mazzon (trumpet, flugelhorn) - the other trumpeter on Gaslini Double's Message (BASF, 1973); both are credited in the Italian Instabile Orchestra on Italian Instabile Festival (1998), where Rava plays trumpet, and Rava is a guest on the orchestra's Litania Sibilante (2000) and Previsioni Del Tempo / Forecast (2002), on which Mazzon plays trumpet; Rava wrote the liner notes to One Lip 4 Tet's Squirrel Crossing (2013), on which Mazzon plays trumpet and cornet; Discogs-confirmed.

Julian Oliver Mazzariello (piano) - on Dino Piana's Al Gir Dal Bughi (2021), on which Rava plays trumpet and flugelhorn; Discogs-verified.

Luca Pirozzi (double bass, electric bass) - fellow credited musician on Riccardo Fassi Tankio Band's Serial Killer (2001, Splasc(h) Records), alongside Antonello Salis; Discogs-confirmed. Profiled separately on this site.

Luca Mannutza (piano) - Discogs-confirmed alongside him on Seven (2012), the Dino Piana & Franco Piana Septet album (Rava guests on trumpet, track 10).

Max Ionata (tenor saxophone) - both credited as guest names, alongside pianist Silvia Manco, on Hip! The Blossom Dearie Songbook (2019, Parco Della Musica Records); Discogs-confirmed shared release credit. Also a fellow sideman with Rava on Seven (2012). Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.

Mario Rusca (piano) - co-billed on D.N.A. (1997, Giants of Jazz), recorded at Mondial Studios, Milan, in December 1996, with his regular trio of bassist Lucio Terzano and drummer Tony Arco; the pairing was renewed on Smiling in Hollywood (2002, with Rusca's Trio & Strings). Discogs-confirmed. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.

Lucio Terzano (bass) - Mario Rusca trio's bassist on D.N.A. (1997, Giants of Jazz), a Rava-led studio date; Discogs-confirmed, alongside drummer Tony Arco.

Marcello Melis (double bass) - Rava plays trumpet on Melis's own leader albums The New Village On The Left... (1977) and Free To Dance (1978); Melis in turn plays bass on the Enrico Rava Quartet's Il Giro Del Giorno In 80 Mondi (1972). All Discogs-confirmed. Profiled separately on this site.

Marcello Allulli (tenor saxophone) - Rava wrote the liner notes for the Glauco Venier-led quintet album Mufloni (2000, Splasc(h)), on which Allulli plays tenor saxophone; a liner-notes credit, not a shared performance. Discogs-confirmed. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.

Mauro Ottolini (trombone) - trombonist across four Discogs-verified releases: Jazzitaliano Live 2009, Rava on the Dance Floor (2012, ECM, with the Parco della Musica Jazz Lab), My Songbook (2016) and the concert DVD Note Necessarie (2017, not to be confused with Rava's unrelated 2004 audio anthology of the same title). Already profiled on this project.

Mauro Beggio (drums) - drummer Rava discovered at the 1986 Siena Jazz seminars and brought into his quartet, documented on Animals (1987); the two also appear together on the Enrico Pieranunzi Trio's Ma L'Amore No (1997), alongside Lee Konitz. Both Discogs-verified. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.

Mirco Rubegni (trumpet) - same-release trumpet credit on Battista Lena's I Cosmonauti Russi (2002); Discogs-confirmed. Rava also wrote the liner notes (not a performance credit) for Domenico Caliri's Camera Lirica (2014), on which Rubegni plays.

Michele Polga (tenor saxophone) - fellow guest, sharing the same Discogs release credit, on Massimo Donà's Iperboliche Distanze (Le Parole Di Andrea Emo) (2020, Caligola); a shared release credit rather than confirmed interplay on the same track. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.

Nello Toscano (double bass) - leader partner on Rava's connection to the Sicilian jazz scene, Winter Sky (1994, Toscano's debut as a bandleader); the two also share a session credit on Giuseppe Emmanuele's North, South or Viceversa (1993).