Born in Trieste (Italy) in 1959, Magris began his jazz career in the late ‘70s. In the early ‘80s, he led a jazz trio named “Gruppo Jazz Marca”, whose recordings were reissued in 2005 and 2006, as collector’s items, by English label Arision. In 1987, he founded the “Roberto Magris Quartet”, a very successful band that has performed all over the world for nearly two decades. In 1998, he founded the “Europlane Orchestra”, a central-European jazz venture sponsored by INCE-CEI (Central European Initiative), composed of some best musicians from that region, which eventually led to the creation of the internationally acclaimed “Roberto Magris Europlane”.

In 2003, Magris collaborated with Herb Geller, the West-Coast jazz master, and recorded together the Cd “Il bello del Jazz” (Soulnote). In the same year he also began his collaboration with Tony Lakatos, one of the outstanding names of European jazz. In 2005, his Cd “Roberto Magris Europlane Check-In” (Soulnote) was nominated as one of the publisher’s top Cd’s of the year by “All About Jazz USA“, the most prominent jazz website in the world. In 2006, Magris was invited to perform a series of concerts in USA, also recording live at “Catalina’s Jazz Club” in Hollywood and at “The Jazz Bakery” in Los Angeles, accompanied by legendary John Coltrane’s bassist Art Davis.

Magris has recorded 12 albums with his own groups and has played concerts in over 30 different countries around Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Australia, also performing at the top jazz festivals worldwide.

As a complementary musical experience, in the late ‘90s, Magris performed with the “acid jazz” group “DMA Urban Jazz Funk”. In 2003 he founded the “Alfabeats Nu Jazz”, a “progressive jazz” band featuring rapper ‘M-bass-ado’, and in 2006 released the Cd “Alfabeats Nu Jazz Stones” (Oasis/USA), which is now available on the international market. Other Magris’ main collaborations include the “Fabio Jegher Jazz Grooves” and the “jazz piano & orchestra” concerts as a special guest of the “Big Band Ritmo-Sinfonica Città di Verona” and the “Orchestra Giovanile del Veneto”.

Magris has accompanied jazz legends such as Kai Winding, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Sal Nistico and has also performed with Franco Ambrosetti, Philip Catherine, Bill Molenhof, Janusz Muniak, Frantisek Uhlir, Michael Erian, Florian Brambock, Darko Jurkovic, Rudi Engel, Ines Reiger, Christian Muenchinger, Marko Lackner, Ricardo Cavalli, Achim Goettert, Josè Peixoto, Bosko Petrovic, Sandor Szabo, the Traditional Jazz Studio of Prague and many others.

About Magris’ style, jazz critic Ira Gitler wrote: “as a pianist he reflects some of his most admired models - Wynton Kelly, Tommy Flanagan, Bill Evans, Kenny Drew, Jaki Byard, Randy Weston, McCoy Tyner, Andrew Hill, Paul Bley, Don Pullen and Steve Kuhn (a varied group indeed) - in his own way. There is a quick, supple right hand and the rich harmonies of the two-handed transitions in his playing that don’t necessarily summon up instant comparisons to any of the above or others.”

Roberto Magris Solo Piano/Trio/Quartet (feat. Italian musicians)

Roberto Magris Europlane - Quartet/Quintet/Sextet/Orchestra (feat. musicians from Europe and USA)

Alfabeats Nu Jazz (progressive jazz & rap)

Catalina's Jazz Club and The Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles (USA 2006), Jazz at the Hermitage Garden, Moscow (Russia 2006), Krakow Jazz Festival and Muniak Jazz Club (Poland 2006), Umbria Jazz (Italy 2006), Notorious and Thelonious, Buenos Aires (Argentina 2006), Centre Culturel Francais, Libreville (Gabon 2006), Centro Cultural Ruta Maya, Managua (Nicaragua 2006), Granados Hall Asuncion and Encarnacion (Paraguay 2006), Aarau and Olten jazzclubs (Switzerland 2005), Hong Kong Performing Arts Festival and Guangzhou Xhinghai Festival (China 2004), Jakarta Festival (Indonesia 2004), Sofia Jazz Peak (Bulgaria 2004), Tashkent Jazz Festival and Samarcanda (Uzbekistan 2003), Melbourne Italian Jazz Festival and Bennett’s Lane Jazzclub (Australia 2003), Jazz en Lima (Perù 2003), Mar del Plata Jazz Festival (Argentina 2003), Jazz Tour Montevideo (Uruguay 2003), No Borders Music (Italy 2003), Kaunas Jazz and Vilnius (Lithuania 2002), Locarno Jazz (Switzerland 2002), Montreal Jazz Festival, Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival and Atlantic Jazz Festival Halifax (Canada 2001), Gostenhofer Jazztage Nuernberg (Germany 2001), Udine Jazz (Italy 2001), Half Note Athens (Greece 2001), Agharta Prague (Czech Rep. 2001), San Sebastian Jazz Festival (Spain 2000), Newport Jazz Festival Torino (Italy 2000), Ocho Rios Jazz Festival (Jamaica 2000), Curacao Jazz Festival 1999 (Dutch Antilles 1999), Juan Sebastian Bar Caracas (Venezuela 1999), Jazzkaar Tallin (Estonia 1999), Festival Guanajuato and Festival Olimpio Merìda (Mexico 1999), Festival Jazz Corinthos and Athens Music Festival (Greece 1998), Festival Cervantino, Festival Metepec and Festival Guanajuato (Mexico 1997), Jazz Time Rijeka (Croatia 1994/95/97), Moritzburg Jazz Festival Halle (Germany 1996), Atlantis Basler Jazz Woche (Switzerland 1995), Jazz in Raab (Austria 1994), International Jazz Days Zagreb (Croatia 1993), Jazz Days Liberec (Czech Rep. 1992), Jazz Festival Wuerzburg (Germany 1992), Ancona Jazz (Italy 1992), Lange Jazz Nacht Lindau (Germany 1991), Festival Jazz Sant Cugat (Spain 1990), Jazz Ost-West Nuernberg (Germany 1990), Messina Jazz Meeting (Italy 1989), Pannonton Jazz Napok Budapest (Hungary 1989), Prerov Jazz Days (Czech Rep. 1988), Euro Jazz Ivrea (Italy 1988), Sibiu Jazz (Romania 1986), Jazz Festival Gottwaldov and Blansko Jazz Days (Czech Rep. 1986), Cegled Jazz Show (Hungary 1986), International Jazz Festival Prague (Czech Rep. 1984)

Magris’ main interviews were published by Blu Jazz (1992), All About Jazz USA (2004), Musica Jazz (2005) and Jazzit (2006). Magris’ concerts and Cd reviews were also published, along the years, by Down Beat, Jazz Times, Cadence, Jazz Hot, Jazz Podium, Jazzthetik, Goldmine, Allmusic, Jazzman, Jazz Notes, The Wire, Jazz Journal International, Jazzwise, Concerto, Jazzrytmit, Cuadernos de Jazz, Jazzmozaiek, Musica Jazz, Jazzit, Acid Jazz, New Age & New Sounds a.o. and also by newspapers such as The Los Angeles Times, Herald Tribune, Capital Times, News & Observer, Herald Sun, La Nacion, Clarin, ABC, El Pais, Toronto Star, El Nacional, The Gleaner, Irish Times, South China Morning Post, El Universal, Jerusalem Post, Nuernberger Zeitung, Mitteldeutsch Zeitung, Basler Zeitung, Tiroler Zeitung, Vjesnik, Novi List, Jakarta Post, La Repubblica, Corriere della Sera Magazine, Libero, La Discussione, Liberazione, Il Secolo d’Italia a.o.