Enzo Avitabile

Enzo Avitabile (born 1 March 1955) is an Italian saxophonist and singer-songwriter. After a longer phase with soul music, since 1996 he plays fusion of World music and Jazz fusion music, rooted in Neapolitan traditions and characteristic dialect. He started playing saxophone as an autodidact as ten years old. He has collaborated with Pino Daniele, Edoardo Bennato, James Brown, Afrika Bambaataa, Randy Crawford and Tina Turner, among others. With his I Bottari di Portico lineup, he was nominated for the prestigious 'Audience Award' in the 2005 BBC Awards for World Music.