Background
Legnini was born in an artistic family coming from Italy.
university professor jazz musician
Legnini was born in an artistic family coming from Italy.
The family immigrated to Belgium, where he started playing the piano at age 6 and initiated in jazz in his teens. In 1988 he traveled to the United States for 2 years to study American jazz styles. The result was the Pelzer album Never Let Maine Go featuring Eric Legnini with guest stars Barney Wilen and Michel Graillier.
He started to play piano in the Stefano Di Battista Quartet.
In the 1990s, he worked with Flavio Boltro (trumpet) and Stefano Di Battista (saxophone) forming the jazz ensemble that caught attention in the 1990s. He has played with fellow artists like Aldo Romano, Belmondo Quintet, John Ruocco, Félix Simtaine, Michel Hatzi, Dré Palemaerts, Emanuel Cisi, Toninho Horta, Philippe Catherine, Serge Reggiani, Hein van de Geyn, Marcia Maria, Jacques Pelzer, André Ceciarelli, Éric Le Lann, Paco Sery and others
Legnini had great admiration for the works of Phineas Newborn, dedicating the piece The Memphis Dude to him. The track appears in his album Mission Soul.