Massimiliano Rolff – Upright Bass, Electric Bass
Born in Savona, a small town on Italian riviera, in 1973, graduates at the Jazz Conservatory of Groningen (Holland) in Electric Bass and Music Pedagogy in 1999, where he followed over 40 clinics and workshops with some of the best musicians worldwide.
In 1999 with a scolarship of the Dutch government he also follows a master at the Bass Collective in New York City with John Pattitucci and Lincoln Goines.
In 2003 he graduates in Jazz Music at the Conservatory "A. Vivaldi" in Alessandria (Italy). He works and live in Genova, Italy.
As freelance bassist in the last years he has performed in some of the most important clubs and festivals of Italy, Holland, France, Austria, Switzerland, California, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Missisipi, Georgia, North and South Carolina, with Jasper van't Hof, Alessio Menconi, Tom Kirkpatrick, Vera Takes the Cake, Andrea Pozza, Latin Connection, Martin Tingvall, Zibba, Stage Big Band and more either in jazz and pop-rock fields.
Between 1999 and 2006 he played in several cd-albums as free-lance bassist from jazz to rock. In 2003 he has published with Oleo the album "Next Beat" for Scenario Music, with a worldwide distribution, followed by many other compilations in many different countries.
In 2006 he has published his first album “UNIT FIVE†as solo composer and band leader with his jazz quintet for the label “Music Center†(distr. IRD). This album won the JazzLightHouse award as BEST JAZZ ALBUM 2006. He is endorser for D’Orazio Strings.
