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Massimo Colombo, born in 1961in Milano, is a composer, arranger, pianist and keyboard player. He has taken part in concerts and music productions with a variety of Italian musicians including: Paolo Fresu, Attilio Zanchi, Tino Tracanna, Paolino Dalla Porta, Roberto Ottaviano, Gigi Cifarelli, Enrico Rava, Gianluigi Trovesi, Giulio Capiozzo, Paolo Pellegatti, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Flavio Boltro, Franco D'Andrea, Gianni Coscia, Bruno de Filippi, Maurizio Giammarco, Mauro Pagani, Alberto Camerini, Franco Mussida and Franz Di Cioccio (PFM), Christian Meyer, Elio; And with international musicians including: Tony Scott, Tommy Campbell, Enzo Todesco, Pierre Favre, Billy Cobham, Martin Dietrich Whener, jeff Berlin, Greg Hutchinson. He has recorded 20 cd’s as a writer for various musical groups using both acoustic and electric sounds. He has taken part in important festivals in: Milano, Bergamo, Latina, Parma, Bologna, Berchidda, Bolzano, Trento, Nuoro, Ginevra; and in different radio and RAI tv programs (Invenzioni a due voci, Jazz Club). He teaches piano and composition at the “Centro Professione Musica” and jazz arranging at Conservatorio "Giuseppe Verdi" of Milano. He writes for music magazines and has published a series of didactic scores (two of these for Carish). He has collaborated in the making of a cd-rom on the history of jazz.


"Nell'album Il Gioco delle Forme di Massimo Colombo, l’impegno culturale e artistico assunto dal suo autore è il segno che al conformismo di tanta produzione inutile, ma di successo, si possa artisticamente reagire."
Maurizio Franco

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Member Since: 11/6/2006
Band Website: massimocolombo.it
Band Members: Massimo Colombo trio with Marco Micheli (double bass) and Francesco Sotgiu (drums) or with Yuri Goloubev (double bass) and Asaf Sirkis (drums).Linea c with Walter Calloni (drums) and Attilio Zanchi (double bass)
Influences: J. S. Bach, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Robert Schumann, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Lennie Tristano, Keith Jarrett, Michael Brecker, Béla Bartok, Paul Hindemith, Alexander Scriabin, Alberto Ginastera
Sounds Like:Discography:1989 Alexander (Marco Micheli, Francesco Sotgiu) 1992 Games (Tino Tracanna, Naco) 1993 Composizioni (piano solo) 1993 Linea di confine (Walter Calloni, Stefano Cerri) 1994 Relazioni e rapporti (Paolo Fresu, Franco D'Andrea, Emanuele Cisi, Tino Tracanna,Marco Micheli, Francesco Sotgiu 1995 Conserto (Pierre Favre, Tino Tracanna, Alberto Nacci, Roger Rota, Maurizio Moraschini) 1996 Mappa di un possibile viaggiatore (Walter Calloni, Stefano Cerri, Mauro Pagani, Naco) 1997 Il suono elegante (piano solo) 1998 The Naco Orchestra 1999 Mondo 2000 Salti ed assalti (Walter Calloni, Stefano Cerri) 2000 Sole 2001 Luna 2002 MCWE Live 2003 Virtualmente 2004 Conscious (Marco Micheli, Francesco Sotgiu) 2004 Immagini 2005 Caravaggio (Billy Cobham, Jeff Berlin) 2006 Assolo in equilibrio
Record Label: Splasc(H), M.A.P., Nicolosiproduction
Type of Label: Indie