About Me
Born in Brescia, Italy, in 1974 he started studying saxophone as his very first instrument quite late, at 18 years. Immediately interested in jazz music and all afroamerican sounds, he started his class under Emanuele Cisi’s guide, then attending master classes with top Italian jazz players, such as Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Claudio Fasoli, Franco D’Andrea, Stefano Battaglia. Some collaborations with the young songwriter Alan Zamboni, releasing the album “Girandolita Gupil†together with the guitar player Juan “Flaco†Biondini, pianist Oscar Del Barba, percussionist Beppe Gioacchini. In 2000 the guitar player Marino Fracassi invites him to join his quartet with Luca Gianninone on drums, Roberto Boccasavia on Hammond and to record his album “Marea†for the MAP label. During the years, and still nowadays, he has been keeping a continuous collaboration with the great trumpet and piano player, from Sicily, Dino Rubino and with the drummer Mattia Barbieri and with them, in various formations, he still tours clubs and Festivals. Frequently he has collaborations with Modern and Contemporary Dance Companies developing a totally free and symbiotic improvisation during their shows. After one of this collaborations born the Spiral Trio, with Paolo Biasi on electric bass and Beppe Gioacchini on percussions, a unique trio with a powerful and at the meantime soulful sound. Nowadays he tours with his own 4et featuring Walter Beltrami on guitar, Paolo Biasi on electric bass and Mattia Barbieri on drums; his trio with Roberto Bordiga on bass and Emanuele Maniscalco on drums and another trio with Giulio Corini on bass and Paolo Bacchetta on guitar.
Finally the last jazz project, chronologically speaking, a duo with Emanuele Maniscalco, great talent of Italian jazz, featuring here on piano, moving between standards and original tunes targeting to a minimal sound and a deep experimentation that this small formula can achieve.
Always attracted by electronic sounds and the possible solutions that technology offers, in 2006 he started two new experinces: the first one together with great frineds and musicians Francesco Venturini (aka Cico) and Eddie Fedrigolli (aka Magofunkazz), called the Newtone project, an electronic experience for voice, saxophones, grooves and sounds; the second one called Burnin'Man, exploring the sounds of Morphine and other undergorund rock bands, with vocals+bass, drums and baritone saxophone .___________________________________________________________
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Nato a Brescia il 4 settembre 1974 si avvicina allo studio del sassofono tenore piuttosto tardi, a 18 anni. Da subito orientato al jazz e alla musica afroamericana in generale, prosegue gli studi sotto la guida del sassofonista torinese Emanuele Cisi e contemporaneamente partecipa a numerosi seminari con Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Claudio Fasoli, Franco D'Andrea, Stefano Battaglia. Ha collaborato continuativamente con il cantautore Alan Zamboni, intervenendo alla realizzazione del cd "Girandolita Gupil" cui partecipano musicisti quali Juan "Flaco" Biondini, Oscar Del Barba, Guido Bombardieri, il citato Gioacchini.Nel 2000 nasce la collaborazione con il chitarrista Marino Fracassi del cui quartetto entra a far parte insieme a Roberto Boccasavia all'organo e Luca Gianninone alla batteria. Con tale formazione incide nel 2001 il cd "Marea" per l'etichetta milanese MAP che dà seguito a numerosi concerti in teatri e jazz club.Prosegue negli anni l'attività concertistica con numerosi musicisti tra i quali Valerio Abeni, Marco Cremaschini, Lorenzo Lama, Luciano Poli, Marino Fracassi, Emanuele Maniscalco, Giulio Corini, Mattia Barbieri, Roberto Bordiga, Walter Beltrami, e con il pianista siciliano Dino Rubino, nuovo talento già premiato dal premio Massimo Urbani.Particolarmente interessato ad approfondire le diverse possibili sonorità delle formazioni in trio pianoless, è attualmente impegnato in due formazioni a proprio nome: la prima con Roberto Bordiga al contrabbasso ed Emanuele Maniscalco alla batteria, la seconda con Paolo Biasi al basso elettrico e Mattia Barbieri alla batteria.Ultima in ordine cronologico la formazione in duo con l'amico Emanuele Maniscalco, questa volte però al pianoforte. Una formazione di forte impatto emotivo in cui l'interplay, cercato partendo da pochissime armonie e pochi punti di riferimento scritti, diventa, insieme alla ricerca sonora, la prima ed essenziale ricerca dei due.
