Carlo Actis Dato

CARLO ACTIS DATO - tenor & baritone saxes, bass clarinet---------------------------------------------------- -www.actisdato.it------------------------------------Born in Turin-Italy. He has been living in the south of Italy during the childhood. His grandfather played trumpet in the marching band of his village in Piedmont, north of Italy. He started to play clarinet in this band , then he played sax in several bands of dance music, R&B and swing. ------ He was co-founder in '74 of Art Studio, one of the first group to play new jazz in Italy. Since the early 70s he has been dedicated to concertistic and discographic activities, appearing in more than 90 records for international labels in Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Canada; in half of them as leader or co-leader. ----- Many magazines have published articles and interviews about him in Europe, USA, Canada, Japan,Turkey. He made concerts all over Europe and Canada, USA, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Senegal, Antilles, Morocco, Argentina, SouthAfrica, Ethiopia. ----- He leads his ACTIS DATO QUARTET, exhibiting in over 300 festivals in Japan, Morocco, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Greece, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Finland, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Ethiopia, Lithuania,South Africa, Antilles and Italy. Also exibiting in clubs everywhere in Europe and Japan. The Quartet, assembled in 1984, has participated to radio programs for many national networks in Europe. In the annual referendum of music critics of "Musica Jazz" magazine it was ranked for seven times among the top Italian groups and his records are on "The Penguin Guide to Jazz" and on Larousse Encyclopaedia. ------- He co-leads ATIPICO TRIO (Berlin, Helsinki, Le Mans, Madrid...) , BRASSERIE Trio (Nevers, Mulhouse, Moers, Clusone, Pisa, Saalfelden, Roma) and TAO (2 tour in Japan & Italy).----- He plays "SOLO" recitals (Sarajevo, Skopjie, Nimes, Le Mans, Perpignan, Roma, Rive-de-Gier, Vancouver, eight tours in Japan, 2 in USA, 2 in Canada). ---- He leads ACTIS BAND, aggressive-downtown music (Italy, Germany, Belgium, Slovenia, France, Switzerland, Greece, Indonesia, Finland). ------ He is a member of ITALIAN INSTABILE ORCHESTRA, six times voted as the best group in Italy , touring Japan and Canada, everywhere in Europe, Chicago, recording with Cecil Taylor; of Minafra SUD ENSAMBLE, (voted as best italian group in 2005), FAZIO Sextet , DUO with E. ROCCO (playing with them everywhere in Europe, Argentina,Japan), DUO with Spanish bass-player BALDO MARTINEZ (Italy, Spain) Ellen Christi Quintet (New York, Toronto, Senegal). ----- He took part in many dance and theatre performances. He was ranked among the best baritone sax players worlwide (first Italian jazz musician to reach this nomination) from the 2001’ critics poll of the american magazine “Down Beat”. He was Artistic Director of “Italia in Fukui” Festival, Japan. He played with dozen of European, American and Japanese musicians, among them David Murray, Cecil Taylor, Ken Vandermark, W.Horvitz, B. Phillips, L.Moholo, R.Garrett, J.Shahid, E.Rava, G.Gaslini, M.Dresser, L.Bowie, D.Sanborn, M.Nicols, K.Tippett, G.Sommer, A.Salis, L.Konté, K.Umezu, M.Satoh, T.Kondo, S.Fujii, A.Sakata, C.Zingaro, M.Bisio, J.McPhee,Manu Dibango......... ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- Selected Discography As leader or co-leader: Actis dato quartet : Noblesse Oblie & Oltremare –Splasch 1987 & 1988, reissued 1999 (2 CD) Ankara Twist -Splasch 1989 Bagdad Boogie – Splasch 1992 Blue Cairo – Splasch 1995 Delhi Mambo – YVP 1998 (Germany) Enna Milonga – Baj 1999 (Japan) Istanbul Rap – YVP 2002 (Germany) Swingin’ Hanoi – Splasch 2003 Actis Dato Solo : Urartu – Leo 1994 (England) The Moonwalker – Leo 2000 (England) Actis Dato/Baldo Martinez -Folklore Imaginario - Leo 2004(England) Actis Dato / Rocco : Paella & Norimaki – Splasch 1999 Atipico Trio : Allegro con Brio – Leo 2003 (England) Art Studio : Complete CMC Sessions – Splasch 1995 (2 CD) Brasserie Trio : Musique Mécanique – Leo 1998 (England) Actis Dato / M.Satoh - Liberissimo – Baj 1999 (Japan) TAO : Tomorrow night gig – Leo 2000 (England) Vandermark/Horvitz/Reed/Robair etc : USA Tour – Splasch 2001 Mott/Ho Bynum/Lonberg-Holm/Samworth etc :American Tour - Splasch 2002 Actis Band : Son para el Che – Splasch 1997 Don Quijote – Splasch 2001 Garibaldi – Leo 2002 (England) On Tour - Live 2004 – Splasch 2005 Actis Furioso - Avanti Popolo ! – Splasch 2005 As sideman: Roy Paci - Corleone -Etna Gigante 2004 Fazio septet - Zapping – Leo 2003 Minafra Sud Ensemble - Sudori – Victo 1995 (Canada) Terronia – ENJA (Germania) 2004 Gaslini big band - Mister O – Soul Note 1996 Italian Instabile Orchestra - Skies of Europe – ECM 1994 The Owner of the River Bank (with Cecil Taylor)– ENJA 2003