Marcello Testa

MARCELLO TESTA Double Bass & El. Bass Player, producer - arranger. MUSICAL STUDIES He studied el. bass with M° Flavio Piantoni – double bass graduation, 1998 “Conservatorio Statale G. Cantelli” Novara. - “Jazz” graduation, 2002 “Conservatorio G. B. Martini” Bologna --“Multimedia Music”1st. level graduation 2003 “Conservatorio G. B. Martini” Bologna.
COLLABORATIONS Lorenzo Erra, Antonio Fusco, Riccardo Del Togno, Claudio Guida, Gianni Guido, Nicola Stranieri, Alessio Bertallot, Giorgio Secco, Veronica e Malandrino, Paul Rosette, Beppe Dettori, Claudio Allifranchini, Marco Bianchi, Fabrizio Festa, Paolo Fresu, Filippo Rodolfi, Fabrizio Spadea, Fabio Chirico, Andy Funk, Roberto Olzer, Keever Big Band, Artistry Big Band, ‘Freddy il musical’, Stefano Ghittoni, Cesare Malfatti, Ugo De Crescenzo, Leziero Rescigno, Giovanni Calella, Sean Martin, Georgeanne Kalweit, Lagash, Dj Pandaj, Esa, Marya, Pilot Jazou, Dipper, The Dining Rooms Orchestra Giovanile Europea Spazio Musica, Compagnia Italiana di Operette, Orchestra Giovanile Teatro Coccia Novara, Kli-Zemer Trio etc. He plays on 2008 tour with the band "La Crus".
RECORDING/PRODUCTION DILA’/”Dil..” (Dil../Cambio musica 1999) – PILOT JAZOU (“Wonderful Morning” Disturbance/Minus Habens 2003) - DATI (“Tous Les Soirs ” Minus Habens/EMI 2004) - TOCO (“Instala..ao Do Samba” Schema/Ishtar 2004) - THE DINING ROOMS (“Experiments In Ambient Soul” Schema/Ishtar 2005) BLACK BIT (“Unbelieveble” Disturbance/Minus Habens 2005) - - THE DINING ROOMS (“Versioni particolari 2” Schema/Ishtar 2006) BARBARA CAVALERI (“Ad Un Passo Dal Sogno” Edel/Lagash 2006) - PILOT JAZOU (“More Time” Disturbance/Minus Habens 2007) - Kli-Zemer Trio (KLEZMER MUSIC (Ocarina-Music-Austria 2007) – - THE DINING ROOMS (“Ink” Schema/Ishtar 2007) - DIRECTIONS (“Directions” NP-Nicolosi Productions 2007 ) – MARCELLO TESTA TRIO (“An Ordinary Week” Ultra-Sound 2007), THE DINING ROOMS ("Other Ink" Schema/Ishtar 2008). He plays in the soundtrack of Davide Ferrario’s movie “Se devo Essere Sincera” (2004) composed by Fabio Barovero (Mau Mau), As arranger he has collaborated with “Teatro Della Bicchierata” of Arezzo (“El Retablo De Maese Pedro” by Manuel De Falla, 2003), he is co-arranger, with M° Fabrizio Festa, of the trumpet player Paolo Fresu’s Tunes played by himself in the “XI Concorso Internazionale 2 Agosto” in Bologna (2005), he arranges co-produces the second PILOT JAZOU album “More Time” (Disturbance/Minus Habens 2007).