Alberto Malnati, learns bass at the Quarto jazz school with Luciano Milanese and Piero Leveratto.
He perfects his knowledge of music with the help of great bass players such as, Pierre Bousseguet, Walter Booker, Ray Brown and Ron Carter.
He partecipates to many internationals jazz festivals and performs in various clubs and theatres in Italy and Europe.
During all those years he plays with a considerable number of important american and italian musicians i.e.
Riccardo Zegna , Gianni Basso, Johannes Faber, Gianni Coscia, Stefano Bagnoli, Andrea Pozza, Dado Moroni, NandoDeLuca, David Boato, Sandro Gibellini, Antonio Farao', Ferdinando Farao', G.P. Casati, Claudio Capurro, Bruno Marini,Guglielmo Pagnozzi, Rosario Giuliani, Alessio Menconi, Joe Diorio, Mike Stern, Eric Marienthal, Paul Jeffrey, Jesse Davis, Plas Johnson, Lisa Pollard, Shawn Montero, Jeri Brown, Clive Alive, Jamie Davis, Linda Wesley, Rev. Lee Brown, Kitty Margolis, Tom Kirkpatrick, Red Holloway, Loomis Green, Zam Johnson, Sangoma Everett, Jimmy Cobb, Kenny Barron, Benny Golson, Charlie Mariano, Consuela Lee, Bobby Durham, Hilaria Kramer and many others.
As leader he records the cd "The Big Gift" for the label "Pull Music", with Sangoma Everett: drums, Andrea Pozza: piano, Stefano Guazzo : Sax, Felice Reggio : Trumphet
He was regular member of the alto sax player Cristina Mazza quintet, and he is co-leader of the Be Bop impossible quartet, formed with the excellent baritone players Bruno Marini, Andrea Pozza and Max Caracca, band which has recorded the cd "bebop impossible", edited by "Azzura music".
He wons the international prize "Barga Jazz '99" with Ata trio and with the piano player Alberto Tacchini leaded the Vajrayana quintet with the excellent american tenor saxofonist Matt Renzi, David Boato and Ferdinando Faraò. He plays regurarly with the song writer Giorgio Conte since 1999 whoms he performed tours in Italy, Germany, Holland, Spain, France, Switzerland, Austria and Canada, recording the cd s il "Contestorie", and "The Best of Giorgio Conte live" for the label "Storie di note", and "la belle vie" for the french label empreinte digitale.
with Andrea Pozza and Carlo Milanese compose and records music and lirics for the debuts album of the singer Rosalba Miccoli "gull's flight" for the label il "Madrigale"
He teach bass, combo and organizes jazz clinics in Genoa since 1994.With the drummer Rodolfo Cervetto and Alberto Tacchini forms a permanent trio . The cooperation with the drummer Rodolfo Cervetto continuos in the band of Carlo Milanese (piano player and composer) ,intermission quartet
From 1997 to 1999 he was the assistent of Buster Williams at the jazz clinix "We Love Jazz"
He performs at severals radio..s and tv's jazz programs in Italy, Europe and Canada.
" I know Alberto since he was 16 years old. He is a men now and a good bass player but one thing has not changed: the great energy and the precious vitality he put on the bass are the same of the kid i knew..
PIERO LEVERATTO
..i feel a great artistic and human affinity with Alberto and his way to play jazz music.
LUCIANO MILANESE
..When Alberto walks the bass you hear the correct notes being placed in the right spots. Notes that support, swing and create a forward momentum. he plays music on the bass.
BUSTER WILLIAMS
..Baby two news about you, the good one: you have a great skillnes on the bass.
The bad one: you have a great skillnes on the bass
WALTER BOOKER
.. congratulations, your cd is the better example of italian Blue Note style i..ve heard from many years..
PEPPO SPAGNOLI -SPLAS(h) records
