FRANCESCO CHEBAT, pianist and composer, studied with maestro Elio Cantamessa, pianist at Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
In 1999 he graduated in piano at “Giuseppe Verdi†Conservatory in Milan, where he also studied Composition with maestro Massimo Bertola.
He attended several seminars and courses mainly focused on jazz music with Tino Tracanna, Giovanni Tommaso, Larry Monroe, Dino Govoni and others.
In 2006 he graduated in Aerospace Engineering at “Politecnico di Milanoâ€.
He works both with Italian and foreign musicians and actors (Attilio Zanchi, Marco Castiglioni, Paolo Tomelleri, Emilio Soana, Marcos Vinicius, Carlo Bagnoli, Marcello Noia, Walter Ganda, Francesco D'Auria, Riccardo Fioravanti, Ney Portilho, Riccardo Vigorè, Carol Sudhalter, Roberto Piccolo and many others). He played for “Piccolo Teatro di Milano†and he performed in many theatres, jazz festivals and clubs such as Blue Note in Milan.
In 2007 he recorded “Imprintingâ€, his first CD as a leader with Attilio Zanchi on double bass and Marco Castiglioni on drums. All songs in the CD are composed by Francesco Chebat, who choose traditional acoustic trio as the best way to perform his music.
He has been working for many years with Gianni Satta (trumpet) and Cesare Bernasconi (drums). With them he founded “Tutu trio†inspired by the famous Miles Davis’s album. With “Tutu trio†Francesco plays synthesizers and the sound of this trio is full of electric influences. “Tutu trio†plays songs composed by Francesco Chebat, Gianni Satta and jazz standards written by Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane, or pop groups as Beatles, Cream and others.
He works with vocalist Martha J. as pianist and arranger.
He is also the pianist of sax player Beppe Aliprandi’s “Blue Totemâ€, a project in wich jazz standards meet ethno-music from Africa and Middle-East: the result is a different point of view to renew the tradition.
He approached Argentina and its culture first with "Café con Pan", with actor Valerio Bongiorno, then in "Storie di Tango" with Martha J.
He appears in "Numbert, il passeggero del secolo" a theatre monologue with solo piano live music, performed in many theatres in north Italy.
He played in the Vanni Stefanini trio a Latin rhythms specialist drummer. This trio, with Attilio Zanchi on double bass, played at the Blue Note of Milan and in 2004 recorded a CD entitled "Nobody knows".
DISCOGRAPHY
Martha J. 4et "That's it!" - Music Center 2008
Martha J. & Francesco Chebat "No one but you" - Music Center 2008
Francesco Chebat “Imprinting†- Music Center 2007
Vanni Stefanini “Nobody knows†- Rugginenti Editore 2004
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