Paolo Frattini

Paolo Frattini was born in 1976 and lives in Varese (Italy).He studied classical guitar with G. Motta, electric bass with Paolo Costa, upright bass with Stefano Dall’Ora and improvisation, ear training and composition with Marco Conti.During all these years he has had the chance to play in Italy, France, England, Austria, Benelux and Germany. He also collaborated in theatre with Carlo Verdone, Barbara Evans, Suzy Wong.He performed live and recorded with lot of different bands and artists such as Junior Wells, Julia St.Louis, Gaelle, Tullio De Piscopo, Radoslav Lorkovic, Elliott Murphy, Bassi Maestro, Tormento, No One Else. He also worked for many years with the italian producer Giuliano Boursier at the Sunrise Studio.Also, Paolo took part in clinics Furio di Castri and Paolino Dalla Porta (at Siena Jazz, 1995) and with Stuart Hamm, Marcus Miller, Alain Caron and Gary Willis. At the moment, he is studing at the Jazz civic school (Franco Cerri) in Milan.His ACK project - acid funk released 4 albums (more than 65.000 copies) only recording only original compositions, including different styles (funk, nu-jazz, afro rhythm, trip-hop).These days, Paolo is also teaching @ his studio and from the "CFM" school in Varese and is working as a freelance musician.