Paolo Fresu
| Paolo Fresu | |
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 Paolo Fresu, Vicenza Jazz Festival, Italy, May 2005; photo: Manuel Cristaldi |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 10 February 1961 Berchidda, Sardinia |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupations | Musician, composer, arranger, record producer |
| Instruments | Trumpet, flugelhorn |
| Labels | EMI, Columbia, Blue Note Records, RCA Records |
| Website | Paolo Fresu's official site |
Paolo Fresu (born February 10, 1961) is a trumpet and flugelhorn jazz player, as well as an arranger of music, and music composer.
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[edit] Career
Fresu was born in Berchidda, Sardinia. He picked up the trumpet at the age of 11, and played in the band Bernardo de Muro in his home town Berchidda.[1] Fresu graduated from the Conservatory of Cagliari in 1984, in trumpet studies under Enzo Morandini, and attended the University of Musical and performing arts in Bologna.[2]
Fresu has taught at the Siena Jazz National Seminars, as well as jazz university courses in Terni, and is the director of Nuoro Jazz Seminars in Nuoro, Italy.[3]
Fresu composes music for theatre, poem, dance, radio, television, and film.
In 2007, Fresu recorded and toured with Carla Bley's quartet, The Lost Chords.
[edit] Bands
Paolo Fresu has played with the following bands:
- Paolo Fresu Quintet and Sextet
- Paolo Fresu-Furio di Castri Duo
- The Open Trio (with Di Castri and James Taylor)
- P.A.F. (with Furio di Castri and Antonello Salis)
- Fresu-Di Castri-Balke-Favre
- Paolo Fresu Euro4th
- Paolo Fresu Angel Quartet (with Nguyên Lê, Furio di Castri, Roberto Gatto and Antonello Sallis)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Paolo Fresu quintet and sextet
- 1985 - Ostinato - (Splasc(h) Records)
- 1986 - Inner Voices feat. David Liebman - (Splasc(h) Records)
- 1987 - Mamut - (Splasc(h) Records)
- 1988 - Qvarto - (Splasc(h) Records)
- 1989 - AA.VV. (Fresu 5th) - Top jazz from Italy (Yvp)
- 1990 - Live in Montpellier - (Splasc(h) Records)
- 1991 - Ossi Di Seppia feat. G. Trovesi - (Splasc(h) Records)
- 1992 - Ballads - (Splasc(h) Records)
- 1992 - Linve in Lugano - (Blue Jazz)
- 1994 - Ensalda Mistica feat. G. Trovesi - (Splasc(h) Records)
- 1994 - AA.VV. (Fresu 5th) - I Disertori (Columbia Records)
- 1995 - Night on the City - (OWL - EMI Records)
- 1995 - AA.VV. (Fresu 5th) - Onyx jazz Club 85-95 (Onyx)
- 1996 - AA.VV. (Fresu 6th) - Italian jazz today (MJDC)
- 1996 - P. Fresu 6th + Orchestra Utopia - 6 X 30 (Onyx)
- 1996 - AA.VV. (Fresu 5th) - Sempler, The Blue Note 1995 Labels (EMI / Blue Note Records)
- 1997 - Paolo Fresu 5th / Erwin Vann - Wanderlust (RCA/Victor BMG)
[edit] As sideman
- With A Filetta and Daniele di Bonaventura
- Mistico Mediterraneo, (ECM, 2011)
- With Carla Bley
- The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu (ECM/Watt, 2007)
- With Ralph Towner
- Chiaroscuro (ECM, 2008)
[edit] References
- ^ Official biography
- ^ Jazz Musiques Productions Paolo Fresu Retrieved on 8 August 2007
- ^ Tommaso Starace Tommaso Starace Biography Retrieved on 19 July 2007
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