Paolo Fresu

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Paolo Fresu (born in Berchidda, Sardinia, on February 10, 1961) is a trumpet and flugelhorn jazz player, as well as an arranger of music, and music composer.

The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu in Monaco. From left to right : Carla Bley, Paolo Fresu and Andy Sheppard
The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu in Monaco. From left to right : Carla Bley, Paolo Fresu and Andy Sheppard

Fresu 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 currently teaches 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, TV, and film.

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[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" and
  • "Paolo Fresu Euro4th".

[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)
  • 1995 - Night on the City - (OWL - EMI)
  • 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)
  • 1997 - Paolo Fresu 5th / Erwin Vann - Wanderlust (RCA / Victor BMG)

[edit] Links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Official biography [1]
  2. ^ Jazz Musiques Productions Paolo Fresu Retrieved on 8 August 2007
  3. ^ Tommaso Starace Tommaso Starace Biography Retrieved on 19 July 2007
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