Bernardo Sassetti

Bernardo Sassetti
Born June 24, 1970 (1970-06-24) (age 41)
Lisbon, Portugal
Origin Lisbon
Genres Jazz
Occupations Musician, film composer, music educator
Instruments Piano
Years active 1980s–present
Labels Clean Feed

Bernardo Sassetti (born 24 June 1970[1]) is a Portuguese jazz pianist and film composer.

Sassetti was born in Lisbon.[1] He initially played guitar, then began studying piano and music theory at age nine.[2] He became interested in jazz after hearing Bill Evans.[2] By the late 1980s, he was backing visiting musicians and teaching jazz piano in Lisbon (and, later, taught throughout other lusophonic areas).[2] During the 1990s, he worked in London, where he recorded three albums with Guy Barker's group.[2][3] His 2006 album Unreal: Sidewalk Cartoon received a four-star rating (of a possible four) in The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.),[3] and was selected as one of the 1001 best jazz albums in the 2010 Penguin guide (10th ed.).[1]

In addition to his jazz work, Sassetti has composed numerous film scores.[4] He has also acted in films, for example appearing as a member of the Napoli Jazz Sextet in The Talented Mr. Ripley.[1]

Discography

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c d Morton, Brian; Richard Cook (2010) [1992]. The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1001 Best Albums. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (10th ed.). New York: Penguin. pp. 698–699. ISBN 978-0-141-04831-4. 
  2. ^ a b c d Priestley, Brian; Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather (2004). The Rough Guide to Jazz. London: Rough Guides. p. 698. http://books.google.com/books?id=I5wrGL-a-Q8C&lpg=PR99-IA256&pg=PR99-IA256#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2011-11-12. 
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. pp. 1263–1264. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0. 
  4. ^ Bernardo Sassetti at the Internet Movie Database
  5. ^ "Unreal: Sidewalk Cartoon". Clean Feed. http://www.cleanfeed-records.com/disco2US.asp?intID=198. Retrieved 2011-11-12.