Paolo Fresu

Paolo Fresu

Paolo Fresu
Background information
Born (1961-02-10) 10 February 1961
Berchidda, Sardinia
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) 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 an Italian jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, as well as a composer and arranger of music.

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]

He 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, he recorded and toured with Carla Bley's quartet, the Lost Chords.

In 2012, his quintet performed at the Sirifort Auditorium, New Delhi, India, to celebrate 10 years of the Italian Culture Centre there.[4]

Bands

Paolo Fresu has played with the following bands:

Discography

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

Paolo Fresu quintet and sextet

As sideman

Mistico Mediterraneo, (ECM, 2011)
The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu (ECM/Watt, 2007)
Chiaroscuro (ECM, 2008)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Official biography
  2. ↑ Jazz Musiques Productions Paolo Fresu Retrieved on 8 August 2007
  3. ↑ Tommaso Starace Tommaso Starace Biography Retrieved on 19 July 2007
  4. ↑ "Delhiites have a date with Italian jazz quintet". The Times Of India. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.

External links

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