Jacopo Ferrazza

Jacopo Ferrazza was born in 1989.

Considered one of the most interesting European double bassists/composers, he began studying guitar at age 8, piano at 12, electric bass at 14 and double bass at 18.

He won in 2018 the SIAE award as the best Italian talent and was ranked several times among the best 3 talents by Musica Jazz magazine.

He studied bass and double bass with his father Angelo, John Patitucci, Aldo Perris, and Ares Tavolazzi and received his diploma in classical double bass with M° Luca Cola at the conservatory of Frosinone in 2015.  He also obtained a degree in classical piano with M° Carlo Negroni in 2016.

Jacopo has played at major domestic festivals as well as foreign festivals and clubs in Germany, New York, Illinois, Washington, Morocco, South Korea, Finland, Turkey, Poland, Japan, Switzerland, Spain, China, Czech Republic, North Carolina, Belarus, Albania, Kosovo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Bulgaria, and Israel.

Over the years he has collaborated with major international artists such as: Dave Liebman, Fabrizio Bosso, Nicola Piovani, Enrico Rava, George Garzone, Enrico Pieranunzi, Greg Hutchinson, Camille Bertault, Paolo Fresu, Maurizio Giammarco, Logan Richardson, Nico Gori, Javier Girotto, Rita Payes, Rosario Giuliani, Roberto Gatto, Rita Marcotulli, Mario Biondi and many others.

He has recorded over 40 albums as a sideman and 5 as a leader: “Rebirth” (2017) and “Theater” (2019) for Cam Jazz and “Wood Tales” (2021), “Fantàsia” (2022), “Prometheus” (2025) for his own label Teal Dreamers Factory.

Since 2019 he has been a conservatory lecturer and since 2022 he has been a lecturer on jazz ensemble music at Frosinone Conservatory “Licinio Refice”.

Awards

In 2007 he was selected as one of the best european young bass player during the "Eurobassday contest".

In 2011 he won the Jimmy Woode Award as the best bass player of Tuscia in Jazz festival.

In 2017,2019,2021 he was selected as one of the 3 best italian talent by Musica Jazz "Top Jazz.

In 2018 he won the SIAE prize as one of the best italian jazz talent.

In 2022 we won the Global music awards of California in the jazz section with his "Fantàsia"

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