Results for "Dado Moroni"

Dado Moroni

Born: October 20, 1962

Edgardo “Dado” Moroni was born in Genoa, Italy, was exposed to Jazz music very early, thanks to his parents’ record collection, and he started playing piano at age four. Basically self taught, Fats Waller, Earl Hines, Teddy Wilson, Art Tatum and Erroll Garner were his first influences and Dado tried to learn their solos by ear until, around age 11, he met local Jazz pianist Flavio Crivelli, who gave him a more formal training and introduced him to the music of Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Dizzy Gillespie and more contemporary pianists like Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal and Oscar Peterson. Dado started playing professionally from age 14, with the most important Italian Jazz musicians such as Gianni Basso, Franco Cerri, Sergio Fanni, Luciano Milanese, Massimo Urbani, Sandro Gibellini and Tullio De Piscopo, performing in clubs and concerts throughout the country and in 1979, at age 17, he recorded his first album in trio with Tullio De Piscopo on drums and American bassist Julius Farmer

Minerva Musicae 2026

by Luciano Rossetti
August 5, 2026

Giuseppe Cucchiara

Born: August 18, 1994

Italy born-and-raised and NYC-based upright bassist and composer Giuseppe Cucchiara grew up immersed among countless jazz vinyls and dynamic musical inputs from the earliest age. His father, who happens to be a classical upright bass player, laid the path for him to approach various instruments during his childhood until 2010, when at the age of 16 Giuseppe eventually picked up the bass to never let it go. During his teenage years, he crossed paths with highly praised Italian jazz drummer Stefano Bagnoli, with whom he toured around as a sideman for “We Kids” Trio, and recorded four albums for some major Italian jazz record companies, namely Ultrasound Records, Abeat Records and Jazzit Records

Umbria Jazz Winter a Orvieto

by Libero Farnè
January 7, 2026

Umbria Jazz Winter Varie sedi Orvieto 30 dicembre 2025--3 gennaio 2026 A differenza di tutti gli altri anni recenti, sui main stage di questa 32^ edizione di Umbria Jazz Winter--il Teatro Macinelli, il Museo Emilio Greco e il Palazzo del Popolo--non erano presenti esponenti dell'attuale scena statunitense in veste di ...

The Journey

By Gabriele Comeglio

Label: Dodicilune Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Shuffle Tune; Bassic Instinct; Song for Caterina; Bop Street; Just in Case: For My Parents; Night Roads; South; Che M’importa Del Mondo; Frully; Alice; Lullaby of the Leaves; Prelude.

Di Castri Quartet Vibessence at Milestone in Piacenza

by Danilo Codazzi
December 19, 2025

Gabriele Comeglio: The Journey

by Angelo Leonardi
November 12, 2025

In un ruolo più appartato rispetto a jazzisti italiani della generazione precedente, divenuti celebri anche al grande pubblico, Gabriele Comeglio ha svolto continuative esperienze anche nella musica leggera, producendo ed orchestrando numerosi dischi di Mina, collaborando con Battiato, Dalla, De Gregori, Daniele, Antoniacci e altri, scrivendo musiche per teatro, cinema e televisione. La sua ...

Alba Jazz 2025 Festival, Part 2

by Antonio Baiano
July 21, 2025

Alba Jazz 2025 Festival, Part 1

by Antonio Baiano
July 19, 2025

A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz: Part 2

by Ian Patterson
March 19, 2025

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 The second installment of A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz--a series developed with the cooperation of the Ukrainian Institute--introduces five more highly talented jazz artists/groups from Ukraine. In addition, we profile the jazz festivals and jazz clubs that are keeping ...