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Mirko Fait

Born: June 3, 1965

Mirko Fait, Italian, was born in Milan on 3rd June 1965 in a family of artists. Mirko started playing the guitar at a young age, from the early 1970s, but it was only later that he realised that his cultural ground was jazz music. This is why in the 1990s he chose the contralto saxophone. He started his studies in Bergamo with Alberto Nacci, moving back to Milan he continued studying the tenor saxophone with the maestro Michele Bozza, with Giulio Visibelli and Emanuele Cisi at the centre “Civica di jazz” run by Franco Cerri and Enrico Intra, until his last lessons with the American Michael Rosen.

He played straight away in different bands and he performed from the very first years also in jam sessions and with various jazz groups in a few Milanese clubs (Capolinea, Scimmie, Tangram, Aquatica, Mirasol, le Trottoir, Ittolittos, Ca’Bianca, Santa Tecla).

In January 2002, with the Cuban trumpet player and pianist Gendrickson Mena Diaz, he was asked to play for a renowned stylist group at the Pitti Uomo club and in 2003 he founded the jazz band Five for you

Confidences

By Mirko Fait

Label: Jazz Di Marca
Released: 2017
Track listing: Lastlove; Sad Eyes’ Child; Quanno Chiove; Never Alone Melita; Rebecca Smile; All I Missed; B Mine; Nada Mais; Funny Day; Aquarela.

Mirko Fait 5tet: Confidences

by Jack Bowers
February 3, 2017

Here's more clear evidence courtesy of Italian-born saxophonist Mirko Fait's quintet that tasteful jazz doesn't run its course at America's borders. These are accomplished musicians who know how to swing and can hold their heads high in any company, foreign or domestic. On the other hand, there is nothing here that sets Fait's group apart from ...

Confidences

By Mirko Fait

Label: Italian Way Music
Released: 2016
Track listing: 01 • Lastlove (M. Fait/G. Mena Diaz) 02 • Sad Eyes’ Child (M. Fait/G. Mena Diaz) 03 • Quanno Chiove (P. Daniele) 04 • Never Alone Melita (M. Fait) 05 • Rebecca Smile (M. Fait) 06 • All I Missed (M. Fait/G. Mena Diaz) 07 • B Mine (M. Fait/G. Mena Diaz) 08 • Nada Mais (M. Fait - K. Dos Santos) 09 • Funny Day (M. Fait/G. Mena Diaz) 10 • Aquarela (Toquinho)

Saint Valentine's Day Release by Mirko Fait

February 2, 2011

Download the music for Saint Valentine's Day gift... Read some quotes about Mirko Fait and his music: “Mirko Fait's music reaches deep down into your soul, it is filled with a certain “je ne sais quoi" that brings your emotions back to the surface. His style is unique and diverse at the same time, ...

Preview in Florence, Italy of the short film by Alessandro Daquino for Zerocinquefilm with the music by John Toso and Mirko Fait

December 2, 2010

Zerocinquefilm presents a new short film by the young director Alessandro Daquino. The film, called “Sono sempre stata Chiara" (I have always been clear/Clare) deals with its theme in a modern and fascinating way. More and more often, we hear about sexual ambiguity and sex change, but here the director talks about it in a particularly ...

"Sex for Money" (Mirko Fait - John Toso) included in a giant jazz compilation: 70 relaxing masterpieces

September 1, 2010

In July 2010 the French label company Believe chosen the song “Sex for money" from the album “Just for you" of Mirko Fait & John Toso for the great jazz compilation “70 relaxing holiday masterpieces". A compilation including major jazz players such as Miles Davis, Louis Amstrong, Billie Holiday, Chet Baker, Toquinho, Stefano Bollani, Enrico Rava, ...

United Jazz Artists of Milan

By Mirko Fait

Label: Italian Way Music
Released: 2009

In a Whisper... Between Ambient and Jazz, a Love Call

February 9, 2009

In music, as in life, a fortuitous encounter can generate a spark of poetry. This is what happened between Gino Fioravanti (at the piano) and Mirko Fait (at the soprano saxophone). To bring together these two artists was John Toso (co-author of the pieces) who skilfully led the two musicians on parallel paths. The evanescent notes ...

LastLove

By Mirko Fait

Label: Italian Way Music
Released: 0