Paolo Fresu Explained

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Birth Date:10 February 1961
Birth Place:Berchidda, Sardinia, Italy
Genre:Jazz

Paolo Fresu (Sardinian: Pàulu; born 10 February 1961)[1] is an Italian jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, as well as a composer and arranger of music.

Career

Born in Berchidda, Sardinia,[2] he picked up the trumpet at the age of 11, and played in the band Bernardo de Muro in his home town Berchidda.[3] Fresu graduated from the Conservatory of Cagliari in 1984, in trumpet studies under Enzo Morandini, and attended the University of Bologna School of music and performing arts in Bologna.[4] He made his debut in 1985, with the release of his first album Ostinato.[5] [6]

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.[7]

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 2011, he released Mistico Mediterraneo, which featured him, Daniele di Bonaventura and five other members playing bandoneons in A Filetta style.[8]

In 2012, his quintet performed at the Sirifort Auditorium, New Delhi, India, to celebrate 10 years of the Italian culture center there.[9]

In 2015, Fresu was awarded an honorary doctorate of music from Berklee College of Music.[10]

Partial discography

The complete official discography of Paolo Fresu can be found on his official website (more than 600 tracks).[11]

As leader

Paolo Fresu 5et

Paolo Fresu Devil Quartet

Paolo Fresu

As sideman

With Joe Barbieri

With Carla Bley

With Daniele di Bonaventura

With Uri Caine

With Lars Danielsson

With Peter Gabriel

With Aldo Romano

With Ralph Towner

See also

External links

Paolo Fresu. "Tempo e relazione" in Brooklyn Rail (September 2021), as part of section "How Long Is Now?" guest edited by Francesca Pietropaolo: https://brooklynrail.org/2021/09/criticspage

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paolo Fresu | Biography & History. AllMusic. 28 August 2021.
  2. Book: The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Colin Larkin. Guinness Publishing. 1992. First. 0-85112-939-0. 919.
  3. Web site: Paolo Fresu :: Official Site. Paolofresu.it. 28 August 2021.
  4. Jazz Musiques Productions Paolo Fresu Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Paolo Fresu's Princely Appeal. Conrad. Thomas. Jazztimes.com. en-US. 5 May 2020.
  6. Web site: Paolo Fresu - Artist Profile. Eventseeker.com. en. 5 May 2020.
  7. Tommaso Starace Tommaso Starace Biography, Tommasostarace.com, Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  8. News: Trumpet virtuoso Paolo Fresu. Ken Bader. Public Radio International. 23 February 2011. 29 April 2019.
  9. News: Delhiites have a date with Italian jazz quintet. https://archive.today/20120715021458/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-14/delhi/31700924_1_italian-jazz-italian-art-concert. dead. 15 July 2012. 14 May 2012. The Times of India. 14 May 2012.
  10. Web site: Berklee Presents Umbria Jazz Founder Carlo Pagnotta with George Wein Impresario Award and Honorary Doctorates to Paolo Fresu and Charles Lloyd. 13 July 2015. Back Bay, MA Patch. en. 3 April 2020.
  11. http://www.paolofresu.it/upload/gestione_files/pdf/paolo-fresu-discografia-1518431396.pdf Discografia completa

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