Stefano Di Battista Explained

Stefano Di Battista
Background:	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth Date:	14 February 1969
Birth Place:	Rome, Italy
Genre:	Jazz
Occupation:	Musician, composer, bandleader
Instrument:	Saxophone
Label:	Blue Note, Discograph, Just Looking

Stefano Di Battista (born February 14, 1969) is an Italian jazz musician who plays soprano and alto saxophone.^{[1] [2]}

Career

Di Battista began playing at thirteen with friends and became interested in jazz after hearing Art Pepper. In Italy he received guidance from Massimo Urbani and by his twenties Di Battista was performing in Paris. He put out his debut as a leader in 1997 and has toured with the Elvin Jones Jazz Machine.^[1]

Discography

• Volare (Label Bleu, 1997)
• A Prima Vista (Blue Note, 1998)
• Stefano Di Battista (Blue Note, 2000)
• 'Round About Roma (Blue Note, 2002)
• Parker's Mood (Blue Note, 2004)
• Trouble Shootin' (Blue Note, 2007)
• Più Sole with Nicky Nicolai (EmArcy/Universal, 2009)
• Woman's Land (Alice, 2011)
• Giu' La Testa with Sylvain Luc (Just Looking, 2014)
• La Musica Di Noi (Alice, 2015)
• Italian Standards (Casa del Jazz, 2016)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stefano di Battista . Biography . Linda . Seida . . 2014-10-03.
2. Web site: Stefano Di Battista, il migliore sax jazz è a Gallarate . Malpensa24. November 2018 .