Bruno Tommaso (born 1946) is an
Italian
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jazz
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double-bass
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player and
composer
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Etymology and Defi ...
, the cousin of fellow double-bass player
Giovanni Tommaso. The first president of the
Italian Association of Jazz Musicians and a founding member of the
Italian Instabile Orchestra
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, Tommaso has performed with such musicians as
Enrico Rava
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Career
He was born in Trieste, Italy.
His first commercial work was as a member of Gato Barbieri's ...
,
Mario Schiano
Mario Schiano (20 July 1933 in Naples – 10 May 2008 in Rome) was an Italian alto saxophonist and soprano saxophonist associated with avant-garde/free jazz.
He was born in Naples. A member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Schiano recorded with ...
,
Franco d'Andrea
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Life
D'Andrea is considered one of the most famous jazz musicians from Italy and has recorded some 200 albums. He developed his style in ...
,
Eugenio Colombo
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and
Enrico Pieranunzi
Enrico Pieranunzi (born 5 December 1949) is an Italian jazz pianist. He combines classical technique with jazz.
Biography
The son of Renata Brillantini and Alvaro Pieranunzi, Enrico Pieranunzi was encouraged to study music at a young age. Hi ...
, among others.
Discography
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Roberto Rossi
* Original Soundtrack For ''Charles And Mary'', Onyx Jazz Club, Matera, 2013. With Riccardo Parrucci, fl, Fabrizio Desideri, Rossano Emili, sax - cl, Marco Bartalini, flg, Gloria Merani, Marco Domenichelli, vl, Flaminia Zanelli, vla, Elisabetta Casapieri, vc, Marco Cattani, gtr, Andrea Pellegrini, p, Giacomo Riggi, vib, Nino Pellegrini, cb, Paolo Corsi, dr. Bruno Tommaso, compos., dir.
[See Alain Drouot, Downbeat, April 2014, page 69.]
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References
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1946 births
Free jazz double-bassists
Free improvisation
Italian jazz musicians
Living people
Avant-garde jazz double-bassists
21st-century double-bassists
Italian Instabile Orchestra members