Roberto Gatto is an Italian jazz drummer, born October 6, 1958 in

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. He has performed with Lee Konitz, Chet Baker, Bob Berg,

Tommy Flanagan Thomas Lee Flanagan (March 16, 1930 – November 16, 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by bebop musicians. ...

, Joe Zawinul, and Joe Lovano. He has composed film music, is the leader of his own jazz group and a member of the ensemble of

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, a Neapolitan singer.

Discography

As leader

* ''Notes'' (Gala, 1986) * ''Ask'' (Gala, 1987) * ''Luna'' (Gala, 1989) * ''7 #'' (Via Veneto, 1997) * ''Sing Sing Sing'' (Via Veneto, 1999) * ''Roberto Gatto Plays Rugantino'' (CAM Jazz, 2000) * ''Deep'' (CAM Jazz, 2003) * ''Jazzitaliano Live 2006'' (Casa del Jazz, 2006) * ''Traps'' (CAM Jazz, 2007) * ''Progressivamente'' (Casa del Jazz, 2008) * ''Jazzitaliano Live 2009'' (Casa del Jazz, 2009) * ''Remembering Shelly'' (Albore, 2010) * ''Remembering Shelly 2'' (Albore, 2010) * ''Pure Imagination'' (Albore, 2011) * ''Replay'' (Parco Della Musica, 2012) * ''Starship for Lovers'' with Alfonso Santimone, Pierpaolo Ranieri, (Parco Della Musica, 2014) * ''Sixth Sense'' (Parco Della Musica, 2015) * ''Around Zappa'' with Quintorigo (Incipit, 2015) * ''Nino!'' (Casa del Jazz, 2016) * ''NOW!'' (Abeat, 2017)

As sideman

With

Franco D'Andrea Francesco "Franco" D'Andrea (born 8 March 1941 in Merano, Italy) is an Italian jazz pianist and composer. 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 ...

* ''Kick Off'' (Red, 1989) * ''Sei Brani Inediti'' (Red/Musica Jazz 1991) * ''Airegin'' (Red, 1992) With

Paolo Fresu Paolo Fresu ( sc, Pàulu; born 10 February 1961) is an Italian jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, as well as a composer and arranger of music. Career Born in Berchidda, Sardinia, he picked up the trumpet at the age of 11, and played in the ba ...

* ''Angel'' (BMG/RCA Victor, 1998) * ''Metamorfosi'' (BMG/RCA Victor, 1999) * ''Kind of Porgy & Bess'' (BMG/RCA Victor, 2002) * ''Le Fresiadi'' (Time in Jazz, 2008) With

Rita Marcotulli Rita Marcotulli (born 10 March 1959) is an Italian jazz pianist and composer. Career Born in Rome, Marcotulli is the daughter of a sound engineer who collaborated with Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone, among others. She started playing piano a ...

* ''Pietro Tonolo Quartet Un' Altra Galassia'' (Fonit Cetra, 1986) * ''The Woman Next Door'' (Label Bleu, 1998) * ''Koine'' (Storie di Note 2002) * ''Basilicata Coast to Coast'' (Alice, 2011) * ''Una Piccola Impresa Meridionale Less Is More'' (Sony, 2013) With Enrico Pieranunzi * ''From Always...to Now!'' (Edipan, 1978) * ''Isis'' (Soul Note, 1981) * ''Jazz Roads'' (CAM Jazz, 1983) * ''In That Dawn of Music'' (Soul Note, 1993) * ''One Lone Star'' (YVP Music, 2002) * ''Moon Pie'' (Sound Hills, 2004) With

Enrico Rava Enrico Rava (born 20 August 1939), is an Italian jazz trumpeter. He started on trombone, then changed to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis. Career He was born in Trieste, Italy. His first commercial work was as a member of Gato Barbieri' ...

* ''Bella'' (Philology, 1994) * ''Shades of Chet'' (Via Veneto, 1999) * ''La Dolce Vita'' (CAM Jazz, 2000) * ''Montreal Diary'' (Label Bleu, 2002) * ''Renaissance'' (Venus, 2002) * ''What a Day!!!'' (Platinum 2002) * ''Easy Living'' (ECM, 2004) * ''The Words and the Days'' (ECM, 2007) With

Danilo Rea Danilo Rea (born 9 August 1957) is an Italian jazz pianist. He is a graduate of the Santa Cecilia music conservatory in Rome. He made his debut with the "Trio di Roma" (with Roberto Gatto and Enzo Pietropaoli) in 1975.Riccardo Giagni. "Danilo ...

* ''Live at Villa Celimontana'' (Wide Sound, 2003) * ''Romantica'' (Venus, 2004) * ''Introverso'' (EmArcy, 2008) With

Phil Woods Philip Wells Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer. Biography Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. After inheriting a saxophone at age 12, he began ...

* ''Embraceable You'' (Philology, 1989) * ''Live at the Corridoia Jazz Festival'' (Philology, 1992) * ''Phil Woods & Lee Konitz Play Rava'' (Philology, 2004) With others *

Franco Ambrosetti Franco Ambrosetti (born 10 December 1941) is a jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer. He was born in Lugano, Switzerland; his father, Flavio, was a saxophonist who once played opposite Charlie Parker.Franck Avitabile, ''Right Time'' (Dreyfus, 2000) * Chet Baker, ''Soft Journey'' (Edipan, 1980) * Chet Baker, ''Chet On Poetry'' (Novus, 1989) * Stefano Battaglia & Paolino Dalla Porta, ''Confession'' (Splasc(h), 1991) * Stefano Battaglia & Paolino Dalla Porta, ''Flames: Live in Siena'' (Splasc(h), 1996) * Stefano di Battista, ''Jazzitaliano Live 2009'' (Casa del Jazz, 2009) * Stefano di Battista & Danilo Rea, ''La Musica di Noi'' (Alice, 2015) *

Bob Berg Robert Berg (April 7, 1951 – December 5, 2002) was an American jazz saxophonist. Biography Berg was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Berg started his musical education at the age of six when he began studying classical piano. He beg ...

, ''Steppin' Live in Europe'' (Red, 1985) * Stefano Bollani, ''Abbassa la Tua Radio'' (Ermitage, 2001) * Salvatore Bonafede, ''Ortodoxa'' (Red, 2001) * Sergio Cammariere, ''Il Pane, Il Vino e La Visione'' (Via Veneto/Capitol 2006) *

Barbara Casini Barbara Casini (born 1954 in Florence) is an Italian jazz vocalist and guitarist. While studying piano, she was exposed to bossa nova at the age of 15, which had a marked influence on her musical life. After graduating with a degree in psycho ...

& Enrico Rava, ''Vento'' (Label Bleu, 2000) * Roberto Ciotti, ''No More Blue'' (Time Music, 1988) *

Paolo Damiani Paolo Damiani (born 1952) is an Italian jazz cellist and double-bassist. Performing primarily avant-garde jazz, he has worked with Gianluigi Trovesi, Kenny Wheeler, Tony Oxley, Paolo Fresu, and John Taylor. Damiani has also recorded on the alb ...

& Paolo Fresu, ''Eso'' (Splasc(h), 1994) *

, ''Passi D'Autore'' (RCA, 2004) *

Ivano Fossati Ivano Alberto Fossati (born 21 September 1951) is an Italian pop singer from Genoa. He was a member of the progressive rock group Delirium and has worked with Fabrizio De André, Riccardo Tesi, Anna Oxa, Mia Martini, Ornella Vanoni, Shirley Bass ...

, ''La Disciplina Della Terra'' (Columbia, 2000) *

Curtis Fuller Curtis DuBois Fuller (December 15, 1932May 8, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist. He was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributed to many classic jazz recordings. Early life Fuller was born in Detroit on December 15, 1932. ...

, '' Curtis Fuller Meets Roma Jazz Trio'' (Timeless, 1987) * Lee Konitz, ''A Day in Florence'' (Philology,) * Grazia Di Michele, ''Grazia di Michele'' (WEA, 1991) *

Mietta Daniela Miglietta (born 12 November 1969 in Taranto, Italy) is an Italian singer, actress and novelist. She has released 11 albums in total. Biography In 1988 she took part in the Sanremo Music Festival in the ''New comers'' category with '' ...

, ''Volano Le Pagine'' (Fonit Cetra, 1991) *

Mimmo Locasciulli Mimmo Locasciulli (born 7 July 1949) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, producer and musician. Life and career Born in Penne, Abruzzo, Penne, Pescara, Locasciulli is the son of a vet who in his spare time used to perform as a crooner w ...

, ''Adesso Glielo Dico'' (RCA 1989) * Mina, ''Caterpillar'' (PDU, 1991) * Mina, ''Sorelle Lumiere'' (EMI/PDU, 1992) * Minnie Minoprio, ''Minnie'' (Hollywood, 1983) * Simona Molinari, ''Dr. Jekill Mr. Hyde'' (Atlantic, 2012) * Ennio Morricone, ''Il Bandito Dagli Occhi Azzurri...Correva L'Anno di Grazia 1870'' (CAM Jazz, 1992) *

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, ''Empty Room'' (Red, 1988) *

Riz Ortolani Riziero Ortolani (; 25 March 192623 January 2014) was an Italian composer, conductor, and orchestrator, predominantly of film scores. He scored over 200 films and television programs between 1955 and 2014, with a career spanning over fifty yea ...

, ''La Rivincita di Natale/Il Cuore Altrove'' (ConcertOne, 2003) *

Maria Pia De Vito Maria Pia De Vito is an Italian jazz singer, composer, and arranger. Career A native of Naples, Italy, she studied classical music, opera, and Italian folk music. In 1976 she performed folk songs as a singer, guitarist, and pianist. In 1980 she ...

, ''Hit the Beast!'' (Phrases, 1990) * Enzo Pietropaoli, ''Orange Park'' (Gala, 1990) * Quintorigo, ''In Cattivita'' (Universal, 2003) *

Manuel De Sica Manuel De Sica (24 February 1949 – 5 December 2014) was an Italian composer. Born in Rome, the son of Vittorio De Sica and María Mercader, De Sica enrolled at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, in which he studied with Bruno Maderna. ...

, ''Con Alma'' (Dire) *

Teresa De Sio Teresa De Sio (born 3 November 1952) is an Italian pop-folk singer and songwriter. She is the elder sister of actress Giuliana De Sio. Biography and career Teresa De Sio was born in Naples and grew up in Cava de' Tirreni, where her family was ori ...

, ''Teresa de Sio'' (Philips, 1982) *

Massimo Urbani Massimo Urbani (8 May 1957 – 24 June 1993) was an Italian jazz alto saxophonist. He played principally in the bebop style. Life and career Urbani was born in Primavalle, Rome on 8 May 1957, the oldest of five brothers.Bailey, C. Michael (18 ...

, ''Easy to Love'' (Red, 1987) * Massimo Urbani, ''The Blessing'' (Red, 1993) *

Ornella Vanoni Ornella Vanoni (; born 22 September 1934) is an Italian singer-songwriter and actress. She is one of the longest-standing Italian artists, having started performing in 1956. She has released about 112 works between LP, EPs and greatest hits alb ...

, ''Sheherazade'' (East West, 1996) *

Miroslav Vitous Miroslav may refer to: * Miroslav (given name), a Slavic masculine given name * ''Young America'' (clipper) or ''Miroslav'', an Austrian clipper ship in the Transatlantic case oil trade * Miroslav (Znojmo District), a town in the Czech Republic S ...

, ''Ziljabu Nights Live at Theater Guetersloh'' (Intuition, 2016) *

Eric Vloeimans Eric Vloeimans (; born 24 March 1963) is a Dutch musician, songwriter, and record producer. Biography Although he studied classical music as a child, he became interested in jazz at the Rotterdam Academy of Music. After graduating in 1988, he ...

, ''Hidden History'' (Challenge, 2003)

References

External links

Official website
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