Spouse Sonia Peana (m. 2003) Role Jazz trumpeter | Name Paolo Fresu | |
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Occupation(s) Musician, composer, arranger, record producer Website Paolo Fresu's official site Albums Jazzy Christmas, Brass Bang!, Mistico Mediterraneo, Shades of Chet, The Lost Chords find Paolo Fre | ||
Parents Fresu Angiolino, Mu Maria | ||
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Paolo Fresu (born February 10, 1961) is an Italian jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, as well as a composer and arranger of music.
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- Omar sosa paolo fresu npr music tiny desk concert
- Paolo fresu italian trumpet summit joy spring
- Career
- Bands
- Paolo Fresu quintet and sextet
- As sideman
- References
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Career
Fresu was born in Berchidda, Sardinia. He picked up the trumpet at the age of 11, and played in the band Bernardo de Muro in his home town Berchidda. Fresu graduated from the Conservatory of Cagliari in 1984, in trumpet studies under Enzo Morandini, and attended the University of Musical and performing arts in Bologna.
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.
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 2012, his quintet performed at the Sirifort Auditorium, New Delhi, India, to celebrate 10 years of the Italian Culture Centre there.
Bands
Paolo Fresu has played with the following bands:
Paolo Fresu quintet and sextet
As sideman
With A Filetta and Daniele di Bonaventura
With Carla Bley
With Daniele di Bonaventura
With Ralph Towner
With Uri Caine