Bruno Tommaso (born 1946) is an
Italian
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** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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jazz
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double-bass player and
composer
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Etymology and def ...
, 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, 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 ...
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Mario Schiano,
Franco d'Andrea,
Eugenio Colombo 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
Italian male jazz musicians
Living people
Avant-garde jazz double-bassists
21st-century Italian double-bassists
Italian Instabile Orchestra members