Massimo Colombo
Massimo Colombo (born February 16, 1961 in Milan ) is an Italian jazz musician ( piano , also synthesizer , composition ). He has worked with many jazz musicians and composed music for numerous genres.
Live and act
Colombo studied piano with Alberto Colombo and composition with Davide Anzaghi and Angelo Corradini at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan. Since 1980 he has dealt intensively with jazz.
Colombo has been a professional jazz musician since 1988; he initially worked with Attilio Zanchi , but quickly founded his own trio, with which he released his first album the following year. In 1992 he founded the world music band Linea C with Walter Calloni and Stefano Cerri . In 2005 he recorded the album Caravaggio with Billy Cobham and Jeff Berlin . In 2011 he founded the Inside Jazz Quartet with Tino Tracanna , Attilio Zanchi and Tommaso Bradascio . With Peter Erskine and Bob Mintzer , he released the album We All Love Burt Bacharach in 2016 , followed by Acoustic Weather: The Music of Weather Report (2019), with Maurizio Quintavalle on double bass and Enzo Zirilli on drums.
Colombo has worked with numerous musicians, including Paolo Fresu , Paolino Dalla Porta , Roberto Ottaviano , Enrico Rava , Gianluigi Trovesi , Flavio Boltro , Franco D'Andrea , Gianni Coscia , Barbara Casini , Mauro Pagani , Christian Meyer , Tony Scott , Tommy Campbell , Pierre Favre . He has made more than 20 records as a leader. He can also be heard on albums by Attilio Zanchi, Tiziana Ghiglioni and Robert Gligorov. In the field of jazz, he was involved in 29 recording sessions between 1988 and 2016 , according to Tom Lord .
Colombo is one of the most prolific Italian composers; he has written about 700 compositions in various genres. His work includes numerous collections for piano and chamber music (published by Carisch and Da Vinci), but also his concert for jazz trio and string orchestra (op. 624) from 2009.
From 1990 Colombo also taught piano and harmony at the Centro Professione Musica in Milan; since 2006 he has been teaching at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, since 2012 as a professor. He is also professor of jazz composition at the Como Conservatory. He is the author of numerous didactic texts and a multimedia course for piano and keyboards . Since 2006 he has been artistic director of the Bià Jazz Festival, which takes place annually in the city of Abbiategrasso .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (accessed September 15, 2019)
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/BiaJazz/info
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Colombo, Massimo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian jazz musician (piano, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |