Pino Presti

Pino Presti

Pino Presti (actually: Giuseppe Prestipino Giarritta ; born August 23, 1943 in Milan ) is an Italian bass player , arranger , composer , orchestra director and music producer .

Live and act

Pino Presti started making music at an early age, first as a bass player, then as an arranger, composer, orchestra director, music producer. Among his collaborations in various music genres such as jazz , pop , funk , soul , names such as: Mina , Gerry Mulligan , Astor Piazzolla , Quincy Jones , Wilson Pickett , Shirley Bassey , Maynard Ferguson , Stéphane Grappelli or Aldemaro Romero can be found .

Pino Presti, son of Arturo Prestipino Giarritta, who was a recognized violinist, began his musical education at the age of 6, which he has continued since then. He started his musical career at the age of 17 as a singer and bassist in night clubs, as well as an instrumentalist in recording studios. When his engagements as a musician became too time-consuming, and despite a contract as a singer in the Durium of Milano, he decided to concentrate on his favorite music. He took hundreds of titles with him. a .: Mina , Giorgio Gaber , Ornella Vanoni , Gino Paoli , Bruno Lauzi , Fabrizio De André , Sergio Endrigo , Mia Martini , Franco Battiato , Adriano Celentano , Milva , Pino Donaggio , Gigliola Cinquetti , Caterina Caselli , Bobby Solo , Fausto Leali , Michele, Ivan Graziani, Loredana Bertè .

Pino Presti live 1978

After a long career as a bass player in recording studios as well as on tours, Presti made a name for himself as an arranger and orchestra leader (up to his last public performances in the Bussoladomani Theater in 1978), as well as for Mina . Between 1971 and 1978, he arranged and conducted 86 music tracks a. a. the hits like: Grande grande grande ( Never Never Never ), E poi… ( And then… / Love on Sunday ), L'importante è finire ( Take me ), Città vuota (Version from 1978), Lamento d'amore , Domenica sera , and other songs in many albums. He composed four tracks himself for the singer: Tentiamo ancora in the album Frutta e verdura , L'amore è un'altra cosa , for Mina® , Amante amore for Mina con Bignè , Bignè for Ridi Pagliaccio .

Between the 1970s and 1980s he worked with B. Wilson Pickett , Shirley Bassey , Quincy Jones , Gerry Mulligan , Astor Piazzolla , Maynard Ferguson , Shirley Bunnie Foy , Stéphane Grappelli , Severino Gazzelloni , Franco Cerri , Enrico Intra , Bruno De Filippi , Gianni Bedori , Tullio De Piscopo , Aldemaro Romero , Eartha Kitt , Brian Auger , Caterina Valente , Bill Conti , George Aghedo and Maurice Vander together.

For the recording of Libertango , together with Astor Piazzolla and Summit by Gerry Mulligan and Astor Piazzolla, he appears under his real name Giuseppe Prestipino, as well as in the albums La Onda Màxima and Onda Nueva Instrumental by the pianist-composer Aldemaro Romero.

In April 1975, during his European tour with Mulligan and Piazzolla, he also played at Olympia (Paris) and at the World Music Festival in Palma . The band line-up is as follows: Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone), Astor Piazzolla (bandoneon), Tom Fay (piano), Pino Presti (electric bass), Tullio De Piscopo (drums), Waldo de los Rios (organ), Sergio Farina (Guitar). Gerry Mulligan will give the pre-concert; this is followed by Astor Piazzolla and the joint concert for the interpretation of some of the tracks on the album Summit .

1st Round (label)

In 1976 he realized and produced the first Italian album dance-funk 1st Round for the label Atlantic Records with 'catchy tunes' such as: Smile , Funky Bump , L'estate di Laura and Sunny .

In 1977, Pino Presti signed a contract with Rai 2 as orchestra director and composer of original soundtracks for the television show 'Auditorio A', conducted by Stefano De Stefani. This gives him the opportunity to conduct a large orchestra with 56 musicians and the following interpreters: Gino Paoli , Sergio Endrigo , Milva , Pino Daniele , Maynard Ferguson , Angelo Branduardi , Rino Gaetano , Fausto Leali , Banco del Mutuo Soccorso and Giorgio Baiocco. This is followed by 'C'era due volte' (1980), directed by Enzo Trapani and 'Il Cappello sulle Ventitré' (1983) directed by Fernanda Turvani.

From 1980 until today, apart from the compositions for television productions of television series, he realized and produced albums under various pseudonyms for labels such as: Polydor , Polygram , Baby Records, Barclay, Edizioni Curci, Durium, Ricordi , Joker, Saar; as well as for the independent labels: Emergency, Soul Xpression, Level One, Self.

Pino Presti has lived in France since 2004 . In 2009 he realized and produced the album A la Costa Sud - La Musique de La Côte d'Azur (publisher: Curci), with 28 singers and musicians from different countries and continents, who often perform on the Côte d'Azur .

In 2011 he created and composed the five-hour original soundtrack exclusively for the 'Grand Héritage Hôtel Group' (and all associated media) , which integrates different musical styles: from classical to jazz , through and world music to ambient music .

2013 Presti realized and produced the album Shirley Bunnie Foy (60th Anniversary) .

In 2016 he composed and produced the original soundtrack for the advertising campaign of the Italian company Scavolini .

Martial arts

From 1967 to 1985 Presti attended courses from Hiroshi Shirai , Taiji Kase , Hidetaka Nishiyama , Keinosuke Enoeda , Takeshi Naito and Hideo Ochi in karate and Goshin-do. In 1987 he acquired the 5th Dan .

Discography (selection)

Own recordings (albums)

• 1976: 1st Round (Atlantic Records)
• 1990: Maja Andina (Saar)
• 2009: A La Costa Sud (Edizioni Curci)
• 2011: Café Ipanema 2011 (Rambling Records)
• 2013: Shirley Bunnie Foy (60th Anniversary) (MAP Golden Jazz)
• 2014: Deep Colors (MAP / Paper Moon)

Singles

• 1964: Rimani ancora / Oh! Jenny (Durium)
• 1969: In un posto fuori dal mondo / Messaggio d'amore (Belldisc)
• 1970: Karin / No sabe (Dischi Ricordi)
• 1975: Smile / L'estate di Laura (Atlantic Records)
• 1976: Funky Bump / Corso Buenos Aires (Atlantic Records)
• 1977: Shitân Disco Shitân (Barclay)
• 1979: You Know The Way part I / You Know The Way part II (Baby Records)
• 1980: You Know The Way Vinyl 12 "33 ⅓ RPM (Emergency Records)
• 1980: Money (That What I Want) Vinyl 12 "33 ⅓ RPM (Baby Records)
• 1983: Dancing Nights / And I Love Her (Polydor)
• 1991: Ya No Puedo Vivir (The Bush Remixes) Vinyl 12 "33 ⅓ RPM (Blow Up Disco)
• 1992: Once Again Now Vinyl 12 "33 ⅓ RPM (Soul Xpression)
• 2005: Feel Like a Woman (Self)
• 2015: Jazz Carnival (Map)
• 2015: Funky Bump (Unreleased Original Extended Version) / Funky Bump (Original 7 "Version) - Best Record Italy
• 2015: Disco Shitân (Long Version) - Best Record Italy
• 2016: You Know The Way (Disco Version by Tee Scott ) - Best Record Italy
• 2017: To Africa / Soul Makossa ( EP ) - Best Record Italy
• 2018: Pino Presti Featuring Roxy Robinson: You Know Why - Best Record Italy

With other artists (albums)

Mina and the orchestras Pino Presti (1978)

Summit : Pino Presti with Gerry Mulligan and Astor Piazzolla (1974)

• 1966: 12 bacchette per una chitarra - Franco Cerri (gta) bass
• 1967: Dedicato a mio padre - Mina (PDU) Bass
• 1968: This Is My Life (La vita) - Shirley Bassey (United Artists) Bass
• 1968: Mina alla Bussola dal vivo - Mina (PDU) Bass
• 1969: Love and more Love - Puccio Roelens (Vedette Records) bass
• 1969: L'orchestra di Augusto Martelli dal vivo - Augusto Martelli (PDU) Bass
• 1970: Quando tu mi spiavi in ​​cima a un batticuore - Mina (PDU) Bass
• 1971: Del mio meglio - Mina (PDU) Bass
• 1971: Mina (1971) - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1972: Cinquemilaquarantatre - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1972: Altro - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1972: Black Sound From White People - Augusto Martelli (Fontana) Bass
• 1972: La Onda Máxima - Aldemaro Romero (Discos Antor) bass
• 1972: Fratelli La Bionda srl by La Bionda (Dischi Ricordi), bass
• 1973: Del mio meglio n.2 - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1973: Frutta e verdura - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1973: Amanti di valore - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1973: Metti una sera Cerri - Franco Cerri (Music) Bass
• 1974: The Real McCoy - Augusto Martelli (Aguamanda) bass
• 1974: Mina® - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1974: Baby Gate - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1974: Libertango di Astor Piazzolla (Carosello) bass
• 1974: Summit - Gerry Mulligan and Astor Piazzolla (Erre tv) bass
• 1975: Del mio meglio n.3 - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1975: La Mina - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1976: Lumière / Suite Troileana - Astor Piazzolla (Carosello) bass
• 1976: Gerry Mulligan meets Enrico Intra - Gerry Mulligan and Enrico Intra (Produttori Associati) Bass
• 1976: Onda Nueva Instrumental - Aldemaro Romero (Velvet Música) bass
• 1976: Singolare - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1977: Del mio meglio n.4 - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1977: Mina con bignè - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1978: Mina Live '78 - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1979: In Due - Wess and Dori Ghezzi (Durium) bass, arranger, orchestra conductor
• 1979: Del mio meglio n.5 - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra conductor
• 1981: Del mio meglio n.6 - Live - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1983: Il Flauto d'oro di Severino Gazzelloni in Pop - Severino Gazzelloni (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra conductor
• 1985: Del mio meglio n.7 - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1988: Oggi ti amo di più - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra conductor
• 1988: Summit - Gerry Mulligan and Astor Piazzolla (Music Hall USA) bass
• 1994: Mazzini canta Battisti - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1997: Minantologia - Mina (EMI) Bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1998: Mina Studio Collection - Mina (EMI) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 1999: Dissonanza-Consonanza - Enrico Intra ( Musica Jazz ) Bass
• 2000: Mina Love Collection - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 2004: Platinum Collection - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 2006: Platinum Collection 2 - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 2007: The Best of Platinum Collection - Mina (EMI) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 2011: Je suis Mina - Mina (EMI) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 2011: Yo soy Mina - Mina (EMI) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 2011: I am Mina - Mina (EMI) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 2013: Circle - Pérez Prado - re-edit (scheme) bass
• 2013: Shirley Bunnie Foy 60th Anniversary - Shirley Bunnie Foy (MAP Golden Jazz) record producer, bass
• 2014: Escandalo - Pérez Prado - re-edit (scheme) bass
• 2014: Love Child - Pérez Prado / Don Alfio - re-edit (scheme) bass
• 2015: The Collection 3.0 - Mina (Warner Music Group) bass, arranger, orchestra conductor
• 2017: Tutte le migliori - Mina (Clan / PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader
• 2018: Paradiso (Lucio Battisti Songbook) - Mina (PDU) bass, arranger, orchestra leader

Singles

• 1963 Cara Fatina / Lettera a Pinocchio - Tony Renis / Quincy Jones - Philips Records
• 1968 Che vale per me / Eccomi - Eartha Kitt - RCA
• 1968 La vita / Without A Word - Shirley Bassey - United Artists
• 1968 Domani domani / Pronto sono io - Shirley Bassey - United Artists
• 1968 Yes / To Give - Shirley Bassey - United Artists
• 1968 E 'giorno / If You Go Away - Shirley Bassey - United Artists
• 1968 Chi si vuole bene come noi / Epirops - Shirley Bassey - United Artists
• 1968 Com'è piccolo il mondo / Manchi solo tu - Shirley Bassey - United Artists
• 1969 Concerto d'autunno / You Are My Way Of Life - Shirley Bassey - United Artists
• 1970 Ora che sei qui / Something - Shirley Bassey - United Artists
• 1971 Grande grande grande - Mina - PDU
• 1973 Domenica sera - Mina - PDU
• 1973 Lamento d'amore - Mina - PDU
• 1973 E poi - Artist: Mina - PDU
• 1973 Non preoccuparti / Adesso ricomincerei - Lara Saint Paul / Quincy Jones - Polydor
• 1974 La scala buia - Mina - PDU
• 1975 L'importante è finire - Mina - PDU
• 1976 Nuda - Mina - PDU
• 1978 Città Vuota (It's a Lonely Town) - Mina - PDU
• 1978 Dentro - Beba Loncar - CBS Records
• 1979 Momento - Wess & Dori Ghezzi - Durium
• 1979 Pazzo non amore mio / L'Unica - Filipponio - Cetra Records
• 1981 Quale appuntamento - Eleonora Giorgi - Dischi Ricordi
• 1983 "Cara Fatina" (Re-edit) - Tony Renis / Quincy Jones - His Master's Voice and CDI (1983)

Television music shows

• 1964 Questo & Quello ( Rai Uno ) bass player, singer
• 1965/1966 Le Nostre Serate ( Rai Due ) bassist, singer
• 1969 Sanremo Festival (Rai Uno) - bassist with Wilson Pickett
• 1977 Auditorio A - (Rai Due) arranger, composer, orchestra conductor ( Guest Maynard Ferguson )
• 1980 C'era due volte - (Rai Due) arranger, composer, orchestra conductor ( guest Peter Tosh )
• 1983 Il Cappello sulle Ventitré (Rai Due) - arranger, composer, orchestra conductor ( guest Gino Paoli )

literature

Presti 1992 at the karate seminar in Schwäbisch Gmünd . Photography by Karin Hemp.

• Nino Romano: Mina, storia di un Mito raccontato. Rusconi pub., 1986.
• Gino Castaldo: Dizionario della canzone italiana. A. Curcio, Milan, 1990.
• Nino Romano: Mina, Mito e Mistero. Sperling & Kupfer , Milan, 1996, ISBN 88-200-2298-2 .
• Romy Padoano: Mina, i mille volti di una voce. Arnoldo Mondadori, 1998.
• Dora Giannetti: Divina Mina. Zelig, 1998, ISBN 88-86471-72-6 .
• Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography. The Thomas Lord, 2009 (Musician list).
• Craig Hanley: The Gerry Mulligan Collection. Barnes and Noble.
• Douglas Room: Knight Library's Jazz Collection. UO Libraries, 2009.
• Salvatore Coccoluto: Franco Califano. Not escludo il ritorno . Imprimatur, Rome 2014 - Interview with Pino Presti . ISBN 978-88-6830-181-1 .
• Andrea Angeli Bufalini / Giovanni Savastano: La Storia della Disco Music . Hoepli, 2019, ISBN 978-8820382681 .
• Luca Cerchiari: Mina, Una Voce Universale. Mondadori, 2020, ISBN 978-8804724599 .

Web links

Commons : Pino Presti  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• http://www.pinopresti.com/
• Myspace page
• BBC - Music - Pino Presti
• Pino Presti Discography at Discogs

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Autori Vari (a cura di Gino Castaldo), Dizionario della canzone italiana, ed. Curcio, 1990; alla voce Presti Pino, di Dario Salvatori, p. 1391
2. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jhvd5 .
3. ↑ http://www.piazzolla.org/works2/reunion.html .
4. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ^ Pino Presti - Music on Google Play
6. ↑ Pino Presti - Music database ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Aldo Dalla Vecchia, Mina live! 23 agosto 1978. pubblicato su TV Sorrisi e Canzoni del 25 agosto 2003
8. ^ Vittorio Franchini, Stéphane Grappelli, a Milano mostro sacro del Jazz. pubblicato su Corriere della Sera del 27 aprile1973
9. ↑ Maynard Ferguson ad Auditorio A , pubblicato su Radiocorriere TV del 9 September 1977
10. ↑ ^{a b} http://www.teche.rai.it//varieta-1977-1978/ Auditorio A 1977
11. ^ Scavolini presenta la nuova campagna di comunicazione
12. ↑ Pino Presti 5th-dan black belt - WUKO Passport / License FiLPJK-CONI