Claudio Fasoli

Claudio Fasoli (29 November 1939) is an Italian jazz - saxophonist (tenor and soprano saxophone) and composer of modern jazz.[1][2]

Music career

Born in Venice, he now lives in Milan, Italy. After a long apprenticeship and many sessions with various prominent musicians, he achieved popularity in the '70s playing with Perigeo Quintet, among whose other artists were Giovanni Tommaso and Franco D'Andrea. This group performed throughout Europe and also overseas, and with it Fasoli gained considerable experience both as soloist and composer.

Trios and quartets

When Perigeo disbanded in 1978, he became leader of his own groups, putting together mostly trios or quartets, with Aldo Romano, Bill Elgart, Bobo Stenson, Henri Texier, Jean-François Jenny Clark, Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Manfred Schoof, Mick Goodrick, Palle Danielsson, and Tony Oxley.

He introduced his own compositions in concerts and festivals around the world. In addition to his native Italy, he has performed in France, Switzerland, Jugoslavia, Poland, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Finland, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, England, Ireland, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and the United States.

Collaborations

He played in the first performances of the Grande Orchestra Nazionale in Italy and in the Lydian Sound Orchestra. He has also participated with and conducted the European Music Orchestra in live and studio performances and has played with the Manfred Schoof International Band. He contributed also to the Giorgio Gaslini Quintet and other bands.

Identity

Fasoli adapts well to various musical settings but has developed his own solo style and a recognizable, always-developing, sound and compositional approach. Acclaimed even abroad, he continues to work with the best Italian and foreign musicians.

Educator

Since the Siena International Jazz Clinics was founded in 1978, Fasoli has been responsible for the classes in tenor and soprano saxophones and the master classes in improvisation. He founded the saxophone courses at Milan's Civic School of Jazz and has taught jazz at National Conservatories. He conducts clinics throughout Italy and abroad. He has been Artistic Director of Padua Jazz Festival (2003–2010). His name appears in music and jazz dictionaries in Italy and abroad.

Partial discography

As leader

As sideman

Compilations

References

  1. ↑ "Fasoli, Claudio (born 1938), tenor, soprano saxophonist, composer, leader". Grove Music Online. Retrieved 2014-12-24.
  2. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/7d0ddb2c-e59e-48d5-bf67-9a1c2b722ca6

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