Paolo Pizzi - Bassist - Electric bass for recording and live touring ... Musician/Producer/Composer - electric bass, upright bass, guitar ... photos, bio & credits, tour & recording news, clinics schedule, contacts ...

Paolo Pizzi - Bassist

Electric bass for recording and touring

Paolo Pizzi (Bologna – ITALY)

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Bass player for recording and live touring: el.bass 4/5 strings, upright bass and guitar.

Musician /producer /composer.

Available for LIVE and STUDIO sessions:

Pop, rock, blues, funk & groovy, jazz …

TOUR & RECORDING NEWS WINTER 2011-2012

Concerts, live gigs, recording sessions, clinics, workshops, and so on …

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Touring in Italy … with: Gold Rush Trio/Q.tet & Rock Fever

December

01 w/ Gold Rush Q.tet feat. Renzo Franchi (on drums) @ Bar Dell’Orso, Monteriggioni (SI)

02 w/ Gold Rush Trio @ Gallery, Grosseto (GR)

03 w/ Rock Fever @ Brass Monkey, Sestola (BO)

08 w/ Gold Rush Q.tet feat. Renzo Franchi (on drums) @ Bar Dell’Orso, Monteriggioni (SI)

09 w/ Gold Rush Trio @ TNT Pub, Bibbiano Buonconvento (SI)

12 w/ Gold Rush Trio @ Hard Rock Café Florence, Firenze (FI)

16 w/ Gold Rush Trio @ Donegal Pub, Ancona (AN)

18 w/ Marina Falzone, Calderino Di Monte San Pietro (BO) ….Paolo Pizzi on el. bass and Ac. guitars

31 w/ Gold Rush Q.tet , @ Bar Dell’Orso, Monteriggioni (SI)

January

06 w/ Gold Rush Q.tet feat. Renzo Franchi (on drums) @ Bar Dell’Orso, Monteriggioni (SI)

20 w/ Gold Rush Q.tet feat. Renzo Franchi (on drums) @ Bar Dell’Orso, Monteriggioni (SI)

February

02 w/ Gold Rush Q.tet feat. Renzo Franchi (on drums) @ Bar Dell’Orso, Monteriggioni (SI)

03 w/ Gold Rush Q.tet @ Timory Pub, Bettolle (SI)

10 w/ Gold Rush Trio @ The William Pub, Firenze (FI)

11 w/ Gold Rush Trio @ Kaffeina, Montalcino (SI)

18 w/ Gold Rush Q.tet feat. Renzo Franchi (on drums) @ Bar Dell’Orso, Monteriggioni (SI)

20 w/ Gold Rush Trio @ Hard Rock Cafe’ Florence, Firenze (FI)

24 Recording Session w/ Pietro Sorano (singer, songwriter) @ Bunker Studio, Rubiera (RE)

March

01 w/ Gold Rush Trio @ Papa Joe’s, Neumarkt (BZ)

02 w/ Gold Rush Trio @ Cantinota, Trento (TN)

03 w/ Gold Rush Q.tet @ Officina Gambrinus, Trento (TN)

09 w/ Gold Rush Q.tet feat. Renzo Franchi (on drums) @ Bar Dell’Orso, Monteriggioni (SI)

16 w/ Gold Rush Q.tet feat. Renzo Franchi (on drums) @ Bar Dell’Orso, Monteriggioni (SI)

24 w/ Gold Rush Trio @ Sapia, Colle Val D’Elsa (SI)

25 w/ Gold Rush Q.tet feat. Renzo Franchi (on drums) @ Bar Dell’Orso, Monteriggioni (SI)

This schedule is subject to change …

BIO & CREDITS

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Paolo Pizzi was born in Bologna (Italy) July-19, 1975. He approached to music at the age of 13 years studying modern guitar with the jazz-artist and teacher Giampiero Martirani. Studies on guitar continues for about a decade. The course included, from the beginning, the study of modern harmony and music theory in addition to advanced practice technique on the instrument.

At the age of 19, alongside the guitar course, he started playing and studying electric bass with Domenico Loparco (well-known Italian session musician and solo artist) and double-bass with the jazz artists Glauco Zuppiroli and Enrico Lazzarini. Throughout this period he also attended seminars and workshops deepening the practice on his instruments, approaching the study of ear-training and modern composition techniques with internationally renowned musicians including: Daniele Dall’Omo (guitarist, Paolo Conte, jazz session musician and solo artist) and Donovan Mixon (jazz artist, teacher at the Berklee School Of Boston).

Besides this guided course of studies, Paolo soon combined a self-study one, characterized by a passion for classical music in admixture with contemporary music.

The job as professional session musician began in 1999, and still sees, to date, Paolo Pizzi involved as session bassist and/or guitarist in various musical projects in different fields: pop, rock, blues and jazz. As a composer and arranger for hire or reward. Besides as a teacher of electric bass and modern guitar at some local music schools, developing individual and group lessons, master classes and seminars, covering, in some cases, also the role of school headmaster and artistic director.

All through an intense artistic activity as a session musician both live and in the studio that he usually develops all over Europe and that led him to collaborate, to date, with many important musicians such as:

Graziano Romani (songwriter / rocker), Max Cottafavi (pop-rock guitarist, Clandestino, Ligabue, solo artist etc..), Gigi Cavalli Cocchi (drums, Clandestino, Ligabue) Max Baldaccini (drums, session musician), Massimo Tagliata (pianist and accordionist, jazz-artist, session musician), Dario Mazzucco (drummer, jazz-artist, session musician), Alex Ricci (guitarist, Django Fingers, Orchestra Toscanini Parma, Gold Rush, session musician) Stragapede Antonio (guitar, jazz-artist), Luigi Pistillo (pop-rock Italian guitarist, Bracco Di Graci, Maler), Antonio Marchesani (drummer, session-musician), Fabrizio Sauro (guitar, solo artist, bluesman), etc.., as well as with ensembles: Graziano Romani & The Soudrivers (rock, IT), Detroit Gospel Singers (gospel choir, Det-US), Nickerson Sisters (gospel trio, LA-USA), Dobro (country-rock band, IT), Gold Rush (Rock, IT), Bluesbreakout (blues trio IT-UK), Virtue Lunae (pop-rock, IT), etc.. .., as well as with ensembles: Detroit Gospel Singers (gospel choir, Det-US), Nickerson Sisters (gospel trio, LA-USA), Dobro (country-rock band, IT), Gold Rush (Rock, IT), Bluesbreakout (blues trio IT-UK), Fabrizio Sauro (blues, IT), Rock Fever (rock, IT) etc..

Since 2006 he also composed works of contemporary classical music and jazz pieces with which is often involved in several international composition competitions.While activity as session musician continues, he founded in 2008 ‘New Contemporary Classics’, open project through which he proposes its own repertoire of contemporary classical music. Since 2008 to date, he performs stably as a bassist on tour with Trio Gold Rush Trio/Q.tet, Bluesbreakout and with his own trio, apart from several collaborations as 'freelance' musician.

Italian version __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Italian version

Paolo Pizzi nasce a Bologna (Italia) il 19 luglio 1975. Approccia alla musica all’età di 13 anni studiando chitarra moderna con il jazzista Giampiero Martirani, gli studi chitarristici proseguono per circa un decennio.

Il percorso didattico comprende fin da subito lo studio dell’armonia moderna e la pratica del solfeggio oltre alla tecnica avanzata sullo strumento.

All’età di 19 anni affianca allo studio della chitarra quello del basso elettrico con il musicista Domenico Loparco (turnista di fama nazionale, Dalla, Renato Zero, ecc.) e del contrabbasso prima con il jazzista Glauco Zuppiroli (Vinicio Capossela) e poi con Enrico Lazzarini. Durante tutto questo periodo frequenta anche seminari e workshop di approfondimento sia sulla chitarra moderna che sul basso elettrico/contrabbasso con musicisti di fama internazionale fra i quali: Daniele Dall’Omo (chitarrista di Paolo Conte) e Donovan Mixon (insegnante presso la Berklee School Of Boston).

Con quest’ultimo approfondisce lo studio dell’ear-training e delle moderne tecniche di composizione.

A questo percorso formativo guidato, se ne affianca uno autodidattico caratterizzato dalla passione per la musica classica anche in commistione con la musica contemporanea.

L’attività di musicista professionista, iniziata nel 1999, vede a tutt’oggi Paolo Pizzi impegnato come bassista/contrabbassista/chitarrista turnista in vari ambiti musicali: pop, rock, blues e jazz.

Come compositore e arrangiatore per conto terzi in ambito classica contemporanea, pop e rock. Oltre che come insegnante di basso elettrico e chitarra moderna presso varie scuole di musica, sviluppando lezioni individuali e di gruppo, master-class e seminari e ricoprendo, in alcuni casi, anche il ruolo di direttore didattico/artistico. Il tutto attraverso una intensa attività artistica come sessionman sia dal vivo che in studio di registrazione che si sviluppa abitualmente sia in Italia che nel resto d’Europa e che lo ha portato a collaborare, ad oggi, con numerosi ed importanti musicisti come per esempio: Graziano Romani (cantautore/rocker), Max Cottafavi (chitarrista, Clandestino, Ligabue, ecc.), Gigi Cavalli Cocchi (batterista, Clandestino, Ligabue, ecc.), Max Baldaccini (batterista), Massimo Tagliata (pianista e fisarmonicista, jazzista), Dario Mazzucco (batterista, jazzista), Alex Ricci (chitarrista, Django Fingers, Orchestra Toscanini Parma, ecc.), Antonio Stragapede (chitarrista), Luigi Pistillo (chitarrista, Bracco Di Graci, Maler), Antonio Marchesani (batterista), Fabrizio Sauro (chitarrista/cantante, bluesman) ecc.; oltre che con formazioni musicali italiane e non: Detroit Gospel Singers (gospel choir, Det-USA), Nickerson Sisters (gospel trio, LA-USA), Graziano Romani & The Souldrivers (rock, IT), Dobro (country-rock band, IT), Gold Rush (rock, IT), Bluesbreakout (blues trio, IT-UK), Fabrizio Sauro (blues, IT), Rock Fever (Rock-IT)ecc.

Dal 2006 compone anche opere di musica classica contemporanea e brani di musica jazz con i quali partecipa a numerosi concorsi di composizione.

Mentre l’attività di musicista professionista continua, nel 2008 fonda ‘’New Contemporary Classics’’, open project attraverso il quale propone il proprio repertorio di musica classica contemporanea.

Dal 2006 oltre a collaborazioni come ‘free-lance’, si esibisce stabilmente come bassista in tour con Gold Rush Trio/Q.tet e Bluesbreakout, oltre che con un proprio trio di stampo blues-funk-fusion.

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Tour table 1990-2011

Period	Band/Artist	Country	Music	Tour Country	Instrument
1990-1999	Diffusi Rock	IT	Hard Rock	IT	El. Bass
1999-2000	I Quarti Di Bue	IT	Rock Blues	IT	El. Bass
1999-2000	Blues Bar(K)	IT-UK	Std. Blues	IT	El. Bass/D.Bass
1999-2000	Graziano Romani	IT	Rock Blues	IT	El. Bass
2000-2001	Detroit Gospel Singers	USA	Gospel	IT	El. Bass
2000-2001	Nickerson Sisters	USA	Gospel	IT	El. Bass
2005-2009	Dobro Country Rock Band	IT	Country-Rock	IT-D-A	El. Bass
2006-2007	Music Trend Cover Band	IT	Pop-Rock	IT-CH	El. Bass
2006-2011	Gold Rush Trio/Q.tet	IT	Rock-Blues	IT	El. Bass/Gtr
2007-2011	Blues Breakout	IT-UK	Blues	IT	El. Bass
2008	Country Ride	IT	New Country	IT	El. Bass
2009	Full Of Dance Cover Band	IT	Pop-Rock	IT	El. Bass
2009-2010	Punti Di Vista Cover Band	IT	Pop-Rock	IT	El. Bass
2011	Rock Fever	IT	Rock	IT	El. Bass

Other gigs as free-lance artist: 2011 Fabrizio Sauro (blues), 2009 In Virtute Lunae (pop-rock), 2007 Freddy Stevens Band (fusion)

Selected discography

Year	Band/Artist	Album /Single/Song	Inst.	Producer	Label
2000	I Quarti Di Bue	Live at Tennent’s (LIVE)	El. Bass	I Quarti Di Bue	Aquarius Records
2005	Dobro	Drinks & Strings	El. Bass	Roberto Alfieri	Dobro Records
2007	Iuri Cilloni	Mare (single)	El. Bass	Luca Zaccaria	Rossoblu
2007	Blues Breakout	The Best Of…	El. Bass	Paolo Pizzi
2010	Gold Rush	For What It’s Worth (LIVE)	El. Bass	Paolo Pizzi	GR Records
2010	Pietro Sorano	Come Neve a Ferragosto (single)	El. Bass	Pietro Sorano	Pirames
2011	Pietro Sorano	Il Seme Della Follia (single)	El. Bass	Pietro Sorano	Pirames
2011	Pietro Sorano	Riflesso Poetico (single)	El. Bass	Pietro Sorano	Pirames
2011	Pietro Sorano	Ti Porterò Con Me… (single)	El. Bass	Pietro sorano	Pirames