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Paolo Fresu

Paolo Fresu is a trumpet and flugelhorn jazz player born in Berchidda , Sardinia, and an arranger and a music composer.

In 1994 he graduated in trumpet studies from the Conservatory of Cagliari (with Maestro Enzo Morandini ) and attended the University of Musical and performing arts in Bologna (DAMS).

Since 1985 he has been teaching at "Siena Jazz national Seminars", since 1987 at the Jazz University courses in Terni.

Bands he played with:

  • "Paolo Fresu Quintet and Sextet",
  • "Paolo Fresu-Furio di Castri Duo",
  • "The Open Trio" (with Di Castri and James Taylor),
  • "P.A.F." (with Furio di Castri and Antonello Salis ),
  • "Fresu-Di Castri-Balke-Favre" and
  • "Paolo Fresu Euro4th".

He composes music for theatre, poem, dance and Radio/TV video and film.

Discography

PAOLO FRESU QUINTET AND SEXTET:

  • 1985 - OSTINATO - (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1986 - INNER VOICES feat. DAVID LIEBMAN - (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1987 - MAMUT - (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1988 - QVARTO - (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1989 - AA.VV. (Fresu 5th) - Top jazz from Italy (Yvp)
  • 1990 - LIVE IN MONTPELLIER - (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1991 - OSSI DI SEPPIA feat. G. TROVESI - (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1992 - BALLADS - (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1992 - LIVE IN LUGANO - (Blue Jazz)
  • 1994 - ENSALADA MISTICA feat. G. TROVESI - (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1994 - AA.VV. (Fresu 5th) - I Disertori (Columbia)
  • 1995 - NIGHT ON THE CITY - (OWL - EMI)
  • 1995 - AA.VV. (Fresu 5th) - Onyx jazz Club 85-95 (Onyx)
  • 1996 - AA.VV. (Fresu 6th) - Italian jazz today (MJDC)
  • 1996 - P. Fresu 6th + Orchestra Utopia - 6 X 30 (Onyx)
  • 1996 - AA.VV. (Fresu 5th) - Sempler, The Blue Note 1995 Labels (EMI / Blue Note)
  • 1997 - Paolo Fresu 5th / Erwin Vann - Wanderlust (RCA / Victor BMG)

FEATURINGS:

  • 1983 - Roberto Ottaviano - Aspects (Tactus)
  • 1983 - Damiani / Trovesi 5th Roccellanea (Ismez)
  • 1983 - Damiani Opus Music ensemble - Flash Back (Ismez)
  • 1985 - Wheeler, Fresu, Taylor, Oxley, Wistone - Live in Roccella Jonica (Ismez)
  • 1985 - Musica Mu(n)ta Orchestra - Anninnia (Ismez)
  • 1985 - Piero Marras - In Concerto (Tekno)
  • 1986 - Giovanni Tommaso 5th - Via G.T. (Red Records)
  • 1986 - Mimmo Cafiero - Emersion (Ismj)
  • 1986 - Cosmo Intini Jazz Set - See in the Cosmic (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1986 - Barga jazz Orchestra - 1986 (Barga jazz)
  • 1986 - Max - Nightime Call (Solid Air)
  • 1987 - Attilio Zanchi - Early Spring (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1988 - Barga jazz Orchestra - 1987 (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1988 - Mimmo Cafiero - I Go (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1988 - Paolo Damiani 5th - Pour Memory (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1988 - Billy's Garage - Billy's garage (Jazz Sardegna)
  • 1988 - Aldo Romano - Ritual (OWL)
  • 1988 - Giovanni Tommaso 5th - To Chet (Red Records)
  • 1989 - Roberto Cipelli - Moona Moore (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1989 - Big Bang Orchestra / Phil Woods - Embraceable you (Philology)
  • 1989 - Tiziano Popoli - Lezioni di anatomia (Stile libero)
  • 1989 - Fresu / Di Castri / Tattara - Opale (Phrases)
  • 1989 - Paolo Marrocco - Grosso modo (Stile libero)
  • 1989 - Alice - Il sole nella pioggia (EMI)
  • 1989 - AA.VV. (Aldo Romano 4th) - Paesaggi sonori (New Sound)
  • 1990 - Enzo Pietropaoli - Orange park (Gala Record)
  • 1990 - Aldo Romano - To be Ornette to be (OWL)
  • 1990 - Maria Pia de Vito - Hit the best (Phrases)
  • 1990 - Coro Al Agsa - Canto per la Palestina (Il Manifesto)
  • 1990 - Cosmo Intini / Gary Bartz - My Favorite Roots (Timeless)
  • 1990 - Giuseppe Emmanuele - A Waltz for Debbie (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1990 - Tino Tracanna - 292 (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1990 - Tanit - Tanit (Classico)
  • 1990 - AA.VV. (Fresu / Cossu) - Mi ritorni in mente (Gala Record)
  • 1990 - Guido di Leone - All for Hall (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1991 - Piero Umiliani - Umiliani jazz Family (Liuto)
  • 1991 - Aldo Romano - Dreams and Waters (OWL)
  • 1991 - Paolo Fresu / Furio di Castri - Evening Song (OWL)
  • 1991 - Fresu / Minguell / Vicinelli - Maiakowski, il 13° Apostolo (Lab. 2029)
  • 1992 - Sellani / Fresu / Moriconi - Jazz for friends (Friends)
  • 1992 - Paolo Carrus - Sardegna oltre il mare (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1992 - Alice - Mezzogiorno sulle Alpi (EMI)
  • 1992 - Gerardo Iacoucci / Modern Big Band - Great News from Italy (Yvp)
  • 1992 - Siena jazz - CPM Siena jazz (SJR)
  • 1992 - Memorabilia - Memorabilia (RTI)
  • 1992 - Phil Woods (Big Bang) - A Jazz Life (Philology-MJ)
  • 1993 - Aldo Romano - Canzoni (Nippon Crown)
  • 1993 - Aldo Romano - Non dimenticar (Polygram)
  • 1993 - AA.VV. (M. Cafiero) - Jazz in Sicilia Vol 1° (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1993 - AA.VV. (G. Emmanuele) - Jazz in Sicilia Vol. 2° (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1993 - Cordas et Cannas - Terra de 'entos (Tekno)
  • 1994 - Tino Tracanna - Arcadia (MDT)
  • 1994 - Linea - Linea di confine (DDD)
  • 1994 - Giuseppe Emmanuele - North, South or vice-versa (A.V. Arts)
  • 1994 - Paolo Fresu / Furio di Castri - Urlo (Yvp)
  • 1994 - Paolo Damiani E.S.O. - E.S.O. (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1994 - Tiziana Ghiglioni - Tenco Project (Philology)
  • 1994 - Riccardo Luppi - Twelve Changes (MDT)
  • 1994 - Massimo Colombo - Relazioni e Rapporti (MDT)
  • 1994 - AA.VV. (T. Ghiglioni) - Quando... Tributo a L. Tenco (WEA)
  • 1994 - Rocco de Rosa - Officina (Officina)
  • 1994 - Vinicio Capossela - Camera a sud (CGD)
  • 1995 - Peter Gritz - Thank you to be (Charlotte R.)
  • 1995 - Aldo Romano - Prosodie (Verve/Polygram)
  • 1995 - Nico Catacchio - Awaited sound (Promo Jazz)
  • 1995 - Giulio Stracciati - Mariposa (Pentaflowers)
  • 1995 - Di Castri / Fresu / Cisi / Sotgiu / Dulbecco... - Scalabrün (JVS)
  • 1995 - Françoise Pujol - Françoise Pujol (Pan Music)
  • 1995 - Valentina Casula - This is Always (Pan Music)
  • 1995 - Michel Portal - Cinemas (Label Bleu)
  • 1995 - Nicola Toscano - Naufragi (Sam Rec.)
  • 1995 - Dorian Gray - Matamoros (Interbeat)
  • 1995 - Alice - Sharade (Warner Bros.)
  • 1995 - AA.VV. (G. Tommaso 5th) - Jazz Sampler (Red Records)
  • 1995 - AA.VV. (Fresu / Di Castri / Salis) - La fisarmonica nel jazz (MJCD)
  • 1995 - Simone Guiducci - Gramelot (Esagono)
  • 1995 - AA.VV. (Fresu solo) - Lavori in Corso (Stile Libero)
  • 1995 - Fresu / Di Castri / Taylor - Contos (Egea)
  • 1995 - Fresu / Di Castri / Favre / Balke - Mythscapes (Soul Note)
  • 1995 - Siena Jazz - CPM Siena Jazz (SJR)
  • 1995 - Ornella Vanoni - Sheherazade (CGD)
  • 1995 - Michele Calgaro - The Edge (Flex Rec.)
  • 1995 - Palma - Cosa vuoi da me (Winner)
  • 1995 - Cordas et Cannas - Place of Winds (Terra Nova)
  • 1996 - Nguyên Lê - Tales from Viêt-nam (ACT)
  • 1996 - Palatino - Palatino (Label Bleu)
  • 1996 - AA.VV. - Trasmigrazioni (Il Manifesto)
  • 1996 - Orchestra jazz della Sardegna - Scrivere in jazz (Flex Rec.)
  • 1996 - Maria Pia De Vito - Fore Paese (Polosud)
  • 1996 - Flavio Piras / Fresu / Di Castri / Salis - The Hands (CD ROM Plus, Amiata Med.)
  • 1996 - AA.VV. (Fresu / Di Castri Duo) - Histoires (OWL / EMI)
  • 1996 - AA.VV. (Aldo Romano 4th) - Sempler Polygram Compilation (Polygram)
  • 1996 - Giorgio Gaslini / Ensemble Mobile - Jelly's Back in Town (DDQ)
  • 1996 - Nello Toscano - Anaglifo (NTA)
  • 1997 - Luca Lapenna - A vocal rendering of Bill Evans Music (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1997 - Trilok Gurtu - The Glimpse (CMP)
  • 1997 - AA.VV. (Sonos e Memoria) - Suoni e Visioni, Antologia (CGD)
  • 1997 - AA.VV. (Palatino) - A new climate for jazz (Label Bleu)
  • 1997 - Aldo Romano - Canzoni (Enja)
  • 1997 - AA.VV. (Fresu / Taylor / Di Castri) - Egea, Radici mediterranee... (Egea)
  • 1997 - Paolo Carrus / Sardegna Oltre il mare - Odras (Splasc(h) Records)
  • 1997 - Ornella Vanoni - Argilla (CGD)
  • 1998 - Guido Manusardi Sextet - The village fair (Soul Note)
  • 1999 - Paolo Fresu - Metamorforsi (BMG Ricordi)
Last updated: 10-24-2004 05:10:45