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FURIO DI CASTRI
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Furio di Castri was born in Milan in 1955. Initially self-taught, he started studying music in 1966, and
has been playing bass professionally since 1977. Between 1978 and 1986 his main collaboration was with Lingomania, a group with tenor saxophonist Maurizio Giammarco and drummer Roberto Gatto. From 1981 onwards, he was member of the Enrico Rava Quartet, touring Europe for seven years, recording 4 albums and many radio and TV broadcast. Around the same time he worked on original productions with Steve Lacy, Dino Saluzzi, Dave Liebman, Ray Anderson , Albert Mangelsdorff, simphony orchestra. He played in the Michel Petrucciani Trio between 1981 and 1983, and worked with John Taylor (1986/87), Joe Henderson (1988), Paul Bley (1988/1990) and many groups led by Chet Baker (from 1979 to 1986). Concurrently he worked with Joe Lovano, Charles Lloyd, Steve Lacy, Dave Liebman, Pharoah Sanders, Sal Nistico, Lee Konitz, Michel Portal, Kenny Wheeler, Art Farmer, Charles Tolliver, Albert Mangelsdorff, Muhal Richard Abrams, Gordon Beck, Franco D'Andrea, Don Friedman, Enrico Pieranunzi, Rita Marcotulli, Jon Balke, Stan Tracey, John Abercrombie, Ralph Towner, Philip Catherine, Dave Samuels, Paul Motian, Tony Oxley, Barry Altschul, Daniel Humair, Billy Elgart, Jon Christensen, Joe La Barbera, Bruce Ditmas. His composition work for lead bass, from 1986 to 1989, lead to performances as a soloist, in duos (Lee Konitz, Gary Smulyan, Luca Flores, Marco Micheli) and trios (with trumpetist Flavio Boltro and drummer Manhu Roche). In 1989 Furio Di Castri recorded Unknown Voyage with Joe Lovano, Franco D'Andrea and Paul Motian, his first record in a quartet. 1988 saw the creation of Ritual, a quartet with Aldo Romano, Franco D'Andrea and Paolo Fresu, with whom five albums has been recorded. The quartet played festivals in Paris, Boulogne Billancourt, Le Mans, Amiens, Angouleme, Geneva, Nancy, Nevers, Toulouse, and toured Canada, the Middle East and Japan. Since 1990, Furio Di Castri has been performing with Paolo Fresu in duo combining acoustic and electronic music and contributing their compositions to theatre, dance, films, contemporary art, ethnic music research. Furio Di Castri has recorded more than 50 albums, 7 of them as a leader. Since 1989 he teaches bass and improvisation at the EC Master Classes and in the Summer Jazz Clinics in Siena. Photo: Giorgio Biserni
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