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BIOGRAPHY

 
MARCELLO TESTA

Double Bassist – Electric Bassist - Composer

MUSICAL STUDIES

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Artistic high school diploma 1990
I level academic diploma in 2003 at the G. B. Martini Conservatory of Bologna of the course of "Music for multimedia use"
Diploma in 2002 of the "Jazz" course at the G. B. Martini Conservatory of Bologna

Diploma in double bass in 1998 at the G. Cantelli State Conservatory in Novara
He studied electric bass with M° Flavio Piantoni.

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COLLABORATIONS

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Lorenzo Erra, Antonio Fusco, Riccardo Del Togno, Claudio Guida, Gianni Guido, Nicola Stranieri, Alessio Bertallot, Giorgio Secco, Veronica e Malandrino, Paul Rosette, Beppe Dettori, Claudio Allifranchini, Marco Bianchi, Fabrizio Festa, Paolo Fresu, Filippo Rodolfi, Fabrizio Spadea, Martino Vercesi, Luca Cacucciolo, Roberto Paglieri, Samoel Scotton, Luca Calabrese, Luigi Ranghino, Gianni Satta, Billy Lester, Mimmo Valente, Fabio Buonarota, Sergio Armaroli, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Alvin Curran, Alipio Carvalho Neto, Emilio Soana, Michael Rosen, Paola Folli, Fabrizio Bosso, Daniele Comoglio, Giancarlo Porro, Sergio Orlandi, Angelo Rolando, Giovanni Distefano, Andrea Andreoli, Alessandro Borgini, Andrea Pollione, Walter Calafiore, Mirko Puglisi, Mario Zara, Alberto Bonacasa, Antonio Ciacca, Daniele Moretto, Rudy Migliardi,  Max Turati, Pino Bifano, Tommaso Bradascio, Sabir Mateen, Fabio Chirico, Andy Funk, Roberto Amadè, Roberto Olzer, Keever Big Band, Artistry Big Band, ‘Freddy il musical’, Stefano Ghittoni, Cesare Malfatti, Ugo De Crescenzo, Leziero Rescigno, Giovanni Calella, Sean Martin, Georgeanne Kalweit, Lagash, Barbara Cavaleri, Dj Pandaj, Esa, Marya, Pilot Jazou, Dipper, The Dining Rooms Orchestra Giovanile Europea Spazio Musica  Compagnia Italiana di Operette, Orchestra Giovanile Teatro Coccia Novara, Kli-Zemer Trio, ecc

Tour 2008/09 with the group La Crus.

 

RECORDINGS/PRODUCTIONS

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  • DILA’/”Dilà” (Dilà/Cambio musica 1999)

  • PILOT JAZOU (“Wonderful Morning” Disturbance/Minus Habens 2003)

  • DATI (“Tous Les Soirs ” Minus Habens/EMI 2004)

  • TOCO (“Instalaçao Do Samba” Schema/Ishtar 2004)

  • THE DINING ROOMS  (“Experiments In Ambient Soul” Schema/Ishtar 2005)

  • BLACK BIT (“Unbelieveble” Disturbance/Minus Habens 2005)

  • THE DINING ROOMS  (“Versioni Particolari 2” Schema/Ishtar 2006)

  • BARBARA CAVALERI (“Ad Un Passo Dal Sogno” Edel/Lagash 2006)

  • PILOT JAZOU (“More Time” Disturbance/Minus Habens 2007)

  • THE DINING ROOMS  (“Ink” Schema/Ishtar 2007)

  • KLI ZEMER TRIO ( “Klezmer Music” Ocarina-Music-austria 2007)

  • DIRECTIONS (“Directions” NP-Nicolosi Productions 2007)

  • MARCELLO TESTA TRIO (“An Ordinary Week” Ultra-Sound 2007)

  • MARCELLO TESTA TRIO ( “Ceremony” The Dining Rooms remix, “Other Ink” Schema/Ishtar 2008)

  • RAY (“Someone’s Speaking” Casaluna Productions/Minus Habens 2009)

  • LORENZO COMINOLI 4TET (“Ulisse” Splasc(H)/Senz’h 2009)

  • IL DISORDINE DELLE COSE ("IL Disordine Delle Cose" 2009)

  • MARCELLO TESTA TRIO (“Not Really Jazz” Ultra-Sound Record 2009)

  • SILVIA CECCHETTI ("Tempi Diversi" Edel 2009)

  • CLAUDIO CRISTOFERONE ("Amari Amori" Ultra-Sound – Believe Digital 2010)

  • DOLCELETE ("Il Sogno Più Strano" Ultra-Sound – Believe Digital 2010)

  • SERGIO ARMAROLI AXIS QUARTET ("Prayer And Request" Dodicilune 2010)

  • THE VIBES ("Connected" Ultra-sound - Believe Digital 2011)

  • ONE PLUS ONE Marcello Testa - Claudio Guida ("Platform one" - Den Records 2012)

  • SIMONE LISINO  ("Forever" - Ultra-Sound – Believe Digital 2015)

  • SERGIO ARMAROLI AXIS QUARTET ("Vacancy in The Park" Dodicilune 2015)

  • SERGIO ARMAROLI WITH GIANCARLO SCHIAFFINI ("Micro And More Exercises" Dodicilune 2016)

  • THE BILLY LESTER TRIO ("Italy 2016" Ultra-sound - Believe Digital 2017)

  • LIV TOLDO ADD 2 ("Sensitive" Suisa 2017)

  • SERGIO ARMAROLI QUINTET WITH BILLY LESTER ("To Play Standard (s) Amnesia" Dodicilune 2017)

  • CURRAN - SCHIAFFINI - C.NETO - ARMAROLI ("From The Alvin Curran Fakebook" Dodicilune 2017)

  • ELISA MARANGON QUARTETTO DI SWING ITALIANO ("Il Pinguino Innamorato e Altre Storie" 201 Editions 2021)

  • CLAUDIO ALLIFRANCHINI FARAGGIANA BIG BAND feat. MICHAEL ROSEN ("Big Band Jazz Night" Da Vinci Jazz 2021) 

  • MAX DE ALOE with FARAGGIANA BIG BAND ("Three Views Of a Secret" Barnum 2022)

  • MARCELLO TESTA ROOTS QUARTET ("Finally" Ultra Sound Records 2022)

  • MARIO ZARA QUARTET ("The Distance" Ultra Sound Records 2022)
     

He plays in the soundtrack of Davide Ferrario's film "Se devo essere sincera" (2004) by Fabio Barovero (Mau Mau), as an arranger he collaborates with the Teatro Della Bicchieraia in Arezzo ("El Retablo De Maese Pedro" by Manuel De Falla, 2003) , he is co-arranger, together with Maestro Fabrizio Festa, of the pieces of the trumpeter Paolo Fresu performed by the same in the context of the XI International Competition "2 Agosto" in Bologna (2005), he arranges and co-produces the second album of PILOT JAZOU “More Time” (2007) and RAY “Someone's Speaking” 2009. He collaborates on the arrangements for the string octet of the La Crus 2008/09 tour.

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BOOKS

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"BLUES DAL BASSO" - ED. SINFONICA JAZZ  2013 sales@sinfonica.com www.sinfonica.com distributed by CARISCH www.carisch.com e "WALKING BASS LINES" - ED. SINFONICA JAZZ  2017 sales@sinfonica.com www.sinfonica.com distributed by CARISCH www.carisch.com 

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DIDACTIC

From 2000 to today he has taught double bass and electric bass at various music schools and state music high schools.

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