Alessandro Scala, saxophonist, born on 31nd
August 1968
He discovered music during childhood and
first studied the clarinet followed by the sax.
He begun studying music as autodidact and
then took classes with Fabio Petretti.
He has attended seminars of the following
musicians:
Jerry Bergonzi, Bob Mintzer, Joe Diorio,
Steve Grossman, Bob Bonisolo, Guido Manusardi.
He has collaborated with many groups of
various musical genres (jazz, bossa nova, funk, blues), and with
musicians of international fame:
Bob Moses (concert El Visionario with
original pieces composed by him), Joe Garrison, Marylin Mazur,
Sandro Satta, AMR Big Band, Bruno Tommaso (a show called “Il
Vento”), Reunion Big Band, Eugenio Colombo (Musica in gioco), Ti
Sha Man Nah Sax Quartet, Jimmye Owiens, Piero Odorici, Marco
Tamburini.
For more than six years he has been working
with the famous hammond player Sam Paglia. Scala leads also a
quintet band and trio/quartet jazz band.
He also cooperates with other bands and
musicians such as:
Fabrizio Puglisi, James
Thompson, Paolo Ghetti, Michele Francesconi, Roberto Faenzi,
Luca Bonucci, Giancarlo Bianchetti, Pippo Guarnera, Teo
Ciavarella, Stefano Travaglini, Nico Menci, Carlo Atti,
Giancarlo Giannini, Daniele & Alfonso Santimone, Mario Biondi,
Stefano Bedetti, Carmelo Tartamella, Kay Foster Jackson, Andrea
Taravelli, Alessandro Altarocca, Chicco Capiozzo, Michele Mecco
Guidi, Luca Florian,Massimo Selvi, Simone Zanchini, Leo Carboni,
Maurizio Piancastelli, Marco Bovi, Davide Di Gregorio, Emiliano
Pintori, Fabrizio Bosso, Paolo Mappa, Lele Barbieri, Massimo
Manzi,Mimmo Turone,Max Turone, Walter Paoli, Francesco
Palmitessa, Angelo Cultreri, Paolo Benedettini, Domenico Caliri,
Filippo Mignatti, Roberto Bartoli, Stefano Peretto, Luigi Sidero,
Alessandro Fedrigo, Bruno Marini, Roberto Rossi, Pier Mingotti ,Ares
Tavolazzi ,Maurizio De Gasperi ,Massimiliano Rocchetta,Roberto
Dusi,Roberto "red" Rossi,Sam & Simo Paglia, Sadra Cartolari,
Stefano Serafini, Stefano Negri, Davide Garattoni, Enrico
Farnedi, Massimo Greco, Pasquale Mirra, Alessandro Trebo, Andrea
Benini Chicco e Checco Montefiori, Matteo Monti, Nicola Peruk,
Giordano, Pietroni, Ricky Burattini, Giorgio Bartoloni, Silvia
Donati,Stefano Senni Paolo Mappa,Lorenzo Conte ,Enzo
Carpentieri,Matteo Alfonso ecc...
He has taken part in various festivals and
jazz and blues editions:
Pistoia blues, Trasimeno blues, festival jazz
Castel del Monte (Andria), various music reviews:
Emilia Romagna jazz review, Montefiore Conca
jazz, Parma jazz, Lugo jazz, Cortile della Rocca, Costernino
jazz pietre che cantano (singing stones), and many jazz
festivals in Italy and abroad with Sam Paglia and other
musicians (Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Croatia, Spain, Austria,
Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia).
He has also cooperated with the Big Band
directed by Davide Di Gregorio, accompanying artists such as
Antonella Ruggero (ex Matia Bazar singer) and cabaret artists of
Zelig, a famous TV show.
He has also appeared as an extra with Sam
Paglia in the popular TV series “100 Vetrine”.
He has also been working for many years with
the DJ Eddie Piller (productor of the Mojo Club), Farrapo and
many others.
www.alessandroscala.com
