Massimo Cavalli Resume

      Massimo Cavalli (Double Bass and Electric Bass, composer and arranger)

Born in Italy in 1969 where he started studying electric bass with Flavio Piantoni and Enzo lo Greco and double bass and jazz improvisation with Paolino Dalla Porta. He moved to live in Portugal in 1996. Studied jazz double bass at Oporto University where he got his degree in 2006 and his master in jazz in 2011. He has a PhD degree in jazz performance by the Évora University. He started his professional activity as a musician in 1990 playing in different clubs in Northern Italy. He played in Dubai with the Four Winds Quartet and worked with the American singer Trisha Smith. In March 1996 he participated to the young musician jazz contest in Krakow (Poland) and the same year he recorded with the group Consorzio Acqua Potabile. He worked and played with groups and artists such as: Jean Pierre Como, Antonio Faraò, Benoît Sourisse, André Charlier, Perico Sambeat, Ferdinando Faraò, Eric Séva, Laurent Filipe, Melissa Walker, Fernando Tordo, Amelia Muge, Susana Félix, Alexandre Diniz, Jacinta & Michael Bluestein, Ala dos Namorados, Fiçcões, Joel Xavier e Didier Lockwood, Politonia, among others. He attended some jazz workshops like “Jazz em Agosto” directed by Phil Markowitz, Ed Neumeister and Arnie Lawrence, Double Bass masterclass conducted by William Parker and a masterclass oriented by Peter Erskine. He played in several festivals: Avignon (France), Oeiras Jazz Fest (Portugal), Porto 2001 Festival (Portugal), Vigo Music Fest (Spain), 6th Matosinhos Jazz (Portugal), 2th Curitiba Jazz Fest (Brazil), 7 sois 7 luas Music Festival (Portugal), 4th Portalegre Jazz Fest (Portugal), CompoJazz 2007 (Spain), Gaia Blues Festival (Portugal), Aveiro 2003 Music Fest 2003 (Portugal), Lagoa Jazz Festival (Portugal), Festival Il Portogallo at Catania (Italy), 9th Festival Jazz aux Oudayas (Morocco), Mafra Cultural Summer 2004 (Portugal), 17th Macao Arts Festival (Macao).
He's currently playing with The New European Quartet (with Benoît Sourisse, André Charlier and Perico Sambeat), with the Liebman/Laginha/Ineke/Cavalli/Pinheiro Quintet, with the project “Cinema&Dintorni”, and with the acoustic world music project called “Latitude Quatro”.
He teaches, electric bass, double bass and jazz combo at the Lusíada University in Lisbon and at the Escola de Jazz Luiz Villas-Boas in Lisbon. His Cd “Varandas do Chiado”, with original composition, has been published in 2012 and he is promoting and touring with his quartet.

- Selected Discography:

Leader:
2012: Massimo Cavalli, Varandas do Chiado, Note Sonanti.
Co-Leader:
2016: Liebman/Ineke/Laginha/Cavalli/Pinheiro, Is Seeing Believing? Daybreak.
2016: European New Quartet, European New Quartet, Gemini Records.
2015: Latitude Quatro, Música Portuárias, Edição de Autor.
2014: Cavalli/Moniz/Pinheiro, Cinema&Dintorni, Fresh Sound.
Sideman:
2013: Mafalda Arnauth, Terra da Luz, Peermusic Publishing.
2011: Laurent Filipe, Canções e Duetos, FarolMusica.
2010: Anabela, Nós, iPlay.
2009: Rua da Saudade, canções de Ary dos Santos, FarolMusica.
2008: Alexandre Diniz Quarteto, Alba.
2007: Mafalda Veiga e João Pedro Pais, Lado a Lado, Valentim de Carvalho / Som Livre.
2007: Ala dos Namorados, Mentiroso Normal, Universal.
2004: Politonia, Periférico, Edição de Autor.
Mafalda Sacchetti, Imprevisível, Giza.
2003: Laurent Filipe Presents Jacinta: A Tribute to Bessie Smith, EMI / Blue Note.
2001: António Mardel, Ride On, Strauss.
2000: Jorge Goes, Contra a Corrente, Ovação.
1999: Sílvia Nazario, Tupi Mata Verde, Edição de Autor.
Politonia, Lisboa, Upbeat Records.
1998: Ernesto Leite & A.M.C., Realidades, Numérica.
Maria Viana, Espírito do Tempo, Mega Música.
1995: Eyewitness, A Tribute to VdGG, Mellow Records

WebSites:
www.massimocavalli.com
http://www.ijm.it/index.php?option=com_music&view=display&id=297
http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/cinema_&_dintorni-cd-6240.html

Artigos:
http://italy.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=9239
http://www.jazzlogical.net/discos/Massimo_Cavalli_Varandas.html
http://www.jazzitalia.net/recensioni/varandasdochiado.asp#.UklQYiQZOj4
http://saltpeanutsjazz.wordpress.com/2013/10/01/varandas-do-chiado-massimocavalli/#more-95
http://www.massimocavalli.com/wp-content/uploads/Articolo-Note-Sonanti.pdf
http://jazzport.cz/2015/07/31/portugalsti-jazzmani-versus-italske-filmove-melodie/
http://jazzjournal.co.uk/review/6/0/2015-06

Entrevistas:
http://www.jazzconvention.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1426:slideshow-massimo-cavalli&catid=1:articoli&Itemid=10
http://www.xpressingmusic.com/34-entrevista/1429-massimo-cavalli

Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiBoGeJwz7U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GFhY2KPqlo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQz5WQy7qi8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSM1tRDmaDE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h9JfoAKD3w

Contacts

Cell:
+351969041154

Skype:
saltpeanuts69
Updated:  February 10, 2017

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