Dominique Di Piazza

French jazz bassist

Born: 19 March 1959
3rd arrondissement of Lyon
Country: France

Biography

Dominique Di Piazza is a jazz musician who plays guitar and bass guitar. Dominique Di Piazza was born on 19 March 1959 in 3rd arrondissement of Lyon. The music is usually filed under jazz.

Dominique Di Piazza, born in Lyon, France, in 1959, is an electric bass player. Di Piazza discovered the bass in 1979. Already a self-taught guitarist, Di Piazza developed a distinctive, but unorthodox 'closed palm' technique of picking with the right hand thumb, index, and middle fingers, giving him a speed not often heard in electric bass players. A member of the John McLaughlin Trio" from 1991 to 1992, along with Trilok Gurtu a world tour of 300 concerts and an album Que Alegria. He influenced numerous bass players in Europe and the USA, such as Matthew Garrison, Adam Nitti, and Lucas Pickford. In 2000, Di Piazza released the album Front Page (Sunnyside) with a group of the same name, consisting of Biréli Lagrène on Guitar and Dennis Chambers on Drums. In 2001 the album was awarded the Victory Music Award for the year's best jazz CD.

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