Pino Presti

Italian conductor, arranger, bassist, composer and record producer from Milan

Born: 23 August 1943
Milan
Country: Italy
Active: 1961–
Record labels: Atlantic Records
Discography: 1 album

Biography

Pino Presti is a jazz musician who plays bass guitar and Rhodes piano. Pino Presti was born on 23 August 1943 in Milan. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Atlantic Records.

Giuseppe Prestipino Giarritta (born 23 August 1943), professionally known by his pseudonym Pino Presti, is an Italian conductor, arranger, bassist, composer and record producer from Milan. He is a 5th-dan black belt in Shotokan Karate. Presti was very young when he first entered the music business. He started as a bass guitar player, and then gradually began as an arranger, composer, orchestra conductor and producer. Among his collaborations in different genres of music like jazz, pop, funk, soul, and Latin music are Mina (the most famous Italian pop singer), Gerry Mulligan, Ástor Piazzolla (with whom he has performed on 24 recordings as a sideman, including the well-known composition Libertango), Quincy Jones, Wilson Pickett, Shirley Bassey, Franco Cerri, Maynard Ferguson, Stéphane Grappelli, Severino Gazzelloni, Aldemaro Romero, and Tullio De Piscopo among others.

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