Dado Moroni

b. Edgardo Moroni, 20 Oct 1962, Genoa, Italy. Moroni started playing piano as a little child, encouraged by way of a extremely musical family history. Although his dad was a dance music group vocalist and his grandfather an opera vocalist, he considered jazz and in his early teenage years also used the bass. A few of his early affects arrived through his dad’s record collection, including artists such as for example Erroll Garner, Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines, Artwork Tatum and Fat Waller. Through the 70s and early 80s his encounter and his status grew and he worked well not merely with mentioned Italian musicians, such as for example Franco Ambrosetti and Gianni Basso, but additionally with going to American artists. Over time, these included Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Moody and Clark Terry. He was an associate of the trio led by Jimmy Woode, used Mingus Dynasty, and toured thoroughly with an array of mainstream, hard bop and modern jazz performers. His status solidified in america owing to several visits and visible concerts and well-received albums, which he made an appearance like a sideman, with Ray Dark brown, Jesse Davis, Tom Harrell, and Lee Konitz. Although his stylish and strenuous playing is intensely bop inspired, Moroni’s performances frequently reveal touches of these early piano affects, Waller and Tatum for instance, which help provide to his playing a satisfyingly wide texture.