Pino Presti

Pino Presti (actually: Giuseppe Prestipino Giarritta; born August 23, 1943 in Milan ) is an Italian bass player, arranger, composer, orchestra conductor and music producer. Kampfkunstler, 1987, he received his 5th Dan in Shotokan Karate.

Life and work

Pino Presti started early with music, first as bassist, then as an arranger, composer, bandleader, record producer. Under his cooperation in various music genres such as jazz, pop, funk, soul find names like: Mina, Gerry Mulligan, Astor Piazzolla, Quincy Jones, Wilson Pickett, Shirley Bassey, Maynard Ferguson, Aldemaro Romero and Stéphane Grappelli.

Pino Presti, son of Arturo Prestipino Giarritta, who was an accomplished violinist, began his musical education at the age of 6 years, which he has since pursued. His career as a musician, he starts with 17 years as a singer and bass player in nightclubs, as well as an instrumentalist in recording studios. When his exposures are too time-consuming as a musician, and despite the contract as a singer in the Durium of Milano, he decides to focus on his favorite music. It takes hundreds of titles with others: Mina, Giorgio Gaber, Ornella Vanoni Gino Paoli, Bruno Lauzi, Fabrizio De André, Sergio Endrigo, Mia Martini, Franco Battiato, Adriano Celentano, Milva, Pino Donaggio, Gigliola Cinquetti, Caterina Caselli, Bobby Solo, Fausto Leali, Michele, Ivan Graziani, Loredana Bertè on.

After his long career as a bass player in recording studios, as well as on tours, Presti is making a name as an arranger and orchestra leader (up to his final public performances at the Theatre Bussoladomani, 1978), as well as for Mina. Between 1971 and 1978, arranged and conducted it 86 songs including the hits like: Grande grande grande ( Never Never Never ), e poi ... (. Dann.. And / love on a Sunday) L' importante è finire (Take me), Città vuota ( 1978 version ), Lamento d' amore, Domenica sera, and other songs in many albums. For the singer he has four titles themselves Composed: Tentiamo ancora in the album Frutta e veggies, L' amore è cosa Un'altra for Mina ®, Amante for Mina amore con Bignè, Bignè for Ridi Pagliaccio.

Between the 1970s and 1980s he worked with, for example, Wilson Pickett, Shirley Bassey, Quincy Jones, Gerry Mulligan, Astor Piazzolla, Maynard Ferguson, Shirley Bunnie Foy, Stéphane Grappelli, Severino Gazzelloni, Franco Cerri, Enrico Intra, Bruno De Filippi, Aldemaro Romero, Eartha Kitt, Caterina Valente, Bill Conti, George Aghedo and Maurice Vander together.

For the recording of Libertango, along with Astor Piazzolla and Summit of Gerry Mulligan and Astor Piazzolla, he appears under his real name Giuseppe Prestipino, as well as in the albums La Onda Onda Nueva Instrumental maxima and of the pianist - composer Aldemaro Romero.

In April, 1975, during his European tour with Mulligan and Piazzolla, he also plays the Olympia (Paris) and at the World Music Festival in Palma de Mallorca. The band line-up is as follows: Gerry Mulligan (baritone saxophone), Astor Piazzolla ( Bandoneon ), Tom Fay (piano ) Pino Presti ( e- bass), Tullio De Piscopo (drums), Waldo de los Rios ( organ ), Sergio Farina ( guitar). The pre-concert is Gerry Mulligan; it follows Astor Piazzolla and the joint concert for the interpretation of some title of the album Summit.

Implemented in 1976, he produced the first Italian music dance - funk 1st Round for the label with Atlantic Records ' ear worms ' as: Smile, Funky Bump, L' estate di Laura and Sunny.

Pino Presti signed in 1977 a contract with Rai 2 as director of orchestra and composer of original soundtracks for the TV show, Auditorio A ',. Headed by Stefano De Stefani This offers him the opportunity to conduct a large orchestra with 56 musicians and performers following: Gino Paoli, Sergio Endrigo, Milva, Pino Daniele, Maynard Ferguson, Angelo Branduardi, Rino Gaetano, Fausto Leali, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso and Giorgio Baiocchi. There follow, C'era due volte ' (1980 ), directed by Enzo Trapani, Il Cappello sulle Ventitre ' (1983 ) directed by Fernanda Turvani.

From 1980 realized until today, apart from the compositions to television productions of TV series and he produced albums under various pseudonyms for labels such as Polydor, Polygram, Baby Records, Barclay, Edizioni Curci, Durium, Ricordi, Joker, Saar; as well as for independent labels: Emergency, Soul Xpression, Level One, Self.

Pino Presti lived in France since 2004. He realized and produced in 2009 the album A la Costa Sud - La Musique de la Côte d' Azur ( Publisher: Curci ), with 28 singers and musicians from different countries and continents, which often occur on the Côte d' Azur.

Created in 2011 and he composed exclusively for the Grand Hôtel Héritage Group ' (and all their associated media ) the five -hour original soundtrack, which integrates different styles of music: from classical to jazz, and world music on the way to ambient music.

Discography (selection)

Own recordings ( albums)

Singles

In other performers ( albums)

Singles

Television Music Shows

Martial Arts

From 1967 to 1985 he attended classes by Sensei Hiroshi Shirai of Karate and Goshin -do in Milan. He also attended seminars of other Japanese karate master in part, such as Taiji Kase, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Keinosuke Enoeda, Takeshi Naito, Hideo Ochi. In Rome, he acquired 1987 5th Dan, a level that is recognized worldwide by the WUKO (World Union of Karate -do Organizations).