Curriculum

Dino Contenti Double-bass and Bass-guitar player,
comes to the scene as a professional musician way
back in 1985.
Following a long experience as a bassguitar-player
matured in the multi-faceted world of modern music
(pop, rock, ethnic, blues, latin etc.), he makes himself known to a number of musicians with several artistic tendencies.
Through the study of Classical Music, he gets familiar
with the double-bass.
Successively, the inner urge to express himself
through improvisation,leads to his "discovery" of Jazz.
Since then non-stop jazz activity has seen him a much
sought-after artist for many musicians both from the
lively Italian jazz-mine and the international jazz-set;
among them are

PIETRO TONOLO, EMANUELE CISI, ANTONIO FARAO',
MARIO RUSCA, RICCARDO ZEGNA, PAOLO BIRRO,
GIANNI BASSO, CARLO SOLA, ENRICO RAVA,
GABRIELE MIRABASSI, TIZIANA GHIGLIONI, FRANCESCA OLIVIERI, FLAVIO BOLTRO, FRANCO CERRI,
BOB BONISOLO, HAL STEIN, TONY CASTELLANO,
BOB MOVER, DICK ECKSTALLE SMITH, BARNEY KESSEL,
JIMMY COBB, RAY MANTILLA, TOMMY CAMPBELL, SKIP HADDEN, GARRISON FEWELL,MANHU
ROCHE,FLORENCE FOUCARDE.

At present he's the resident bass-player with the
Gianni Coscia Trio (ECM), the Claudio Fasoli Quartet,
The trio with the american Harpist Park Stickney and the french drummer Manhu Roche and the european Trio
of the american guitarist Garrison Fewell.
With this Trio he has taken part to the Montreux Jazz
Festival in 1998 and 1999.
The trio has often accompanied live performances
of the British singer Norma Winstone.
A large number of televsion appearances for RAI and MEDIASET add up to his experience accompanying
many pop artists like Elisa, the Matia Bazar, Elio e le storie tese, Enrico Ruggeri, Renato Zero,
Anggunn etc.
From 1987 to 1999 has carried out teaching activities
at the Centro
Jazz in Turin .
He had also made many jazz improvisation and bass
class in european conservatory in Barcellona, Saragoza, Geneve, Munich, London, Perugia, Ivrea.