Stefano Senni

About me:

I play the BASS because the sound of the bass is the mirror of life : sun, forest, wind, love and drama. I started playing the double bass when I was 20. I've got a graduation from Civici Corsi di jazz in Milano, but I consider myself basically self-taught. I have played in the following countries : Switzerland, Austria, England, Germany, Spain, France, Slovenia, Croatia, Portugal, Poland, USA, Estonia, Latvia, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Cuba, Mexico, Ireland, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Indonesia, Macedonia, Japan, Canada, Serbia... In various festivals : Terni, Tabarka, Iseo jazz, festival jazz di Milano, Pavia, Palermo di scena, Urbino, Trieste, Pescara, San Marino, Crotone, Cefalù, Trapani, Etna jazz, Torino JVC festival, Vicenza, Campania jazz, Philip Morris festival di Bologna, Feltre, Mosciano S.Angelo, Avellino, Lugo, Castelbuono, Marigliano, Nuoro, S.Anna Arresi, Cremona, Mantova, Brescia, Verona, Vignola, Mori, Teano, Bellante, Teggiano, Matera, Padova Porsche Jazz festival, Paris JVC Jazz festival, Autumn jazz Campobasso, Castiglione delle Stiviere, Jazz Image Villa Celimontana, Laigueglia, Albinea, Jazz flirt Formia, European JazzExpo Cagliari, Dubai international jazz festival, Bergamo, Foligno Young Jazz, Jazz Plaza L'Havana, Dublin, InnTone Diersbach, Mai Jazz Stavanger, Top Jazz Reggio Calabria, Catanzaro, Piacenza, Sudtirol Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz, North Sea Jazz Festival, Brianza Open jazz, Vigo Imaxina Sons, Roccella Jonica, Benevento, Grey Cat Jazz fest, Madeira, Madrid, Umbria Jazz Winter, Jakarta Java Jazz Festival, Clusone, Skopje jazz festival, London, Saskatoon, Muntagninjazz, Taphros jazz La Maddalena, Ravello Festival... I have played with these fine musicians and many others : Tony Scott, Art Farmer, Enrico Rava, Stefano Bollani, Benny Golson, Cedar Walton, Lee Konitz, Barry Harris, Steve Grossman, Randy Brecker, Jimmy Owens, Bobby Watson, Bob Mover, George Cables, Eliot Zigmund, Renè Utreger, Oscar Klein, Joy Garrison, Mark Murphy, Michelle Hendricks, Dusko Gojkovic, Franco Ambrosetti, Rachel Gould, Tom Kirkpatrick, Steve Ellington, Larry Smith, Bob Sands, John Mosca, Silvia Droste, Hugo Heredia, Paula West, Thomas Moeckel, Kurt Weiss, Albert Bover, Kyle Gregory, Robert Bonisolo, Joan Cartwright, Tom Harrell, Keith Copeland, Carl Fontana, Tardo Hammer, Oscar Noriega, Ronnie Matthews, Ray Mantilla, Alain Jean-Marie, Eddie Henderson, Chris Speed, Jim Snidero, Jay Rodriguez, Bobby Durham, Ralph Alessi, George Robert, Anthony Coleman, Carl Allen, Vincent Herring, Joris Dudli, Matt Renzi, Mike Abene, Jay Clayton, Lew Tabackin, Cecil Bridgewater, Ben Riley, Garrison Fewell, Kate Baker, Damon Brown, Irio De Paula, Dave Schnitter, Bob Mintzer, Carol Sudhalter, Doug Little, Rory Stuart, Jimmy Weinstein, Charli Persip, Tobias Delius, Sean Bergin, Tony Kofi, Han Bennink, Jeff Davis, Richard Galliano, Alexis Cardenas, Clarence Penn, Raphael Mejias, Frank Marocco, Ferenc Nemeth, Michael Blake, Ron Horton, Michael Sarin, James Zollar, Christian Escoudè, Steven Bernstein, Don Byron, Jeff Ballard, Francisco Mela, Michael Marcus, Rob Mazurek… I teach jazz bass at "F.Venezze" Conservatory in Rovigo, Italy since 2005. I've also given masterclasses around the world, such as : Coimbra (Portugal) - Sitio de Sons; Nis (Serbia) - Nisville; Hamburg (Germany) - Birdland; Saskatoon (Canada) - TD High School Jazz Intensive. please check out these websites:
www.myspace.com/stefanosennitourdates www.myspace.com/saulbass1
www.stefanosenni.it
www.elgallorojorecords.com
DISCOGRAPHY : "Ears Wide Shut" 2011 M.Campobasso,M.Manzoni 4tet - Parco della Musica Records "Empedocles" 2011 G.Gebbia trio - Horo new series "Spinoza" 2011 D.Recchia,G.Burk,S.Senni,A.Girardi - Improvvisatore involontario "Jazz Gawronski" 2010 Jaruzelski's Dream - Clean Feed "Time on my Hands" - 2010 Danilo Memoli trio feat. R.Reichert & S.Grossman - CatSound records "The Manne I Love!" Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 - 2010 Zeno De Rossi Shtik - Elgallorojorecords "Shadows" 2010 Nico Gori Millenovecento feat. Tom Harrell - Universal "Saints and Sinners" 2009 Rope - Elgallorojorecords "Jazz Italiano Live 2009" Enrico Rava P.M. Jazz Lab - L'Espresso "Exotica Domestica" 2009 Adriatics Orchestra - Artesuono "Get in Get out" 2009 Davide Recchia trio - TRJ records "Amapola" 2009 Newropean 4tet - Birdland Records "Clouds over Me" 2009 Michele Polga 4tet - Caligola "Spirit of the Mountains" 2009 Federico Casagrande trio - Dodicilune "Fuga per Art" 2008 Simone Zanchini 5tet From Marocco to Art - Dodicilune "The House Behind this One" 2008 Giovanni Guidi 4tet - CAM Jazz "Watch Your Step" 2008 Nicola Fazzini 4tet - Caligola "Psychocandy" 2007 Stefano Senni 4tet Saul Bass - Elgallorojorecords "Me'or 'Einaym" 2007 Zeno De Rossi Shtik - Elgallorojorecords "Comeglians" 2007 Adriatics Orchestra - Elgallorojrecords "Feet of Mud" 2007 Feet of Mud - Improvvisatore Involontario "Ottovolante" 2007 Ottovolante Orchestra - Azzurra Music "Gingembre" 2006 Gingembre band - Splasch "Have you met Miss Bates?" 2005 Rope - Elgallorojorecords "Plunge" 2005 Zeno De Rossi Sultry - Elgallorojorecords "L'Anniversaire" 2005 Orchestra Vertical - Elgallorojorecords "Motociblues" 2005 Roberto Faenzi 5tet - Newmoodjazz "Missa Rotna" 2004 coro città di Verona + jazz combo- dir. B.Pogrmilovic - A.G.C. "Feliec" 2004 Danilo Memoli trio - Azzurra Music "Let Me Tell You..." 2004 Rita Cervellati - Wide Sound "Tribute to Benny Goodman" 2004 Map Swing 6tet - Azzurra Music "Live allo Spasimo" 2003 Giovanni Mazzarino 5tet - Splasch "Batida Diferente" 2003 Roberto Faenzi group - Discmedi "Oh! Lady Be Good" 2003 Marilia Vesco - C.A.R. productions "Virus" 2003 one track with F.Bearzatti,E.Bex,A.Romano - Auand "The Cyclone" 2003 Giovanni Mazzarino 5tet - Splasch "Tribute to Ermi Bombi" 2002 Dado Moroni, Andrea Massaria Artesuono "Sultry" 2001 Zeno De Rossi Sultry - Splasch "Opening" 2001 Pietro Condorelli, Enzo Carpentieri - Sos "Along the Sung" 2001 Gaetano Riccobono - Philology "Beautiful Child" 2000 Giovanni Mazzarino 4tet - Philology "Frattali" 2000 Carlo Ceriani tet - Splasch "Jazz" 2000 Danilo Memoli trio feat. Steve Grossman & John Mosca - Agape "Plays Ballads" 1999 Giovanni Mazarino 4tet - Philology "Live Collection n.1" 1998 Randy Brecker & Giovanni Mazzarino trio - Catania Brass Group "Live at Brass jazz club" 1998 Randy Brecker & Giovanni Mazzarino trio - Catania Brass Group "Estate" 1998 Larry Smith 4tet - Label Bleu Jazz "Portraits in Music" 1996 Lee Konitz, Franco Ambrosetti, Antonio Faraò, Guido Parini - SMM