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Born | Berchidda, Sardinia, Italy | 10 February 1961
Genres | Jazz |
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Website | paolofresu |
Paolo Fresu (Sardinian: Pàulu; born 10 February 1961)[1] is an Italian jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, as well as a composer and arranger of music. His unique trumpet sound is recognized as one of the most distinctive in the contemporary jazz scene.[2]
Fresu plays four distinct instruments: trumpet, flugelhorn, muted trumpet, and electronics. He selectively uses a t.c. electronic effects unit and "one from the past" by DigiTech, through this equipment, he see it as a way to go back in time.[3] Fresu demonstrates his versatile trumpet skills through his rendition of Monteverdi's "Si dolce è il tormento" and Handel's aria "Lascia chi's Pianga."[4]