Pino Presti

Pino Presti
Pino Presti 1992
Background information
Birth name	Giuseppe Prestipino Giarritta
Born	(1943-08-23)August 23, 1943
Origin	Milan, Italy
Genres	Pop, jazz, funk, Latin music, dance
Occupation(s)	Bassist, arranger, composer, conductor, record producer
Instruments	Bass guitar, Fender Rhodes, percussion
Years active	1961–present
Labels	Atlantic, Durium, Saar, Polydor, Baby Records, Emergency, Belldisc, Edizioni Curci, Dischi Ricordi

Pino Presti (pseudonym of Giuseppe Prestipino Giarritta, is an Italian bass player, arranger, composer, conductor, record producer, born 23 August 1943, in Milan. He is a 5th-dan black belt in Shotokan Karate.^[1]

Presti, son of an accomplished violinist, Arturo Prestipino Giarritta,^[2] has been studying music since the age of 6. He was seventeen years old when he first entered the music business. Presti started as a bass guitar player, than gradually began as an arranger, a composer, an orchestra conductor and a producer. Among his collaborations in different genres of music like jazz, pop, funk, soul, we can find great names such as Mina (the most famous Italian pop singer), Gerry Mulligan, Ástor Piazzolla (the bassline in the famous composition "Libertango" belongs to him), Quincy Jones, Wilson Pickett, Shirley Bassey, Maynard Ferguson, Franco Cerri, Stéphane Grappelli, Aldemaro Romero and many others. He is considered one of the most important Italian arrangers/conductors.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

1. ↑ Pino Presti 5th-dan black belt
2. ↑ Autori Vari (a cura di Gino Castaldo), Dizionario della canzone italiana, ed. Curcio, 1990; alla voce Presti Pino, di Dario Salvatori, pag. 1391
3. ↑ "Pino Presti - Musica su Google Play". play.google.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
4. ↑ Hit Parade Italia
5. ↑ Groove Collector - Pino Presti
6. ↑ La storia della Disco Music
7. ↑ Greatest Jazz Bassists | BASS/MASTER's BASS GUITAR
8. ↑ "La musica ieri e oggi". Archived from the original on 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
9. ↑ Composer of the Week
10. ↑ Vittorio Franchini, Stéphane Grappelli, a Milano mostro sacro del Jazz, pubblicato su Corriere della Sera del 27 aprile 1973
11. ↑ "Franco Cerri". www.festivalchitarramenaggio.com.^{[permanent dead link]}
12. ↑ Maynard Ferguson ad Auditorio A, pubblicato su Radiocorriere TV del 9 settembre 1977