ArtistInfo

Bernardo Sassetti

p, 1970-2012 PT, Lisbon
Musician / Composer of Jazz
A.k.a. Bernardo da Costa Sassetti Pais

Bernardo da Costa Sassetti Pais (24 June 1970 – 10 May 2012) was a Portuguese jazz pianist and film composer.Sassetti was born in Lisbon. He was a great-grandson of Sidónio Pais, President of the First Republic. He initially played guitar, then began studying piano and music theory at age nine. He became interested in jazz after hearing Bill Evans. By the late 1980s, he was backing visiting musicians and teaching jazz piano in Lisbon (and, later, taught throughout other lusophonic areas). During the 1990s, he worked in London, where he recorded three albums with Guy Barker's group. Anthony Minghella invited them to appear as the Napoli Jazz Sextet in The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Instruments

• Piano
• Percussion

Genres

• Jazz
• Classical
• Folk
• World
• Soundtrack

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