ArtistInfo

Gaspare De Vito

sax, *1978 CO
Musician / Composer of Jazz

Saxophonist, flautist and composer, born in Naples in 1978. He studied with Gianluigi Troversi, Eugenio Colombo and musical composition with Giancarlo Schiaffini. Fundamental to his music education were the meetings with Steve Grossman and Greg Osby. He has always been fascinated by the freedom which marks both the music practice and the sound research. He has his singular concept about the instrumental and compositional research which has led him to be appreciated by critics and audiences for his original music language. He can perform both visceral solos and pianissimo through an exploration which proceeds to the summary of the several souls that populate his musical world, starting from his Neapolitan and Mediterranean roots to be then contaminated by Hip-Hop in his early teens, going through Funk, Jazz, Cuban traditional music, up to the tradition of South of the Africa. He has worked with musicians such as Butch Morris, Alvin Curran, Tristan Hosinger, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Eugenio Colombo, Fabrizio Puglisi, Vincenzo Vasi, Nicola Guazzaloca, Pasquale Mirra, Marco Dal Pane, Luisa Cottifogli, Maisha Grant and many more. He has performed at many international festivals like Clusone Jazz Festival, Jazz In it, Sant’arcangelo Jazz Festival, Paradiso Jazz, Jazzy Jam,Cassero Jazz Festival, Dozza Jazz, Crossroads, Angelica Festival, Trentennale del Treno di Cage to name the most famous ones only. He has played with numerous bands as a leader and session-man in Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Finland, Sweden and Estonia. In 2007 he was voted among the best Italian saxophonists and in 2008 he came seventh in the annual referendum for best new talent organised by Musica Jazz. He is co-founder of Suoniforme label.