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Alberto Gurrisi Alberto (* 1984 in Milano) is an organist and pianist. After a few years of classical piano, he embarked on a jazz path, studying the instrument with Fabrizio Bernasconi and functional harmony with M. Filippo Daccò. From 2003 to 2007 he studied with Paolo Birro and Mario Rusca at the Civici Corsi di Jazz in Milano.   Since 2003 he has been studying the Hammond organ as a self-taught. He also attended lessons with great organists such as Joey deFrancesco, Sam Yahel, Larry Goldings, Tony Monaco. In the same period he decided to devote himself mainly to the organ and met several musicians, including the maestro Franco Cerri (with whom he collaborated steadily from 2007 to 2018) and the American blues harmonica player Sugar Blue, with whom he participated in numerous blues festivals in Italy and in various European countries (2006-2007).   Since 2003 he has shared various musical experiences with the guitarist Alessandro Usai. In particular, Spare Time Trio (active since 2004) and Alex Usai Blues Band (since 2009) have produced four albums and perform in numerous Italian clubs and festivals. In 2011 he moved to Turin, where he formed his own quartet with Gianni Denitto (alto sax), Gianni Virone (tenor sax) and Alessandro Minetto (drums). He also co-produced albums with Pepe Ragonese organ trio, Happy Tree quartet by Alfredo Ferrario and Marco Castiglioni, and two albums with Alessio Menconi trio.   Since 2015 he has been a co-founder of Blue Moka, which collaborates regularly with Fabrizio Bosso, produced the first album in 2017 at the Casa del Jazz in Rome and has performed in dozens of concerts in clubs and festivals. In 2018 he performed as a leader in a trio with two great American musicians: Seamus Blake on tenor sax and Adam Nussbaum on drums. The trio's concert at the Torino Jazz Festival was broadcast on Radio Rai3. After two years of residence in Rome, since 2019 he has collaborated regularly with Fabrizio Bosso and Rosario Giuliani in the "Connection" project, with whom he recorded the album of the same name published by Warner Music in 2021.   He alternates his concert activities with his dissemination and teaching activity, in particular with collective meetings dedicated to ensemble music for various instrumentalists and individual lessons in person and online. He also had the opportunity to play with Joe Cohn, Jim Mullen, Doug Webb, Rob Sudduth, Darryl Jones, Torino Jazz Orchestra plus Carla Bley-Steve Swallow-Andy Sheppard, Enrico Rava, Max Ionata, Gege' Telesforo, Mauro Negri, Emanuele Cisi, Bebo Ferra, Giovanni Amato, Francesco Cafiso, Tino Tracanna, Amedeo Ariano, Massimo Manzi, Alfredo Ferrario, Enzo Zirilli, Andrea Dulbecco, Luigi Tessarollo, Dino Piana, Gianni Sanjust, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Emilio Soana, Paolo Tomelleri and other Italian musicians.   from the organist's web site

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homepage:	albertogurrisi.com
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