Dino Saluzzi

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Timoteo "Dino" Saluzzi (born 20 May 1935)[1] is an Argentine bandoneon player. He is the son of Cayetano Saluzzi[2] and the father of guitarist José Maria Saluzzi.[3]

Born
Timoteo Saluzzi

(1935-05-20) 20 May 1935 (age 91)
Campo Santo, Salta Province, Argentina
OccupationsMusician, composer, bandleader
InstrumentBandoneon
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Dino Saluzzi
Background information
Born
Timoteo Saluzzi

(1935-05-20) 20 May 1935 (age 91)
Campo Santo, Salta Province, Argentina
GenresJazz, avant-garde jazz, Latin music
OccupationsMusician, composer, bandleader
InstrumentBandoneon
Years active1970s–present
LabelECM
Websitesaluzzimusic.com.ar
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Early life, family and education

Timoteo "Dino" Saluzzi was born in Campo Santo, Salta Province, Argentina.[1] Saluzzi has been playing the bandoneon since his childhood.[1] As a youth in Buenos Aires, Dino played with the Radio El Mundo orchestra.[2] His father was Cayetano Saluzzi.[2]

Career

Saluzzi landed a contract with the ECM label. Several records have resulted, including Kultrum, 1983.[1] From the beginning of the 1980s onwards, there were collaborations with European and American jazz musicians including Charlie Haden, Tomasz Stańko, Charlie Mariano, Palle Danielsson, and Al Di Meola.[1]

ECM brought Saluzzi together with Charlie Haden, Palle Mikkelborg and Pierre Favre for Once upon a Time – Far Away in the South.[1] Rava had worked extensively in Argentina, and Haden's sympathy for Latin American music was well known; furthermore Palle Mikkelborg and Dino Saluzzi had worked together productively in George Gruntz's band.[1]

Discography

Dino Saluzzi by Gert Chesi

As leader

Los Chalchaleros con el bandoneón de Dino Saluzzi

  • 1972: La Cerrillana (RCA Victor)

Dino Saluzzi Group

Trio with Anthony Cox and David Friedman

  • 1995: Rios (veraBra)

Trio with George Gruntz and Thierry Lang

  • 2005: Trio Tage (PJL)

As sideman

With Pedro Orillas

  • 1970: Soy Buenos Aires (RCA Camden)

With Litto Nebbia

  • 1981: Tres Noches en la Trastienda (Melopea), trio including Bernardo Baraj

With George Gruntz

With Al Di Meola

With Rickie Lee Jones

With Maria João

  • 1996: Fábula

With Tomasz Stańko

With Giya Kancheli, Gidon Kremer and Andrei Pushkarev

  • 2010: Themes from the Songbook (ECM)[3]

References

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