Aldo Bassi

Also Bassi (January 29, 1962 – May 10, 2020) was an Italian jazz trumpeter.

Biography
After graduating in trumpet at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome Bassi joined several Roman jazz bands: the Alberto Corvini Big Band, the S. Louis Big Band directed by Bruno Biriaco and the Testaccio Jazz Orchestra. Upon returning to Italy, after a formative Cuban experience, he released Conversation with Franco Piana's Big Band and later with Riccardo Fassi's Tankio Band two albums. In 1992 with Rosario Giuliani he formed the Bassi-Giuliani Quintet, with the 1996 album L'incontro and participation in the Jazz & Image Festival to his credit.

In 1998 he formed the first band under his own name, the Aldo Bassi Quartet, with which he released Distanze in 1999. On the following year's tour he hosts U.S. saxophonist Rick Margitza. In 2001 he recorded the quartet's second album, Muah! released in 2004, featuring Margitza himself and Antonello Salis.

In 2004 he joined the Italian National Jazz Orchestra and the following year the Parco della Musica Jazz Orchestra (PMJO) with which he went on a world tour. In 2006 he formed the Aldo Bassi Trio with Stefano Nunzi on double bass and Alessandro Marzi without releasing anything. In 2007 he released with pianist Alessandro Bravo the album Sirio and in 2010 a new work by Quartet New Research. He later works for Rai and Mediaset. In 2013 he started the Metal Jazz Trio project together with Pierpaolo Ranieri and Roberto Pistolesi.