Massimo Urbani

Massimo Urbani (8 May 1957 – 24 June 1993) was an Italian jazz alto saxophonist. He played principally in the bebop style.

Life and career
Urbani was born in Primavalle, Rome on 8 May 1957, the oldest of five brothers. His first instrument, from 1968, was the clarinet, but he soon switched to the alto saxophone.

Urbani died of a heroin overdose on 23 June 1993. The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that "Urbani's senseless death robbed Europe of a player whose records are a flawed testament to a bopper of enormous guts and facility."

Discography

 * 1974 Jazz a Confronto 13 (Horo)
 * 1977 Invitation (Philology
 * 1979 360° Aeutopia (Red)
 * 1980 Dedications to A.A. & J.C. – Max's Mood (Red)
 * 1981 Go Max Go (Philology)
 * 1983 Max Leaps In with Tullio De Piscopo, Mike Melillo, Massimo Moriconi)
 * 1984 The Urbisaglia Voncert (Philology)
 * 1987 Easy to Love (Red)
 * 1987 Duets Improvisations for Yardbird with Mike Melillo (Philology)
 * 1988 Urlo (Elicona)
 * 1990 Out of Nowhere (Splasc)
 * 1991 Round About Max with Strings (Sentemo)
 * 1993 The Blessing (Red)