Federico Casagrande (born 27 February 1980 in Treviso, Veneto, Italy) is an Italian jazz guitarist.[1]

Career edit

Casagrande graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 2006. In 2007 he won first prize in the Montreux Jazz Festival guitar competition.[2] He has released at least ten albums as leader or co-leader[3] and has been described by The Irish Times as a "rising star of the younger generation [of European jazz musicians]" [4]

Discography edit

  • Conversations with Fulvio Sigurta (Impossible Ark, 2009)
  • Hypercube with Marco Bucelli (2011)
  • The Ancient Battle of the Invisible (CAM Jazz, 2012)
  • At the End of the Day (CAM Jazz, 2015)[5]
  • Double Circle with Enrico Pieranunzi (CAM Jazz, 2015)[5]
  • Fast Forward (CAM Jazz, 2017)[5]
  • Lost Songs with Francesco Bearzatti (CAM Jazz, 2018)

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Federico Casagrande". RateYourMusic.com. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  2. ^ "Federico Casagrande @ All About Jazz". Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  3. ^ "Me". www.federicocasagrande.com. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  4. ^ "Enrico Pieranunzi/Federico Casagrande: Double Circle". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  5. ^ a b c "Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved August 22, 2020.