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Francesco Bearzatti came to jazz late and from the wrong direction, which turns out to be the most useful fact about him.
He was born in Pordenone, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, on 9 October 1966, and grew up on rock. Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple first, then the Ramones and the Sex Pistols when punk reached the north-east of Italy. He spent years playing rock and pop in local clubs, worked as a DJ, and made electronic records. Alongside that he took a clarinet diploma at the Conservatory of Udine and studied composition with Daniele Zanettovich, and only afterwards went to New York to study jazz at Jazzmobile with George Coleman.
The professional record starts in 1994, when he formed the Kaiser Lupowitz Trio with guitarist Enrico Terragnoli and drummer Zeno De Rossi. In 1995 he recorded Live At Vartan Jazz with Valery Ponomarev, the trumpeter who had come out of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. His first album as a leader, Suspended Steps, came out on Caligola in 1998 under the Francesco Bearzatti Quartet billing, with Paolo Birro on piano, Marc Abrams on double bass and Max Chiarella on drums.
Italy noticed him in 2003, when the critics polled for Musica Jazz's Top Jazz referendum voted him Best New Talent. The same magazine gave him first prize as best Italian saxophonist in 2010. By then he had based himself in Paris and built a second career there. He recorded Because Of Bechet (2002) with Aldo Romano, then Chante (2005) and État De Fait (2007) on Dreyfus Jazz with the same drummer. He formed the Bizart Trio with organist Emmanuel Bex, whose 2004 album Hope on Auand puts Bearzatti, Bex, Romano and Enrico Rava on one record. He played in Henri Texier's Nord-Sud Quintet on Canto Negro (2011), and in 2014 he co-founded the Sunday Jazz Loft concert series in Paris. In 2011 the Académie du Jazz named him European Musician of the Year.
The work he is best known for began in 2007, at Stefano Amerio's Artesuono studio in Cavalicco, just outside Udine, where he recorded a composed suite about Tina Modotti. Modotti was born in Udine in 1896, emigrated, worked as an actress and then as a photographer in Mexico, joined the Mexican Communist Party in 1927, and died in Mexico City in 1942. Parco della Musica Records released Suite For Tina Modotti in 2008. Bearzatti then kept her name for the band. "Tinissima", the superlative of Tina and the title of Pino Cacucci's biography of her, has been the group's name ever since, with Giovanni Falzone on trumpet, Danilo Gallo on bass and Zeno De Rossi on drums.
That first suite set the method for everything the quartet did afterwards. X (Suite For Malcolm) (2010) is about Malcolm X and adds the Cincinnati vocalist and beatboxer Napoleon Maddox. Monk'N'Roll (CAM Jazz, 2013) crosses Thelonious Monk themes with rock repertoire. This Machine Kills Fascists (CAM Jazz, 2015) is about Woody Guthrie and takes its title from the phrase Guthrie wrote on his guitar. Zorro (CAM Jazz, 16 October 2020) arrived on the centenary of the character and was framed around jazz as a music of liberation and of resistance to injustice. The same four musicians played on all five.
Outside the quartet the habit holds. Portrait Of Tony (Parco della Musica Records, 23 July 2021) was written for the centenary of Tony Scott, the American clarinetist born Anthony Joseph Sciacca to Sicilian parents in Morristown, New Jersey. Dear Trane (2017) and Dear John (CAM Jazz, 2019, live with Benjamin Moussay and Roberto Gatto) are both for Coltrane.
The rock never left the catalogue either. His trio with Stomu Takeishi and Dan Weiss is billed as Sax Pistols on Stolen Days (Auand, 2006), where Bearzatti is credited for saxophone and electronics. Post Atomic Zep (doKumenta Music, 28 April 2023), with Danilo Gallo and Stefano Tamborrino, works Led Zeppelin repertoire. He appears on two albums by the Italian indie-punk band Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti, Sindacato Dei Sogni (2019) and Meme K Ultra (2022).
Since then the records have kept arriving: ElectricFranco (Da Vinci Jazz, 2023), which reworks the music of Franco D'Andrea; a second duo with guitarist Federico Casagrande, And Then Winter Came Again (CAM Jazz, 13 September 2024); and a trio with Stefano Risso and Mattia Barbieri, Behind Anatomy (Auand, 2024). He curated the 2023 edition of Open Jazz, a concert series in his home town of Pordenone.
On 16 and 17 June 2024 he took a double quartet into East Studio at Cormons, near Gorizia: Federico Casagrande on guitar, Alessandro Turchet on double bass, U.T. Gandhi and Luca Colussi both on drums, the Arrigoni string quartet, and the VocinVolo choir directed by Lucia Follador. Parco della Musica Records released the result on 30 January 2026 as The Peace Concert. Among its seven tracks is "People Have The Power", written by Patti Smith.
Bearzatti's writing is programmatic in a way most jazz is not. His records are composed suites about a single life, and the subjects share a shape: Tina Modotti, Malcolm X, Woody Guthrie and the fictional Zorro are all figures of resistance, and he treats each as material for a narrative arc rather than as a theme to blow over. On the Guthrie record that reaches as far as the whole quartet singing.
The playing draws on bebop and post-bop language, but the framing is closer to European large-form composition, and the surfaces are frequently loud. His own listening history explains a good deal of that: Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, the Ramones and the Sex Pistols came before jazz did, and rock repertoire keeps returning as source material rather than as novelty, from Monk'N'Roll through Post Atomic Zep to a Patti Smith song on The Peace Concert. Electronics recur too, from the Sax Pistols trio in 2006 to the Martux_M collaborations.
His clarinet playing is a separate strand. He took his diploma on the instrument before he was a saxophonist of record, and Portrait Of Tony is a full album written from one clarinetist to another. Comparisons to Charles Mingus turn up in Italian criticism for the way he moves between the avant-garde and tradition inside a single piece.
- Suite For Tina Modotti (2008, Parco della Musica Records) - The first Tinissima Quartet record and the origin of the band's name, recorded at Artesuono in Cavalicco. The best entry point, because everything the group did afterwards follows its method. Spotify - Suite for Tina Modotti Listen · Buy
- X (Suite For Malcolm) (2010, Parco della Musica Records) - The Malcolm X suite, with Napoleon Maddox's voice worked into the quartet. Spotify - X (Suite for Malcolm) Listen · Buy
- This Machine Kills Fascists (2015, CAM Jazz) - The Woody Guthrie suite, and the record where the quartet sings. Petra Magoni guests. Spotify - This Machine Kills Fascists Listen · Buy
- Portrait Of Tony (2021, Parco della Musica Records) - Written for Tony Scott's centenary, and the album that puts Bearzatti's clarinet at the centre alongside Marco Colonna's bass clarinet. Spotify - Portrait of Tony Listen · Buy
- Post Atomic Zep (2023, doKumenta Music) - Led Zeppelin repertoire in a trio with Danilo Gallo and Stefano Tamborrino, and the clearest statement of where his ear started. Spotify - Post Atomic Zep Listen · Buy
- The Peace Concert (2026, Parco della Musica Records) - The double quartet with choir and string quartet, including Patti Smith's "People Have The Power". Spotify - The Peace Concert Listen · Buy
Francesco Bearzatti: Full Discography
Tenor saxophone, clarinet. Born Pordenone, 9 October 1966.
Leader and Co-Leader
Records where Bearzatti is billed on the front of the sleeve, alone or as a named co-leader.
| Album | Year | Label | Personnel | Notes | Listen | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspended Steps | 1998 | Caligola 2025-2 | Francesco Bearzatti (saxophone, compositions); Paolo Birro (piano); Marc Abrams (double bass); Max Chiarella (drums) | First album as leader, billed to the Francesco Bearzatti Quartet | not found | Buy |
| Virus | 2003 | Auand AU9002 | Francesco Bearzatti; Emmanuel Bex (organ, vocoder, electronics); Aldo Romano (drums); guests Stefano Senni (double bass), Enrico Terragnoli (guitar), U.T. Gandhi (percussion), Mauro Ottolini (trombone) | First Bizart Trio album | not found | Buy |
| Hope | 2004 | Auand AU9007 | Francesco Bearzatti (tenor saxophone, clarinet, keyboards); Emmanuel Bex (organ, electronics); Aldo Romano (drums); Enrico Rava (trumpet) | Bizart Trio with Rava | Listen | Buy |
| Lester: Live At The 6th Nord-Est Jazz-Fest | 2004 | Caligola 2054 | Francesco Bearzatti Trio, one of five acts on the bill | Split live album | not found | Buy |
| Stolen Days | 2006 | Auand AU9011 | Francesco Bearzatti (saxophone, electronics); Stomu Takeishi (bass); Dan Weiss (drums) | Billed to Francesco Bearzatti / Sax Pistols | Listen | Buy |
| SoHoHo | 2006 | Chicken Madness / Sohoho Records CM 004 | Francesco Bearzatti (tenor saxophone); Georgi Šareski (guitar, compositions, arrangements); Džijan Emin (french horn, keyboards); Vladan Drobicki (trombone); Oliver Josifovski (electric upright bass); Aleksandar Sekulovski (drums) | Billed Georgi Šareski 6 featuring Francesco Bearzatti | not found | Buy |
| Circle | 2006 | Picanto Records PIC004 | Francesco Bearzatti (tenor saxophone); Michelangelo Decorato (piano, compositions); Andrea Lamacchia (double bass); Davide Pentassuglia, Emanuele Maniscalco (drums) | Billed Circle Trio meets Francesco Bearzatti | not found | Buy |
| Suite For Tina Modotti | 2008 | Parco Della Musica Records MPR 008CD | Francesco Bearzatti (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Giovanni Falzone (trumpet, effects); Danilo Gallo (double bass, bass guitar); Zeno De Rossi (drums, percussion). Recorded and mixed by Stefano Amerio | First Tinissima Quartet album, recorded at Artesuono, Cavalicco (Udine), 2007 | Listen | Buy |
| Opengate | 2009 | Plus Loin Music PL4517 | Francesco Bearzatti (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Emmanuel Bex (Hammond B3 and liturgical organ, compositions); Simon Goubert (drums) | - | not found | Buy |
| Beat Spirit | 2009 | Caligola 2122 | Francesco Bearzatti; Claudio Cojaniz (piano, lyrics, liner notes); Lorenzo Acquaviva (voice) | Beat-poetry project | not found | Buy |
| X (Suite For Malcolm) | 2010 | Parco Della Musica Records MPR 025CD | Francesco Bearzatti (compositions); Giovanni Falzone (trumpet); Danilo Gallo (double bass, electric bass); Zeno De Rossi (drums, percussion); Napoleon Maddox (lyrics, vocals); Mauro Gargano (pizzicato double bass) | Tinissima 4et featuring Napoleon Maddox. Suite for Malcolm X | Listen | Buy |
| Solitudini | 2012 | Artesuono art 110 | Juri Dal Dan Trio with Francesco Bearzatti | - | not found | Buy |
| Monk'N'Roll | 2013 | C.A.M. Jazz CAMJ 7859-2 | Francesco Bearzatti (saxophone); Giovanni Falzone (trumpet); Danilo Gallo (bass); Zeno De Rossi (drums) | Monk themes crossed with rock repertoire | Listen | Buy |
| Imagine | 2013 | Parco Della Musica Records MPR 047CD | Francesco Bearzatti (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Fabrizio Bosso (trumpet); Eivind Aarset (electric guitar, electronics); Maurizio Martusciello / Martux_M (electronics, compositions) | - | not found | Buy |
| Noise In The Box | 2013 | Tosky Records TSK011 | Francesco Bearzatti (tenor saxophone); Luigi Masciari (guitar); Cristiano Arcelli (saxophone); Enrico Zanisi (keyboards); Daniele Mencarelli (electric bass); Alessandro Paternesi (drums); Oona Rea (vocals) | - | not found | Buy |
| Live In France | 2014 | Parco Della Musica Records MPR 062CD | Francesco Bearzatti (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Eric Surménian (double bass); Emmanuel Roche (drums) | Billed Francesco Bearzatti And The Bears | not found | Buy |
| My Love Supreme | 2015 | Musica Jazz MJCD 1294 | Francesco Bearzatti (saxophone, compositions); Martux_M Crew (electronics); Paul Brousseau (piano, synthesizer) | Coltrane-referencing electronic project, issued with the magazine | not found | Buy |
| Sixth Sense | 2015 | Parco Della Musica Records MPR 066CD | Roberto Gatto (drums); Francesco Bearzatti (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Avishai E. Cohen (trumpet); Doug Weiss (double bass) | Roberto Gatto Quartet billing | not found | Buy |
| Josef | 2015 | Artesuono ART140 | Francesco Bearzatti (saxophone); Juri Dal Dan (piano, compositions); Romano Todesco (double bass); Alessandro Mansutti (drums) | - | not found | Buy |
| M'illumino di senso - Suite per la Grande Guerra 1915-1918 | 2015 | Blue Serge-Egea | Francesco Bearzatti (tenor and soprano saxophone, clarinet); Angelo Comisso (piano) | Duo debut with pianist Angelo Comisso, composed four-handed by both musicians; WWI-centenary suite. Not indexed on Discogs under either artist (checked directly, full release lists) - confirmed via Feltrinelli, IBS.it and imusic.co retail listings and an Apple Music track credit | not found on Spotify by album search; "Preghiera" on Apple Music | Buy |
| This Machine Kills Fascists | 2015 | C.A.M. Jazz CAMJ 7893-2 | Francesco Bearzatti (saxophone, clarinet, vocals, compositions); Giovanni Falzone (trumpet, vocals); Danilo Gallo (electric and double bass, vocals); Zeno De Rossi (drums, percussion, vocals); Petra Magoni (vocals). Recorded and mixed by Stefano Amerio | Suite for Woody Guthrie, titled after the phrase on Guthrie's guitar | Listen | Buy |
| Tinissima Special Edition | 2016 | Casa Del Jazz CdJ5_15 | Francesco Bearzatti; Danilo Gallo (electric bass); Zeno De Rossi (drums); Enrico Terragnoli (guitar, banjo, guest) | Live, Casa del Jazz series | not found | Buy |
| Dear Trane | 2017 | ZenneZ Records | Francesco Bearzatti (tenor saxophone); Sandro Fazio (electric guitar, MIDI controller); Felix Barth (bass, electronics, vocals); Bartho Staalman (drums, electronics, vocals, acoustic guitar) | Coltrane project, Dutch rhythm section | not found | Buy |
| Immaginario Blues | 2018 | Artesuono art 164 | Francesco Bearzatti (saxophone); Juri Dal Dan (piano, compositions); Romano Todesco (double bass); Alessandro Mansutti (drums) | - | not found | Buy |
| Lost Songs: Live At Abbazia di Rosazzo Winery | 2018 | C.A.M. Jazz CAMJ 7932-2 | Francesco Bearzatti (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Federico Casagrande (electric guitar) | Duo, live, released 22 June 2018 | not found | Buy |
| 2 Films: This Machine Kills Fascists / Suite For Tina Modotti | 2018 | La Huit / Mezzo | Tinissima Quartet | DVD of the two suites as films | not found | Buy |
| Dear John: Live At Le Due Terre Vinery | 2019 | C.A.M. Jazz CAMJ 7949-2 | Francesco Bearzatti (tenor saxophone); Benjamin Moussay (Fender Rhodes); Roberto Gatto (drums). Engineered by Stefano Amerio | Coltrane trio, live | not found | Buy |
| Favolando | 2019 | Artesuono ART186 | Francesco Bearzatti; Carmine Ioanna (accordion) | Duo | not found | Buy |
| The Lounge Lovers | 2019 | Azzurra Music TRI1364 | Licaones: Mauro Ottolini, Francesco Bearzatti, Oscar Marchioni, Paolo Mappa | - | not found | Buy |
| Zorro | 2020 | C.A.M. Jazz CAMJ 7960-2 | Francesco Bearzatti (compositions, arrangements); Giovanni Falzone (trumpet); Danilo Gallo (bass, guitar); Zeno De Rossi (drums, percussion, whistle). Recorded and mixed by Stefano Amerio | Released 16 October 2020, on the centenary of the character | Listen | Buy |
| Portrait Of Tony | 2021 | Parco Della Musica Records MPR127CD | Francesco Bearzatti (clarinet); Marco Colonna (bass clarinet); Daniele Tittarelli (alto saxophone); Federico Casagrande (guitar); Gabriele Evangelista (double bass); Zeno De Rossi (drums) | Released 23 July 2021, for the centenary of clarinetist Tony Scott | Listen | Buy |
| Post Atomic Zep | 2023 | doKumenta Music KM0301-2 | Francesco Bearzatti (tenor saxophone, clarinet, keyboards, pedalboard); Danilo Gallo (electric bass, baritone and acoustic guitar, stylophone); Stefano Tamborrino (drums, glockenspiel, guitar). Recorded, mixed and mastered by Stefano Amerio | Released 28 April 2023. Led Zeppelin repertoire | Listen | Buy |
| ElectricFranco (Reimagining The Music Of Franco D'Andrea) | 2023 | Da Vinci Jazz C00737 | Francesco Bearzatti (clarinet); Aldo Mella (electric bass); Alessandro Chiappetta (electric guitar); Elio Rivagli (drums) | Reworks the music of Franco D'Andrea | not found | Buy |
| And Then Winter Came Again | 2024 | C.A.M. Jazz CAMJ 7978-2 | Francesco Bearzatti (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Federico Casagrande (electric guitar, compositions). Recorded, mixed and mastered by Stefano Amerio | Released 13 September 2024. Second Bearzatti and Casagrande duo | Listen | Buy |
| Behind Anatomy | 2024 | Auand AU9108 | Francesco Bearzatti (tenor saxophone, clarinet, producer); Stefano Risso (double bass, electronics, beats, compositions); Mattia Barbieri (drums). Also compositions by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn | - | Listen | Buy |
| le cinque verità | 2025 | distrokid | Francesco Bearzatti (saxophone); Luca Crispino (electric guitar, bass); Roberto Zorzi (electric guitar); Danilo Gallo (bass); Luca Pighi (drums) | - | not found | Buy |
| The Peace Concert | 2026 | Parco Della Musica Records MPR200CD | Francesco Bearzatti (saxophone, clarinet, vocals, string arrangements, compositions); Federico Casagrande (guitar); Alessandro Turchet (double bass); U.T. Gandhi (drums); Luca Colussi (drums, vocals); VocinVolo choir directed by Lucia Follador; strings arranged by Marco Bianchi | Billed Francesco Bearzatti Double Quartet. Released 30 January 2026, recorded 16 and 17 June 2024 at East Studio, Cormons (Gorizia). Includes "People Have The Power" by Patti Smith | Listen | Buy |
Two further leader-billed entries carry no usable year in the source data: Move Is (re:think-artrecords), a trio with vocalist Thierry Péala and pianist Bruno Angelini, and a 1993 split live album, "Summertime In Jazz" Prato 1993 (Splasc(h) H 411.2), on which the Francesco Bearzatti Trio is one of four acts.
Selected Sideman and Guest Appearances
Bearzatti's Discogs entry carries 105 Appearance and 7 TrackAppearance credits. The chronological list below covers the records most likely to matter to a reader of the spotlight, grouped by the leader.
With artists profiled on jazzprofiles.com
| Album | Year | Actual leader | Label | Listen | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sciarivari' | 1996 | Simone Guiducci Gramelot Ensemble, special guest Gianni Coscia | Iktius | not found | Buy |
| Because Of Bechet | 2002 | Aldo Romano | EmArcy / Universal Jazz France 017 275-2 | not found | Buy |
| Chante | 2005 | Aldo Romano | Dreyfus Jazz | not found | Buy |
| Indigo 4 | 2005 | Gianluca Petrella | Blue Note | not found | Buy |
| État De Fait | 2007 | Aldo Romano | Dreyfus Jazz | not found | Buy |
| Kaleido | 2007 | Gianluca Petrella / Indigo 4 | Blue Note | not found | Buy |
| Mind The Gap | 2009 | Maria Pia De Vito & Songs From The Underground | EmArcy / Universal | not found | Buy |
| Jazzitaliano Live 2009 | 2009 | Roberto Gatto | Casa Del Jazz | not found | Buy |
| Avec Le Temps | 2019 | Giovanni Guidi | ECM | not found | Buy |
| Edizione Speciale | 2021 | Enrico Rava | ECM | not found | Buy |
Other notable appearances, chronologically
| Album | Year | Actual leader | Label | Listen | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live At Vartan Jazz | 1995 | Valery Ponomarev | Vartan Jazz | not found | Buy |
| Miss Etna | 1996 | Keptorchestra meets Joe Lovano | Caligola | not found | Buy |
| You Don't! | 1998 | The Kaiser Lupowitz Trio, featuring Briggan Krauss, Jay Rodriguez, Joshua Roseman | Stereosupremo | not found | Buy |
| Plays Ballads | 1998 | Giovanni Mazzarino Quartet | Philology | not found | Buy |
| Princess | 1998 | Alessandro Zampini, with Angelo Comisso (piano) | Newport Studios | not found | Buy |
| New Rhapsody In Blue (A Tribute To New York) | 2002 | Massimo Donà Sextet | Caligola | not found | Buy |
| Lounge Party / Lounge Cafe | 2002 | Licaones | Azzurra Music | not found | Buy |
| The Cyclone | 2003 | The Giovanni Mazzarino Quintet | Splasc(h) Records | not found | Buy |
| Ecologic Island | 2005 | Mauro Ottolini | Artesuono | not found | Buy |
| Ottovolante: Le Canzoni Del Varietà | 2007 | Mauro Ottolini | Azzurra Music | not found | Buy |
| About A Silent Way (The Complete Studio Sessions) | 2009 | Martux_M | - | not found | Buy |
| Mantra | 2010 | Roberto Cecchetto | Parco Della Musica Records | not found | Buy |
| Howl | 2010 | Claudio Cojaniz, N.I.O.N. Orchestra | Caligola | not found | Buy |
| Around Ornette | 2011 | Giovanni Falzone | Parco Della Musica Records | not found | Buy |
| Canto Negro | 2011 | Henri Texier Nord-Sud Quintet | - | not found | Buy |
| Verona: Conduction No. 43 / Conduction No. 46 | 2011 | Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris | Nu Bop Records | not found | Buy |
| Open Gate Emmanuel Bex Trio feat. Béla Bartók | 2011 | Emmanuel Bex, with Orchestre des Pays de Savoie | Plus Loin Music | not found | Buy |
| Fascinating Journey | 2012 | Claudio Cojaniz | Jazzit Records | not found | Buy |
| Live In Pisa | 2013 | The Auanders | Jazzit Records / Auand | not found | Buy |
| Kernel Panic | 2013 | Walter Beltrami | Parco Della Musica Records | not found | Buy |
| Emersion | 2014 | Dario Carnovale | Auand | not found | Buy |
| Growth | 2015 | Sandro Fazio | Challenge Records | not found | Buy |
| 100% Frank (1915-2015 Tribute To Sinatra) | 2015 | Various | Musica Jazz | not found | Buy |
| We Like It Hot | 2016 | Vanessa Tagliabue Yorke | Artesuono | not found | Buy |
| Thinking Beats Where Mind Dies | 2016 | Danilo Gallo Dark Dry Tears | - | not found | Buy |
| Sindacato Dei Sogni | 2019 | Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti | - | not found | Buy |
| Apollo 11 Reloaded | 2019 | Maurizio Martusciello | Parco Della Musica Records | not found | Buy |
| Text(us) | 2020 | The Auanders | - | not found | Buy |
| Radio Paris | 2021 | Weird Box | Auand | not found | Buy |
| Ioanna Music Company | 2021 | Carmine Ioanna | Abeat Records | not found | Buy |
| Meme K Ultra | 2022 | Cor Veleno, Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti | - | not found | Buy |
| III | 2023 | Licaones | Azzurra Music | not found | Buy |
| Club Notturno | 2023 | Alessandro Deledda | Losen Records | not found | Buy |
| Kalimbata | 2024 | Luigi Vitale, Gianpaolo Rinaldi, Luca Colussi | Artesuono | not found | Buy |
| To Not Forget The Stars | 2025 | Escanzen | Auand | not found | Buy |
| Ism | 2025 | Jens Düppe | Enja Records | not found | Buy |
| The Last Coat of Pink: After | 2026 | Kathya West, Alberto Dipace, Danilo Gallo | Caligola | not found | Buy |
| Snapshots | 2026 | Vicki Rummler | Dodicilune | not found | Buy |
Further sideman credits not tabled above include records led by Gaetano Riccobono, Alessandro Zampini, Roberto Daris, Andrea Massaria, Luca Cacucciolo, Massimo Donà (four further albums), Otello Savoia, Tommaso Genovesi, Kekko Fornarelli, Juri Dal Dan, Michele Papadia, Sandro Fazio, Oscar Marchioni, Erica Mou, Walter Beltrami, Remo Anzovino, Pasquale Bardaro, Raffaello Pareti, Mauro Gargano, Nuvoleincanto, Nohaybandatrio, The Framers, Seven Steps Quintet, Alessandro Deledda, Elisabetta Antonini, Bruno Lauzi, Giancarlo Romani, Jan Sturiale, Andrea Paganetto and Enrico Terragnoli's Orchestra Vertical, plus compilation appearances on the Top Jazz series (2003, 2009, 2010) and the Jazz Magazine series.
Group Entities
Bearzatti is a listed member of 28 group entities on Discogs. The ones that carry his own billing are the Tinissima Quartet (also filed as Tinissima 4et), the Bizart Trio, the Francesco Bearzatti Quartet, the Francesco Bearzatti Trio, and Francesco Bearzatti And The Bears. The others he joined as a member rather than a leader, among them Indigo 4, the Henri Texier Nord-Sud Quintet, the Roberto Gatto Quartet, Licaones, Keptorchestra, the Kaiser Lupowitz Trio, Danilo Gallo Dark Dry Tears, Weird Box, the Giovanni Mazzarino Quartet and Quintet, the Massimo Donà Sextet and Quintet, Maria Pia De Vito & Songs From The Underground, and Claudio Cojaniz's N.I.O.N. Orchestra.
Maurizio Caldura Núñez (alto saxophone) - fellow saxophonist, Discogs-credited alongside Bearzatti in the Keptorchestra reed section on Miss Etna (1996, Caligola, feat. Joe Lovano); profiled separately on this site.
Tinissima Quartet (2008-2020) - leader, tenor saxophone and clarinet; Giovanni Falzone (trumpet), Danilo Gallo (bass), Zeno De Rossi (drums). Five albums with no change of personnel: Suite For Tina Modotti, X (Suite For Malcolm), Monk'N'Roll, This Machine Kills Fascists, Zorro.
Danilo Gallo (double bass, electric bass) - the standing bassist across all five Tinissima Quartet albums (2008-2020) and the Post Atomic Zep trio (2023); his longest-running recorded partnership.
Kaiser Lupowitz Trio (formed 1994) - with Enrico Terragnoli (guitar) and Zeno De Rossi (drums); You Don't! (1998, Stereosupremo) features Briggan Krauss, Jay Rodriguez and Joshua Roseman.
Bizart Trio - with Emmanuel Bex (organ) and Aldo Romano (drums); Virus (2003) and Hope (2004, Auand), the latter with Enrico Rava on trumpet.
Sax Pistols - with Stomu Takeishi (bass) and Dan Weiss (drums); Stolen Days (2006, Auand).
Aldo Romano - sideman on Because Of Bechet (2002, EmArcy), Chante (2005, Dreyfus Jazz) and État De Fait (2007, Dreyfus Jazz).
Gianluca Petrella - member of Indigo 4 on Indigo 4 (2005) and Kaleido (2007).
Maria Pia De Vito - Mind The Gap (2009, EmArcy), with the Songs From The Underground project.
Roberto Gatto - Jazzitaliano Live 2009 (Casa del Jazz), Sixth Sense (2015, Parco della Musica Records) alongside trumpeter Avishai E. Cohen and bassist Doug Weiss, and Dear John (2019, CAM Jazz).
Giovanni Guidi - Avec Le Temps (2019, ECM).
Enrico Rava - Edizione Speciale (2021, ECM), in addition to the 2004 Hope session.
Federico Casagrande - guitar duo across Lost Songs (2018, CAM Jazz), And Then Winter Came Again (2024, CAM Jazz), and as a member of the Portrait Of Tony and The Peace Concert groups.
Emmanuel Bex - beyond the Bizart Trio, Opengate (2009, Plus Loin Music) with Simon Goubert, and the Open Gate trio with the Orchestre des Pays de Savoie (2011).
Henri Texier - Nord-Sud Quintet, Canto Negro (2011).
Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris - two Conduction performances recorded in Verona in 1994 and 1995, issued in 2011 on Nu Bop Records.
Mauro Ottolini and Licaones - a long-running association across Ecologic Island (2005), Ottovolante (2007), Degustando Musica (2009), The Lounge Lovers (2019) and III (2023). Already profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Stefano Amerio - not a musician but the constant behind the sound: he engineered Suite For Tina Modotti, This Machine Kills Fascists, Zorro, Dear John, Post Atomic Zep, Behind Anatomy and And Then Winter Came Again.
Bearzatti's Discogs entry carries 143 credit rows and lists him as a member of 28 group entities. The full list is in the discography.
Angelo Comisso (piano) - first crossed paths with Bearzatti as a fellow sideman on Alessandro Zampini's Princess (1998, Newport Studios, Discogs-confirmed); the two later formalized a duo on M'illumino di senso - Suite per la Grande Guerra 1915-1918 (2015, Blue Serge-Egea), performed live at least 2014-2018.
Claudio Cojaniz (piano) - three Discogs-verified N.I.O.N. Orchestra-adjacent sessions: Beat Spirit (2009), Howl (2010) and Fascinating Journey (2012).
Enrico Morello (drums) - fellow member of Enrico Rava's Special Edition band on Edizione Speciale (2021, ECM), recorded live in Antwerp in 2019 with Bearzatti on tenor saxophone. Profiled separately on this site.
Enrico Zanisi (keyboards) - fellow member of the Noise In The Box (2013, Tosky Records) band led by guitarist Luigi Masciari with Bearzatti featured, with drummer Alessandro Paternesi; Discogs-verified.
Enrico Terragnoli (guitar, banjo) - co-founder with Bearzatti and drummer Zeno De Rossi of the Kaiser Lupowitz Trio (You Don't!, 1998, on which Discogs credits him on electric guitar); he guests on Bearzatti's Virus (2003, tracks 4 and 10), Hope (2004, track 5) and Tinissima Special Edition (2016), and Bearzatti plays tenor saxophone on Terragnoli's L'Anniversaire and clarinet on Vanessa Tagliabue Yorke's Diverso Lontano Incomprensibile (2020), where Terragnoli is on electric guitar and banjo.
Fabrizio Puglisi (piano) - fellow member of Enrico Terragnoli's Orchestra Vertical on L'Anniversaire (El Gallo Rojo), where Bearzatti plays tenor saxophone. Discogs-verified.
Federico Calcagno (clarinet, bass clarinet) - fellow guest on Escanzen's To Not Forget The Stars (2025, AUAND), where Bearzatti appears on tracks 5 and 8 and Calcagno on track 3; Discogs-confirmed at the release level.
Federico Pierantoni (trombone) - fellow member of The Auanders on Live in Pisa (Jazzit Records / AUAND, 2013), recorded at the 2012 Internet Festival in Pisa; Discogs-verified.
Francesco Bigoni (tenor saxophone, clarinet) - fellow tenor saxophonist and clarinetist in The Auanders on Live In Pisa (2013) and in Danilo Gallo's Dark Dry Tears on Thinking Beats Where Mind Dies (2016); Discogs-confirmed.
Filippo Vignato (trombone, electronics) - fellow member of The Auanders on Text(us) (2020), where Bearzatti plays clarinet on track 4; Discogs-confirmed.
Francesco Diodati (guitar) - fellow member of Rava's Special Edition band on Edizione Speciale (2021, ECM), and a fellow member of The Auanders on Live In Pisa (2013) and Text(us) (2020); Discogs-confirmed. Profiled separately on this site.
Francesco Lento (trumpet, flugelhorn) - trumpeter alongside Bearzatti in The Auanders on Live in Pisa (2013); Discogs-confirmed.
Francesco Pinetti (vibraphone) - fellow member of the Seven Steps Quintet on Elements (Caligola, 2013), with Pierpaolo Cogno, Mario Cogno and Andrea Michelutti; Discogs-verified. Profiled separately on this site.
Fulvio Sigurtà (trumpet, electronics) - fellow member of the ensemble on The Framers' The Framers (2013, Auand).
Gabriele Evangelista (double bass) - bandmate on Rava's Edizione Speciale (2021) and on Bearzatti's Portrait Of Tony (2021).
Gaetano Partipilo (alto saxophone) - alto saxophonist alongside Bearzatti (tenor saxophone, clarinet) in the Auanders on Live in Pisa (2013); the two are also credited together on Pasquale Bardaro's Move On (2011); Discogs-confirmed.
Giampaolo Casati (trumpet) - credited with Casati on the Keptorchestra album Miss Etna (1996, Caligola). Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone, tuba, euphonium) - credited together on Howl (2010) and Fascinating Journey (2012). Discogs-confirmed.
Giorgio Pacorig (piano, Fender Rhodes) - both are in Enrico Terragnoli's Orchestra Vertical on L'Anniversaire (El Gallo Rojo), where Bearzatti plays tenor saxophone and Pacorig Fender Rhodes. Discogs-verified.
Giovanni Falzone (trumpet) - trumpeter in the Tinissima Quartet on all five albums, 2008-2020, and leader of Around Ornette (2011), on which Bearzatti plays tenor saxophone and clarinet. Discogs-confirmed. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Giovanni Maier (double bass, cello) - credited alongside Francesco Bearzatti on 2 releases, among them Titapana (2001, Andrea Massaria Quartet), Diverso Lontano Incomprensibile (2020, Vanessa Tagliabue Yorke).
Glauco Benedetti (tuba, sousaphone, euphonium) - tuba in The Auanders' Text(us) (2020, Auand), on which Bearzatti plays clarinet on one track; Discogs-confirmed. Already profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Jacopo Ferrazza (double bass) - bassist on Giancarlo Romani's Naïf (2020), on which Bearzatti plays tenor saxophone and clarinet; Discogs-verified.
Kekko Fornarelli (piano) - leader of Circular Thought (Wide Sound, 2005), on which Bearzatti plays tenor saxophone; Discogs-confirmed. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Luigi Vitale (vibraphone, balafon, kalimba) - featured guest, alongside Daniele D'Agaro, on Vitale's own Kalimbata (2024, Artesuono); Discogs-confirmed.
Marco Colonna (bass clarinet) - sideman on Bearzatti's Portrait Of Tony (2021, Parco della Musica Records), a tribute to clarinetist Tony Scott, alongside Daniele Tittarelli, Gabriele Evangelista and Federico Casagrande. Discogs-confirmed.
Massimo De Mattia (flute) - fellow featured guest, alongside Bearzatti, on Luigi Vitale's Kalimbata (2024); neither leads the session.
Mattia Barbieri (drums) - co-leader with Bearzatti and Stefano Risso of Behind Anatomy (2024, AUAND); Discogs-confirmed. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Mauro Gargano (double bass) - bandmate in Gargano's own leader debut, Mo' Avast Band (2011, Note Sonanti), where Bearzatti plays tenor saxophone and clarinet; Gargano also appears as a session credit on Bearzatti's X (Suite For Malcolm) (2010, Francesco Bearzatti Tinissima 4et feat. Napoleon Maddox). Discogs-confirmed. Profiled separately on this site.
Michelangelo Scandroglio (double bass, electric bass) - co-leader, with Luca Zennaro, of Escanzen, whose To Not Forget The Stars (2025, AUAND) carries Bearzatti's guest tenor saxophone credit on tracks 5 and 8; Discogs-confirmed at the release level.
Michele Polga (tenor saxophone) - fellow reed player in the Otello Savoia Quintet on Cromosoma Alfa (2011, Caligola); Discogs-confirmed. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Piero Odorici (alto saxophone) - fellow saxophonist, Discogs-credited alongside Bearzatti in the Keptorchestra reed section on Miss Etna (1996, Caligola, feat. Joe Lovano); profiled separately on this site.
Roberto Cecchetto (guitar) - Discogs-confirmed on Cecchetto's own Mantra (2010), Maria Pia De Vito's Mind The Gap (2009) and Giovanni Guidi's ECM album Avec Le Temps (2019). Profiled separately on this site.
Roberto Zorzi (guitar) - fellow player on le cinque verità (2025, distrokid), joining Zorzi's quartet with Luca Crispino, Danilo Gallo and Luca Pighi; Discogs-confirmed.
Sergio Munafò (guitar) - fellow sideman, Discogs-credited on guitar alongside Bearzatti's tenor saxophone on Gaetano Riccobono's That's Life (1997, OMC). Profiled separately on this site.
Simone Guiducci (guitar) - bandleader of the Gramelot Ensemble, on whose Sciarivari' (1996) Bearzatti is a fellow credited reed player; Discogs-confirmed. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Stefano Tamborrino (drums) - trio bandmate, with Danilo Gallo, on Post Atomic Zep (2023, doKumenta Music); Discogs-confirmed.
Zeno De Rossi (drums) - the standing drummer of the Tinissima Quartet from its 2008 debut Suite For Tina Modotti through Zorro (2020), six albums in all; the relationship reaches back to the Kaiser Lupowitz Trio's You Don't! (1998). Discogs-confirmed on all releases.
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- Spotify
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- Wikipedia (French)
- All About Jazz
- His profile on jazzprofiles.com
- r/ItalianJazz
- Discogs API, artist 1689621, full paginated release list plus release-level credit blocks for every leader and co-leader entry, and the release lists of his five billed group entities (Tinissima 4et 3839165, Bizart Trio 8475228, Francesco Bearzatti Quartet 6542811, Francesco Bearzatti Trio 8048387, Francesco Bearzatti And The Bears 12481471).
- francescobearzatti.com, biography and Italian biografia pages, for the rock and DJ years, the Conservatory of Udine diploma, the composition study with Daniele Zanettovich, the Jazzmobile study with George Coleman, and the awards list.
- Italian and French Wikipedia entries for birth date and place, career outline and awards.
- Henri Selmer Paris artist page for the Kaiser Lupowitz Trio personnel and the Académie du Jazz award.
- Citizen Jazz, Académie du Jazz 2011 prize list.
- CAM Jazz label pages for This Machine Kills Fascists, Zorro and And Then Winter Came Again.
- All About Jazz review of This Machine Kills Fascists by Neri Pollastri.
- Auditorium Parco della Musica production page for Portrait Of Tony.
- comunicati-stampa.fvg.it, June 2023, for the Open Jazz Pordenone curation.
- Wikimedia Commons
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