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Antonello Salis born in Villamar, a small village in the south of Sardinia, on February 28th 1950. Self taught, he started playing accordion at the age of seven and later approached to the piano.
He took part in many studio sessions and played with a number of musicians in Italy and abroad including Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Roberto Gatto, Riccardo Fassi, Pino Minafra, Paolino Dalla Porta, Gianluca Petrella, Fabrizio Bosso, Paolo Angeli, Javier Girotto, Lester Bowie e l’Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Don Cherry, Don Pullen, Ed Blackwell, Billy Cobham, Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, Han Bennink, Nana Vasconcelos, Cecil Taylor, Pat Metheny, Joey Baron, Bobby Previte, Hamid Drake, Bobby Watson, Minino Garay, Richard Bona, Linley Marthe, Francis Lassus, Joel Allouche, Stefano Bollani, Gérard Pansanel and many others.
During his career Salis worked on theatrical projects (Remondi and Caporossi, Sant’Arcangelo Festival), played music for modern dance acts (Roberta Escamilla Garrison, Teri Weikel) as well as he partecipated in film festivals (Venice and Taormina, amongst all) and played in various Italian films’ soundtracks. He appears and plays accordion along with french guitarist Gérard Pansanel in Eric Rohmer’s “Autumn Tale”. Besides he recorded with several italian pop singers and rock bands. He played in many important festivals in Europe and America: Umbria Jazz, Roccella Jonica, Sant’Anna Arresi, Berchidda, Clusone, Noci, Ravenna, London, Bath, New York, Chicago, Moscow, Paris, Montreux, Nice, Le Mans, Madrid, Sao Paulo, Rio De Janeiro, Stockholm, Turku, Oslo, North Sea, Saint Louis of Senegal, Mexico City and many others.

“…and double bassist Raffaello Pareti whose deep- in-the- gut tone and ability to build focused and narrative solos made him an especially pleasant surprise. ” (John Kelman, All About Jazz)

Stefano Cocco Cantini is one of the best and most active Italian sax players,

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