Italian guitarist, composer, improviser and bandleader Gabriele Orsi at first, he played guitar in many rock bands but starting from 1993 he turned to Jazz. At that time, he attended Berklee summer school in Perugia during Umbria Jazz Festival (1993/94) and Jazz Master Class (1995) in Tirano (Italy) whit Joe Diorio, Jerry Bergonzi ,Victor Lewis ecc... From then on, Gabriele Orsi loves to play in small bands, playing especially his own compositions together with some traditional jazz excerpts which he is always readapting to his style. Nevertheless he attends also big bands and jazz orchestra ( Swing Time Big Band, Flight Band …) He is coleader of some bands playing traditional jazz, contemporary jazz, Avantgarde and improvisation: " C.O.D. trio" "PhreeAngles" "Trio DOC" “ Fluxus Quartet” "nDem". Gabriele cooperated and performing with big music players as well as Francesco Di Lenge, Fulvio Ferrari, Santino Carcano, Daniele Petrosillo, Beppe Caruso, Luca Calabrese, Massimo Falascone, Biagio Coppa, Silvano Borzacchiello, Joey De Francesco , Carmen Staaf, John Patitucci and many others. www.gabrieleorsi.com