Luigi Grasso has emerged as one of Italy’s most exciting jazz stars. He began saxophone studies at age 5 as a cure for asthma, and at the age of 11 when he started to attend clinics held by the Berklee College of Music at the Umbria Jazz Festival. He was subsequently offered a full tuition scholarship to travel to Boston. In 1997, he won the international young talent competition “Bravo Bravissimo”, which launched his professional jazz career. He continued his studies in Italy with the American guitarist Agostino Di Giorgio, in addition to his close apprenticeship with NEA Jazz Master Barry Harris as a participant and educational assistant in Dr. Harris’ European master classes from 2001-2009. In 2004, Luigi began studies in classical composition, harmony and counterpoint at the “Giovanni Martini Conservatory” in Bologna. In 2013, he released “Ça Marche” and toured extensively throughout Europe, receiving widespread critical acclaim. In 2018 the ensemble “The Greenwich Session” releases “Invitation au Voyage” with a repertoire of original compositions. In 2019, Luigi Grasso joined as soloist the prestigious NDR Big Band in Hamburg, Germany. An opportunity that rewards a career that has seen him establish himself as one of the most prominent musicians in the current jazz scene. In 2020, the saxophonist funded the new Jazz Label “LP3 45” along with Laurent Courthaliac, Yaron Herman and Peter Schnur.