Marco Vezzoso

Marco Vezzoso is an Italian jazz trumpeter and composer born in Alba. He began studying classical trumpet at the age of ten and obtained his diploma at the Turin Conservatory. His interest in jazz and improvisation led him to masterclasses with Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Dave Douglas, Wynton Marsalis, Luca Aquino and Alberto Mandarini.

He has lived in France since 2012 and has taught jazz trumpet at the Pierre Cochereau Conservatory in Nice. The biography accompanying Guarda che luna… Again also records his work directing the brass ensemble of the Nice Opera. Alongside teaching, he has maintained an active concert career across Europe as a bandleader, soloist and sideman, and as a conductor, arranger and composer.

After appearing on nineteen albums as a sideman, as reported in the album’s original biography, he recorded his first album of original compositions as a leader in 2014 for MAP, distributed by Egea. He has collaborated with RAI in Rome on music for advertising and film; his piece Resta in camera Bi was used as the theme for the Radio RAI programme Tra poco in edicola.

During his 2015 tour of western Japan, his concert in Osaka with pianist Alessandro Collina was recorded and released by Da Vinci, with distribution by Egea. From 18 August to 6 September 2017, the two musicians toured Cambodia, Indonesia and Japan, giving sixteen concerts. Their subsequent recording Guarda che luna… Again presents Italian song classics in instrumental jazz interpretations.