MASSIMO URBANI

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Massimo Urbani was born in Primavalle, Rome on May 8, 1957. He was the eldest of five sons from a lower middle class family. Urbani's interest in music emerged when he was six, when he attended concerts presented by local bands appearing in his neighborhood. The young Urbani was also amply exposed to a variety of music on frequent visits to his father's hometown of Camerata.

In 1968, Urbani took up his first musical instrument, the clarinet. He played in Monte Mario's band under the direction of Gino Tommassetti, who eventually suggested to Urbani that he should consider playing the alto saxophone. A year later, at age 14, a teenaged Urbani performed regularly in local R&B and pop groups. Saxophonist Tony Formichella invited him to his first jam sessions at the Folk Studio, where Urbani gained the attention of one Mario Schiano who helped broadened the young altoist's musical palette and
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MASSIMO URBANI Jazz a confronto 13 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz a confronto 13
Hard Bop 1975
MASSIMO URBANI 360 Aeutopia album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
360 Aeutopia
Avant-Garde Jazz 1979
MASSIMO URBANI Dedication To A.A. & J.C. / Max's Mood album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dedication To A.A. & J.C. / Max's Mood
Avant-Garde Jazz 1980
MASSIMO URBANI Easy to Love album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Easy to Love
Hard Bop 1987
MASSIMO URBANI Out of Nowhere album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Out of Nowhere
Hard Bop 1990
MASSIMO URBANI Massimo Urbani, Gianni Lenoci ‎: Round About Max Whit String album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Massimo Urbani, Gianni Lenoci ‎: Round About Max Whit String
Avant-Garde Jazz 1992
MASSIMO URBANI The Blessing album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Blessing
Hard Bop 1993
MASSIMO URBANI Urlo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Urlo
Hard Bop 1994

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MASSIMO URBANI Urbisaglia Concert album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Urbisaglia Concert
Hard Bop 1994
MASSIMO URBANI Invitation: Unissued 1977-84 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Invitation: Unissued 1977-84
Hard Bop 1995
MASSIMO URBANI Live at Larry's '88 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live at Larry's '88
Hard Bop 1999
MASSIMO URBANI Max Leaps In album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Max Leaps In
Hard Bop 1999
MASSIMO URBANI Go Max Go album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Go Max Go
Hard Bop 2001
MASSIMO URBANI Live In Ancona At Strabacco ’84 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live In Ancona At Strabacco ’84
Hard Bop 2002
MASSIMO URBANI Live at the Supino Jazz Festival 1987 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live at the Supino Jazz Festival 1987
Hard Bop 2002
MASSIMO URBANI Live at Belzebu album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live at Belzebu
Post Bop 2004
MASSIMO URBANI Live at Alexanderplatz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live at Alexanderplatz
Hard Bop 2004
MASSIMO URBANI Massimo Urbani & Giovanni Ceccarelli : Night of the Buescher album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Massimo Urbani & Giovanni Ceccarelli : Night of the Buescher
Hard Bop 2009
MASSIMO URBANI Live At The Blue Lab, Rome March 12, 1988 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At The Blue Lab, Rome March 12, 1988
Hard Bop 2011
MASSIMO URBANI Live In Chieti '79 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live In Chieti '79
Hard Bop 2015
MASSIMO URBANI Live At Jazz Club “La Mela” album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Jazz Club “La Mela”
Hard Bop 2016
MASSIMO URBANI Vicenza 6 Maggio 1984 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Vicenza 6 Maggio 1984
Hard Bop 2017
MASSIMO URBANI 30 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
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