Pino Presti — Where to Listen on the Radio

Pino Presti is a jazz and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pino_presti artist from Italy, active since 1943. ArtisFind has detected 1 play of Pino Presti on 1 radio station in Italy, most recently on Funky Corner Radio 21 min ago. The song heard most often on air is “Funky Bump”.

Giuseppe Prestipino Giarritta (23 August 1943 – 2026), professionally known by his pseudonym Pino Presti, was an Italian conductor, arranger, bassist, composer and record producer from Milan. He was also a 5th-dan black belt in Shotokan Karate.

Presti was very young when he first entered the music business. He started as a bass guitar player, and then gradually began as an arranger, composer, orchestra conductor and producer. Among his collaborations in different genres of music like jazz, pop, funk, soul, and Latin music are Mina (the most famous Italian pop singer), Gerry Mulligan, Ástor Piazzolla (with whom he has performed on 24 recordings as a sideman, including the well-known composition Libertango), Quincy Jones, Wilson Pickett, Shirley Bassey, Franco Cerri, Maynard Ferguson, Stéphane Grappelli, Severino Gazzelloni, Aldemaro Romero, and Tullio De Piscopo among others.