Pino Presti
Biography
Giuseppe Prestipino Giarritta (born 23 August 1943), professionally known by his pseudonym Pino Presti, is an Italian conductor, arranger, bassist, composer and record producer from Milan. He is 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.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
399 releases · 94 albums · active 1961–2026
- Performance · 1,128
- Other credits · 98
- Production · 37
- Engineering · 4
Studios: La Basilica Studios · La Bussola · Studi PDU, Lugano · Auditorio Massimo della RSI
Frequent collaborators
- Mina (3)
- Filipponio
- Augusto Martelli
- Wayra
- Cristiano Malgioglio
- Aldemaro Romero Y Su Onda Nueva
- Augusto Martelli & The Real Mc Coy
- Complesso Santi Latora