Pino Presti

Giuseppe Prestipino Giarritta, 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, Gerry Mulligan, Ástor Piazzolla, Quincy Jones, Wilson Pickett, Shirley Bassey, Franco Cerri, Maynard Ferguson, Stéphane Grappelli, Severino Gazzelloni, Aldemaro Romero, and Tullio De Piscopo among others. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pino_Pr...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)