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Frank PilatoFrancesco Paolo Pilato
Frank Pilato
Background information
Genres	Fusion Jazz Rock Classical music
Occupations	Composer Guitarist Educator Sideman
Instruments	Guitar Clarinet Piano
Years active	1993–present
Labels	ESC-Records * Sony * Relaxo Records * Lizard Records

Website	http://www.frankpilato.com

Musical artist

Frank Pilato is a composer, guitarist, clarinetist and sound engineer.

Biography

Frank Pilato (born Francesco Paolo Pilato, Firenze, December 4, 1982) is an Italian composer, guitarist, clarinetist and sound engineer. He began studying music theory and clarinet at age of 7. At the same time he began studying the guitar, the clarinet, and subsequently followed a degree in jazz guitar in the Ottorino Respighi Conservatory of Latina with Umberto Fiorentino. At the age of 20 he moved to California to study Rock and Fusion at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood where he obtained numerous awards including a scholarship. In 2014 he attended the summer courses in contemporary composition at the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt, Germany. He is now a composer, guitarist, educator & session player.

Career

At a young age he succeeds in performing the "24 Capricci per chitarra" (Niccolò Paganini) recorded and produced by Relaxo Record in a limited edition copies. At the age of 29, he replaces Allan Holdsworth in the last chapter of the "STORIES" trilogy by Maestro Andrea Marcelli. In 2014 and 2015, he plays at the Berlin Jazz Festival: Berlin Jazz Festival. the most important international jazz festival and in the same year he was cited in the Italian cultural institute in Berlin, Los Angeles and Paris. He takes part in the official Allan Holdsworth album tribute entitled: "Y.O.U."

His last work, "SPETTRI" was produced from "Toscana 100 bands", a project of the region of Tuscany for LIZARD RECORD.

Live and studio: Jeff Berlin, Gary Willis, Andrea Marcelli, Dave Carpenter, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Garden Wall, Jolly Rox, Mitch Forman, Francesco Artusato, Allan Holdsworth, Ludovico Fulci, Philippe Ciminato, Tobias Relenberg, Sushi Rain, Miranda, Frank Gambale, Paolo Fattorini, Andrea "Tower" Torricini, Michael Johnson Bop Quartet, Carmelo Leotta, Leonardo Rossi, Y.O.U. and many more.

Publications

Solo albums

2001 – "24 Caprices" for Solo Guitar (Niccolò Paganini)
2005 – Spettri
2015 – Stories

Singles

2021 – Both sides now

Compilations

2023 – Y.O.U. Allan Holdsworth Tribute

Books

2024 – Cromatizzazione Modale, Tecnica e Improvvisazione

Sound engineer

2005 – Frank Pilato - Spettri
2015 – Frank Pilato - Stories
2021 – Frank Pilato - Both sides now
2023 – Allan Holdsworth official tribute - Y.O.U.
2023 – Paolo Volpato Group - Metronoise

Credits

2004 – PLEBS ( Guitar solo on "United Gates" )
2007 – Giovani Giusti ( Guitar solo on "Buongiorno caporale" )
2008 – Giovani Giusti ( Guitar solo on "Brivido Elettrico" )
2009 – Passogigante ( Guitar solo on "Boppin' Around" )
2011 – Sophie Ellis Bextor ( Synth Guitar on "Starlight" )
2014 – Jolly Rox ( Guitar solo on "So We Are" )
2014 – Jolly Rox ( Guitar solo on "Dreamers Paradise" )
2015 – Sushi Rain ( Guitar solo on "Jesus Cries From Your Eyes" )
2019 – Paolo Volpato Group ( Guitar Solo on "Preludio/Contro" )
2020 – Michael Johnson Bop Quartet ( Guitar on "Giant Steps" and "KOKO" )
2023 – Y.O.U. ( "Sette Note In Nero" )

References

"Frank Pilato on Apple Music". Apple Music - Web Player. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
"6th Italian Jazz Festival in Berlin (26. - 28. 11.): Frank Pilato Sextet Stories". iicberlino.esteri.it (in German). Retrieved July 1, 2022.
"Spettri, di Frank Pilato – Toscana100band" (in Italian). Retrieved July 1, 2022.

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