Luciano Caruso is an Italian

Italy

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 Jazz composer and Soprano saxophone

Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

 performer.

In 1973, he moved to Vittorio Veneto

Vittorio Veneto

Vittorio Veneto is a city and comune situated in the Province of Treviso, in the region of Veneto, Italy, in the northeast of the Italian peninsula, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers.-Geography:...

 to attend the music institute "Toti Dal Monte" in Pieve di Soligo

Pieve di Soligo

Pieve di Soligo is a town with a population of 12,096 inhabitants. It located at the northern province of Treviso, near the border with the province of Belluno in Veneto, Italy.-Notable people:...

 and afterwards the school "Dizzy Gillespie" in Bassano del Grappa

Bassano del Grappa

Bassano del Grappa is a city and comune in the province of Vicenza, region Veneto, in northern Italy. It bounds the communes of Cassola, Marostica, Solagna, Pove del Grappa, Romano d'Ezzelino, Campolongo sul Brenta, Conco, Rosà, Cartigliano and Nove...

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He attended several workshops with Renato Geremia(1977),Gary Burton(1984) and Steve Lacy

Steve Lacy

Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, was a jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone....

(1994).

He has played with musicians such as: Eddi Busnello, Nello Da Pont, Giovanni Maier, Gianluigi Trovesi, Carlo Actis Dato, Giorgio Pacorig, Daniele Cavallanti, Michele Rabbia, Massimo De Mattia, Daniele Dagaro, Achille Succi, Ermes Ghirardini, Lauro Rossi, Romano Todesco, and U.T.Gandhi.

In 1992 he along with drummer Nello Da Pont started "Progetto Exit". A school of jazz and experimental music based in Vittorio Veneto

Vittorio Veneto

Vittorio Veneto is a city and comune situated in the Province of Treviso, in the region of Veneto, Italy, in the northeast of the Italian peninsula, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers.-Geography:...

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He is the director of "Banda comunale della Città di Vittorio Veneto" and a member of "Phophonix Orchestra".

External links

• http://digilander.libero.it/carujazz/index.htm Artists webpage
• http://www.ijm.it/wp?pagename=scheda&ana00code=851/lang-pref/en/&language=en Italian Jazz Musicians artist listing