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Caterina Palazzi
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Caterina Palazzi (1982) is an Italian double bass player.
Caterina Palazzi was born in Rome and she become known on the punk/rock scene as a guitar player of the Barbie Killers band.
From 2000 she comes closer to jazz, while attending the DAMS University (Arts, Music and Show). From 2002 she attends the professional course at Saint Louis College of Music of Rome.
She is the leader and composer of the jazz/noise band Sudoku Killer, which features a live concert activity of over 600 concerts all over Europe, and which recorded Sudoku Killer (ZdM 2010), Infanticide (Auand Records 2015) and Asperger (Clean Feed 2018).
For the 2010 Italian prestigious press poll JAZZIT AWARD Caterina Palazzi was awarded as best Italian composer, her album Sudoku Killer was awarded as second best Italian CD and her group ranked as 4th best Italian band. In addition, from 2010 to 2015 she was voted as best new talent on the other important Italian jazz Prize, TOP JAZZ, awarded by the Musica Jazz magazine.
She recently created an audiovisual project "Zaleska", a sort of lonely funeral orchestra, every musical composition of which is inspired by an actor who has impersonated Dracula in movies.
She played with 
Stefano Bollani
pianob.1972
Gianluca Petrella
tromboneb.1975
Roberto Gatto
drumsb.1958
Maurizio Giammarco
saxophoneb.1952
Mirko Guerrini
saxophone
Luca Aquino
trumpetb.1974
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Stefano Bollani
pianob.1972
Gianluca Petrella
tromboneb.1975
Roberto Gatto
drumsb.1958
Maurizio Giammarco
saxophoneb.1952
Mirko Guerrini
saxophoneLuca Aquino
trumpetb.1974
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data-original-title="" title="">Zu, Zeni Geva.Discografia
- 2007 - Lara Martelli, Cerridwen (Midfinger Records)
- 2010 – Caterina Palazzi Quartet - Sudoku Killer, Sudoku Killer (Zone di Musica)
- 2012 - Stefano Scarfone, Precipitevolissimevolmente (Nau Records)
- 2013 - Neòs Trio, Neos Trio (Casa dell'Organetto)
- 2015 – Caterina Palazzi - Sudoku Killer, Infanticide (Auand Records)
- 2018 - Caterina Palazzi - Sudoku Killer, Asperger (Clean Feed Records)
Awards
For the 2010 Italian prestigious press poll JAZZIT AWARD Caterina Palazzi was awarded as best Italian composer, her album Sudoku Killer was awarded as second best Italian CD and her group ranked as 4th best Italian band. In addition, from 2010 to 2015 she was voted as best new talent on the other important Italian jazz Prize, TOP JAZZ, awarded by the Musica Jazz magazine.
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