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Aldo Banfi

Keyboadist and piano player touring with many Italian and international artists such as:
1 Mina 1978
2 Alice 1984
3 Claudio Baglioni 1985
4 Francesco De Gregori 1986/1987/1988
5 Marcella Bella 1986/1987/1988
6 Mango 1989
7 Fausto Leali 1989/199
8 Gloria Gaynor 1998/1999/2000/2001/2002/2003/2004/2005/2006/2007/ 2008/2009/2010
9 Gibson Brothers 2001/2002/2003
He performed live with various Italian artists such as: 
Albano e Romina Power, Luca Barbarossa, Loredana Berte, Aleandro Baldi e Francesca Alotta, Pierangelo Bertoli, Edoardo Bennato, Toto Cutugno, Riccardo Cocciante, Rossana Casale, Peppino Di Capri, Edoardo De Crescenzo, Nino D’Angelo, Grazia Di Michele, Drupi, Tony Esposito, Riccardo Fogli, Fiordaliso, Irene Fargo, Rino Gaetano, Enzo Jannacci, Ladri di Biciclette, Bernardo lanzetti, Mango, Milva, Mia Martini, Marco Masini, Amedeo Minghi, Matia Bazar, Mietta, Mariella Nava, Anna Oxa, Gato Panceri, Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel, Raf, Massimo Ranieri, Ricchi e Poveri, Enrico Ruggeri, Ron, Spagna, Paola Turci, Jo Squillo, Sabrina Salerno, Scialpi, Umberto Tozzi, Paolo Vallesi, Ornella Vanoni, Michele Zarrillo, Renato Zero.
He performed live with various international artists such as:
America, Brian Auger, Jorge Ben, Laura Branigan, Nikka Costa, Ray Charles, Randy Crawford, Nathalie Cole, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Axel Fernando, Ofra Haza, La Toya Jackson, Howard Jones, Grace Jones, Paul Young, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Nicolette Larson, Moncada, Gilbert Montagne, Miriam Makeba, Sarah Jane Morris, Phil Manzanera, Noa, Cjichi Peralta, Demis Roussous, Leo Sayer, Donna Summer, SandieShaw, Toquinho, Papa Winme, Rick Wakeman, Dana Gillespie, Ronan Keating, Chic.
Keyboard player and programmer for various albums by: 
Edoardo Bennato, Fabio Concato, Lucio Dalla, Pino Daniele, Fabrizio de Andre, Francesco de Gregori, Marco Ferradini, Eugenio Finardi, Ivan Graziani, Mango, Fiorella Mannoia, Marcella Bella, Mina, Gianni Morandi, Anna Oxa, Renato Zero
Collaborations for the albums of other artists such as:
Luca Barbarossa, Umberto Balsamo, Fred Bongusto, Alberto Camerini, Ivan Cattaneo, Drupi, Homo Sapiens, Bruno Lauzi, Claudio Lolli,, Mia Martini, Pino Massara, Gianna Nannini, Fausto Papetti, El Puma, Pupo, Radiofiera, Squallor, Pierangelo Bertoli.
Performing in TV music shows:
Fantastico RAI 1 1985, DOC RA1 2 1988, Ieri Goggi e Domani RA1 2 1988, DOC RA1 2 1989, DOC RA1 2 1990, Stasera mi butto RAI 2 1992, Domenica In RAI 1 1992/93, I1 grande gioco dell’oca RAI 2 1993, I1 grande gioco dell’oca RA1 2 1994, Vita da cani RA1 2 1995, La posta del cuore RAI 2 1998
Performing with the Sanremo Festival Orchestra:
in 1978, 1979, 1990, 1991, 1992
Collaboration with Italian and international music producers and music arrangers such as:
Maurizio Bassi, Beppe Cantarelli, Ruggero Cini, Sandro Colombini, Brian De Palma, Lucio Fabbri, Franco Godi, Maurizio Fabrizio, Natale Massara, Carlo Marrale, Mario Natale, Del Newrnan, Mauro Pagani, Pino Presti, Pinuccio Pirazzoli, Fabio Ritter, Renato Serio, Shel Shapiro, Vince Tempera, Peppe Vessicchio, Celso Valli, Geoff Westley, Fio Zanotti.
Teaching activity:
1) Music teacher for composers from 1990 to 1998 by the Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento Musicale di Saluzzo (Filarrnonici di Torino)
2) Teacher for music arrangers in 1998 by the Centro Professione Musica (CPM)
3) Since 1999 piano teacher by M.A.S of Milan (Music Arts & Show)
Current projects.
After spending many years as session players both performing live and in recording studios working for the most famous Italian and international singers and songwriters Aldo Banfi and Claudio Bazzarri agreed to follow a new music experience forming a band with their own names and performing in many blues events such as Vallemaggia Magic Blues and Caslano Blues Festival in Switzerland. The band recently released the CD “IN THE BALANCE” with original songs in English, hanging “in the balance” between several music syles such as Blues, Country, Rockabilly, Soul and Country Rock. But referring to any precise music style may be misleading as all the songs have a pleasant mixture of various styles.