Simone Lanzi, born in ’93 in Trieste, starts to play the double bass in 2012. In 2013 he starts the Jazz Bachelor Conservatory with M° Maier and in the 2016 he also starts the Classical Bachelor Conservatory with M° Sciascia. In 2018 he finishes the Jazz Bachelor with 104 on 110 and in 2022 he finishes the Classical Bachelor with 109 on 110.
He has collaborated with the following projects: Brazos – Black Suit Trio, Orchestra Laboratorio 3.0, Emanuele Grafitti Trio, Eastern Border Ensemble, TILT, Tsikarim, and others.
He has recorded: Brazos-Black Suit Trio EP 1 and 2; Mingus’ Grooves; Edgar Meis; Eastern Border Ensemble; TILT; Misa A Buenos Aires-M. Palmeri; Emanuel Grafitti Trio.
Having ranged from Greek and Turkish music to jazz and classical music, over the past two years he has focused solely on jazz in all its forms, seeking his own improvisational language. This language finds its full expression in his latest project, Simone Lanzi 4et – Il Sogno di Leandro, an album of his own original music recorded last December in Trieste and due for release in the coming months.
Workshops and masterclasses attended: Umbria Jazz, Veneto Jazz, Velenje Jazz, Zgrabi Zvok. Instructors: Joe Sanders, Orlando Le Fleming, Stefano Senno, Giovanni Maier, Stefano Sciascia.