Dario Deidda was born in Italy, in Salerno, in 1968. He comes from a family which has always considered music to be an important part of life; firstly, his paternal grandparents, then his parents who were both pianists and finally Dario and his brothers, Alfonso and Sandro.
Dario began to play the drums at the age of 6 but soon fell in love with the double-bass and began to take his music studies seriously. He graduated from the Conservatory having studied the double-bass but broadened his musical knowledge by studying the electric bass and the piano. He describes himself as being an “all-round” musician but jazz is at the heart of his musical world. Dario is a connoisseur of traditional jazz and American songbooks, extending his expertise to embrace more contemporary jazz trends.
Despite his great love of the double-bass, it is when he plays the electric bass that Dario’s unique style becomes evident, leading to widespread acknowledgment of this instrument which is rarely appreciated in jazz. In recent years, Dario has mainly used acoustic and semi-acoustic instruments in his search for a truly unique sound.
He currently works as a free-lance musician and teacher both in Italy and around the world, combining his teaching role and that of playing the bass in the prestigious Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio and Quintet.
Main Italian collaborations: M. Giammarco, U. Fiorentino, R. Gatto, D. Rea, P. Fresu, E. Rava, M. DeVito, P. Condorelli, A. Onorato, A. Salis, S. Bonafede, F. Zeppetella, J. Girotto, M. Urbani, S. Di Battista, E. Pieranunzi, G.Telesforo, R. Giuliani, F. Boltro, F. D’Andrea, A.Golino, T. De Piscopo and others are equally important!
With U.S. and European artists: M.Miller, G.Garzone. J.Bergonzi, G.Coleman, B.Golson, K.Lightsey, T.Harrell, M.Petrucciani, J.Moody, K. Rosenwinkel, D.Liebman, S.Grossman, J.Como, P.Sery, P .Erskine, F. Ambrosetti, Gil Evans Orchestra, L.Soloff, A.Sipiagin, J.Tain Watts, C.Stubblfield, L.Donaldson, B.Sidran, M.Garrison, C.Anderson, B.Lagrene, R. Brecker, B. Hart, D. Stryker, P.Bernstein, G. Hutchinson, A. Goldberg, L. Leathers, and others.!
Dario Deidda has featured as a sideman and recorded over 60 CDs with the above-mentioned musicians. In 2003, he recorded the CD “3 From the Ghetto”, the first released under his name, with Julian O. Mazzariello and Stephane Huchard, produced by GeGè Telesforo for Go Jazz. Guests included S. Di Battista. Dario played in first solo album for Go Jazz by Clyde Stubbfield, James Brown’s original funky drummer (U.S.A.).