Gegè Telesforo

Jazz Vocalist, musician, producer, composer, but also journalist, author, radio and television personality, UNICEF Ambassador, GeGé Telesforo has gone through 40 years of radio and TV history with grace, lightness and coherent love for his everlasting passion: the jazz lived with the utmost professionalism combined with joy, rhythm and pleasantness.
On the other hand Telesforo over the years has shown an unswerving ability to bring together the best Italian and international jazz with collaborations of the highest level, just to name a few: Roberto Gatto, Danilo Rea, Antonio Faraò, Marco Rinalduzzi, Enzo Pietropaoli, Rita Marcotulli, Marco Tamburini, Dario and Alfonso Deidda, Amedeo Ariano, Max Ionata, Rossana Casale, Agostino Marangolo, Francesco Puglisi, Fabio Zeppetella, Marcello Surace, Alex Gwiss, Marco Siniscalco, Max Bottini, Giorgia, Tosca, Stefano Di Battista, Rocco Zifarelli, Julian Oliver Mazzariello, Mia Cooper. aBen Sidran, Jon Hendricks, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, DeeDee Bridgewater, Phil Woods, Bob Malach, Georgie Fame, Clyde Stubblefield, Mike Mainieri, Bob Rockwell, Richard Davis, Phil Upchurch, Ricky Peterson, Frank McComb, Alan Hampton, Sachal Vasandani, Joanna Teters, etc.

GeGè Telesforo is currently experiencing a particularly happy period in his career. The victory of the Jazzit Award 2010/11/12/13/14/15/16/17/18 as the best male voice crowns an important period characterized by the release of successful CDs such as “So Cool” (GrooveMasterEdition), “NU JOY” (COLUMBIA RECORDS / SONY MUSIC), “FUN SLOW RIDE” (SAM Records / EGEA 2016) from an incredible number of concerts with the prestigious participation of his quintet in the review “The Best of Italian Jazz in Shanghai” on the occasion of the Universal Expo , to represent Italian art and culture in the world on the bill with Stefano Bollani, Danilo Rea, Paolo Fresu, Roberto Gatto, etc. black musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer, but also record producer, radio and television conductor and great entertainer talent, GeGè Telesforo has always been a multifaceted artist, and above all a refined vocalist, innovator of the “scat” technique, able to stand up to sacred jazz monsters such as Jon Hendricks, Dizzy Gillespie, Ben Sidran, Phil Woods, Mike Mainieri, Clark Terry, DeeDee Bridgewater, Bob Berg, etc.
As a teacher, he regularly holds his vocal and vocal improvisation Master Classes, “Vocal Jazz Concept”, in prestigious Music Schools, Conservatories, and in the Jazz Festival in Italy and abroad. Since September 2012 he teaches Jazz and Vocal Improvisation at the Venice Voice Academy in Los Angeles (California-USA).
He has been appointed UNICEF Good Will Ambassador for his artistic commitment in favor of all the “Children in danger”, one of the most significant campaigns of the ‘UNICEF. He is the inventor and promoter of the Sound for Children project.

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