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Roberto Dani – drummer (b. 1 October 1969, Vicenza, Italy)

started playing drums at age 7. In his early twenties, he performed and recorded with the progressive rock group, Devil Doll, before entering Berklee College of Music in 1994. His Berklee period included collaboration with trombonist Hal Crook, Mick Goodrick and Mika Pohjola, with whom he recorded Myths and Beliefs for GM Recordings. Subsequently, Dani toured with Pohjola for seven years in Europe, the United States and Japan, and recorded follow-up albums, The Secret of the Castle, Announcement, English Breakfast, Jazz Capital of the World, Still Alive and Landmark. Other musicians in Pohjola's ensembles include Ben Monder, Chris Cheek, Bruno Råberg, Eerik Siikasaari, Matt Penman, Salvatore Maiore, Miguel Zenón and Fernando Huergo. In addition to many jazz festival performances in Scandinavia, Dani and Pohjola recorded for the Finnish YLE Broadcasting Company, The Swedish Radio SR and BBC Wales. In 1997 Dani collaborated with Canadian trumpeter and composer Kenny Wheeler and fellow Italian pianist Glauco Venier, with whom he recorded his debut album Images two years later. This remarkable album also features vocalist Norma Winstone and cellist Henning Sieverts. Dani... Read