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Mirko Fait

Mirko Fait, Italian, was born in Milan on 3rd June 1965 in a family of artists. Mirko started playing the guitar at a young age, from the early 1970s, but it was only later that he realised that his cultural ground was jazz music. This is why in the 1990s he chose the contralto saxophone. He started his studies in Bergamo with Alberto Nacci, moving back to Milan he continued studying the tenor saxophone with the maestro Michele Bozza, with Giulio Visibelli and Emanuele Cisi at the centre “Civica di jazz” run by Franco Cerri and Enrico Intra, until his last lessons with the American Michael Rosen.

He played straight away in different bands and he performed from the very first years also in jam sessions and with various jazz groups in a few Milanese clubs (Capolinea, Scimmie, Tangram, Aquatica, Mirasol, le Trottoir, Ittolittos, Ca’Bianca, Santa Tecla).

In January 2002, with the Cuban trumpet player and pianist Gendrickson Mena Diaz, he was asked to play for a renowned stylist group at the Pitti Uomo club and in 2003 he founded the jazz band Five for you. In 2004, with the international concert performers Danilo Manto and Max Patrick, he took part in the contemporary music project Mantic Ensemble. In 2007, he founded the Fait Club Quintet, a name that still accompanies him today.

In 2008, the CD by trumpet player Mena came out. Presented at the Blue Note club and called All I missed, it takes its title from a ballad written by the Milanese saxophonist and the trumpeter himself.

2008 was also the year that saw the artist commit himself to an intensive disco graphic activity. Thanks to John Toso and the Italian Way Music production house, he produced several works in a style mixing jazz, ambient and contemporary music.

In 2009 he was chosen as artistic director of the project "United Jazz Artists of Milan". Now is also the artistic director for jazz of Italian Way Music label company.

In 2010 the french label company Believe chosen the song "Sex for money" from the album with John Toso "Just for you" for the great summer jazz compilation "70 relaxing holiday masterpieces". A compilation with Miles Davis, Louis Amstrong, Billie Holiday, Chet Baker, Toquinho, Stefano Bollani, Enrico Rava, Franco Cerri and many others giant jazz musician!

2016. Mirko Fait realizes a new album produced by Sant'Elpidio Jazz Festival and Jazz di Marca: Confidences.

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Album Review

Mirko Fait 5tet: Confidences

Read "Confidences" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Here's more clear evidence courtesy of Italian-born saxophonist Mirko Fait's quintet that tasteful jazz doesn't run its course at America's borders. These are accomplished musicians who know how to swing and can hold their heads high in any company, foreign or domestic. On the other hand, there is nothing here that sets Fait's group apart from many others of its size and makeup; it is simply a well-schooled working ensemble doing its thing, no more and no less.

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Saint Valentine's Day Release by Mirko Fait

Saint Valentine's Day Release by Mirko Fait

Source: BlueGal 110

Download the music for Saint Valentine's Day gift... Read some quotes about Mirko Fait and his music: “Mirko Fait's music reaches deep down into your soul, it is filled with a certain “je ne sais quoi" that brings your emotions back to the surface. His style is unique and diverse at the same time, from smooth relaxation (My whisper for you) to very emotional love melodies (Just for you, one of my favourite albums so far!). Mirko Fait ...

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Preview in Florence, Italy of the short film by Alessandro Daquino for Zerocinquefilm with the music by John Toso and Mirko Fait

Preview in Florence, Italy of the short film by Alessandro Daquino for Zerocinquefilm with the music by John Toso and Mirko Fait

Source: BlueGal 110

Zerocinquefilm presents a new short film by the young director Alessandro Daquino. The film, called “Sono sempre stata Chiara" (I have always been clear/Clare) deals with its theme in a modern and fascinating way. More and more often, we hear about sexual ambiguity and sex change, but here the director talks about it in a particularly refined, subtle, original and even touching manner, digging into childhood memories, in the rapport between father and son that any one of us carries ...

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"Sex for Money" (Mirko Fait - John Toso) included in a giant jazz compilation: 70 relaxing masterpieces

"Sex for Money" (Mirko Fait - John Toso) included in a giant jazz compilation: 70 relaxing masterpieces

Source: BlueGal 110

In July 2010 the French label company Believe chosen the song “Sex for money" from the album “Just for you" of Mirko Fait & John Toso for the great jazz compilation “70 relaxing holiday masterpieces". A compilation including major jazz players such as Miles Davis, Louis Amstrong, Billie Holiday, Chet Baker, Toquinho, Stefano Bollani, Enrico Rava, Franco Cerri and many others legend of jazz. A great satisfaction for this italian jazz saxophonist (Mirko Fait) and his pianist John Toso. The ...

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Milan to be Played, Milan to Be Heard

Milan to be Played, Milan to Be Heard

Source: BlueGal 110

Milan to be played, Milan to be heard: United Jazz Artists of Milan. The story Among the various sitting rooms of the Lombard capital, Gabriella Niccolai's - very active and famous for its genuine hospitality - has given life to a project which has materialised into a CD and a live show that contain no less than 11 jazz bands from Milan. These are the artists who play in clubs and pubs. No one particularly famous, all musicians from the ...

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Mirko Fait Plays Just for You

Mirko Fait Plays Just for You

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Just for you, the new cd of Mirko Fait and John Toso. © Italian Way Music

For those who have followed the disco-graphic career of these two artists, Mirko Fait and John Toso, this album indicates a change compared to the previous works, not because it totally moves away from the previous ones, but above all because we can denote a maturity that is perhaps accentuated by the duo itself. Indeed the work that brings for the first ...

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In a Whisper... Between Ambient and Jazz, a Love Call

In a Whisper... Between Ambient and Jazz, a Love Call

Source: BlueGal 110

In music, as in life, a fortuitous encounter can generate a spark of poetry. This is what happened between Gino Fioravanti (at the piano) and Mirko Fait (at the soprano saxophone). To bring together these two artists was John Toso (co-author of the pieces) who skilfully led the two musicians on parallel paths. The evanescent notes and the relaxing, almost hypnotic, melodies played by Fioravanti on a grand piano Steinway, intertwine the smooth sound of a soprano saxophone which, although ...

"Il jazz di Mirko Fait e del suo sax gira il mondo partendo da Coltrane, contaminandosi con la Napoli di Pino Daniele e approda a Rio de Janeiro incontrando il Samba. E' un jazz di grande respiro, un ascolto piacevole e coinvolgente, tessuto in un groove creato abilmente con la collaborazione di eccellenti musicisti italiani come Antonio Zambrini, Roberto Piermartire, Roby Giannella, Giampiero Spina e da Rodrigo Amaral, brasiliano, che con il suo basso dialoga in complicità con la ritmica, come vuole la tradizione della bossanova."
Max De Tomassi. Trasmissione Brasil. Radio Rai Uno

"Mirko Fait’s music reaches deep down into your soul, it is filled with a certain “je ne sais quoi” that brings your emotions back to the surface

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Primary Instrument

Saxophone, tenor

Location

Milan

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Confidences

Jazz Di Marca
2017

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Confidences

Italian Way Music
2016

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United Jazz Artists...

Italian Way Music
2009

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LastLove

Italian Way Music
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