Massimiliano Milesi

Massimiliano Milesi (born 1983) is an Italian jazz saxophonist and composer.
==Life and career==
Milesi was born in Bergamo in 1983. He studied at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. He is currently one of the most active saxophonists on the Italian jazz scene. He made his debut in 2012 collaborating in the projects of trumpeter Giovanni Falzone and, with saxophonist Tino Tracanna, founding the Double Cut quartet in 2015. 
Also active internationally since 2014 Milesi is a member of the Wayne Horvitz European Orchestra. He collaborates assiduously with the major jazz musicians of the Italian and international scene. In particular he played and released, in 2020, the album WHen? with Dave Douglas and Steven Bernstein. Also in 2020 Milesi is alongside Jim Black and Francesco Bigoni in the album Dark Dry Tears: hide show yourself! led by Danilo Gallohttps://www.auditorium.com/prodotto/hide_show_yourself-22388.html.
==Discography==
===As leader/co-leader===
Year recorded	Title 	Label 	Personnel/Notes
2014 	Alea 	TeriYaky Records 	Ensemble, R.E.S. Collective
2015 	Mnomeion 	TeriYaky Records 	Quartet, with Michele Tacchi (el. bass), Vittorio Marinoni (drums), Valerio Scrignoli (el. guitar)
2015 	Dimidiam 	UR Records 	Duet, with Giacomo Papetti (el. bass)
2016 	Double Cut 	UR Records 	Quartet, with Giulio Corini (double bass), Filippo Sala (drums), Tino Tracanna (saxophones)
2018 	Double Cut - Mappe 	Parco della Musica Records	Quartet, with Giulio Corini (double bass), Filippo Sala (drums), Tino Tracanna (saxophones)
2019 	OOFTH 	Auand Records 	Quartet, with Giacomo Papetti (bass VI, el. bass), Filippo Sala (drums), Emanuele Maniscalco (el. piano, synthesizers)
2020 	Em4ncipation - Blowing Time Away	Bagana 	Quintet, with Andrea Lombardini (el. bass), Alessandro Rossi (drums), Massimo Imperatore (el. guitar), Yah Supreme (voice), feat. Davide Shorty (voice)
2020 	When? 	UR Records 	Ensemble, UR-Kestra Collective, feat. Dave Douglas (trumpet) and Steven Bernstein (trumpet)
2021 	Reithia 	Jazz On The Road 	Quartet, with Giulio Corini (double bass), Filippo Sala (drums), Francesco Baiguera (guitar)
===As sideman===
Year recorded	Leader 	Title 	Label
2014 	Guano Padano 	Americana 	Ponderosa Music & Art
2015 	Oscar Del Barba 	Two suites for jazz orchestra 	Dot Time Records
2015 	Gianluca Di Ienno	D-Bus Orchestra – Live in Santa Maria Gualtieri	Teriyaky Records
2015 	Giovanni Falzone 	Led Zeppelin Suite 	Musicamorfosi – Maccablue Records
2016 	Gianluca Di Ienno	Keys Trio – Shifting thoughts 	Abeat
2016 	Enrico Merlin 	Molester Smiles 	M.I.L.K.
2017 	Alessandro Rossi 	Emancipation 	CAM Jazz
2017 	Danilo Gallo 	Skan the skin 	Blue Serge Records
2018 	Luca Dell’Anna 	Human see, human do 	UR Records
2018 	Mondongo 	Gastromantic 	UR Records
2018 	Giovanni Falzone 	Far East Trip 	Musicamorfosi
2018 	Pulsar Ensemble 	Oddsquare 	Ritmo&Blu Records
2019 	Wayne Horvitz 	Live at the Bimhuis 	Novara Jazz Series
2020 	Danilo Gallo 	Dark Dry Tears: hide show yourself 	Parco della Musica Records
2020 	Frank Martino 	Disorgan: Ego Boost 	Auand Records
2020 	Andrea Grossi 	Four Winds 	We Insist! Records
Category:CAM Jazz artists
Category:1983 births
Category:Italian jazz saxophonists
Category:Italian male composers
Category:Musicians from Bergamo