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 non_vocal_instrumentalist piano jazz genoa , italy dado moroni musician
dado moroni

edgardo `` dado '' moroni -lrb- born october 20 , 1962 -rrb- is an italian jazz pianist and composer .
a self-taught musician , dado , who was born in genoa , italy , started playing piano at age four .
by his mid-teens he was playing professionally around italy and by age 17 had recorded his first album .
throughout the 1980s dado worked mostly in europe playing at festivals and in clubs , including a long stint as part of former duke ellington bassist jimmy woode 's trio at widder bar in zurich .
dado moved to the u.s. in 1991 , becoming part of the new york jazz scene , and appearing regularly both as a leader and sideman , in some of the city 's most prestigious clubs , including blue note , birdland , village vanguard as well as recording several cds .
during his 35-year career dado has played with legends including freddie hubbard , clark terry , zoot sims , harry `` sweets '' edison , ray brown , ron carter , oscar peterson , ahmad jamal , hank jones , niels-henning Ørsted pedersen and alvin queen .
a highly respected musician , at age 25 he was granted the honor of serving as a juror at the prestigious thelonious monk international piano competition in 1987 .
based in italy , dado continues to perform worldwide .
in 2007 he won the italian jazz awards as best jazz act .
in 2009 dado was named best italian jazz pianist in the top jazz referendum sponsored by musica jazz magazine .
in 2010 he was appointed professor of jazz piano at giuseppe verdi conservatory of music in turin , a position he currently holds .
dado is married to ada toure .
