Alessandro Minetto Jazz Drummer Born in Alessandria on june the 23th 1969 begins his music studies at the age of 15 attending the drum classes of acknowledged italian teachers like: Alberto Bucci, Giorgio Gandino, Marco Volpe, Bruno Astesana and Maurizio Planker. Starts his professional career at the age of 22 performing in Italy and foreign countries. He attends also clinics of drummers: Manhù Roche, Francesco Sotgiu, Enzo Zirilli, Roberto Gatto, Ettore Fioravanti, Arvin Scott, Marcello Pellitteri, Bob Moses, Max Roach, Roy Haynes. Collaborations: As a jazz drummer starts performing with: Giorgio Licalzi, Paolo Porta, Fulvio Albano, Fabrizio Bosso; also collaborated with: Aldo Mella, Andrea Allione, Aldo Rindone, Guido Canavese, Nicola Muresu, Antonio Zambrini, Due Laghi Big Band, Francesco Nastro, Giacomo Aula, Alfredo Ponissi, Lorenzo Petrocca, Claudio and Fulvio Chiara, Stefano Calcagno, Alessandro Maiorino, Riccardo Ruggieri, Luigi Tessarollo, Maria Pia De Vito, Franco D\'Andrea, Carlo Atti, Riccardo Zegna, Luigi Bonafede, Bruno Marini, Maurizio Nunes Caldura, Marco Vaggi, Roberto Cecchetto, Aldo Zunino, Claudio Fasoli, Andrea Pozza, Stefano Battaglia, Renato Chicco, Paolo Birro, Marco Micheli, Rosario Bonaccorso, Pietro Tonolo, Gianni Coscia, Ares Tavolazzi, Furio Di Castri, Antonio Faraò, Emanuele Cisi, Gianni Basso, Larry Schneider, Jimmy Cobb, Tom Kirkpatrick, Maurizio Giammarco, Kail Gregory, Andy Gravish, Walter Weiskopf, Steve Grossman, Michelle Hendrix, Garrison Fewell, Michael Rosen, Gilad Atzmon, Dena DeRose, Donald Braden, Peter King, Kay Foster Jackson, Phil Guy, Damon Brown, Stjepko "Steve" Gut, Melissa Stott, Franco Cerri, Bob Bonisolo, Jonathan Gee, Benny Golson, Bruce Forman, Monk Liberation Front, Francesca Sortino, Paolo benedettini, Pietro Ciancaglini, Barend Middelhoff, Gerard Klein, Steve Rose, Bud Shank, Guido Di Leone, Marco Tamburini, Piero Odorici, Gianluca Petrella, Francesco Cafiso, Renato Sellani, Dusko Goykovich, Stefano Cantini, Kelvin Sholar, Ronnie Matheus, Lee Konitz and many others.