The World of Jazz

One of the things I love about the Internet is the generosity of people who volunteer information about common interests. That was the case when I tweeted out I was researching Keith Jarrett for an upcoming blog post. I’ll write that post for sure but the great thing was how others came forward with suggestions of other jazz pianist I might enjoy. Thats how I found about an extraordinary jazz pianist named Paolo Di Sabatino.

Paolo Di Sabatino was born in September, 1970 in Teramo, Italy and, as his web site explains, has dedicated himself exclusively to jazz. With 16 albums to his credit and appearances on another 10 you would think he would be a household name to jazz fans. However Paolo Di Sabatino’s music is not so readily available to us in North America. Again the Internet comes to our rescue. At the time I was writing this blog post Paolo’s album Threeo was going for a cool $71, used, as a rare import on Amazon.com. But thanks to the Internet we can get this album immediately for $8.99 in MP3 format.

Lets see now this one or this one ?

Fortunately, Paolo Di Sabatino has found great success in Japan where he is currently touring, enjoying commercial success and embarking on another artistic endeavor; making videos. Paolo sends this video documenting the fun, music and sights from his current tour in Japan. The song is Dancing with Teddy in English and Paolo explains “I wrote ‘Balla con Teddy’ when I saw my daughter dancing with her teddy bear close to my piano”.

Thanks Paolo, that’s pretty awesome! But wait there’s more! In yet another example of Internet awesomeness and generosity Paolo’ Di Sabatino’s promoters have provided these free MP3 downloads from Paolo’s latest album “The Sweetest Love” for us to enjoy:

Balla con Teddy
L-O-V-E
Glauco’s Mood
Scene 3

I can’t thank Paolo enough for sharing this all with us. Lets show some Internet generosity and spread the word about Paolo Di Sabatino or picking up an MP3 or CD by clicking this link.

Here are some links to share with your friends:

Paolo Di Sabatino’s web site at http://www.paolodisabatino.it
Paolo’ Di Sabatino’s MP3s and CDs on Amazon.com
Paolo Di Sabatino on Myspace at http://www.myspace.com/paolodisabatino
Paolo Di Sabatino on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/PaoloDiSabatino
Paolo Di Sabatino on twitter at http://twitter.com/paolodisabatino

Thanks all for reading and thanks especially to Paolo Di Sabatino for sharing his wonderful music.