Giovanni Mazzarino was born on May 26, 1965. He has been playing jazz since 1980.
He’s considered one of the most important Italian jazz players; he performed with very important musicians such as: Enzo Randisi, Enrico Intra, Gianni Basso, Franco Cerri, Massimo Urbani, Enrico Rava, Flavio Boltro, Francesco Bearzatti, Rosario Bonaccorso, Fabrizio Sferra, Dario Deidda, Mimmo Cafiero, Paolo Fresu, Fabrizio Bosso, Francesco Cafiso, Max Ionata, Marco Tamburini, Javier Girotto, Joan Cartwright, Mark Murphy, Steve Swallow, Tom Harrell, Randy Brecker, Steve Grossmann, Bob Mintzer, Anne Ducros, Lester Bowie, Eddie Henderson, Jimmy Cobb, Adam Nussbaum, Kurt Rosenwinkel and many others. In 2002 he was awarded by the Top Italian Jazz Award as best new brand Jazz artist. He performed as jazz piano player and composer for several worldwide famous jazz festivals: Umbria Jazz, Marciac Jazz Festival, Dubai Philips Jazz Festival, Euro Jazz Festival (Mexico City), International Festivals (Venezuela and Colombia), Naples, House of Jazz (Rome), Sicilian Symphonic Orchestra (Palermo), Jazz Center (Istanbul), National Theater and the National Portrait Gallery (London), University of Brussels, Paris, Stockholm, Wien, Milan, New York… ecc.
He recorded 20 albums as bandleader and composer.