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Massimiliano Rolff (1973 - electric bass/upright bass) graduates at the Jazz Conservatory of Groningen (Holland) in Electric Bass and Music Pedagogy in 1999, where he followed over 40 clinics and workshops with some of the best musicians worldwide.
In 1999 with a scolarship of the Dutch government he also follows a master at the Bass Collective in New York City with John Pattitucci and Lincoln Goines.
In 2003 he graduates in Jazz Music at the Conservatory "A. Vivaldi" in Alessandria (Italy). He works and live in Genova, Italy.
As freelance bassist in the last years he has performed in some of the most important clubs and festivals of Italy, Holland, France, Austria, Switzerland, California, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Missisipi, Georgia, North and South Carolina, with Jasper van't Hof, Alessio Menconi, Tom Kirkpatrick, Vera Takes the Cake, Latin Connection, Martin Tingvall, Zibba, Stage Big Band and more either in jazz and pop-rock fields.
In 2003 he has published with Oleo the album "Next Beat" for Scenario Music, with a worldwide distribution, followed by many other compilations in many different countries. He is endorser for D'Orazio Strings. In 2006 he published is first debut as composer with UNIT FIVE!