Nicola Stilo
Template:Short description Nicola Stilo (born 1956 in Italy), is a jazz and pop instrumentalist, specialising in flute and guitar.
Stilo began following Chet Baker in 1979, attending his concerts and recording sessions.Template:Sfn Baker took him as part of his band for a tour of Italy the following year,Template:Sfn and on subsequent tours,Template:Sfn including to Brazil in 1985.Template:Sfn After the last, Stilo stayed in Brazil for around a year before reuniting with Baker.Template:Sfn Despite discouragement from Baker, who was a long-term drug addict, Stilo by this time had become addicted to heroin.Template:Sfn Back together in Europe, Stilo commented: "Maybe I made the choice just to live the same life he was doing, you know? [...] We were like brothers, maybe sometimes fighting, but really taking care of each other."Template:Sfn They continued to play together, with Stilo on flute and guitar.Template:Sfn Stilo wrote the music for Baker's 1988 album Chet on Poetry; it "ranged from slick Europop to funk to a graceful jazz waltz".Template:Sfn He also played on the album.Template:Sfn He appeared on film in the 1988 documentary Let's Get Lost.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After Baker's death later that year, Stilo gave up heroin.Template:Sfn
Stilo subsequently recorded with Toninho Horta<ref name="JT">Template:Cite news</ref> and with his own group.<ref name="aaj07">Template:Cite web</ref>
Discography
As leader/co-leader
- Flute Connection (1994)
- Errata Corrige (1995)
- Duets (1999)<ref name="JT" />
- Immagini (Alfamusic, 2007)<ref name="aaj07"/>
As sideman
With Chet Baker
- Leaving (Intercord, 1980)
- At Capolinea (Red, 1983 [1987])
- Intimacy (Red Records, 1987)
- Let's Get Lost (RCA Novus, 1987)
- Chet on Poetry (1988)
- Live in Rosenheim: Chet Baker's Last Recording as Quartet (1988)
References
Bibliography
External links
- Biography (broken)
- Personal blog
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