Photo by Judith Burrows
Davide Mantovani
Double Bass/Electric bass
Davide was born in Ferrara, Italy, took up the bass in 1982, after early training on piano and guitar, and in 1991 relocated to London.
He has since built a formidable reputation as both performer and composer. His own jazz quintet’s Square One album was issued in 2001, and an experimental collaboration with violinist Roberto Manes led to the release of Polaris in 2004.
He has also been in demand as a composer of soundtracks and incidental music, with Drawing Horizons receiving a commercial release in 2002, and commissions from artists of the stature of Shobana Jeyasingh and George Eugene to his credit.
He travelled to Senegal with Seckou Keita to study Mbalah rhythms in 2002, and his double bass has been a key component of the Quartet from the start.
