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PAOLO FRESU's quintet was formed in 1984 by Paolo Fresu and Roberto Cipelli and is now an integral part of the history of modern Italian jazz, celebrating - with the same original line-up - forty years of existence, something very rare in the entire history of African-American music. After various incarnations, it became the group we know today between 1984 and 1985 with the recording of “Ostinato” for Splasc(h) Records, and established itself as one of the leading Italian jazz groups with the album “Inner Voices” together with American saxophonist Dave Liebman (1986). Since then, it has been intensely active in concerts and recordings, as well as in teaching. In fact, the group often acts as a “teaching group”, giving interactive seminars on jazz styles and structures from the perspective of the group's experience (Seminars in Nuoro, Victoria School of Arts in Melbourne, Matera). In this regard, the extraordinary experience of the “Cinque giornate del Jazz” (Five Days of Jazz), held during the 2005/2006 winter season at the Monteverdi Hall of the Bolzano Conservatory of Music in collaboration with the Culture Department of the local Autonomous Province, was particularly important and unique. A book with an accompanying DVD was published by Auditorium Edizioni in Milan based on this experience. All members of the group have specific and important teaching experience that is still ongoing: Roberto Cipelli holds the chair of jazz piano at the Conservatory of Trento, where he is also head of department and, since 2014, director of the Nuoro Jazz Seminars.
Attilio Zanchi and Tino Tracanna are professors of jazz music at the Milan Conservatory, while Ettore Fioravanti holds the same position at the Conservatory of Frosinone. Attilio Zanchi and Tino Tracanna hold the chair of Jazz Music at the Milan Conservatory, while Ettore Fioravanti holds the same chair at the Frosinone Conservatory.