Berto Pisano

Berto Pisano (born Umberto Pisano, Cagliari, 13 October 1928 – Rome, 29 January 2002) was an Italian composer, conductor, arranger and jazz musician. Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, Pisano started his career as a double bassist in the jazz groups Quartetto Astor and Asternovas. He later learned to play the trumpet. He is best known as a song writer for Italian pop star Mina and his work as film composer. In 1974, Pisano's composition "A Blue Shadow", the theme from the RAI TV-series Ho incontrato un'ombra, topped the Italian charts. Giacomo Serreli (2003). Boghes e sonos: quarant'anni di musica extracolta in Sardegna. Scuola sarda, 2003. ISBN 8887758034. Massimo Emanuelli (2004). 50 anni di storia della televisione attraverso la stampa settimanale. GRECO & GRECO Editori, 2004. ISBN 8879803468. Dario Salvatori (1989). Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN 8876054391. Roberto Curti (27 March 2015). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969. McFarland, 2015. p. 92. ISBN 978-1476619897. Berto Pisano at IMDb Berto Pisano at AllMusic Berto Pisano at Discogs v t e v t e