Berto Pisano

Berto Pisano
Born(1928-10-13)13 October 1928
Cagliari, Italy
Died29 January 2002(2002-01-29) (aged 73)
Rome, Italy

Berto Pisano (Umberto Pisano) (13 October 1928 – 29 January 2002) was an Italian composer, conductor, arranger and jazz musician.

Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, Pisano started his career as a contrabassist in the jazz groups Quartetto Astor and Asternovas.[1] He is best known as composer of pop songs, for, among others, Mina, and a composer of musical scores for films and TV-series;[1] his major hit was "A blue shadow", the theme song of the RAI TV-series Ho incontrato un'ombra, which ranked first at the Italian hit parade in 1974.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Giacomo Serreli (2003). Boghes e sonos: quarant'anni di musica extracolta in Sardegna. Scuola sarda, 2003. ISBN 8887758034.
  2. ^ Massimo Emanuelli (2004). 50 anni di storia della televisione attraverso la stampa settimanale. GRECO & GRECO Editori, 2004. ISBN 8879803468.
  3. ^ Dario Salvatori (1989). Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN 8876054391.