Timoteo "Dino" Saluzzi (born 20 May 1935) is an Argentine bandoneon player. He is the son of Cayetano Saluzzi and the father of guitarist José Maria Saluzzi.

Early life, family and education Timoteo "Dino" Saluzzi was born in Campo Santo, Salta Province, Argentina. Saluzzi has been playing the bandoneon since his childhood. As a youth in Buenos Aires, Dino played with the Radio El Mundo orchestra. His father was Cayetano Saluzzi.

Career Saluzzi landed a contract with the ECM label. Several records have resulted, including Kultrum, 1983. From the beginning of the 1980s onwards, there were collaborations with European and American jazz musicians including Charlie Haden, Tomasz Stańko, Charlie Mariano, Palle Danielsson, and Al Di Meola.

ECM brought Saluzzi together with Charlie Haden, Palle Mikkelborg and Pierre Favre for Once upon a Time – Far Away in the South. Rava had worked extensively in Argentina, and Haden's sympathy for Latin American music was well known; furthermore Palle Mikkelborg and Dino Saluzzi had worked together productively in George Gruntz's band.

Discography

As leader 1972: De Vuelta a Salta (RCA Camden) 1973: Bandoneón Tierra Adentro – Vol. 1 (RCA Camden) 1975: Bandoneón Tierra Adentro – Vol. 2 (RCA Victor) 1977: Dedicatoria (Melopea) 1980: Bermejo (Microfón) 1982: Kultrum (ECM) 1985: Once Upon a Time – Far Away in the South (ECM) 1986: Volver with Enrico Rava (ECM) 1988: Andina (ECM) 1991: Argentina (West Wind Latina) 1996: Cité de la Musique (ECM) 1998: Kultrum with the Rosamunde Quartett (ECM) 2001: Responsorium (ECM) 2002: Senderos (ECM) 2006: Ojos Negros (ECM), with Anja Lechner 2009: El Encuentro (ECM) 2011: Navidad de Los Andes (ECM), with trio including Anja Lechner and Felix Saluzzi 2020: Albores (ECM) 2025: El Viejo Caminante (ECM)

Los Chalchaleros con el bandoneón de Dino Saluzzi 1972: La Cerrillana (RCA Victor)

Dino Saluzzi Group 1991: Mojotoro (ECM) 2005: Juan Condori (ECM) 2014: El Valle de la Infancia (ECM)

Trio with Anthony Cox and David Friedman 1995: Rios (veraBra)

Trio with George Gruntz and Thierry Lang 2005: Trio Tage (PJL)

As sideman With Pedro Orillas 1970: Soy Buenos Aires (RCA Camden) With Litto Nebbia 1981: Tres Noches en la Trastienda (Melopea), trio including Bernardo Baraj With George Gruntz 1983: Theatre (ECM) With Al Di Meola 1990: World Sinfonia (Tomato) 1993: World Sinfonia II – Heart of the Immigrants (Telarc) 1996: Di Meola Plays Piazzolla (Atlantic) With Rickie Lee Jones 1991: Pop Pop (Warner Bros.) With Maria João 1996: Fábula With Tomasz Stańko 1998: From the Green Hill (ECM) With Giya Kancheli, Gidon Kremer and Andrei Pushkarev 2010: Themes from the Songbook (ECM)

References

External links

Official website of Dino and José María Saluzzi Dino Saluzzi at Myspace Dino Saluzzi Interview at argentour.com Saluzzi profile at European Jazz Network (archived) Dino Saluzzi ECM recordings at music-wire.com