BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Full Name: Bernardo da Costa Sassetti Pais
Description: Film producer, Composer film scores, Portugal
Known For: Musician, film composer, music educator
Instruments: Pianist
Music Styles: Jazz
Location: Portugal
Date Born: 24th June 1970
Location Born: Lisbon, Portugal
Date Died: 10th May 2012
Location Died: Guincho Cascais, Portugal
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Bernardo Sassetti
A Portuguese jazz pianist and film composer.
He was a great-grandson of Sidónio Pais, President of the First Republic.
He initially played guitar, then began studying piano and music theory at age nine.
He became interested in jazz after hearing Bill Evans. By the late 1980s, he was backing visiting musicians and teaching jazz piano in Lisbon (and, later, taught throughout other lusophonic areas).
During the 1990s, he worked in London, where he recorded three albums with Guy Barker’s group.
His 2006 album Unreal: Sidewalk Cartoon received a four-star rating (of a possible four) in The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.), and was selected for The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1000 Best Albums.
In addition to his jazz work, Sassetti has composed numerous film scores.
He died on 10 May 2012, after falling off a cliff in Guincho,Cascais (Portugal), where he was reportedly shooting pictures for his next book.