29 Aug 2025 - Orkesterjournalen - Live @ Fasching
9 Aug 2025 - Orkesterjournalen - Allt Större Klarhet
14 Jul 2025 - JazzWord - Allt Större Klarhet
30 Jun 2025 - All About Jazz Italia - Allt Större Klarhet
23 Maj 2025 - Lira Musikmagasin - Allt Större Klarhet
8 Maj 2025 salt peanuts* - Allt Större Klarhet
6 Maj 2022 - All About Jazz - Good Idea
20 Maj 2022 - Lira Musikmagasin - Good Idea
26 Mar 2018 - All About Jazz Italia - Interview
Alberto Pinton is a jazz instrumentalist and improviser, composer and educator. He has performed since the mid-eighties on all sizes of saxophones, clarinets and flutes.
His current projects are Alberto Pinton’s Relentless, Alberto Pinton Trio, Alberto Pinton Noi Siamo and Alberto Pinton Sestetto Contemporaneo.
He has released seventeen albums of original music with the following constellations: Alberto Pinton Clear Now, Dog Out, Alberto Pinton Quintet, Pinton/Kullhammar/Zetterberg/Nordeson, Alberto Pinton Nascent, Alberto Pinton Noi Siamo, Alberto Pinton Sestetto Contemporaneo, Alberto Pinton Trio, Alberto Pinton Solo, NUQuartet, Alberto Pinton’s Relentless.
Alberto Pinton has toured and performed with Kenny Wheeler, John Surman, John Warren, Bob Brookmeyer, Maria Schneider, Jerry Bergonzi, Lennart Åberg, Gugge Hedrenius, Bosse Broberg, Nils Landgren, Nils Lindberg, Georg Riedel, Lina Nyberg, Magnus Lindgren, Kenny Werner, Steve Grey, Norma Winstone, George Russell, Tim Hagans, Peter Erskine, Joe Lovano, Steve Swallow, Carla Bley, Adam Nussbaum, Lew Soloff, Dick Oatts, Jim McNeely, Danilo Pérez, Kathrine Windfeld, bassist Avishai Cohen, trumpeter Avishai Cohen, Django Bates, Jason Lindner Big Band, Guillermo Klein & Big Van, Swedish Radio Jazz Group, Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, Norrbotten Big Band, Peter Asplund Jazz Orchestra, Håkan Broström New Places Orchestra, Ann-Sofi Söderqvist Jazz Orchestra, Bohuslän Big Band, Vince Mendoza.
Alberto has also been teaching ear training, improvisation, ensemble and instrumental lessons at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm from 1995 to 2023. Master classes in Sweden, Italy, Canada and Panama.
Alberto received his Bachelor of Music Degree Summa Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music, Boston - 1990, his Master of Music Degree from Manhattan School of Music, New York - 1995 and his Master Degree in Jazz Composition from Royal College of Music, Stockholm - 2023. He’s been studying saxophone and woodwinds with Hamiet Bluiett, Joe Temperley, George Garzone, Joe Viola, Dick Oatts, Gary Smulyan, Jerry Bergonzi, John Purcell. Theory and composition studies with Ed Tomassi, Hal Crook, Maria Schneider, Ludmila Ulehla, Nils Vigeland, Peter Danemo, Johan Hammerth, Per Mårtensson.
Awards: Jazzkannan - 2009, Bert Levins stipendium - 2014, SKAPs Jazzpris - 2021.
Born and raised in Marghera, an industrial town outside of Venice, Italy, he currently lives in Stockholm, Sweden.
Press quotes
Pinton has been releasing notable discs for more than a quarter of a century. On the highly accomplished evidence here he should continue to do the same for a similar period into the future.
Ken Waxman, JazzWord
While his technique is flawless, the music here is all about the passion and the delivery of emotion.
Mark Corroto, All About Jazz
Italian multi-reed ace Alberto Pinton takes his art rather seriously. Time and time again he produces some of the more stimulating jazz to be heard.
Glenn Astarita, All About Jazz
Here is music that proudly proclaims its debt to tradition, aims for urgency and authenticity rather than fizz and thrills, welcomes fugitive tonalities and formal experimentation, and refuses to make any aesthetic compromise in order to have all that it wants.
Joe Milazzo, Bagatellen
Pinton is a creative improviser on all reeds, and his writing approach allows him to be expressive on each of them.
Frank Rubolino, Cadence Magazine
Pinton's versatility never seems to cloud his judgment.
Hugh Gregory, Jazz Review UK
Pinton is for real, and I’d be happy to see his work published by serious labels and diffused in the right circles. It’s that good.
Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes
Equipment:
Saxophones
Selmer Super Balanced Action Baritone Low A
Selmer Mark VI Baritone Low Bb
Selmer Mark VI Tenor
Selmer Mark VII Alto
Selmer Mark VI Alto Low A
Selmer Mark VI Soprano
Selmer Mark VI Sopranino
Buescher True Tone C-Melody
Keilwerth Bass
Clarinets
Buffet R13 Bb
Selmer Bass Low Eb
Selmer Bass Low C
Selmer Rosewood EEb Contra Alto
Selmer Eb
Flutes
Gemeinhardt Piccolo - Robert Bigio Headjoint
Haynes C flute Silver Low B Foot
Haynes vintage Alto
Eva Kingma Bass
Go to my Bandcamp page or send me a direct message for physical & digital copies.
Allt Större Klarhet
Moserobie Music - 2025
Alberto Pinton - baritone saxophone, Eb & Bb clarinets, EEb contra-alto clarinet, alto & bass flutes
Alex Zethson - piano
Vilhelm Bromander - bass
Konrad Agnas - drums
All compositions by Alberto Pinton
NUQuartet
Clear Now Records - 2021
Alberto Pinton - baritone, tenor, soprano saxophone
Johan Berke - guitar
Vilhelm Bromander - bass
Fredrik Rundqvist - drums
All compositions by Alberto Pinton
Good Idea
Clear Now Records - 2021
Alberto Pinton - baritone saxophone
All improvisations by Alberto Pinton
All The Difference
Clear Now Records - 2020
Alberto Pinton - baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet & alto flute
Vilhelm Bromander - bass
Konrad Agnas - drums
All compositions by Alberto Pinton
Layers
Clear Now Records - 2019
Alberto Pinton - baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, piccolo & bass flute
Selma Pinton - vocals
Mats Äleklint - trombone
Mattias Ståhl - vibraphone
Vilhelm Bromander - bass
Konrad Agnas - drums
All compositions by Alberto Pinton except Il Tempo Intanto Correva (a collective improvisation)
RÖD
Clear Now Records - 2018
Alberto Pinton - baritone & alto saxophone, clarinet & bass clarinet
Vilhelm Bromander - bass
Konrad Agnas - drums
All compositions by Alberto Pinton except Turmeric Sunset
(a collective improvisation)
Opus Facere
Clean Feed - 2018
Alberto Pinton - baritone & alto saxophone, clarinet &
bass clarinet
Niklas Barnö - trumpet
Torbjörn Zetterberg - bass
Konrad Agnas - drums
All compositions by Alberto Pinton except Uscita di Sicurezza
(a collective improvisation)
Live in Japan
Wildcat House - 2018
Alberto Pinton - baritone saxophone, clarinet & bass clarinet
Niklas Barnö - trumpet
Yasuhito Mori - bass
Konrad Agnas - drums
All compositions by Alberto Pinton
Resiliency
Moserobie Music - 2016
Alberto Pinton - baritone saxophone, clarinet & bass clarinet
Niklas Barnö - trumpet
Torbjörn Zetterberg - bass
Konrad Agnas - drums
All compositions by Alberto Pinton
Nascent
RedHorn Records - 2013
Alberto Pinton - baritone saxophone, clarinet & bass clarinet, flute & bass flute, melodica
Peter Nylander - guitar
Christian Spering - bass
Peter Danemo - drums
All compositions by Alberto Pinton
Chant
Clean Feed - 2009
Alberto Pinton - baritone saxophone, clarinet
Jonas Kullhammar - tenor & baritone saxophone
Torbjörn Zetterberg - bass
Kjell Nordeson - drums, vibraphone
Compositions 2,6,7 & 9 by Alberto Pinton
Vita Pratica
Moserobie Music - 2007
Alberto Pinton - baritone saxophone, clarinet & bass clarinet, piccolo flute
Mats Äleklint - trombone
Mattias Ståhl - vibraphone, glockenspiel
Torbjörn Zetterberg - bass
Kjell Nordeson - drums, percussion, marimba
All compositions by Alberto Pinton except The Rain And The sky & Kjell Plays Marimba (collective improvisations)
Motionemotion
Moserobie Music - 2005
Alberto Pinton - baritone saxophone, clarinet & bass clarinet, flute
Mats Äleklint - trombone
Mattias Ståhl - vibraphone
Torbjörn Zetterberg - bass
Jon Fält - drums
All compositions by Alberto Pinton except Nettuno & Big Mondo (collective improvisations)
The Visible
Moserobie Music - 2004
Alberto Pinton - baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet & EEb contra-alto clarinet
Mats Äleklint - trombone
Mattias Ståhl - vibraphone, marimba
Torbjörn Zetterberg - bass
Jon Fält - drums
All compositions by Alberto Pinton
Dog Out
Moserobie Music - 2004
Alberto Pinton - baritone & C-Melody saxophone, clarinet & BBb contrabass clarinet
Fredrik Nordström - tenor & alto saxophones
Mattias Welin - bass
Jon Fält - drums
Compositions 2,3,7,10 & 11 by Alberto Pinton
Terraferma
Moserobie Music - 2003
Alberto Pinton - baritone saxophone, clarinet & bass clarinet, flute
Kyle Gregory - trumpet, flugelhorn, Bb piccolo trumpet
Salvatore Maiore - bass
Roberto Dani - drums
All compositions by Alberto Pinton except Paint By Heart I & II (collective improvisations) & Canzone Per Max (Roberto Dani)
Common Intent
Moserobie Music - 2001
Alberto Pinton - baritone saxophone, clarinet & bass clarinet, alto flute
Kyle Gregory - trumpet, flugelhorn, Bb piccolo trumpet
Salvatore Maiore - bass
Roberto Dani - drums
All compositions by Alberto Pinton except Improvisation I-III-IV/IV (collective improvisations)
Jan 5 Stardust Swing Big Band, Operan, Göteborg
Jan 16 Alberto Pinton MUFLONE, Krematoriet, Stockholm
Jan 30 Shades of Gil Evans, Crusellhallen, Linköping
Feb 5 Up & Coming Jazz Talents, Vara Konserthus
Feb 6 Up & Coming Jazz Talents, Playhouse Valand, Göteborg
Feb 11 Vilhelm Bromander Unfolding Orchestra, Fasching, Stockholm
Feb 26-27 Bön för Världen recording, Tamiami Studios, Mölndal
Mar 11 Miles/Coltrane, Kulturhuset Fregatten, Stenungsund
Mar 12 Miles/Coltrane, Vara Konserthus
Mar 13 Miles/Coltrane, Skeppet, Göteborg
Apr 16 Miho Hazama & Aaron Parks, Vara Konserthus
Apr 17 Miho Hazama & Aaron Parks, Fasching, Stockholm
Apr 18 Miho Hazama & Aaron Parks, Musikhögskolan, Örebro
Apr 19 Miho Hazama & Aaron Parks, Stora Teatern, Göteborg
Apr 29 BBB möter improvisationsstudenter, Haga Konserthall, Göteborg
Maj 4 Körettan 2026, Partille Arena
Maj 9 To Quincy with love, Kulturhuset Spira, Linköping
Maj 10 Ilaria Capalbo Quintet, Alvesta Jazz & Blues
Maj 20 Nytt Liv, Frölunda Kulturhus
Maj 21 Nytt Liv, Frölunda Kulturhus
Maj 23 Blåsmusikens Dag 2026, Vara Konserthus
Maj 26 Jazzparaden, Folkan, Lysekil
Maj 27 Vår Underbara Värld, Göteborgs Konserthus
Maj 28 Vår Underbara Värld, Musikens Hus, Göteborg
Maj 29 Jazzparaden, Göteborg
Jun 6 Nationaldagsfirande, Stadshusparken, Mölndal
Jul 14 Alberto Pinton MUFLONE, Glenn Miller Café, Stockholm
Aug 1 Miles/Coltrane, Arild Jazzfestival
Aug 26-28 Jazzparaden, Göteborg
Sep 9 Miles/Coltrane, Halmstad
Sep 10 Miles/Coltrane, Landskrona
Sep 11 Miles/Coltrane, Kristianstad
Sep 12 Miles/Coltrane, Skurup Folkhögskola
Sep 24 Den Här Tiden, Vara Konserthus
Sep 25 Den Här Tiden, Lund
Sep 26 Den Här Tiden, Linköping
Sep 27 Den Här Tiden, Stora Teatern, Göteborg
Sep 29 Den Här Tiden, Messingen, Upplands Väsby
Sep 30 Den Här Tiden, Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm
Oct 7 Storband - va é de?, Emmaboda
Oct 8 Storband - va é de?, Oskarshamn
Oct 9 Miles/Coltrane, Kulturhuset Strömmen, Kalmar
Oct 10 Miles/Coltrane, Oskarshamn
Oct 18 Lisa Nilsson & Bohuslän Big Band, Stora Teatern, Göteborg
Oct 19 Lisa Nilsson & Bohuslän Big Band, Vara Konserthus
Oct 20 Lisa Nilsson & Bohuslän Big Band, UKK, Uppsala
Oct 21 Lisa Nilsson & Bohuslän Big Band, Gävle Konserthus
Oct 22 Lisa Nilsson & Bohuslän Big Band, Culturum, Nyköping
Oct 25-27 Monica Dominique recording, RMV, Stockholm
Nov 8 Ensemble Anaracho feat. Andreas Hourdakis & Fredrik Nordström, Fasching, Stockholm
Nov 11 Alberto Pinton Sestetto Contemporaneo, Glenn Miller Café, Stockholm
Nov 14 Bohuslän Big Band & Margareta Bengtson, Dergårdsteatern, Lerum
Nov 15 Bohuslän Big Band & Margareta Bengtson, Vara Konserthus
Nov 20 Frankly! A Tribute to Sinatra, World of Volvo, Göteborg
Dec 12 Peter Asplund The Christmas Feeling, Café Mosaic, Västerås
Dec 13 Peter Asplund The Christmas Feeling, Fasching, Stockholm
Gothenburg Art Ensemble - Live @ Atalante & Fasching, 2026 (Abrovinsch Records)
Daniel Boyacioglu, Mathias Landæus, Bohuslän Big Band - Den här tiden, 2026 (Prophone)
Per Texas Johansson - Orkester Omnitonal på Musikaliska Kvarteret, 2026 (Moserobie Music Production)
Bohuslän Big Band - Shades of Gil Evans, 2025 (Prophone)
Stockholm Voices - Christmas Time is Here, 2025 (Prophone)
Shinken Shobu - Sou Makuri, 2025 (Kokoro No Ko)
Vilhelm Bromander - Jorden vi ärvde, 2025 (Thanatosis)
Johan Berke Upstairs 5 - Follow Through, 2025 (Gason Jazz)
Danilo Pérez & Bohuslän Big Band - Lumen, 2024 (Prophone)
Sonic Skin - Gavia, 2024 (Prophone)
Cecilia Sanchietti - Colours, 2024 (Parco della Musica Records)
Fredrik Nordström - Big Band Stories, 2024 (Bluenord Records)
Per Texas Johansson - Orkester Omnitonal, 2023 (Moserobie Music Production)
Vilhelm Bromander - In this forever unfolding moment, 2023 (Thanatosis)
Fire! Orchestra - Echoes, 2023 (Rune Grammofon)
Johan Berke - Chromatic Sunday, 2023 (GasonJazz)
Stockholm Voices - New Horizon, 2023 (S. V. Production)
Lina Nyberg & Bohuslän Big Band - The world’s a stage, 2023 (Prophone)
Samo Salamon & New Freequestra - Free Distance Vol. 2, 2022 (Fundacja Słuchaj!)
Samuel Ljungblahd & Bohuslän Big Band - The Soul of Christmas, 2022 (Naxos Direct)
Bohuslän Big Band - Vår Underbara Värld, 2022 (Naxos Direct)
Miles Osland - Collaborations Vol.3 Swedish Connections, 2021 (Mark Records)
Jan Levander - Portrait of Bohuslän Big Band, 2021 (Prophone)
Kathrine Windfeld & Bohuslän Big Band - Determination, 2021 (Prophone)
Bohuslän Big Band - Chasin’ the Bird, 2021 (Prophone)
Bohuslän Big Band - Up & Coming Jazz Talents 2020, 2021 (Prophone)
Bohuslän Big Band - Jazzparaden, 2020 (Prophone)
Lina Nyberg - The Clouds, 2020 (Hoob Jazz)
Peter Asplund - All my Septembers, 2020 (Naxos Direct)
Viktor Skokic Sextett - Basement Music, 2020 (Jazzland)
Torbjörn Zetterberg & Den Stora Frågan - Are You Happy?, 2020 (MMP)
Bohuslän Big Band - Up & Coming Jazz Talents 2019, 2020 (Prophone)
Torbjörn Zetterberg & The Great Question - Live, 2019 (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
Bohuslän Big Band & Solala - Brinner upp i natten, 2019 (SwingKids)
Anders Jormin - Poems for Orchestra, 2019 (Losen)
Johan Berke Upstairs 5 - Live at Fasching, 2018 (Gason Jazz)
Johan Berke Upstairs 5 - Meteorological Interlude, 2018 (Gason Jazz)
Malin Wättring 4 & Bohuslän Big Band - Harvest, 2018 (Havtorn)
Sisters of Invention & Bohuslän Big Band - En rymd av färg, 2017 (Vara Konserthus)
Ann-Sofi Söderqvist Jazz Orchestra - Move, 2017 (Pitch Blue)
Johan Berke Upstairs 5 - Simpatico, 2017 (Gason Jazz)
Bohuslän Big Band - Frankly, 2016 (Vara Konserthus)
Peter Nylander - Songs, 2015 (Imogena)
Torbjörn Zetterberg & Den Stora Frågan - Om Liv och Död, 2015 (MMP)
Jill Johnson - Songs For Daddy, 2014 (Lionheart)
Torbjörn Zetterberg & Den Stora Frågan, 2014 (MMP)
Room8 - Fresh Cut, 2013 (Dinky)
Peter Danemo - Peter Danemo, 2013 (Kopasetic)
Ann-Sofi Söderqvist Jazz Orchestra - The Story of Us, 2013 (Pitch Blue)
Ale Möller & Bohuslän Big Band - Pegasus, 2013 (Prophone)
Bosse Broberg Nogenja - Zzzkaa's Dance, 2012 (Phono Suecia)
Platina Jazz - Anime Standards Vol. 3. 2012 (Victor)
Ann-Sofi Söderqvist Jazz Orchestra - Point of View, 2012 (Pitch Blue)
LED - The Ocean, 2011 (Kopasetic)
Peter Jöback - Livet, Kärleken och Döden, 2011 (Razzia)
Colin Towns, Nils Landgren & BBB - Don't fence me in, 2011 (ACT)
Rita Sannia - Legatura di valore, 2010 (Koiné)
Bohuslän Big Band - DoReMI SaFaRi, 2010 (Vara Konserthus)
Joakim Milder - Takeaway, 2010 (Apart)
Paavo - Cançó del Paó, 2010 (Found You)
Margareta Bengtson - En gång i Stockholm, 2010 (Marg Arts)
Bohuslän Big Band - Good Time Christmas, 2009 (Vara Konserthus)
Cohen - The Scandinavian Report, 2009 (Sony Music)
Bohuslän Big Band - George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess, 2009 (Vara Konserthus)
Jaqee & Bohuslän Big Band - Letter to Billie, 2008 (Vara Konserthus)
Avishai Cohen - Sensitive Hours, 2008 (Razdaz)
Nils Lindberg & Margareta Bengtson - As we are, 2008 (Prophone)
Steve Swallow & Bohuslän Big Band - Swallow Songs, 2008 (Vara Konserthus)
Swedish Jazz - Live from the SJC, 2007 (STIM/Svensk Musik)
Militanta Jazz Musiker - Attack, 2007 (GAC)
Torbjörn Zetterberg - Skildrar Kvinnans Kamp, 2007 (MMP)
Lina Nyberg & Magnus Lindgren - Brasil Big Bom, 2007 (Caprice)
Paavo - Paavo, 2007 (Apart)
Fredrik Nordström - VIBB, 2007 (MMP)
Lasse Lindgren - In the Mood for Standards, 2006 (Imogena)
Lennart Åberg & Peter Erskine - Free Spirit, 2006 (Amigo)
Håkan Broström - New Places, 2006 (Phono Suecia)
Sonic Mechatronik Arkestra - Overunity, 2006 (MMP)
Composer's Big Fun - Composer's Big Fun, 2006 (Phono Suecia)
Björn Skifs - Andra Decennier, 2006 (EMI)
Moserobie Jazz Manifesto Box Set, 2005 (MMP)
Torbjörn Zetterberg - Krissvit, 2005 (MMP)
Lew Soloff, Adam Nussbaum & Bohuslän Big Band - Porgy & Bess, DVD, 2005 (Spice of Life)
Turbulens - Fluid Motion, 2005 (Footprint)
Viktoria Tolstoy - My Swedish Heart, 2005 (ACT Jazz)
Fyra Kungar, En Dam & Bohuslän Big Band, 2005 (EMI/Capitol)
Fredrik Nordström Quintet - Moment, 2004 (MMP)
Moserobie - Swedish Independent Jazz Vol.1, 2004 (MMP)
Nils Lindberg - A Christmas Cantata, 2003 (Proprius)
Meta Roos - Soft Winds, 2003 (Four Leaf)
Woochang Lee - Live in New York, rec. '94-'95, 2002 (Baroque)
Woochang Lee - Selfless Self, 2002 (Poongryu Music)
Mikael Råberg - Suite Extended, 2002 (Phono Suecia)
CajsaStina Åkerström - Picknick, 2002 (Warner)
Magnus Lindgren & RJO - Paradise Open, 2001 (Caprice)
Claes Janson - Ångbåtsblues, 2001 (Gazell)
Peter Asplund & His Orchestra - Satch as such, 2000 (Sittel)
Various artists - Jazz och annat..., 1999 (KMH)
CajsaLisa Ejemyr - Vad jag vill ha och lite till, 1999 (Warner)
Alice Babs - Swingtime again, 1998 (RCA Victor)
Albino - På spaning i New York, 1998 (Arcade)
Hector Bingert - Latin Lover Big Band, 1997 (Arietta)
Ann-Marie Henning - Tidal Dreams, 1997 (Dragon)
Erik Petersen - Propeller, 1997 (Start Klart)
Peter Jöback - Personliga val, 1997 (Sony)
Jim McNeely & Stockholm Jazz Orchestra - Sound Bites, 1997 (Dragon)
Manhattan Jazz Orchestra - Salutes the arrangers, 1995 (Sea Breeze)
Roberto Aran Ensemble - Latin Heart, 1995 (BLM)
Mats Holmquist - One million circumstances, 1992 (Chromazone)
