{{short description|Italian jazz drummer}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Roberto Gatto | image = Roberto Gatto 2012.jpg | caption = Gatto in 2012 | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_date = {{Birth date|1958|10|6}} | birth_place = Rome, Italy | genre = Jazz | occupation = Musician | instrument = Drums | years_active = 1970s–present | label = CAM Jazz | website = {{URL|www.robertogatto.com}} }}

'''Roberto Gatto''' is an Italian jazz drummer, born October 6, 1958, in Rome.<ref name="New Grove">{{cite book|last=Zenni|first=Stefano|title=The new Grove dictionary of jazz, vol. 2|year=2002|publisher=Grove's Dictionaries Inc.|location=New York|isbn=1561592846|edition=2nd|editor=Barry Kernfeld|pages=21–22|chapter=Gatto, Roberto}}</ref>

He has performed with Lee Konitz, Chet Baker, Bob Berg, Tommy Flanagan, Joe Zawinul, and Joe Lovano and has composed film music.<ref>{{cite web|title =Roberto Gatto: Overview |publisher=Allmusic | url ={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=q138954|pure_url=yes}} |accessdate =2010-05-30}}</ref> He is also the leader of his own jazz group<ref>{{cite web|title =CD/LP Review: Traps |publisher=All About Jazz |first=John|last=Kelman| url =https://www.allaboutjazz.com/traps-roberto-gatto-cam-jazz-review-by-john-kelman |date=2007-07-07 |access-date =2010-05-30}}</ref> and a member of the ensemble of Pino Daniele, a Neapolitan singer.

==Discography== thumb|Gatto

===As leader=== * ''Notes'' (Gala, 1986) * ''Ask'' (Gala, 1987) * ''Luna'' (Gala, 1989) * ''7 #'' (Via Veneto, 1997) * ''Sing Sing Sing'' (Via Veneto, 1999) * ''Roberto Gatto Plays Rugantino'' (CAM Jazz, 2000) * ''Deep'' (CAM Jazz, 2003) * ''Jazzitaliano Live 2006'' (Casa del Jazz, 2006) * ''Traps'' (CAM Jazz, 2007) * ''Progressivamente'' (Casa del Jazz, 2008) * ''Jazzitaliano Live 2009'' (Casa del Jazz, 2009) * ''Remembering Shelly'' (Albore, 2010) * ''Remembering Shelly 2'' (Albore, 2010) * ''Pure Imagination'' (Albore, 2011) * ''Replay'' (Parco Della Musica, 2012) * ''Starship for Lovers'' with Alfonso Santimone, Pierpaolo Ranieri, (Parco Della Musica, 2014) * ''Sixth Sense'' (Parco Della Musica, 2015) * ''Around Zappa'' with Quintorigo (Incipit, 2015) * ''Nino!'' (Casa del Jazz, 2016) * ''NOW!'' (Abeat, 2017)

===As sideman=== '''With Franco D'Andrea''' * ''Kick Off'' (Red, 1989) * ''Sei Brani Inediti'' (Red/Musica Jazz 1991) * ''Airegin'' (Red, 1992)

'''With Paolo Fresu''' * ''Angel'' (BMG/RCA Victor, 1998) * ''Metamorfosi'' (BMG/RCA Victor, 1999) * ''Kind of Porgy & Bess'' (BMG/RCA Victor, 2002) * ''Le Fresiadi'' (Time in Jazz, 2008)

'''With Rita Marcotulli''' * ''Pietro Tonolo Quartet Un' Altra Galassia'' (Fonit Cetra, 1986) * ''The Woman Next Door'' (Label Bleu, 1998) * ''Koine'' (Storie di Note 2002) * ''Basilicata Coast to Coast'' (Alice, 2011) * ''Una Piccola Impresa Meridionale Less Is More'' (Sony, 2013)

'''With Enrico Pieranunzi''' * ''From Always...to Now!'' (Edipan, 1978) * ''Isis'' (Soul Note, 1981) * ''Jazz Roads'' (CAM Jazz, 1983) * ''In That Dawn of Music'' (Soul Note, 1993) * ''One Lone Star'' (YVP Music, 2002) * ''Moon Pie'' (Sound Hills, 2004)

'''With Enrico Rava''' * ''Bella'' (Philology, 1994) * ''Shades of Chet'' (Via Veneto, 1999) * ''La Dolce Vita'' (CAM Jazz, 2000) * ''Montreal Diary'' (Label Bleu, 2002) * ''Renaissance'' (Venus, 2002) * ''What a Day!!!'' (Platinum 2002) * ''Easy Living'' (ECM, 2004) * ''The Words and the Days'' (ECM, 2007)

'''With Danilo Rea''' * ''Live at Villa Celimontana'' (Wide Sound, 2003) * ''Romantica'' (Venus, 2004) * ''Introverso'' (EmArcy, 2008)

'''With Phil Woods''' * ''Embraceable You'' (Philology, 1989) * ''Live at the Corridoia Jazz Festival'' (Philology, 1992) * ''Phil Woods & Lee Konitz Play Rava'' (Philology, 2004)

'''With others''' * Franco Ambrosetti, ''Grazie Italia'' (Enja, 2000) * Franck Avitabile, ''Right Time'' (Dreyfus, 2000) * Chet Baker, ''Soft Journey'' (Edipan, 1980) * Chet Baker, ''Chet On Poetry'' (Novus, 1989) * Stefano Battaglia & Paolino Dalla Porta, ''Confession'' (Splasc(h), 1991) * Stefano Battaglia & Paolino Dalla Porta, ''Flames: Live in Siena'' (Splasc(h), 1996) * Stefano di Battista, ''Jazzitaliano Live 2009'' (Casa del Jazz, 2009) * Stefano di Battista & Danilo Rea, ''La Musica di Noi'' (Alice, 2015) * Bob Berg, ''Steppin' Live in Europe'' (Red, 1985) * Stefano Bollani, ''Abbassa la Tua Radio'' (Ermitage, 2001) * Salvatore Bonafede, ''Ortodoxa'' (Red, 2001) * Sergio Cammariere, ''Il Pane, Il Vino e La Visione'' (Via Veneto/Capitol 2006) * Barbara Casini & Enrico Rava, ''Vento'' (Label Bleu, 2000) * Roberto Ciotti, ''No More Blue'' (Time Music, 1988) * Paolo Damiani & Paolo Fresu, ''Eso'' (Splasc(h), 1994) * Pino Daniele, ''Passi D'Autore'' (RCA, 2004) * Ivano Fossati, ''La Disciplina Della Terra'' (Columbia, 2000) * Curtis Fuller, ''Curtis Fuller Meets Roma Jazz Trio'' (Timeless, 1987) * Lee Konitz, ''A Day in Florence'' (Philology,) * Grazia Di Michele, ''Grazia di Michele'' (WEA, 1991) * Mietta, ''Volano Le Pagine'' (Fonit Cetra, 1991) * Mimmo Locasciulli, ''Adesso Glielo Dico'' (RCA 1989) * Mina, ''Caterpillar'' (PDU, 1991) * Mina, ''Sorelle Lumiere'' (EMI/PDU, 1992) * Minnie Minoprio, ''Minnie'' (Hollywood, 1983) * Simona Molinari, ''Dr. Jekill Mr. Hyde'' (Atlantic, 2012) * Ennio Morricone, ''Il Bandito Dagli Occhi Azzurri...Correva L'Anno di Grazia 1870'' (CAM Jazz, 1992) * Sal Nistico, ''Empty Room'' (Red, 1988) * Riz Ortolani, ''La Rivincita di Natale/Il Cuore Altrove'' (ConcertOne, 2003) * Maria Pia De Vito, ''Hit the Beast!'' (Phrases, 1990) * Enzo Pietropaoli, ''Orange Park'' (Gala, 1990) * Quintorigo, ''In Cattivita'' (Universal, 2003) * Manuel De Sica, ''Con Alma'' (Dire) * Teresa De Sio, ''Teresa de Sio'' (Philips, 1982) * Massimo Urbani, ''Easy to Love'' (Red, 1987) * Massimo Urbani, ''The Blessing'' (Red, 1993) * Ornella Vanoni, ''Sheherazade'' (East West, 1996) * Miroslav Vitous, ''Ziljabu Nights Live at Theater Guetersloh'' (Intuition, 2016) * Eric Vloeimans, ''Hidden History'' (Challenge, 2003)

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.robertogatto.com Official website]

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