Dino Noot

Background

Van der Noot was born in Rapallo. His mother and cousin were classical pianists.

Education

He studied at Scuola Musicale, Pavia, 1946-1951. Privately in Milan in 1959 and at Berklee College of Music in the 1970s.

Career

In Italy, he led combos from 1957 to 1960, but was not active in music in the 1960s. Led amateur big band ’69-78. Professional big band ’82.

His big band sidemen included Luis Agudo, Franco Ambrosetti, Paul Bley, Sandro Cerino, Bob Cunningham, Famoudou Don Moye, Andrea Dulbecco, Bill Evans, David Friedman, Danny Gottlieb, Donald Harrison, Paul Motian, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Jonathan Scully, Steve Swallow, Ares Tavolazzi, John Taylor, Tiziano Tononi, Gianluigi Trovesi, Joyce Yuille, Vincenzo Zitello, others ’05.

Betti van der Noot is chairman of B Communications, a prominent Milan ad agency, and has composed many jingles. He led a big band in New York City, September

’87. "His compositions are narratives rife with colour, ranging from the boldest hues to the most subtle and revealing a sensitive, inventive melodist and lapidarian master of orchestral skills" (from: Leonard Feather & Ira Gitler, with the assistance of Swing Journal, Tokyo: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, Oxford University Press, New York, 1999, page 59).

Achievements

• Third Best of the Year, 1986, and Second best of the Year, 1987, in United States of America Today poll. Record of the Year in Musica Jazz critics poll 1987. Record of the Year in Musica & Dischi critics poll 1989. Record of the Decade in Musica & Dischi critics poll 1989. Composer of the Year, Musica Jazz Top Jazz critics poll, 2007 and 2009.