Career
Di Piazza discovered the bass in 1979. Already a self-taught guitarist, DiPiazza developed a distinctive, but unorthodox "closed palm" technique of picking with the right hand thumb, index, and middle fingers, giving him a speed not often heard in electric bass players. He influenced numerous bass players in Europe and the United States of America such as Matthew Garrison, Adam Nitti, Lucas Pickford.
In 2000, DiPiazza released the album Front Page (Sunnyside) with a group of the same name, consisting of Biréli Lagrène on Guitar and Dennis Chambers on Drums.
In 2001 the album was awarded the for the year"s best jazz Civil Defense. In 2005 and 2006 DiPiazza toured in Réunion, Mauritius, Madagascar and 10 other countries in Africa, accompanied by Meddy Gerville - a pianist from Reunion, Jean-Marie Ecay on guitar, and drummer Horacio Hernandez. This tour led to a new Civil Defense called Jazz Amwin, which has been released independently.
