Nick The Nightfly – Swing with Sting (Live at The Blue Note Milano)
Born to an Irish mother and a Scottish father, he grew up in Edinburgh where he played for the Scottish Under-18 football team and where he became a youth badminton champion . He studied guitar and while performing in English clubs he met some musicians from Brescia who invited him to Italy ; he first lived in Brescia in 1982, where he taught English, then in Milan where he took his current stage name, inspired by Donald Fagen ‘s album The Nightfly .
In parallel with his activity as a radio host, he also dedicated himself to recording, both as a producer and as a singer. He has edited over twenty compilations of various artists (under the aegis of The Nightfly and Monte Carlo Nights ). As a performer and composer he has published two solo albums and three with the Monte Carlo Nights Orchestra , the big band he founded . As an author he also composed the song Simply (lyrics by Maurizio Costanzo ), sung by Andrea Bocelli .
In 2003 he became artistic director of the jazz music venue Blue Note Milan. In 2011 he founded and directed The Nightfly Jazz Festival On The Beach in Lignano Sabbiadoro. In 2021 he took part in Mario Biondi ‘s album Dare performing the song Show Some Compassion arranged by Marcello Sutera together with Mario Biondi and other artists. In 2021 he released Swing with Sting (Live at The Blue Note Milano).
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