Giacomo Turra is an Italian musician born in 1997. Intrigued by the vinyls of his father, Giacomo started playing guitar at the age of 13, learning by jamming on his favorite artists like Stevie Wonder, George Benson and Herbie Hancock.
Turra was starting his career as a guitar player in March 2020, during the pandemic lockdown, started posting video performances on his Instagram account and becoming official artist for D'Angelico Guitars, Shure and Laney.
2022, Giacomo released his first original single “Get Into The Groove” and started collaborating in songs with RnB and Funk international artists. After opening for Joss Stone at Soul Live Festival in the Netherlands and performing at Java Jazz Festival 2023 in Indonesia and Jazz By The Cove in Singapore, Giacomo announced his first headliner tour.
In April 2024, Giacomo collaborated with UK bass virtuoso Charles Berthoud on his single “Slapocalypse”. In May 2024, Turra was releasing the single “The Way She Wants”. Soon after, Giacomo announced a new tour across the USA, Canada, UK and Europe. In August 2024, Giacomo Turra opened for legendary jazz guitar player George Benson in Napa, California. In September, he released his signature guitar with D'Angelico Guitars. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.