Giacomo Turra & The Funky Minutes

Giacomo Turra is an Italian musician born in 1997. Intrigued by the vinyls of his father, Giacomo started playing guitarat the age of 13, learning by jamming on his favorite artists like Stevie Wonder, George Benson and Herbie Hancock.

In 2018, he started his solo musical project, exploring R&B, Funk and Jazz and releasing his first singles under thename JMT between 2019 and 2020. In March 2020, during the pandemic lockdown, Giacomo started postingvideoperformances on his Instagram account, soon becoming an Artist for D’Angelico Guitars and gaining hundredsof thousands of followers.

In July 2021, Giacomo released “The Groove Sessions”, a compilation of Funk and R&B covers recorded withrenowned musicians and singers from all over the world like Brandon “TAZ” Niederauer, Phoebe Katis, JessicaBurdeaux, George Collins and Augie Bello.

On November 12th, 2021, Giacomo played his first international show at the Paradiso in Amsterdam for the Soul Livein front of 2500 people. In December 2021, Matteo Dallape on drums, Francesco Dallago on bass and AnnaPollinari on vocals and keys joined the project as part of the band for Giacomo Turra. On August 26th, Giacomoreleased his first original single “Get Into The Groove” with Vokall Records. The following day, Giacomo and his bandplayed their debut show, opening for Joss Stone, Candy Dulfer and many more artists at the summer edition of theSoul Live Festival in the Netherlands, in front of 5000 people.

On October 21st, Giacomo released his second original single “Sweet Life”, in collaboration with Italian R&B singerFilippo Perbellini. In November 2022, Giacomo and his band went on their first headliner tour in Italy, with sold outshows in Milan, Bologna and Rome.

In February 2023, Giacomo announced the release of his signature Envelope Filter pedal in collaboration with

Canadian brand SolidgoldFX. Later that month, Giacomo and his band played two sold out shows at The Zone in Tel

Aviv, Israel and through the next months of the same year, he has been invited to perform at the famous JavaJazzFestival in Indonesia, as one of the very few international acts to perform there. Last but not least Giacomo and hisband toured for over a month in North America where he collected several sold-out shows before coming back toEurope to launch his first European Tour ever.