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Giulio Xavier Cetto

Giulio Xavier Cetto is a San Francisco bassist, composer, vocalist, educator, and bandleader working across jazz, hip-hop, funk, and collaborative sessions.

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Career Overview

About Giulio Xavier Cetto

Cetto's official biography identifies him as a San Francisco-based bassist, composer, and vocalist whose practice combines performing, recording, composing, and teaching. It also documents his Stanford Jazz Workshop faculty work and master classes, grounding the profile beyond a single run of club dates.[1]

His official media archive separates his own quartet and BIG TRIPPIN project from sideman and studio recordings with Golden Age Ensemble, Aaron Janik, Spellling, Jemal Ramirez, and others. The BIG TRIPPIN page describes the Bay Area collective's mixture of improvisation, hip-hop, funk, rock, and jazz while date-qualifying its unreleased-album announcement.[2][3]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, bassist, and composer

Giulio Cetto Quartet

Cetto's official media archive identifies the quartet as the ensemble behind Anthem for a New America.[2]

Co-founder, bassist, and composer

BIG TRIPPIN

The official project page traces BIG TRIPPIN from a Bay Area concept with drummer Thomas Pridgen into a larger collective linking improvisers and MCs.[3]

Bass and musicianship educator

Stanford Jazz Workshop

Cetto's biography documents multiple years on the Stanford faculty teaching bass, theory, and musicianship alongside his performance work.[1]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

Anthem for a New America

Giulio Cetto Quartet leader and bassist

The artist's media archive presents the quartet recording as the principal listening entry under Cetto's own name.[2]

Release details

2021

Sedate

Bassist with Aaron Janik

Cetto's official media page includes the Aaron Janik single among his selected recording credits and links its authorized edition.[2]

Release details

2021

The Turning Wheel

Bassist with Spellling

The official recording archive identifies Cetto's work on Spellling's album and links its artist-authorized Bandcamp edition.[2]

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Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Official recording and video archive

Explore Cetto's leader, collaborative, studio, and performance links collected on his artist site.

Official YouTube channel

Watch Cetto's ensemble performances and original music on the channel linked by his artist site.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

Fri, Aug 28, 7:00 PM

The Coltrane Influence: Two Different Expressions ft. Wayne Escoffery & Tal Cohen

Black Cat · San Francisco

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Fri, Aug 28, 9:30 PM

The Coltrane Influence: Two Different Expressions ft. Wayne Escoffery & Tal Cohen

Black Cat · San Francisco

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Sat, Aug 29, 7:00 PM

The Coltrane Influence: Two Different Expressions ft. Wayne Escoffery & Tal Cohen

Black Cat · San Francisco

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Sun, Aug 30, 7:00 PM

The Coltrane Influence: Two Different Expressions ft. Wayne Escoffery & Tal Cohen at Black Cat

Black Cat · San Francisco

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Sun, Aug 30, 9:15 PM

The Coltrane Influence: Two Different Expressions ft. Wayne Escoffery & Tal Cohen at Black Cat

Black Cat · San Francisco

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography, roles, education, and teaching

    Giulio Xavier Cetto

  2. [2] Official recordings, videos, and press photographs

    Giulio Xavier Cetto

  3. [3] Official BIG TRIPPIN project history

    Giulio Xavier Cetto