Paolo Costa

Paolo Costa brother of well-known sound programmer Max Costa, began playing bass guitar self-taught at the age of 16, but his first instrument was the guitar.

In addition to having been a member of the group Tomato, with whom he participated in the Sanremo Festival in 1992 with the song ‘Sai Cosa Sento per Te,’ he has collaborated with many Italian artists including.

Giuni Russo, Antonella Ruggiero, Claudio Baglioni, Roby Facchinetti, Franco Fasano, Marco Carena, Irene Fargo, Zucchero Fornaciari, Bungaro, Fiorella Mannoia, Ornella Vanoni, Gianna Nannini, Eugenio Finardi, Anna Tatangelo, Gianluca Grignani, Anna Oxa, Nek, Laura Pausini, Mia Martini, Marcella Bella, Gianni Bella, Ivano Fossati, Eros Ramazzotti, Patty Pravo, Iva Zanicchi, Edoardo Bennato, Alessandra Amoroso, Ivano Fossati, Biagio Antonacci, Milva, Al Bano, Jovanotti, Mango, Loredana Bertè, Danilo Amerio, Grazia Di Michele, Ivana Spagna, Annalisa, Roberto Vecchioni, Luca Madonia, Fabio Concato, Samuele Bersani, Tazenda, Andrea Bocelli, Fabrizio De André, Mina, Renato Zero, Franco Battiato.

Collaborations with foreign artists such as Miguel Bosé, Alejandro Sanz, Ricardo Montaner, Sergio Dalma, Tony Hadley and Justin Hayward.

Paolo Costa alongside pop and rock collaborations has a jazz/fusion career as a bassist and sometimes guitarist in the Biba Band. He is currently the bassist for Renato Zero, the band Quarto, Eros Ramazzotti’s Band, and Tom’s Family, a soul/funk band from Milan.