Jacopo started to play jazz in Rome in 2003 and during these years he has performed as sideman with some of most acclaimed musicians such as:
David Liebman, George Garzone, Nicola Piovani, Maurizio Giammarco, Fabrizio Bosso, Enrico Rava, Enrico Pieranunzi, Greg Hutchinson, Paolo Fresu, Javier Girotto, Logan Richardson, Roberto Gatto, Antonello Salis, Ada Montellanico, Paolo Silvestri, Camille Bertault, Mario Biondi, Lorenzo Tucci, Maria Pia De Vito, Olivia Trummer, Flavio Boltro, Adam Pieronczyk Jorge Vistel, Amana Melomè, Fabio Zeppetella, Roberta Gambarini, Salvatore Bonafede, Marcello Rosa, Andrea Pozza, Pino e Pietro Iodice, Max Ionata, Barbara Casini, Harold Bradley, Claudio e Mario Corvini, Massimo Nunzi and many others.
He also played with pop musicians such as Karima, Erminio Sinni, Simona Bencini, Mario Rosini, Vittorio Nocenzi, Eric Daniel, Giuseppe Cionfoli and with actors such as Sergio Rubini, Nino Castelnuovo, Leo Gullotta, Licia Maglietta, Riccardo Rossi.
In 2006 he was selected as one of the best young musician in Lazio and he won a scholarship for the project called “Musicorienta”.
In 2007 he was selected as one of the best european young bass player during the “Eurobassday contest”.
In 2011 he won the Jimmy Woode Award as the best bass player of Tuscia in Jazz festival.
In 2017 and in 2019 and 2021 he was selected as one of the 3 best italian talent by Musica Jazz “Top Jazz
in 2018 he won the SIAE prize as one of the best italian jazz talent.
in 2022 he won the Global music awards in jazz category with his album Fantàsia
He was a teacher of jazz double bass and ensemble music at the “Braga” conservatory in Teramo for three years. Since 2022 he has been a teacher on tenure at the “Refice” conservatory in Frosinone teaching jazz composition and jazz ensemble music.
Jacopo has performed in some of most important italian festival and in clubs and festival of New York, Germany, Washington, North Carolina, Illinois, China, Finland, Marocco, South Corea, Turkey, Japan, Czech republic, Poland, Belarus, Switzerland, Spain, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Bulgaria, Israele…
