Barbara Casini

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Barbara Casini (born 1954 in Florence) is an Italian jazz vocalist and guitarist.{{cite book |last1=Caprera |first1=Flavio |title=Dizionario del jazz italiano |date=2014 |publisher=Feltrinelli |isbn=9788807882883 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fJ8CBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT83 |accessdate=22 May 2020|language=Italian}}

While studying piano, she was exposed to bossa nova at the age of 15, which had a marked influence on her musical life. After graduating with a degree in psychology from the University of Padova, she started performing in 1979.

She has recorded and performed with Lee Konitz,{{cite book |last1=Hamilton |first1=Andy |title=Lee Konitz: Conversations on the Improviser's Art |date=2007 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=9780472032174 |page=132 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pc4CsgVHLw0C&pg=PA132 |accessdate=22 May 2020}} Phil Woods, Leo Walls, Francisco Petreni, Stefano Bollani, and Enrico Rava.{{cite book|author1=Joseph Farrell|author2=Assistant Professor of Classics Joseph Farrell|author3=Antonio Scuderi|title=Dario Fo: Stage, Text, and Tradition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XYEI76226BIC&pg=PA116|accessdate=29 May 2020|year=2000|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=978-0-8093-2335-7|page=116}}