Caterina Palazzi

Caterina Palazzi was born in Rome. She was the guitarist for the punk rock group the Barbie Killers. Beginning in 2000, she moved closer to jazz while attending the DAMS University (Arts, Music, and Show). From 2002 she attended the professional course at Saint Louis College of Music of Rome.

She is the leader and composer of the jazz/noise band Sudoku Killer, which released the albums Sudoku Killer (ZdM, 2010),{{cite web|url=http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2011/03/23/oltre-i-confini-del-jazz-con-caterina-palazzi/99504/ |title=Oltre i confini del Jazz con Caterina Palazzi - Il Fatto Quotidiano |website=Ilfattoquotidiano.it |date= 23 March 2011|accessdate=2016-12-27}} Infanticide (Auand Records, 2015),{{cite web|author=AUAND |url=http://auand.com/AU9049/ |title=Caterina Palazzi - Sudoku Killer, INFANTICIDE, Auand Records |website=Auand.com |date=2015-01-26 |accessdate=2016-12-27}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2015/04/01/caterina-palazzi-sudoku-killer-infanticide-free-jazz-rincorre-psichedelia-grunge/1547906/ |title=Caterina Palazzi e Sudoku Killer, ecco "Infanticide": il free jazz rincorre psichedelia e grunge - Il Fatto Quotidiano |website=Ilfattoquotidiano.it |date= April 2015|accessdate=2016-12-27}} "Asperger" (Clean Feed Records, 2018)

In 2010, she won the Jazzit Award for best Italian composer. The album Sudoku Killer won second best album and her band won fourth place.{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzitalia.net/Artisti/caterinapalazzi.asp#.WGKUD7E-LjA |title=Artisti: Caterina Palazzi |website=Jazzitalia.net |date=2016-03-21 |accessdate=2016-12-27}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rockit.it/caterinapalazziquartet/biografia |title=Biografia Caterina Palazzi Quartet SUDOKU KILLER |website=Rockit.it |date= |accessdate=2016-12-27}}{{cite web|url=http://www.distorsioni.net/canali/dischi/dischi-it/infanticide |title=Recensione Caterina Palazzi Sudoku Killer - INFANTICIDE | Distorsioni | Rock e altri suoni |language=it|publisher=Distorsioni |date= 28 February 2015|accessdate=2016-12-27}}{{cite web|url=http://sentireascoltare.com/recensioni/caterina-palazzi-sudoku-killer-infanticide/ |title=Caterina Palazzi Sudoku Killer – Infanticide | Recensione |publisher=Sentireascoltare |date=2015-07-05 |accessdate=2016-12-27}}{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.impattosonoro.it/2015/05/27/recensioni/caterina-palazzi-sudoku-killer-infanticide/ |title=Caterina Palazzi Sudoku Killer - Infanticide | ImpattoSonoro |website=Impattosonoro.it |date= 27 May 2015|accessdate=2016-12-27}}

From 2010–2015, she was named best new talent{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzitalia.net/Artisti/caterinapalazzi.asp#.WGKf3LE-LjA |title=Artisti: Caterina Palazzi |website=Jazzitalia.net |date=2016-03-21 |accessdate=2016-12-27}} for the other important Italian jazz prize, TOP JAZZ, by Musica Jazz magazine.

In 2022 she is announced twelfth between 20 best ever italian bassists{{cite web | url=https://www.rockit.it/articolo/20-migliori-bassisti-italiani-sempre | title=I 20 migliori bassisti italiani di sempre }} on Rockit magazine.

She has worked with Stefano Bollani,{{cite web|url=http://www.radio3.rai.it/dl/radio3/programmi/puntata/ContentItem-28433b0c-d0f4-4090-86ca-7c9d26fc4130.html |title=Radio3 |website=Radio3.rai.it |date= |accessdate=2016-12-27}} Gianluca Petrella,{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzagenda.it/index.php/live-report/item/647-live-report-caterina-palazzi-quartet-gianluca-petrella-e-ipocontrio-all-auditorium |title=Live Report: Caterina Palazzi Quartet, Gianluca Petrella e Ipocontrio all'Auditorium |website=Jazzagenda.it |date=2011-09-19 |accessdate=2016-12-27}} Roberto Gatto, Maurizio Giammarco, Mirko Guerrini, Israel Varela, and Luca Aquino.{{Cite web |url=http://www.auditorium.com/news/5003165 |title=Auditorium Parco della Musica |access-date=2017-03-18 |archive-date=2017-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319022853/http://www.auditorium.com/news/5003165 |url-status=dead }}

On summer 2023 she opened the Italian tour of Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth bassist).{{cite web |title=Kim Gordon, Caterina Palazzi – le foto del concerto al Teatro Romano di Ostia Antica |url=https://www.longliverocknroll.it/kim-gordon-caterina-palazzi-le-foto-del-concerto-al-teatro-romano-di-ostia-antica-05-07-2023/}}

She is the sister of photographer Michele Palazzi.

• 2010 Sudoku Killer (Zone di Musica)
• 2015 Infanticide (Auand)
• 2018 Asperger (Clean Feed Records){{cite web|url=https://cleanfeed-records.com/product/asperger-pre-order-available-may-18/ |title=Caterina Palazzi – Sudoku Killer Asperger |website=cleanfeed-records.com}}

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• [http://www.sudokukiller.it Official site] in Italian
• [http://cleanfeed-records.com/ Label Official site] in English
• [https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2015/04/01/caterina-palazzi-sudoku-killer-infanticide-free-jazz-rincorre-psichedelia-grunge/1547906/ Article at il Fatto Quotidiano] in Italian
• [http://www.rockit.it/articolo/20-migliori-bassisti-italiani-sempre/ Nominations on Rockit] in Italian
• [http://www.distorsioni.net/canali/dischi/dischi-it/infanticide Article at Distorsioni] in Italian
• [https://www.lastampa.it/2015/02/05/spettacoli/musica/caterina-palazzi-oltre-i-confini-del-jazz-jteU03PvEDV4TfAa7gj0xN/pagina.html Article at La Stampa] in Italian
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20161003090018/http://italia.allaboutjazz.com/caterina-palazzi-sudoku-killer-infanticide/ Archived article] in Italian

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