Latin-Grammy nominated and winner of the 2023 Herb Alpert ASCAP Jazz Composer Competition, of the North American Saxophone Alliance Jazz Competition and of the Downbeat College Award, Nicola Caminiti is a New York based Italian Saxophonist, Composer, Arranger and Educator

As leader, sideman or guest he has played in various international jazz festivals and clubs such as Birdland, The Jazz Gallery, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at Lincoln Center, JALC in Times Square, Rochester Jazz Festival, Bar Next Door, The Bitter End in US, Umbria Jazz, Vicenza Jazz, Piacenza Jazz, Veneto Jazz, Iseo Jazz, Grey Cat Jazz Festival, Visioninmusica in Italy as well as at the Italian Cultural Institute in Bruxelles, Malta Jazz Festival in Malta, Eivissa Jazz, Jimmy Glass, Getxo Jazz e Jamboree in Spain, Langnau Jazz Festival in Switzerland, Miles Jazz Club in Austria ed Afrikana e The Zoo in Greece.

He shared the stage and recorded with worldly famed and multi-awarded musicians like Seamus Blake, Pedrito Martinez (Acertijos – 2021 Latin Grammy Nominated in 2021), Jon Cowherd, Arturo O’Farrill & AfroLatin Jazz Orchestra, Logan Richardson, Bobby Sanabria & Multiverse Big Band, Dayna Stephens, Gilad Hekselman, Rotem Sivan, Manuel Valera, Chris Tordini, Chris Fishman, Morgan Guerin, Enrico Rava, Salvatore Bonafede, Mimmo Cafiero, Paolo Damiani, Alessandro Lanzoni, Andrea Pozza, and others.