Dario began to play the drums at the age of 6 but soon fell in love with the double-bass and began to take his music studies seriously. He graduated from the Conservatory having studied the double-bass but broadened his musical knowledge by studying the electric bass and the piano. He describes himself as being an “all-round” musician but jazz is at the heart of his musical world. Dario is a connoisseur of traditional jazz and American songbooks, extending his expertise to embrace more contemporary jazz trends. Despite his great love of the double-bass, it is when he plays the electric bass that Dario’s unique style becomes evident, leading to widespread acknowledgment of this instrument which is rarely appreciated in jazz. In recent years, Dario has mainly used acoustic and semi-acoustic instruments in his search for a truly unique sound.

Dario Deidda has featured as a sideman and recorded over 60 CDs and he has held numerous music clinics throughout Italy and around the world on bass techniques and jazz improvisation in music schools, conservatories and universities. Since 2004 he has taught jazz electric bass at the Conservatory of Salerno. His clinic at the Berklee School in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2006 was a remarkable success.