Massimo Urbani (8 May 1957 – 24 June 1993) was an Italian jazz alto saxophonist.
[1] Urbani was born in Primavalle, Rome on 8 May 1957, the oldest of five brothers.
[2] His first instrument, from 1968, was the clarinet, but he soon switched to the alto saxophone.
[2] Urbani died of a heroin overdose on 23 June 1993.
[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that "Urbani's senseless death robbed Europe of a player whose records are a flawed testament to a bopper of enormous guts and facility.