Simone Basile is an Italian guitarist born in Taranto and currently based in Lecce (Apulia, Italy). In 2017 he was recognized among the leading talents of Italian jazz at the national “Chicco Bettinardi” competition in Piacenza. He graduated with highest honors under the guidance of Umberto Fiorentino at the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini in Florence, earning a degree in Jazz Guitar.

He has attended numerous seminars and private lessons with internationally renowned artists including Gilad Hekselman, Peter Bernstein, Joe Martin, Bill O’Connell, Dave Kilminster, Scott Henderson, Greg Hutchinson, Roberto Gatto, Rotem Sivan, Jesper Bodilsen, and many others.

He has performed at major festivals and clubs such as Blue Note Beijing, Blue Note Shanghai, Montreux Jazz Festival China, Opus Jazz Club, Jamboree Jazz Club, Pisa Jazz, Gezmataz Festival, Fara Music Festival, JAZZMI, Il jazz italiano per le terre del sisma, Cantina Bentivoglio, Empoli Jazz, Mantova Jazz, Ancona Jazz Festival, Firenze Jazz Festival, Valdarno Jazz Festival, Cadiz Jazz Festival, Nigrán Jazz Festival, Medimex, Balkan Jazz Festival, and many others.

In 2018 he released Time, a trio album featuring Marco Valeri on drums and Francesco Angiuli on double bass.

On September 1, 2022, he released Morning Raga, a concept album published by EMME RECORD LABEL, featuring some of the finest talents in European jazz: Manuel Caliumi on saxophone, Enzo Carniel on piano, Ferdinando Romano on double bass, and Giovanni Paolo Liguori on drums.
The album was selected for the project New Jazz Generation 2023, promoted by I-Jazz with the support of NuovoIMAIEand the Ministero della Cultura. As part of the project, the Simone Basile 5et toured extensively throughout Europe and Italy in 2023. The album received wide press coverage and critical acclaim across Europe and the United States.

In 2026 he releases Perspectives for Encore Music Label, recorded at The Bunker Studio in New York, featuring John Patitucci on bass and Antonio Cerfeda on drums.

With his Hammond trio, he released two albums in 2021 and 2024: Wes or No (Emme Record) and Watch What Happens(Da Vinci Jazz), in collaboration with Manrico Seghi on Hammond organ and Giovanni Paolo Liguori on drums.