Date of birth:
- June 11th 1967 (Teramo, Italy).

Education:
- Classic Conservatory “A. Casella” (L’ Aquila, Italy), 4 years of education;
- Graduated on year 2003 at the “Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium” in Copenhagen (musicians/soloist line)
Private studyings:
- Eraclio Sallustio, in L'Aquila (Italy);
- Tino Tracanna, in Milano (Italy);
- David Liebman in New York (NY),
- Bob Sheppard, Doug Webb, Dave Pozzi, Terry Janow and others, in Los Angeles (CA);
- Hans Ulrik, Janzum Vohrde, Henrik Sveidhal, Fredrik Lundin,
Carsten Dahl, Butch Laicy, Lars Møller, Bob Rockwell, in Copenhagen (DK)
Workshops with:
Bo Stief (DK), Dave Liebman (USA), Gary Thomas (USA), Portinho (BRA),
Joyce (BRA), Poul Dissing (DK), Arild Andersen (NOR), Joakim Milder (SWE),
Iain Ballamy (UK), Ursula Dudziak (POL/USA), Måns Block & "Damn!" (SWE),
Vusi Kamalo (SOUTH AFR.), Martha Duarte (CUBA) .

Music experience as a side-man:
Tours, Concerts, TV performances and Records in Italy, Switzerland, Germany,
Denmark, Sweden, China, USA, UK with the following artists:
Pierangelo Bertoli (ITA), Roberto Vecchioni (ITA),
Garbo (ITA), Luca Carboni (ITA), Tiromancino (ITA), Alex Britti (ITA),
Saturnino (ITA), Rosario Jermano (ITA), Enzo Todesco (CAN),
Franco Cerri (ITA), Buddy Miles (USA), Goran Kuzminac (ITA), Alessandro Haber (ITA),
Mimmo Locasciulli (ITA), Bob Franceschini (USA), Nino D'Angelo (ITA),
Luca Bulgarelli (ITA), Marcello Di Leonardo (ITA), Mauro De Federicis (ITA),
Arild Andersen (NOR), Paolo Vinaccia (NOR/ITA), Jonas Johansen (DK),
Al Perkins (USA), Harry Stinson (USA), Cecilia Galeazzi (ITA),
John Arnold (USA), Jarkko Hakala (FIN), Funk This! (USA,DK, ITA),
Trem Azul (ITA), Tom Harrell (USA), Troels Skovgaard (DK),
Nikolaj Hess (DK), Søren Hawk (DK), Annalia Bright (USA),
Debbie Cameron (USA), Aske Jacoby (DK), Michael Sunding (DK),
Poul Reimann (DK), Henrik Frisk (SWE), Klavs Hovman (DK),
Bjarne Roupe' (SWE), Chris Clearmont (USA),
Horace Parlan (USA), Jimmi Roger Pedersen (DK), Jonathan Robinson (USA)
Andrea Marcelli (USA/ITA), Carlo Morena (ITA), Max Coclite (ITA), Paolo Russo (ITA),
Paolo Giordano (ITA), Delmar Brown (USA), Niclas Campagnol (SWE),
Jacob Andersen (DK), Loïc Dequidt (FRA), Kristian Fredmark (SWE),
Robert Erlandsson (SWE), Palle Danielsson (SWE), Lorenzo Feliciati (ITA),
Monique (DK), Engqvist Orkester (DK), Rafael Moreira (BRA/USA),
Kasper Villaume (DK), Dynamoe (DK), Fabrizio Bosso (ITA),
and others...

Television and radio appearances
Italy:
-Montecatini, Garbo RAI 1.
-Saint Vincent live Pierangelo Bertoli Rai 2.
-“Be Bop A Lula Sotto La Tenda” Italia 1 hosted by Red Ronnie.
-Tournè supporter with artist Luca Carboni.
-Cantagiro, Tiromancino, Rai 2 1992.
-Performance at “Roxy Bar” with the artist Bungaro, hosted by Red Ronnie 1994.

Denmark:
-tv2 lorry-Troels Skovgaard band 2000.
-tv2 zulu- docu-soap "Rytmekons" 2000/2001.
-DR2 TV reportage evening news as guest at Paolo Russo's graduating concert 10/06/2002.
-tv2-Good Morning Denmark, Hawk 2002.
-DR2 Radio P2 "Live Jazz" hosted by Ole Matthiesen:
project as a co-leader with Jarkko Hakala and Andreas Marcus 2002
-Film documentary "The Illogical Instrument" by British movie director Arun Sharma,
broadcasted by DR2 TV
-DR2 Radio P2 "Live Jazz" hosted by Ole Matthiesen
Concert as a leader recorded at Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2003 broadcasted in January 2004
-DR P3 Performance as house band for the Roman Pris 2004 Danish National Radio
-RAI radio3 suite: La Stanza Della Musica 2006

Theater
"Italia Oggi"
"rassegna di giovani autori a cura di Lele Marchitelli"
Teatro Piccolo Jovinelli, Rome, March 2006
with:
Luca Bulgarelli, Francesco De Nigris, Maurizio Filardo, Fabrizio Mandolini, Lele Marchitelli, Mauro Menegazzi, Gianluca Misiti, Piero Monterisi, Maurizio Rizzuto, Alessandro Svampa
Supporting Performances in collaboartion with the follwing actors:
Augusto Fornari, Neri Marcorè, Simona Cavallari, Cecilia Dazzi, Rolando Ravello, Pietro De Silva
Pierfrancesco Favino, Augusto Fornari, Sabrina Impacciatore, Paolo Sassanelli, Valerio Aprea

"Pomezia, per la via di Roma"
Estate al Museo, Città di Pomezia (Luglio, 2007)
reading di letture Con Edoardo Sylos Labini e Clemente Pernarella
tratto dal Romanzo di Antonio Pennacchi.

"Satire e Milonghe"
Spoltore Ensamble , Spoltore (Agosto, 2007)
reading di letture Con Davide Riondino
Musiche di Angelo Valori

"I Macchiaioli, il sentimento dell'amore"
di e con Sabrina Dodaro, con Asicomolasflores (sub.), Alessandro Contini
Chiostro Di Bramante, Rome, (February 2008)

Ballet
"Cleoptra, il potere dell'amore"
Patrizia Cerroni & i danzatori scalzi
Musiche di Angelo Valori
Teatro Nazionale, Rome (February/March 2008)

Jazz and Ethnic Festivals:
1999
- Copenhagen Jazz Festival 1999 (Denmark)
2001
- Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2001 (Denmark)
2003
- Malmö Winter Jazz Festival 2003 (Sweden)
- Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2003(Denmark)
- Livø Jazz Festival 2003 (Denmark)
- Villa Celimontana Jazz Festival 2003 (Italy)
- Helsimborg Jazz Festival 2003 (Sweden)
2004
- Copenhagen Winter Jazz Festival 2004 (Denmark)
- Nova Latin Jazz Festival, Copenhagen 2004 (Denmark)
- Aalborg Guitar Festival, Aalborg 2004 (Denmark)
- Bellante Jazz Festival: Itinerari Sonori Bellante 2004 (Italy)
- Spoltore Ensamble Festival, Pescara 2004 (Italy)
- Århus Week Festival 2004 (Denmark)
- Spazio Jazz Festival, L'Aquila 2004 (Italy)
- Bavaria Fuxing International Jazz Festival, 2004 (China)
- Pineto Jazz Festival 2004 (Italy)
2005
- Notti di Frontiera, Rome 2005 (Italy)
- JazzLe: Tango And More, Lecce 2005 (Italy)
- Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2005 (Denmark)
- Aarhus International Jazz Festival 2005 (Denmark)
- Castellarte, Castelbasso 2005 (Italy)
- Beat Onto Jazz Bitonto 2005 (Italy)
- Jazz alla Mole, Ancona 2005 (Italy)
- Århus Week Festival 2005 (Denmark)
- Euro Bass Day Verona 2005 (Italy)
- Pineto Jazz Festival 2005 (Italy)
- Euro Bass Day Manchester 2005 (UK)
2006
- Århus Week Festival 2006(Denmark)
2007
- Pescara Jazz-Jazz in città 2007 (Italy)
- Inocntrinjazz Viterbo 2007 (Italy)
- Festa della Rinascita Roma 2007 (Italy)
- Estate a Castel Sant'Angelo Roma 2007 (Italy)
- Estate Di Villa Leopardi, Primo festival delle Arti Roma 2007 (Italy)
- Spoltore Ensamble Spoltore 2007 (Italy)
- Festivale delle Serre, Cerisano Cosenza 2007 (Italy)
2008
- Peperoncino Jazz Festival, Scalea, Cosenza 2008 (Italy)
- ISME, Bologna (Italy) 2008
- Pineto Accordion Jazz Festival, Pineto 2008 (Italy)
- I Concerti nel Parco, Villa Doria Panphilii, Roma 2008 (Italy)
- Paola Jazz Festival, Paola, Cosenza 2008 (Italy)
- Territori Sonori, Arcevia 2008 (Italy)


Music experience as leader:
- “Trespass” with: Bjarne Roupe', Thommy Andersson, Andrea Marcelli
- "Fabrizio Mandolini quartett"

Music experience as co-leader:
- Concerts and TV performances in Italy with the band "Tiromancino"
- Concerts in Italy with the band “Amgine”, from 1992 to 1996;
- Concerts in Italy with the funky band “Möbius”, from 1994 to 1996.

Music experience abroad:
- R.I.T. (Recording Institute of Technology),
graduated as assistent engineer (Los Angeles – CA, 1996/97);
- lives in Copenhagen (DK), from June ’97.

Teaching experience:
- Private lessons from 1989.
- Collaborations with Rytmisk Center in Copenhagen
- since september/october 2006, collaboration with
ScuolaStemma di musica a Roma
(see also
http://www.stemmamusic.com/ and
http://www.risuono.com/it/)
- since september 2008 collaboration with Centrottava

photos in this page: Nicola Fasano
fasano@wanadoo.dk