BANDS: Paolo Porta 3, Guido Di Leone Quartet, Alessandro Chiappetta quartet, Barend Middelhoff quartet/trio, Alfredo Ponissi quartet.
You Are Animal
A complete lunatic, you're operating on 100% animal instincts.
You thrive on uncontrolled energy, and you're downright scary.
But you sure can beat a good drum.
"Kill! Kill!"
You're not good at any one thing, and that's the problem.
You're good at so much - you never know what to do.
Change is in your blood, and you don't stick to much for long.
You are destined for a life of travel and fun.
Jazz Drummer Born in Alessandria on june the 23th 1969 begins his music studies at the age of 15 attending the drum classes of acknowledged italian teachers like: Alberto Bucci, Giorgio Gandino, Marco Volpe, Bruno Astesana and Maurizio Planker. Starts his professional career at the age of 22 performing in Italy and foreign countries. He attends also clinics of drummers: Manhù Roche, Francesco Sotgiu, Enzo Zirilli, Roberto Gatto, Ettore Fioravanti, Arvin Scott, Marcello Pellitteri, Bob Moses, Max Roach, Roy Haynes. Collaborations: As a jazz drummer starts performing with: Giorgio Licalzi, Paolo Porta, Fulvio Albano, Fabrizio Bosso; also collaborated with: Aldo Mella, Andrea Allione, Aldo Rindone, Guido Canavese, Nicola Muresu, Antonio Zambrini, Due Laghi Big Band, Francesco Nastro, Giacomo Aula, Alfredo Ponissi, Lorenzo Petrocca, Claudio and Fulvio Chiara, Stefano Calcagno, Alessandro Maiorino, Riccardo Ruggieri, Luigi Tessarollo, Maria Pia De Vito, Franco D'Andrea, Carlo Atti, Riccardo Zegna, Luigi Bonafede, Bruno Marini, Maurizio Nunes Caldura, Marco Vaggi, Roberto Cecchetto, Aldo Zunino, Claudio Fasoli, Andrea Pozza, Stefano Battaglia, Renato Chicco, Paolo Birro, Marco Micheli, Rosario Bonaccorso, Pietro Tonolo, Gianni Coscia, Ares Tavolazzi, Furio Di Castri, Antonio Faraò, Emanuele Cisi, Gianni Basso, Larry Schneider, Jimmy Cobb, Tom Kirkpatrick, Maurizio Giammarco, Kail Gregory, Andy Gravish, Walter Weiskopf, Steve Grossman, Michelle Hendrix, Garrison Fewell, Michael Rosen, Gilad Atzmon, Dena DeRose, Donald Braden, Peter King, Kay Foster Jackson, Phil Guy, Damon Brown, Stjepko "Steve" Gut, Melissa Stott, Franco Cerri, Bob Bonisolo, Jonathan Gee, Benny Golson, Bruce Forman, Monk Liberation Front, Francesca Sortino, Paolo benedettini, Pietro Ciancaglini, Barend Middelhoff, Gerard Klein, Steve Rose, Bud Shank, Guido Di Leone, Marco Tamburini, Piero Odorici, Gianluca Petrella, Francesco Cafiso, Renato Sellani, Dusko Goykovich, Stefano Cantini, Tino Tracanna, Terrelll Stafford, Kelvin Sholar, Ronnie Matheus, Lee Konitz and many others.
He has been assistant for drummers: - Stephen Keogh at Appennino Music Festival Clinics in 2000 and 2001 - Sangoma Everett at Due Laghi Jazz Festival Clinics in 2002 - Ron Savage at Umbria Jazz Berklee Clinics 2005
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He Played in many clubs and festivals all over Italy and around europe, in several european jazz clubs as Ronnie Scott's in London and Bimhuis on Amsterdam to name a few... As sideman of different bands he toured in several countrys: Holland, Brasil, Viet Nam, france, England, Germany, Turkey, Grece, Swizerland, Ethiopia and all over Italy. 2005/06 worked as assistant at Berkelee Clinics at Umbria
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Records as sideman:
-Giorgio Licalzi, Giorgio Licalzi (Philology) 1994.
Jam session del mercoledì al JCT Torino e Piemonte in Jazz Mercoledì 23 settembre 2009 ore 21.30 Jazz Club Torino, nuova sede di Piazza Valdo Fusi, Torino
I'm proud to finally release "Heavy In The Beats Vol. 1 - A Different Drum", the first installment in my mixtape series dedicated to giving drummers and percussionists exposure. "Volume 1" focuses on the avant garde side of the instrument, and features pieces from Billy Martin (of Medeski Martin & Wood), myself, Steve Honoshowsky, and others!
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Ciao Minetto!
