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Influences
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Sounds Like
GAMBALE/MARCELLI/DERADO/PUGLISI QUARTET LIVE 10/07/08
Frank Gambale - guitar, Andrea Marcelli - drums, Tino Derado - piano,
Francesco Puglisi - bass. Playing live "Yes or No" (W. Shorter) 10/07/08
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EJN 2009 Oslo, Andrea Marcelli trio
Andrea Marcelli - Born in Rome, 01/22/1962
Two of Andrea's compositions are included in "The European Real Book"
and "The Digital Real Book Part Two" by www.shermusic.com.
In the 80s he played as drummer in TV shows for RAI Television also with Bruno Biriaco Big Band (82/86). From 1985 to 1996 he composed and produced seven CD of Library Music broadcasted world wide for Primrose, Flippermusic and Fonit Cetra. More than 190 of Andrea's compositions (Jazz and Library Music) have been recorded on CD and broadcast worldwide.
Andrea moved to the USA in 1989, spending eight years in Los Angeles and four in New York City. Andrea has resided in Berlin since 2001. Very soon he gained a honorary US Green Card as "First preference Alien with extraordinary abilities in the field of Jazz"
He is leading an active musical life. Andrea performed live and/or recorded with Wayne Shorter, Mitchel Forman, Don Menza, David Liebman, Bob Mintzer, Eddie Gomez, Mike Stern, Bob Berg, John Patitucci, Allan Holdsworth, Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter, Ralph Towner, Eberhard Weber, Marc Johnson, Gary Thomas, Chuck Loeb, Bendik, Mike Mainieri, Jeff Andrews, Rick Margitza, Alphonso Johnson, Alex Acuna, Eric Marienthal, Frank Gambale, Jimmy Earl, Hiram Bullock, Michael Manring, Jeff Berlin, Bob Sheppard, Steve Tavaglione, Benny Maupin, Jack Nimitz, Sam Most, Harold Land, Doug Webb, Brandon Fields, Sid Jacobs, Tony Dumas, John Beasley, Kei Akagi, Mike Garson, Bill Cunliffe, Steve Bach, Jon Hassell, Freddie Ravel, Gary Willis, Jimmy Johnson, John Leftwich, Darek Oles, Brian Bromberg, Andy Summers, L.Subramaniam, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Frank Colon, Guilherme Vergueiro, Jose Marino, Teco Cardoso, Meia Noite, Carolina dos Santos Shorter, Moacir Santos, Cassio Duarte, Bill Reichenbach, Tom Fowler, Steve La Spina, George Garzone, Billy Drews, Tony Malaby, Adam Kolker, Rez Abbasi, Roberta Piket, Russ Lossing, David Berkman, Ed Schuller, Harvie S. (Swartz), Mark Egan, Cameron Brown, Kyle Eastwood, Scott Lee, Chema Vilchez, Markus Stockhausen, Simon Stockahausen, Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Davide Petrocca, Thomas Clausen, Jesper Lundgaard, Bo Stief, Bjarne Roupe, Paolo Russo, Fabrizio Mandolini, Palle Danielsson, Arild Andersen, Ekkehard Wölk, Johannes Fink, Valentin Gregor, Larry Porter, Stefan De Leval Jezierski, Robin Draganic, Dirk Engelhardt, David Friedman, Stefano Senni, Bruno Biriaco, Baldo Maestri, Giorgio Crobu, Lorenzo Petrocca, Massimiliano Coclite, Renato D'Aiello, Jim Mullen, Jean Pierre Froehly, Riccardo Manzi, Steve Chadwick, Lars Guehlcke, Larry Franco, Alexey Chizhik, Andrei Kondakov and many others.
In the early '90s, Andrea recorded two acclaimed CDs with original compositions, "Silent Will" for VERVE/PolyGram and VERVE/Polydor KK and "Oneness" for VERVE/Polydor KK and Lipstick Rec. which won such honors as:
Top 10 Jazz CD of 1991 (8), Tower Records' PULSE//
Top 20 Jazz/Fusion New Releases, Ad Lib Japan// Top Jazz Pick of 1991 from Jazziz Magazine// Guitar World Critic's Choice, New Releases, 1992//
Marcelli in 1993 started to co-producing a joint project with Allan Holdsworth.
Gary Willis is on four tracks. The Album has not yet been finished.
Andrea produced Chema Vilchez's debut CD, "El sueno del navegante",
judged Best Jazz CD of 1996 by Radio 1 Spain. He performed on the
film "Mississippi Masala", participated on the award-winning film
"Good Bye Lenin", and collaborated with the Rhythm Conservatory of
Copenhagen, recording and producing several projects, including Paolo
Russo/Bo Stief Alchemy, a Top 5 Jazz CD of 2004 in Denmark.
In 2002, he won two awards at the Berlin Jazz and Blues Awards.
He also toured Scandinavia with his Scandinavian band, and was invited to Japan to conduct several workshops and tours in '05, '06, '08 and '09.
He also performed among others in USA, Brazil, Russia, Germany, Italy, Estonia, France, Spain, Belgium, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Japan. In November 2009 has been invited to tour India with his trio by the Italian Cultural Institute.
Andrea was again invited to New York to record his third CD, "Beyond
the Blue", which was released in 2005 in the USA and Canada by Art of
Life Records, in Japan by 55 Records, and in Europe by BHM Music.
Players included Mike Stern, Bob Mintzer, Mitchel Forman, and Eddie Gomez.
In 2008 it was recorded and released Marcelli..s fourth CD SUNDANCE
released in Japan by 55 Records and Mp3 Digitally in USA by Art of Life Records with Thomas Clausen and Davide Petrocca.
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PRESS CLIPS and QUOTES ------------------
---- Wayne Shorter wrote------
"Andrea Marcelli's music is as vibrant and thought-provoking as today's events. Andrea is such a chameleon. When I first heard his music, it struck me that he played drums, clarinet, percussion, keyboards, and composed in a variety of styles that defied classification--moreover, his display of sensitivity and creative approach to the work produced."
--- Interview (Chitarre) - Allan Holdsworth----
"He is dedicated and passionate -- I like that in a musician. I like
very much Andrea as musician and composer, and I liked his musical
project."
--- John Kelman (www.allaboutjazz.com, February 2005)-----
....Marcelli's compositions transcend simple melody, transporting the
listener to places known and unknown, eliciting hidden emotions...
Beyond the Blue represents something of a quantum leap for Marcelli as
a player, but more notably as a writer. There's a maturity of concept,
a clarity of vision, that makes Beyond the Blue something of a watershed
for Marcelli, encouraging the hope that another nine years won't have
to pass before he records again.
--- Bill Milkowski (Guitar World)----
"Simply stunning."
--- Owen Cordles (Jazz Times)----
"The themes and instrumental colors seem made for each other, more
like painting than a string of jazz solos."
- Mario Luzzi (Rockstar)---
"Made in Italy" emerges also in the field of Jazz. Silent Will is the
proof. A music thick with colors both tenuous and aggressive,
following a logic of voyages elegant and intense, sophisticated and
solid, sparkling and deep. Marcelli is a sort of young Missoni of
Jazz. He is able to immerse the compositive texture in a multitude of
colors blended wonderfully with each other, creating harmonious
drawings. A superb work produced with care and intelligence. "Made
in Italy" is not only for the field of fashion."
--- Robin Tolleson (Down Beat)----
"This ambitious project is first-rate"
--- Chris Hoard (Jazziz)----
"Among the notables of a musical generation adept to acoustic
technique and electronic innovation are Max Roach, Bill Bruford, Chad
Wackerman and Andrea Marcelli".
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