Siouxie and the Banshees, The Cure, Bauhaus, the Smiths, inxs, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Dead Can Dance, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Chick Corea, Allan Holdsworth, Al Di Meola, Dream Theater, Grip Inc., CCCP, CSI, PGR,Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, Franco Battiato, Jim Hall, Wes Montgomery, Frank Gambale, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Frank Zappa, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Zap Mama, John Abercrombie, Joe Pass, Jan Garbarek, John McLaughlin, Nick Collins, Stereolab,Keith Jarrett, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, Bill Frisell, Dave Holland, Ennio Morricone, Noam Chomsky, Peter Gabriel, Vinicio Capossela
Born in Salerno, Italy in 1974, improvising guitarist and composer Francesco Lo Castro developed his guitar styles and musical philosophy under the tutoring of the great south italian maestro Gianni Cataleta. In 2006, he graduated with honors from a BMus at Thames Valley University (London). In the same year, he won the Best Guitarist Award at the Guitar Institute in London where he attended tutoring classes by Shaun Baxter and Iain Scott among others. He then earned a scholarship for MMus, completed in 2008, by winning the Vice Chancellor's Award at TVU. Aside from costant live activity in both the jazz and pop world He currently teaches guitar at the Academy of Music and Sound of Birmingham. His guitar style and composing techniques suggest a blend of melodic Italian tradition with modern jazz, an intense and intriguing combination shown in his new album Turn Around.
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Ciao Francesco, grazie mille per la req! Ho sentito parlare molto bene di te da Sam. Spero di incontrarti presto dato che da Gennaio prossimo sarò a Londra sino a Marzo.
Ciao Francesco , e' stato un piacere vederti ieri alla gig, grazie per essere venuto..... Volevo ricordarti il party del Luglio con tutta la delegazione di Bari aha aha.. x i dettagli clicca sulla data sulla mia pagina di myspace. x Buona musica e complimenti....
Francesco! Happy New Year to you too my friend! Thanks for your comment!
Would love to get a date and play some trio stuff... Will mention it to Louie see if he is free, now that he is playing with some of the heavy weights!
da quando fai jazz hai un tocco molto più leggero, ti ricordi le 0.13 sulla strato nel periodo Stevie Ray Vaughan? vabbè torno a concentrarmi sull'ascolto
Ben is right man! Angel is beautiful as only an Angel would be... Shows a gentle and sensitive side to you my friend! Get a gig up here in North London man... The Vortex needs to hear this stuff!!! Peace
