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Released: Mar 15, 2012
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  • Genre: Fusion / Jazz / Nu-Jazz

    Location Pescara, Pescara, It

    Profile Views: 55630

    Last Login: 3/1/2013

    Member Since 3/5/2007

    Website www.gianfrancocontinenza.com

    Record Label ESC Records

    Type of Label Indie

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Biography

GIANFRANCO CONTINENZA, guitarist and composer is born in Turin (Italy) on the 1st of february 1968, he started to play guitar when he was 8 years old thanks to his father Nino Continenza, jazz guitar player.
He studied classical music for 5 years, then developping the study of the modern guitar (jazz, fusion, blues, rock...) and playing with local bands.
He is graduated with 100% score at G.I.T. (Guitar Institute of Technology) in Hollywood, California in september 1992 specialized in many music styles (jazz, fusion, blues, R&B, latin, funky, rock…) studing with Joe Diorio, Don Mock, Scott Henderson, Ron Eschéte, Howard Roberts, Peter Sprague, Gary Willis, Jennifer Batten, Steve Trovato, Jeff Berlin, Jamie Findlay, Jeff Richman, Tommy Tedesco, Mike Miller, ecc.
On 1994 he founded the P.M.I. (Professional Musicians Institute) and later on 1998 the C.M.A. (Contemporary Music Academy) www.cma-school.com in Pescara, with students coming from all the parts of Italy where he’s teaching Jazz/Fusion guitar. Since 2010 he is professor of Jazz Guitar at the Pescara’s Conservatory Luisa D’Annunzio.
He performed and recorded with many world famous artists like Bill Evans, Joe Diorio, Mark Egan, Don Mock, Bob Mintzer, John Beasley, Michael Manring, Tetsuo Sakurai, Jeff Richman, Scott Kinsey, Jamie Findlay, Barrett Tagliarino, Richard Smith, John Stowell, Cathy Segal-Garcia, ecc.
He produced two solo Albums as a leader for ESC Records (one of the label leader of Jazz/Fusion in the world): “The Past Inside The Present” – 2008 with Bill Evans (Miles Davis, John McLaughlin) on sax and Scott Kinsey (Tribal Tech, Joe Zawinul) on keyboards. This Album was the 2nd bestseller Album of ESC Records of the 2008 and it was at the 1st position on the list of the top 100 Cd of jazz guitar album on Tower Records USA in 2008. Soon it will be released his new album “Face The Truth” with Don Mock, Bob Mintzer, (Yellowjackets), Mark Egan (Pat Metheny Group, Sting), John Beasley (Steely Dan, John Patitucci), Michael Manring, Tetsuo Sakurai (Casiopea), Walter Martino, Alessandro Centofanti, Sergey Boykov, Ernesttico, Dino D’autorio and many others.
Also for ESC Records he appeared as a leader on two Albums tribute to Mahavishnu Orchestra recording his arrangement of the famous John McLaughlin’s composition “One Word” for the double Cd "MAHAVISHNU RE-DEFINED” with Mark Egan on bass, Alessandro Centofanti on electric piano and organ and Walter Martino on drums and his original track “Mahavishnology” for the double Cd "MAHAVISHNU RE-DEFINED II” with Michael Manring on bass, Alessandro Centofanti electric piano and organ and Walter Martino on drums.
He played in many International Jazz festivals like the Bratislava Jazz Days 2008. Gianfranco is endorsing Jacoland with the guitar Heaven Jazz “Gianfranco Continenza Signature”, DV MARK Amps with the combo DV 40 212 and the Head Little 40 L34 with Cabinet C412 Standard, Eventide with the Fabulous Stompboxes TimeFactor and Space, Dean Marlkey Strings and Wegen Picks,
Eventide with the Fabulous Stompboxes TimeFactor and Space Right now he is recording the CD tribute to Bruno Martino (the composer of the famous standard Estate) for the Album of his son Walter Martino (great drummer, musician and friend). There’s a whole chapter talking of Gianfranco on the american book "Originality is everything - a life and a near-death tale of an independent record label" written by John McGlasson. Since 2010 he is writing Jazz guitar lessons on the famous american magazine Just Jazz Guitar.


Gianfranco Continenza
(c/o Contemporary Music Academy)
Via dei Sabini, 79 - 65127 Pescara
Tel. 085/68151
Cell. 339/2766366
Skype: gianfrancoes347

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