Massimo Izzizzari

Bio:

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Massimo Izzizzari has started playing the guitar at the age of eleven. As he was turning fifteen, he got to play for a band called “Orchestra Spettacolo”. As years go by, he gets involved in many different musical projects. At the age of seventeen he performed in many local events playing tunes of famous guitar stars such as Joe Satriani, Greg Howe and Yngwie Malmsteen just to name a few. In the following years he focused his playing on jazz-fusion guitar playing. Particurarly, he studied the styles of Scott Henderson, Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, John Scofield.
Later on he joined the fusion band “Black and Blue”, for which he recorded a demo of original tunes. With this band he took part at many national events. Among the most significant ones, Liri Blues, Emergenza Rock Radio Roma.
In 1993 He reached the final stage of a national guitar competition called “A.W.F.”. At the same time, he worked as a studio guitarist and played in many recording sessions.
In 1995 He played in Rome for a music production called “Inventario 95” financed by the University of Music. At the same time, he attended many guitar workshops and studied at the Lizard school in Fiesole.
In 1995 Massimo Izzizzari became a member of SIAE as both musician and composer. His compositions range from instrumental to vocal. He has arranged many vocal parts for many recording sessions and concerts. At the end of the ninenties, he founded a band named Misturafina which combined both Pop and Rock music.
Massimo Izzizzari also signed recording contracts with Zomba Records and BMG. That was followed by the creation of many CDs and video clips. In order to promote his material, he appeared in many radio and TV shows (Rai 3, Italia 1, Mtv, Telemontecarlo, Viva, Match Music, Radio 1, Radio 2, RDS, RTL, Kiss Kiss, Rado 105). To promote his works, he kept an intensive touring schedule which got him to perform all over Italy.
In 2003 he started to work with a jazz Big Band called “Free Time band”.
In 2007 he made his first solo album guitar oriented “Unstable Balance” for Lion Music, project style rock fusion with Azeglio Izzizzari on drums and Mario Guarini on bass.
In 2008 Massimo graduated in Jazz Music at the Conservatory of Music "Licinio Refice" in Frosinone.
Massimo currently working on her second solo album.
Izzizzari teaches reguraly in music schools such as Sonoria and Famous, both located rispectively in Castelliri and Arce. He also teaches at a Fusion/Rock guitar clinics.

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Discography:

MASSIMO IZZIZZARI - Unstable Balance - Lion Music 2007

LINGALA - 12th - Mediasonus 2006

MISTURAFINA - Ho voglia di ballare - BMG 2002

OOPS I’M 1 ALREADY ( Compilation ) Zomba Records 2001

ALL THE HITS NOW ITALIA ( Compilation ) EMI 2001

MISTURAFINA - Quando Sorridi - Zomba Records 2001

MISTURAFINA - Tuffo Virtuale - Zomba Records 2001

MISTURAFINA - Per un altro bacio - Zomba Records 2001

MISTURAFINA - Stai con me, Vola - Zomba Records 2000

INVENTARIO '95 ( Compilation ) UM Records 1995

BLACK & BLUE ( Autoproduction ) 1992

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Massimo Izzizzari - Television Man




Massimo Izzizzari - Smoke On The Water




Massimo Izzizzari - Unstable Balance




Massimo Izzizzari - Access Denied




Massimo Izzizzari Live




Massimo Izzizzari - Funk Solo

Member Since:

marzo 01, 2006

Influences:

Greg Howe, Richie Kotzen, John Scofield, Robben Ford, Scott Henderson,....

Sounds Like:

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....TRACK LISTING

01 Unstable balance
02 Access denied
03 Wordgame
04 Television man
05 Freeze frame
06 The alchemist
07 Violation of privacy
08 Take it or leave it
09 The enchanted forest
10 Teresa

MUSICIANS..

Massimo Izzizzari - Guitar
Azeglio Izzizzari - Drums
Mario Guarini - Bass

GUESTS

Giuliano Izzizzari - Bass
Francesco Carlesi - Keyboards

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…“I have never given a 5 star to anyone. Yes, I am hypercritical, but there is a first for everything. I am honored to award 5 stars to this incredible musician. Massimo Izzizzari clearly deserves it. I don’t even want to compare him to anybody because he clearly stands out on his own. This is a must buy! Rock On Izzi!” (Joe Manno) www.rockeyez.com..

…“There is not a dud on this album; all the songs are great. This is an early candidate for album of the year! This Italian guitarist is spectacular!” (Matthew Hoffman) www.hardrockhaven.net ..

...“Massimo set out to create an album that contained songs which balanced melody and technique with structures that allowed himself and his band to express themselves freely. He has achieved this with flying colours. The music is sophisticated but at the same time accessible and on further listens is sure to reveal more to the listener. It's a superb release from a truly gifted player who one senses loves music and playing his guitar.” (Al Hay) www.hardrockhouse.com..

…“Unstable Balance is anything but a rhetorical title for this release because Massimo’s playing is far from “unstable.” He plays with finesse, technique, and melody, while providing ten tracks of entertaining music”… (Scott Jeslis) www.metalexpressradio.com..

…“By the end of the third track all my fears were washed away, this is a great instrumental album with memorable melodies, cool grooves, great musicianship, and only with the ‘necessary’ amount of shredding with more emphasis on songs and melodies”…(Endre 'Bandi' Hübner) www.rockunited.com ..

...“I can hear some classical patterns of jazz/fusion developed by Allan Holdsworth and Eric Johnson, but, at the same time, I must admit that Massimo's music is more catchy and accessible. That's easy-to-listen, nice and pleasing to the ear music, but still - guitar music!” www.hmpmag.pl..

“This is the first guitar album of the year for me and one that will be hard to beat as Izzizzari takes his guitar sound to the masses, with mixes from different genres and influences, to produce a quite unique guitar sound is something that is quite hard to do in this ever increasing and sometimes segregated genre”… www.themayfairmallzine.com..

…“L’arma vincente è proprio questa: tecnica, melodie e strutture si equivalgono all’interno dei dieci rendiconti inaugurati dai fraseggi assertivi della title track, enfatizzati dalle articolazioni ambiziose di Access Denied e dominati dalla scorrevolezza di Wordgame. Quindici minuti esatti per definire corpo e sostanza di un’opera in musica. Freeze Frame, forse la migliore, ci ricorda che siamo al cospetto di uno strumentista raffinato ed intelligente, mai incline alle banalità, nella quale gli improvvisi scatti della chitarra elettrica trovano ampie vie di fuga verso gli sconfinati orizzonti della rock/fusion”… (Gaetano Loffredo) www.truemetal.it..

…“Tecnica impeccabile e spiccato gusto melodico sono i principali ingredienti di "Unstable Balance", debut album dell’artista italiano; un album completamente strumentale, ricco di influenze diverse magistralmente fuse fra loro…” (Enrico Della Gaspera) www.unprogged.com..

…“Fusion, hard rock, funky, sono tutti elementi che si ritrovano in Unstable Balance…il buon chitarrista assembla dieci brani strumentali che trasudano gli umori più vari, dalle esplosioni funky della canzone che da il titolo all’album, passando per la fusion targata Frank Gambale di “Freeze Frame” fino alla conclusiva e atmosferica “Teresa” dedicata alla figlia.”(Riccardo Osti) www.kronic.it..

…“Massimo è un chiarrista rock/fusion dotato di indubbia classe e di talento, ed in questo suo debut album si può notare come, l'artista tricolore, cerchi a tutti costi un songwriting che esalti le sue doti tecniche e che, nel contempo, riesca a creare canzoni melodiche dal facile impatto”… (Fabio Rancati) www.hardsounds.it..

…“Il virtuosismo di Massimo emerge con prepotenza fin dalle prime note che escono da questo Unstable Balance. Dieci brani che spaziano dal Funk al Jazz al metal con dinamismo e vivacità. Il solismo di Izzizzari è notevole, ha un fraseggio pieno di tinte e sfumature”…(GB) www.rock-impressions.com

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Record Label:

Lion Music