Capiozzo, Mecco & Santimone
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About
Christian Capiozzo, known as Chicco, was born in Cesenatico, Italy. Legendary Drummer, composer and producer known in the music scene for collaborations with international musicians and in the funk scene, jazz, lounge, soul for the synchronization of television (Sex & the city for example). His love for music led him to embrace the most diverse music styles, with great awareness and respect amidst the dark secrets of the soul, jazz, funk, afro beat, music from the world in a total sense, progressive rock, while remaining recognizable with a great personal touch. This mixture is the engine that sees him present with perfect original designs and shoulder of international artists. Son of the great Giulio Capiozzo (drummer AREA important Jazz drummer recognized around the world), learned from his father how to emulation love for music and in particular for the drum and percussion. From the age of 12 years began to perform in the sense of local Adriatic beginning to shine for the different conception of understanding the instrument, not only rhythmic but also melodic, as we learn especially the Afro-jazz school. In September 2002 he performed in clubs in New York and studied at the New School. In 2003 Christian performs in a tour of 18 gigs in New York with American organist Ehud Asherie, young talent of the Manhattan jazz scene taking a major concert at the local historian BLUE NOTE jazz with the trio at its most host name of the evening Jimmy Owens. In 2005 he participated in several festivals including Jazz Siberia Novakuzniech Festiaval with Jimmy Owens group and Moscow. In 2005, a song he composed entitled “Whisky Go Go” is taken as the soundtrack of Markette transmission Piero Chiambretti. In the summer of 2005 he played on tour with Owens, Ed Cherry (Dizzy Gillespie jazz guitarist) and Sherman Herbie Sax of Lincoln jazz orchestra conducted by Wynton Marsallis. In the same year he performed with Fabrizio Bosso, Randy Bernsen, Gigi Cifarelli on tour in Italy. In 2015 he is called on tour with Pee Wee Ellis historical Sax James Brown and composer of many pieces of the same among which the famous “The Chicken”. With him it performs well in Italia also in Athens Greece, Ireland (Sligo Funk- jazz festival) Vienna. Also he performs with the winner singer Grammie as revelation New World Soul Jarrod Lawson, playing in Norway, Oxford for the famous club London’s Ronnie Scott and Croatia. She is currently producing an afro-disco beat of Gabin Dabiré, one of the greatest exponents of African music, famous around the world and together with Michele “Mecco” Guidi and Daiele Santimone the new abum engraved in its entirely analogue studios entitled “Movie Soundtrack Experience “published Irma Records.