Fabio meridiani
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Fabio Meridiani is an Italian musician personality who made his debut as a bass player in 1985.
He played like bass player
with many international artist, including Robert Neville & The Bolear, JM Quartet, Billy Branch
, Giancarlo Schiaffini
, Ivan Graziani
, Walter Salis, Lucio Turco, Pino Palladino
, Marina Fiorentini, Cristiano De André, Kenny Neal
, Duke Robillard
, Rem Fiore, Diego Calcagno, Derek De Beer, Gary Sanford, Tony Cerqua, Daniele De Salvo, Lorenzo Fontana
, Stefano Spallotta, Michele Paciulli, Andreas Weingartner, Fabrizio Bianco, Gary Stewart Hurst, Soeren Jordan, Jochen Ritter, Harish Powar, and others.
and The Bolear, in that time in Italy, to achieve some live performance and live recorder for Radio Roma, and invited to join as bass player. He later attended other famous musicians Daniele De Salvo, (Renzo Arbore
), Domenico Loparco, (Ron
, Billy Cobham
, Manù Katchè
, Frank Gambale
) and Ivan Graziani
.
From 1988 live opening Ivan Graziani
and The Bolear with his brother Maurizio.
Until 1995 he alternates collaborations with Stefano Masciarelli for Estate romana, Miranda Martino, Enrica Bonaccorti, Bambi Fossati (Garybaldi
) in prisons for inmates, and also Diego Calcagno (Charlie Cannon
) in other site.
In 1996 recording studio, a project of 10 hours of music on three CD for Flayers Record original structures mingling jazz fusion guitar-bass-drums. In project are Walter Salis, Oreste Ferrazza (Renato Zero
).
Follow in 1997 new collaborations with jazz musicians: Lucio Turco and new concert with bands as Steel Drama, Akwaba, Paola Turci
.
Performs at Stadio dei Marmi (Olimpico
) at concerts Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
, Piero Pelù
, Premiata Forneria Marconi
.
He continued his studies in search of new sounds with the help of reproducible electric bass
5 strings, perfecting his technique. In 2000 offers a workshop with Billy Branch
, but also guitar player
Kenny Neal
, and in 2001 with Gary Sanford (Joe Jackson
) in Firenze
, in fusion style, to appear in some forum.
In 2002 he realizes jam session with Billy Branch
, Kenny Neal
, Mario Insenga (Blue Stuff); Duke Robillard
.
From 2003 is the year of the trial of African styles with DJ Flavio Rago He plays bass and performs a live-percussion, radio broadcast, then the issuer Radio Globo
.
Then he produces his record "Subline" realized with bass guitas only, and drum and percussion by Derek De Beer (Johnny Clegg);, which performs nine songs he composed, each of a different kind (celtic, afro, funky, fusion).
Between 2005 and 2007 is requested by the piano player
Marina Fiorentini (William Parker
) in a avant jazz quartet, consisting of trombonist
Giancarlo Schiaffini
(John Cage
), and batterista Tony Cerqua (Rosa King
), and saxophonist
Lorenzo Fontana
(M° Bruno Tommaso).
He has worked among others with sing
er Monica Hill, Jacopo Coretti (Andrea Braido), Emiliano Caroselli (Enrico Rava
), Andreas Weingartner, Gary Stewart Hurst (Mark Knopfler
), Soeren Jordan (Paul Young
), Jochen Ritter, Harish Powar (Randy Crowford).
Teacher 2008 and 2009 electric bass
at the Roma Rock School. Plays clinics special effects applied on the electric bass at music Italian Academies .
Participates as an endorser and spokesperson at major international exhibitions.
Medium 5 Strings; Gallien Krueger; Head 700 RB, Neo 112, Neo 212;MTD
Kingsone KZX; Reference Cables.
was
Warwick
; M2 Guitars; Washburn
.
Marina Fiorentini 5et
With W.O.F.
With Dj Andrea Mocce
With Soeren Jordan
He played like bass player
Electric Bass
Electric bass can mean:*Electric upright bass, the electric version of a double bass*Electric bass guitar*Bass synthesizer*Big Mouth Billy Bass, a battery-powered singing fish...
with many international artist, including Robert Neville & The Bolear, JM Quartet, Billy Branch
Billy Branch
Billy Branch is an American blues harmonica player and singer of Chicago blues and harmonica blues.-Career:...
, Giancarlo Schiaffini
Giancarlo Schiaffini
Giancarlo Schiaffini is an Italian jazz trombonist and tubist most associated with avant-garde music, free improvisation and free jazz. A member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Schiaffini has worked with such artists as Mario Schiano, Lol Coxhill, Andrea Centazzo and also Thurston Moore of...
, Ivan Graziani
Ivan Graziani
Ivan Graziani was an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Biography:Graziani was born at Teramo, Abruzzo....
, Walter Salis, Lucio Turco, Pino Palladino
Pino Palladino
Pino Palladino is a Welsh bass guitarist who gained fame playing primarily rock and roll, blues rock, and rhythm and blues music, although he has been lauded for his ability to play most genres of popular music, including jazz, neo soul, and funk...
, Marina Fiorentini, Cristiano De André, Kenny Neal
Kenny Neal
Kenny Neal , son of Raful Neal, is an american blues guitar player, singer and band member. Neal comes from a musical family and has often performed with his brothers in his band.-Career:...
, Duke Robillard
Duke Robillard
Michael John "Duke" Robillard is an American blues musician.After playing in various bands and working for the Guild Guitar Company, he co-founded the band Roomful of Blues with pianist Al Copley in 1967. He has also been a member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds which included Kim Wilson, replacing...
, Rem Fiore, Diego Calcagno, Derek De Beer, Gary Sanford, Tony Cerqua, Daniele De Salvo, Lorenzo Fontana
Lorenzo Fontana
Lorenzo Fontana is an Italian politician from Veneto.A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord and close ally of Flavio Tosi, Fontana has been deputy leader of the Movimento Giovani Padani, the youth section of Lega Nord, from 2002. After having been district and municipal councillor in Verona, he was...
, Stefano Spallotta, Michele Paciulli, Andreas Weingartner, Fabrizio Bianco, Gary Stewart Hurst, Soeren Jordan, Jochen Ritter, Harish Powar, and others.
Biography
Self tought, was one of the first Italian bass players to apply the mixed techniques on instrument. Noted in 1987 by Robert NevilleRobert Neville
Robert Neville was a Bishop of Salisbury and a Bishop of Durham. He was also a Provost of Beverley. He was born at Raby Castle. His father was Ralph Neville and his mother was Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt. He was thus a highly-placed member of the English aristocracyNeville was...
and The Bolear, in that time in Italy, to achieve some live performance and live recorder for Radio Roma, and invited to join as bass player. He later attended other famous musicians Daniele De Salvo, (Renzo Arbore
Renzo Arbore
Lorenzo Giovanni Arbore is an Italian TV host, showman, singer, musician, film actor and film director.-Career:...
), Domenico Loparco, (Ron
Ron
Ron is a panchayat town in Gadag district, North Karnataka in the Indian state of Karnataka.Of historical importance, called Dronapur in ancient times...
, Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham
William C. Cobham is a Panamanian American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader, who has called Switzerland home since the late 1970s....
, Manù Katchè
Manu Katché
Manu Katché is a French musician of Ivorian origin, born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés on 27 October 1958. He is a drummer and songwriter.-Career:Session musician...
, Frank Gambale
Frank Gambale
Frank Gambale is an Australian jazz fusion guitarist. He has released eleven studio albums over a period of more than two decades, and is renowned for his use of the sweep picking and economy picking techniques.-Recording career:...
) and Ivan Graziani
Ivan Graziani
Ivan Graziani was an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Biography:Graziani was born at Teramo, Abruzzo....
.
From 1988 live opening Ivan Graziani
Ivan Graziani
Ivan Graziani was an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Biography:Graziani was born at Teramo, Abruzzo....
and The Bolear with his brother Maurizio.
Until 1995 he alternates collaborations with Stefano Masciarelli for Estate romana, Miranda Martino, Enrica Bonaccorti, Bambi Fossati (Garybaldi
Garybaldi
Garybaldi was an Italian progressive rock band founded in the early 1970s.They were founded as Gleemen by guitarist Bambi Fossati and, apart from Fossati, they included Maurizio Cassinelli , Lio Marchi and Angelo Traverso . Their first work was a cover of the Beatles' "Lady Madonna", followed by...
) in prisons for inmates, and also Diego Calcagno (Charlie Cannon
Charlie Cannon
Charles Albert Cannon , a singer, theater performer and co-founder of Starlight Opera in San Diego, California, was born in the coastal town of San Quintín, Baja California, near Ensenada.-Early years:...
) in other site.
In 1996 recording studio, a project of 10 hours of music on three CD for Flayers Record original structures mingling jazz fusion guitar-bass-drums. In project are Walter Salis, Oreste Ferrazza (Renato Zero
Renato Zero
Renato Zero is the stage name of Renato Fiacchini , an Italian singer-songwriter and showman whose career spans a full 6 decades, from the 1960s to the 2010s....
).
Follow in 1997 new collaborations with jazz musicians: Lucio Turco and new concert with bands as Steel Drama, Akwaba, Paola Turci
Paola Turci
Her musical debut was 1986 at the Festival of Sanremo with the song the "Yesterday Man", written by Mario Castelnuovo and appearing on her first album Ragazza sola ragazza blu...
.
Performs at Stadio dei Marmi (Olimpico
Olímpico
Joel Bernal Galicia , better known under the ring name Olímpico is a Mexican Luchador , or professional wrestler. Olímpico is sometimes Anglicised as "Olympico", and means "Olympian" in Spanish...
) at concerts Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso is an Italian rock band. A popular progressive rock band in the 1970s, they continued making music in the 1980s and 1990s...
, Piero Pelù
Piero Pelù
Piero Pelù is an Italian rock singer and songwriter, best known for his work with the famous Italian rock band Litfiba...
, Premiata Forneria Marconi
Premiata Forneria Marconi
Premiata Forneria Marconi is an Italian progressive rock band. They were the first Italian group to have success abroad, entering both the British and American charts. Between 1973 and 1977 they released five albums with English lyrics...
.
He continued his studies in search of new sounds with the help of reproducible electric bass
Electric Bass
Electric bass can mean:*Electric upright bass, the electric version of a double bass*Electric bass guitar*Bass synthesizer*Big Mouth Billy Bass, a battery-powered singing fish...
5 strings, perfecting his technique. In 2000 offers a workshop with Billy Branch
Billy Branch
Billy Branch is an American blues harmonica player and singer of Chicago blues and harmonica blues.-Career:...
, but also guitar player
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
Kenny Neal
Kenny Neal
Kenny Neal , son of Raful Neal, is an american blues guitar player, singer and band member. Neal comes from a musical family and has often performed with his brothers in his band.-Career:...
, and in 2001 with Gary Sanford (Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson
-Government and politics:*Joseph Devonsher Jackson , Irish Conservative MP in the United Kingdom Parliament*Joseph Webber Jackson , United States Representative from Georgia...
) in Firenze
Firenze
Firenze is the Italian name for the city of Florence.Firenze may also refer to:* Andrea da Firenze, an Italian composer* Lorenzo da Firenze, an Italian composer and music teacher of the trecento...
, in fusion style, to appear in some forum.
In 2002 he realizes jam session with Billy Branch
Billy Branch
Billy Branch is an American blues harmonica player and singer of Chicago blues and harmonica blues.-Career:...
, Kenny Neal
Kenny Neal
Kenny Neal , son of Raful Neal, is an american blues guitar player, singer and band member. Neal comes from a musical family and has often performed with his brothers in his band.-Career:...
, Mario Insenga (Blue Stuff); Duke Robillard
Duke Robillard
Michael John "Duke" Robillard is an American blues musician.After playing in various bands and working for the Guild Guitar Company, he co-founded the band Roomful of Blues with pianist Al Copley in 1967. He has also been a member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds which included Kim Wilson, replacing...
.
From 2003 is the year of the trial of African styles with DJ Flavio Rago He plays bass and performs a live-percussion, radio broadcast, then the issuer Radio Globo
Radio Globo
Radio Globo is a radio station operating in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. It is known for its opposition to the 2009 Honduran coup d'état. It is owned by Alejandro Villatoro.The station is headed by David Romero Ellner....
.
Then he produces his record "Subline" realized with bass guitas only, and drum and percussion by Derek De Beer (Johnny Clegg);, which performs nine songs he composed, each of a different kind (celtic, afro, funky, fusion).
Between 2005 and 2007 is requested by the piano player
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
Marina Fiorentini (William Parker
William Parker
-Sportsmen:* Tony Parker, William Anthony Parker II, , Belgian basketball player* Smush Parker , American basketball player* Sir William Parker, 3rd Baronet , British rower and Olympic medalist*Will Parker, rugby union player...
) in a avant jazz quartet, consisting of trombonist
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
Giancarlo Schiaffini
Giancarlo Schiaffini
Giancarlo Schiaffini is an Italian jazz trombonist and tubist most associated with avant-garde music, free improvisation and free jazz. A member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Schiaffini has worked with such artists as Mario Schiano, Lol Coxhill, Andrea Centazzo and also Thurston Moore of...
(John Cage
John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde...
), and batterista Tony Cerqua (Rosa King
Rosa King
Rosa King was an American Jazz and blues saxophonist/singer who made her fame in Amsterdam and recorded many albums under a variety of labels.-Career:...
), and saxophonist
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
Lorenzo Fontana
Lorenzo Fontana
Lorenzo Fontana is an Italian politician from Veneto.A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord and close ally of Flavio Tosi, Fontana has been deputy leader of the Movimento Giovani Padani, the youth section of Lega Nord, from 2002. After having been district and municipal councillor in Verona, he was...
(M° Bruno Tommaso).
He has worked among others with sing
Sing
Sing may refer to:* Singing, the act of producing musical sounds with the voice-Music:* SING! or Sing, annual student performance in New York City area high schoolsSongs:* "Sing" , a 1991 song from the album Leisure...
er Monica Hill, Jacopo Coretti (Andrea Braido), Emiliano Caroselli (Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava , is a prolific jazz trumpeter and arguably one of the best known Italian jazz musicians. He originally played trombone, changing to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis. His first commercial work was as a member of Gato Barbieri's Italian quintet in the mid-1960s; in the late 1960s...
), Andreas Weingartner, Gary Stewart Hurst (Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler
Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977...
), Soeren Jordan (Paul Young
Paul Young
Paul Antony Young is an English pop musician. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & The Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, his following solo success as a solo recording artist turned him into a 1980s teenage pop idol...
), Jochen Ritter, Harish Powar (Randy Crowford).
Teacher 2008 and 2009 electric bass
Electric Bass
Electric bass can mean:*Electric upright bass, the electric version of a double bass*Electric bass guitar*Bass synthesizer*Big Mouth Billy Bass, a battery-powered singing fish...
at the Roma Rock School. Plays clinics special effects applied on the electric bass at music Italian Academies .
Participates as an endorser and spokesperson at major international exhibitions.
Endorsements
Elixir StringsElixir Strings
Elixir Strings, manufactured by W. L. Gore & Associates, are strings for electric, acoustic, and bass guitars as well as banjo and mandolin. Elixir strings are noted for their patented coating that extends the strings' life and tone by blocking damage from elements like skin oil; however, they are...
Medium 5 Strings; Gallien Krueger; Head 700 RB, Neo 112, Neo 212;MTD
MTD
MTD may refer to:*Argentine unemployed workers movement — see Piquetero*A mass transit district, such as the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District or the Metropolitan Transit District...
Kingsone KZX; Reference Cables.
was
Warwick
Warwick
Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, south of Coventry and just west of Leamington Spa and Whitnash with which it is conjoined. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 23,350...
; M2 Guitars; Washburn
Washburn
Washburn is an uncommon surname of English origins.The WashburnW166pro In Blue is considered the rarest colour!!...
.
Videos
- Chordal Melody on bass guitar; CD videoCD VideoCD Video was a format introduced in 1987 that combined the technologies of compact disc and laserdisc. CD-V discs were the same size as a standard 12 cm audio CD, and contained up to 20 minutes worth of audio information that could be played on any audio CD player...
Produced by "Softmedia" 2004. - Past to future; double DVDDVDA DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
didactic of drummerDrummerA drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
Johnny Fiorillo (endorser Pearl, Sabian, Yamaha,) sulla Moeller Technique. produced by Pearl e FBTFBTThe abbreviation FBT may refer to one of the following:*Fringe Benefits Tax*Flyback transformer*FBT - A sport apparel brand in Thailand*Greg Mueller, a Canadian poker player nicknamed "FBT".*The Fame Ball Tour 2009 Lady GaGa tour...
2006 - 50° Anniversary of The Shadows; DVD video prodotto da "Shadows Community" 2008.
- Listen the Cable; DVD video Produced by "Reference Laboratories" with Giovanni Tommaso (Sonny RollinsSonny RollinsTheodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins is a Grammy-winning American jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. A number of his compositions, including "St...
). 2009.
Discography
Album solisti- Uaucau; CD with Maurizio Canala "Softmedia" 1988
- Subline; CD with Derek De Beer "Flayers Record" 2004
- Subline 2; CD with Catia Rea, Tony Cerqua "AVD Records" 2007
Marina Fiorentini 5et
- Song for a Comet; CD with Marina Fiorentini, Tony Cerqua, Giancarlo SchiaffiniGiancarlo SchiaffiniGiancarlo Schiaffini is an Italian jazz trombonist and tubist most associated with avant-garde music, free improvisation and free jazz. A member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Schiaffini has worked with such artists as Mario Schiano, Lol Coxhill, Andrea Centazzo and also Thurston Moore of...
, Lorenzo FontanaLorenzo FontanaLorenzo Fontana is an Italian politician from Veneto.A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord and close ally of Flavio Tosi, Fontana has been deputy leader of the Movimento Giovani Padani, the youth section of Lega Nord, from 2002. After having been district and municipal councillor in Verona, he was...
"BIT Records" 2006
With W.O.F.
- W.O.F. improvvisation and other; triple CD "Flayers Record" 1996
With Dj Andrea Mocce
- Emotional Alliance; CD "Djseven Productions" 2007
With Soeren Jordan
- Conglomerate 2; CD "Twilight Rec" 2009
External links
- http://www.jazzitalia.net/artisti/fabiomeridiani.asp
- http://www.myspace.com/meridiani
- http://www.master-music.it