Filippo Gaetani
Encyclopedia
Filippo Gaetani is a composer
, record producer
, engineer
and musician
.
Active since the mid 1980s, he started working as arranger
, bassist
and guitarist
for several underground jazz-rock
bands and performing live with his band in northern Italy supporting important Italian live acts such as PFM
, Ivano Fossati
and Skiantos
. After joining Gianluca Mosole band as vocalist, percussionist and co-producer, he performed an entire summer tour supporting acts like Sting, Gil Evans
, Miles Davis
and Al Di Meola
.
In the 1990s, started his work as engineer and producer, recording over 40 jazz-pop-rock albums of Italian and international acts and writing music for TV and writing and recording in Ennio Morricone studio Forum in Rome
for the original soundtrack for the movie "Ritorno a Parigi". His collaborations and productions include Stefano Bollani
, Andy Bell
/Philip Larsen, Katja Werker, Don Grusin
, Adrina Thorpe, My Excellence, Erik Friedlander
, Tessa Drummond, Peter Doran, Martin Klein, Papermoon
.
In 2000, he had chart success with a funk-soul song he wrote for the artist Malina called "By Your Side", remixed and licensed by Tommy Boy
label NY, reaching #12 on the Billboard charts
.
From 2006 to 2008 he's been part and active contributor of Ken Andrews
music collective Los Angeles Digital Noise Academy.
He is currently band member, co-writer and co-producer with Jordon Zadorozny
of the musical project SheLoom.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, record producer
Record producer
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, engineer
Audio engineering
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and musician
Musician
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.
Active since the mid 1980s, he started working as arranger
Arrangement
The American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...
, bassist
Bassist
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and guitarist
Guitarist
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for several underground jazz-rock
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
bands and performing live with his band in northern Italy supporting important Italian live acts such as PFM
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...
, Ivano Fossati
Ivano Fossati
Ivano Alberto Fossati is an Italian pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and percussionist born in Genoa. Fossati has several albums to date and has worked with such musicians as Fabrizio De André, Riccardo Tesi,Anna Oxa, Mia Martini, Ornella Vanoni, Francesco De Gregori and...
and Skiantos
Skiantos
Skiantos is a comedy punk band from Bologna, Italy, formed in 1975. They have released ten studio albums, two live albums and five compilation albums...
. After joining Gianluca Mosole band as vocalist, percussionist and co-producer, he performed an entire summer tour supporting acts like Sting, Gil Evans
Gil Evans
Gil Evans was a jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader, active in the United States...
, Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
and Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola is an acclaimed American jazz fusion and Latin guitarist, composer, and record producer of Italian origin. With a musical career that has spanned more than three decades, he has become respected as one of the most influential guitarists in jazz to date...
.
In the 1990s, started his work as engineer and producer, recording over 40 jazz-pop-rock albums of Italian and international acts and writing music for TV and writing and recording in Ennio Morricone studio Forum in Rome
for the original soundtrack for the movie "Ritorno a Parigi". His collaborations and productions include Stefano Bollani
Stefano Bollani
Stefano Bollani is an Italian jazz pianist from Milan.He made his professional debut at fifteen and received his diploma in piano from the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini in Florence. He performs classical music, smooth jazz, avant-garde jazz, Brazilian jazz, and pop rock...
, Andy Bell
Andy Bell
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/Philip Larsen, Katja Werker, Don Grusin
Don Grusin
Don Grusin , is an American songwriter, producer and keyboardist. He holds a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Colorado and for a period of his life taught at the National Autonomous University of Mexico as well as at Foothill College, California before deciding to enter the music...
, Adrina Thorpe, My Excellence, Erik Friedlander
Erik Friedlander
Erik Friedlander is an American cellist and composer based in New York City.A veteran of NYC's experimental downtown scene, Friedlander has worked in many contexts, but is perhaps best known for his frequent collaborations with saxophonist/composer John Zorn...
, Tessa Drummond, Peter Doran, Martin Klein, Papermoon
Papermoon
"Papermoon" is Tommy heavenly6's 9th single and Tomoko Kawase's 16th single overall, which was released on December 10, 2008. Since The Brilliant Green made their comeback, Kawase had been very inactive as a solo singer. Since "Papermoon" has been released, it marks her first solo single in over a...
.
In 2000, he had chart success with a funk-soul song he wrote for the artist Malina called "By Your Side", remixed and licensed by Tommy Boy
Tommy Boy
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label NY, reaching #12 on the Billboard charts
Billboard charts
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.
From 2006 to 2008 he's been part and active contributor of Ken Andrews
Ken Andrews
Ken Andrews is an American musician and producer, based out of Los Angeles, California.Andrews was born in Seattle, Washington, and attended film school in Los Angeles before his band Failure received a record deal from Slash Records.He was the co-founder, lead vocalist, guitarist, and...
music collective Los Angeles Digital Noise Academy.
He is currently band member, co-writer and co-producer with Jordon Zadorozny
Jordon Zadorozny
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of the musical project SheLoom.