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Marcello Sebastiani

Musician,Teacher and Educator, Composer

About Me

Having taken his Diploma in double bass ( 1983 ) and Graduate in Popular Music ( 2007 ) at Pescara Conservatory of Music, has worked extensively in the field of classical music and jazz music. He attend, for a short time, the courses of “Composition and Jazz Arrangment”, with Gerardo Iacoucci, at the Frosinone’s Conservatory of Music. In the 1982 he tooks part in Bruno Tommaso’s Seminar at Siena Jazz, and starting his musical career playing with jazz musicians from Abruzzo’s area. Than he performed with Italian and American musicians playing various kinds of music, from mainstream jazz to progressive jazz, from etno music to blues and latin. He worked with European Musicians such as Claudio Fasoli, Tino Tracanna, Marcello Tonolo, Mimmo Cafiero, Marco Di Battista, Franco Cerri, Malcom Ball, Geoff Warren, , Tom Sheret, Michele Di Toro,Tobias Ott, Rita Marcotulli, Michael Roachford, Balazs Bagiy, Arup Kanti Das, and  American  such as Badal Roy, Karl Potter,Bob Ferrazza, Phil De Greg, James Thompson, Garrison Fewell, Tony De Caprio, and many others, playing in Concert and Festival [ Pescara Jazz (2002- 2003-2007), Odessa Jazz Festival (UC-2001), Palermo Jazz Festival Musica Insieme (Ita.2003), Southend Jazz Festival (GB-2004), Malbourne Italian Jazz Festival (AU-2004), Szekesfehervar Jazz Festival (UH-2007 )] .He tooks part in Radio sessions (“La Stanza della Musica-Radio 3-Italy-2003; SBS Jazz Radio- Melbourne-AU 2004-) .In ’97 was published his first CD on italian label Splasch Rec.: “SUITE & SONGS”, which had excited the interest of several jazz magazine in Italy and abroad. His second cd as leader , “MINIATURES”, was released on Splasch Rec label on october ’98 and a new work for MAP Records,”DUETS”, with Claudio Fasoli, Garrison Fewell, Geoff Warren and Tino Tracanna ,was published on 2001.With his Fourtet ( Massimo Manzi, Giovanni Ceccarelli and Geoff Warren) he recorded the CD “DESIDERIO “ on 2003 ( Splasch Rec.). In 2009 his first CD on solo bass, “ BASS EXPRESS “ has exited for the Italian label Drycastle Records.Remarkable his work as sideman in recording session with some of the most important composers such as Stefano Taglietti on CD “ After Pop Suite” (RAI Trade). Marcello Sebastiani is well known also as teacher (“Bass Notes”- Drycastle Ed.) and columnist on Italian Music Magazine “Guitar Club”