Tommaso Gambini

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Since moving to New York in 2015, Gambini has distinguished himself as one of the leading voices of his generation. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, he has performed internationally both as a sideman and as leader of his group with such musicians as drummer Antonio Sanchez, saxophonists George Garzone, Miguel Zenon and Ben Van Gelder and Italian prodigy Francesco Cafiso.

Born and raised in Torino, Italy, Gambini fell in love with music at a young age while listening to the Beatles and started playing guitar under the influence of his father. While in high school, he entered the Jazz program at the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory.

Tommaso Gambini: The Machine Stops

Read "The Machine Stops" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
July 14, 2020

Trasferitosi a New York, dopo aver studiato al Berklee College, il 28enne chitarrista torinese Tommaso Gambini debutta con un album maturo e ricco di sottigliezze, ispirato dal racconto distopico di Edgar Morgan Foster “The Machine Stops," tradotto in italiano col titolo “La macchina si ferma." Pubblicato nel 1909, lo scritto anticipa alcuni temi approfonditi successivamente da George Orwell, Aldous Huxley e Philip K. Dick descrivendo un universo totalitario dove tutto è controllato da una “Macchina," adorata come divinità e adibita ...