BIO
Marco Piccioni, is of Italian origin, born
in 1976 in Turin.
Before starting his musical career he was a professional sports-man
in slalom canoeing, whilst studying at the ‘Liceo Classico’
where he graduated in 1995. That’s when he decided to explore
music more deeply starting to play guitar. He first studied with
the Italian guitarist Franco ‘Slep’ Sciancalepore,
then in 1999 he moved to America, to attend the Berklee College
Of Music where he graduated in 2002. In that period he was fortunate
enough to study with the master guitarists and composers Julien
Kasper, Jon Damian and Michael Williams.
In 2003 he moved from Boston to New York where he performed with
many different artists such as Will Hawkins and Jeremiah Adjei.
That same year he decided to move back to Italy where he established
his own Quartet with Davide Liberti on double bass, Mattia Barbieri
on drums and percussions and Paolo Porta on alto saxophone. He
collaborated also with master drummer Enzo Zirilli, trumpet player
Fulvio Chiara and double bass player Alessandro Maiorino.
In 2006 he moved to London, UK, where he started to collaborate
with producer Joe Lewis at Dojo Studios. He’s been recording
and performing for singer-songwriter Helienne, the band Colombo,
composer-songwriter Lakroix, composer-songwriter Sizzlax, singer-songwriter
Stephanie Short.
He has founded his new Trio as well, featuring Davide Giovannini
on drums and Davide Mantovani on double and electric bass.
He's part of Starfish Radio (electro, minimal, noise blues) with
sound designer Enrico Ascoli on lap-top and Daniele Camarda on
electric bass and prepared basses. Since 2005 he collaborates
with italian singer-songwriter Alessandro Castagneri, Robert West
and the Legends, and the Harpin' on Blues.
He's also composer and producer of the music for the videoarts
and short films by the artist Stefania Bonatelli.
He considers himself a contemporary Blues/Rock/Jazz guitarist
and singer-songwriter.
He says:
“As a musician I have taken inspiration from many different
parts of the music world, from the American Blues & Rock of
the 50’s to the 70’s, from the European Contemporary
Jazz and Avant-garde to the Contemporary symphonic orchestras,
from the Classic Jazz to the World Music”
Production
WaterFlight – 2005 DDE Rec for
the label EYS release date August 3rd 2005
Work Experience
Guitarist and singer
2006/2007 Guitarist for the band Columbo (columbotheband.com),
guitarist and arranger for songwriter-composer Sizzlax (www.myspace.com/sizzlax),
guitarist and arranger for singer-songwriter Helienne’s
new acoustic album (Roger Sanchez, Jorgen Elofsson), Emily Zuzik,
Will Hawkins, composer-songwriter La Kroix, collaborations with
producer Joe Lewis (dojostudios.com), Davide Mantovani (Seckou
Keita & Jalikunda, Antonio Forcione, Alex Wilson), Davide
Giovannini (Bjork, Paul McCartney, Lisa Stansfield, Steve Winwood),
Jay Darwish, Greg Bonnie, London, UK.
2004/2006 Guitarist and singer for the electro-jazz-blues project
Starfish Radio with Enrico Ascoli (peoplelikesound.com) and Daniele
Camarda, guitarist for the Harpin’on Blues and singer-songwriter
Alessandro Castagneri. Collaborations with trumpet player Fulvio
Chiara (Paolo Conte, Rossana Casale) and drummer Enzo Zirilli
(Gloria Gaynor, Dado Moroni, Enrico Pierannunzi), Turin, ITA.
January 2004 Record deal with D.D.E.Records LTD, UK-ITA.
October 2003 Founder of the ‘Marco Piccioni Quartet’
with Paolo Porta, Mattia Barbieri and Davide Liberti, Italy.
July 2003 Composer and producer of the music for the video-art
‘Lutto Privato’ by Stefania Bonatelli, Turin, Italy.
June 2003 Composer and producer of the project ‘The Unknower’
with Alessandro Maiorino and Enzo Zirilli, Turin, Italy.
2002/2003 Guitarist and arranger for a vast array of New York
artists (Will Hawkins, Jeremiah, etc.), U.S.A.
1999- 2002 Gigs and recording sessions in Boston, Ma (Ziv Ravitz,
Jeff Denson, Jose’ Mena, Daniel Fernandez, David Moorhead,
Clara Lo Faro, Fernando Mainer, etc.), U.S.A.
July 1999 Temporary substitution of Franco “Slep”
Sciancalepore in the band “Hot Stuff”, Italy.
1997-1999 Tours in North Italy with the Quartet “Walkin’
Blues Band”.
Music Teacher
2005/2006 Music teacher for the Girotondo Music School, Cuneo,
Italy.
2003 Music teacher for the association ‘Arte e Jazz’,
Turin , Italy.
2002/2003 Music teacher for the ‘Maggio Music School’,
Brooklyn, NY.
Private music teacher since 2001.
Education
1999-2002 Berklee College of Music, Boston,
MA; Professional Diploma; major in Professional Music, guitar
principal, concentrate course in Performance and Composition.
Relevant courses: private studies with Julien Kasper (Bruce Katz),
Jon Damian (teacher of Bill Frisell, Mike Stern, Kurt Rosenwinkel),
Mike Williams (James Cotton). Concentrate courses: the music of
Miles Davis, Jeff Beck lab, Jimi Hendrix lab, the music of Wayne
Shorter. Composition and improvisation classes attended with Ed
Tomassi, Jeff Galindo, Ken Cervenka, Dave Santoro, Bruno Raberg
and Kenwood Dennard (Miles Davis, Sting) .
1995-1999Private guitar lessons attended with Franco “Slep”
Sciancalepore, Turin, Italy.
1991-1995 High school Liceo Classico “Vittoria”.
Honours/ achievements
Athlete
Canoeing Italian champion for 8 times, 1991-1997.
Skills
Advanced Italian (native), Logic, Pro Tools, Cubase.
Interests
Sports, Movies, Books, Arts.
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