The Italian Jazz Series @ Blues Alley is a series of five evenings showcasing some of the greatest Italian jazz artists. Fabrizio Sotti (guitar), Daniela Schacter (piano), Marco Pignataro (sax), Gianluca Pellerito (drums/percussions), and Marco Panascia (bass).
SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCES:
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$12 food/beverage minimum per person not included in ticket price
Fabrizio Sotti (guitar) w/ Mano Cinelu
DATE: September 22, 2014
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Daniela Schacter (piano)
DATE: September 23, 2014
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Marco Pignataro (sax)
DATE: September 24, 2014
BUY TICKETS: 8PM – 10PM
Gianluca Pellerito (drums/percussion)
DATE: September 29, 2014
BUY TICKETS: 8PM – 10PM
Marco Panascia (bass)
DATE: September 30, 2014
BUY TICKETS: 8PM – 10PM
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LOCATION
Blues Alley
1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20007
ADDITIONAL INFO
Fabrizio Sotti (guitar)
Fabrizio Sotti is an Italian jazz guitarist, composer, songwriter and producer. At ease in the bebop form, the Italian guitar virtuoso, producer and songwriter is also well versed in Jazz Fusion, Post-Bop, Blues, Soul, Hip Hop, R&B, and other forms of modern American music.
Sotti has played, recorded and/or collaborated with a number of diverse musical celebrities including Tupac, Q Tip, Gipsy Kings, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez, Shaggy, Ghostface Killah, David Knopfler, Cassandra Wilson, John Patitucci, Roy Hargrove and many other well-known artists.
Daniela Schacter (piano)
Daniela Schächter started early her musical career: by her mid-teens was already performing publicly in Sicily, Italy, as well as doing studio session work. After her classical studies she moved to Boston MA as recipient of a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music, where she studied with Phil Wilson, Joe Lovano, Hal Crook and above all with Joanne Brackeen.
Daniela has won many prestigious awards, such as the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Piano Competition 2005, The Sister in Jazz Competition 2002, the Betty Carters Jazz Ahead Competition 2002, the Terri Lyne Carrington Endowed Scholarship, the Tindari 93, Prize for the best jazz duo with her brother Davide and also she appeared in the Jazziz magazine collector’s CD (July 2001).
Marco Pignataro (sax)
Italian saxophonist Marco Pignataro has performed extensively across Europe and the Americas in jazz festivals and international music venues. Marco is currently the Managing Director of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) a new program designed to foster creativity and musicianship through a variety of musical disciplines.
Together with Danilo Perez as Artistic Director, Marco leads the BGJI as a center of musical creativity that emphasizes personalized goal-setting and directed study, experiential and service learning with a special emphasis on nature and the environment, business acumen, and intensive access to world-class visiting artists.
Gianluca Pellerito (drums/percussions)
Gianluca Pellerito has been twirling the drumsticks between his fingers since he was two years old, and today his extraordinary talent is already well-known in the international jazz circuit. He has played with the biggest names of the international jazz world. At just 18 years of age, Gianluca Pellerito is a star of the worldwide jazz scene.
He has two highly prestigious American tours under his belt and he is the only Italian to have played at the Kennedy Center in Washington by express request of the Kennedy family. He made a prestigious appearance at the London Jazz Party in December 2011 with his quartet, and was a big hit with audience and critics at the European Jazz Expo 2011, not to mention the splash he made at Milan’s Blue Note with his Quintet.
Marco Panascia (bass)
Marco Panascia is an Italian-born bassist, composer and educator living in New York City. His proficiency in many different musical situations and settings, and his strong doubling skills on the acoustic and the electric basses have earned him wholehearted praise in the United States, Europe and Japan.
Panascia has made a name for himself by being featured in the working bands of several jazz luminaries, such as Kenny Barron, Natalie Cole, Andy Bey, Eric Reed, Dado Moroni, Claudio Roditi, Peter Bernstein, Tamir Hendelman and David Kikoski, and by regularly appearing in some of the world’s top music festivals and venues, such as the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Hollywood Bowl and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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