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Giuseppe Millaci
Giuseppe Millaci is a bassist, composer and producer. He was born in Sicily on 9 April 1988 and he is living in Belgium since the year 2000.
He started to play the electric bass when he was 14 years old. Few years later Millaci discovered jazz and the acoustic bass. He listened to several jazz bassists such as Ray Brown, Marc Johnson, John Patitucci and Larry Grenadier.
In 2011, he participated in the Erasmus Programme scholarship and studied at the Maastricht Academy of Music with the tutor and bassist Philippe Aerts.
Millaci graduated with honors in 2013 (Masters degree) at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels under guidance of maestro Jean-Louis Rassinfosse. He continued his training with bassist Marco Panascia and Drew Gress.
In 2016, Giuseppe started his project "Vogue Trio " with the French pianist Amaury Faye and the Belgian drummer Lionel Beuvens.
He recorded the first album Songbook released the following year on his own music label Hypnote Records.
This first opus earned him distinctions in various music magazines as well as an—Octave de la Musique "PointCulture"—awarded in 2018.
Giuseppe Millaci & Vogue Trio performs at numerous festivals and jazz clubs in Belgium and around the world.
Awards
Octave de la Musique "PointCulture"
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Giuseppe Millaci and the Vogue Trio: Double Portrait
by Mike Jurkovic
There is a distinct, European elegance of invention practiced by double bassist Giuseppe Millaci and his Vogue Trio mates--pianist Amaury Faye and drummer Lionel Beuvens--that leaves a real good impression on us inelegant Americans. Over the course of four albums for Hypnote Records--Songbook (2017), The Endless Way (2019), Interaction: Live At Flagey (2022), and now, with the road tested acrobatics of Double Portrait--the trio has established a patience and willingness to let the music go its own way in ...
read moreGiuseppe Millaci & Vogue Trio: The Endless Way
by Mike Jurkovic
There is a distinct lived-in, road-tested and chops confidence permeating bassist-composer Giuseppe Millaci & Vogue Trio's second recording The Endless Way. Road-tested is the key concept here. With each of the album's nine tracks composed to reflect upon moments and experiences along the global roads yearning for jazz, Millaci, premiere pianist Amaury Faye and subtle-as-a-shadow drummer Lionel Beuvens entwine with and interpret each other's passions with veteran elan. And though Millaci's drive and name head the trio attribution, ...
read moreGiuseppe Millaci: Songbook
by Troy Dostert
On his debut recording, Songbook, Italian bassist Giuseppe Millaci displays a healthy share of confidence and panache. And with a mature compositional voice and the help of well-chosen bandmates in pianist Amaury Faye and drummer Lionel Beuvens, Millaci offers some fine music worthy of gaining a wider audience. The album's title might be a bit misleading for those expecting a revisiting-the-standards concept, as eight of the nine pieces are Millaci's, the only classic being Hoagy Carmichael's “Skylark," given ...
read moreGiuseppe Millaci: Songbook
by Mike Jurkovic
Inspired by the iconic bassists Ray Brown and Dave Holland, Italian bassist Giuseppe Millaci and his vogue trio--compelling pianist Amaury Faye and drummer Lionel Beuvens have themselves a real sweet, fluid listening disc that poses much promise for the years ahead. “Nostalgia Op.1" sets the course early with an intuitive, rolling ease that belies these young players years. “Imaging the Fourth Dimension" continues the flow as each player establishes his place in the mix while allowing the other ...
read moreGiuseppe Millaci & Vogue Trio Explore Paintings Through Music On The New Album 'Double Portrait'
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Nina Feri
Double Portrait is already the fourth album of Giuseppe Millaci & Vogue Trio. We find our three accomplices with the experience of the multiple Belgian and international stages they have played on together. Considered as a talented bassist by the famous American magazine Downbeat, Giuseppe Millaci is one of the most active double bassists in the Belgian landscape: he has indeed distinguished himself as a leader on no less than five albums since 2017. Double Portrait brings to light the ...
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The Trio Of Bassist Giuseppe Millaci Release A Live Album Recorded At Centre Culturel Flagey, Brussels
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Nina Feri
Interaction: Live At Flagey is the Vogue Trio’s third album since its creation in 2016 by bassist, composer and producer Giuseppe Millaci bringing together French pianist Amaury Faye and Belgian drummer Lionel Beuvens. After extensive international touring for Songbook and The Endless Way, receiving the prestigious Octave de la Musique in 2018, the trio returns to Belgium and pays homage to the country that Giuseppe Millaci calls home since the age of 12, where he founded the Hypnote Records Label ...
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'Phases' The New Album Of Manu Codjia, Giuseppe Millaci & Lieven Venken on Hypnote Records
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Nina Feri
Giuseppe Millaci, an industrious bassist and the founder of Hypnote Records, who has become a driving force in the belgian jazz scene, gets to showcase his proficiency as both a delicately pertinent accompanist and a singing soloist. On the drums, colourfully expressive and unrelenting, Lieven Venken buoyantly spurs on electrifying riffs and fiery solos from the very versatile but instantly recognisable Manu Codjia, now a household name of European jazz. Three exceptional musicians, from different backgrounds meeting at the crossroads ...
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Italian Bassist and composer Giuseppe Millaci & Vogue Trio release The Endless Way
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Nina Feri
Passionate, inventive, and sensitive, double bassist Giuseppe Millaci is praised by the international press for his exceptional musicianship. After completing his studies at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, Millaci’s musical career took him beyond European borders to perfect his skills with Drew Gress and Marco Panascia in New York. He performed first as a sideman alongside the biggest names in Belgian jazz and then as a leader of Vogue Trio with French pianist Amaury Faye and drummer Lionel Beuvens. Millaci’s ...
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Giuseppe Millaci & Vogue Trio "Songbook" Debut Album Out Now
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Nina Feri
Born in Sicily, Giuseppe Millaci is a young jazz musician and composer with a portfolio of distinguished credentials. After relocating to Belgium as a teenager, Millaci began playing double bass and was influenced by jazz luminaries such as Ray Brown, Dave Holland and Marc Johnson. In 2007, he was accepted at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and trained under the guidance of maestro Jean-Louis Rassinfosse. In 2011, he won the Erasmus Scholarship and attended the Maastricht Academy of Music, graduating ...
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Bad Fortune
From: Double PortraitBy Giuseppe Millaci
Turn Over
From: PhasesBy Giuseppe Millaci
Nostalgia Op.1
From: SongbookBy Giuseppe Millaci
