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Luca Alemanno
Touring, recording and performing at festivals and clubs in Europe, Asia and North and South America, Luca has appeared with international jazz artists such as Dee Dee Bridgewater, Miguel Zenón, Mark Turner, Walter Smith III, Greg Osby, Bob Mintzer, Joe Lovano, Logan Richardson, Esperanza Spalding, Gerald Clayton, Stanley Jordan, Kenwood Dennard, Maria Schneider, Jerry Bergonzi, Mark Giuliana, Dave Koz, Jason Lindner, Enrico Pieranunzi, Fabrizio Bosso, Flavio Boltro, Rosario Giuliani, Anne Ducros, Kim Plainfield, Magnus Lindgren, Nicola Conte, and many others. An alumnus of the world-renowned Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance (2018), Luca studied and performed with jazz legends including Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Chris Potter, Danilo Perez, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Jimmy Heath, Billy Hart, Billy Childs and many more. Previously, Luca also earned diplomas in Classical Double Bass at the T. Schipa Conservatory of Music (Lecce) and Jazz Electric Bass at the G. Martucci Conservatory of Music (Salerno).
In 2017, Luca won first place in the jazz division of the International Society of Bassists Performance Competition held in Ithaca, New York. Additionally, he won first prize at the 2009 European Bass Day. He is currently part of several other projects with artists including Cyrille Aimée, Simon Moullier, Anne Ducros, Stanley Jordan and Nicola Conte.
In addition to his appearances as a sideman, Luca is also active as a bandleader, with his debut album I Can See Home From Here coming in 2019.
Awards
Alumnus at Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance (2018). First place Jazz division International Society of Bassists Performance Competition 2017 New York. First prize at the 2009 European Bass Day.
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Julie Kelly: Freedom Jazz Dance
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Freedom Jazz Dance from Los Angeles singer, Julie Kelly offers an interesting array of selections that emanate from that musical road less traveled. And, as in life, sometimes that road yields nuggets of delight that would most likely never make it to the tried and “true way." Peter Nero and Carroll Coates' “New York on Sunday" opens things and is a lilting snap on 2 and 4 groove with Kelly joyously covering it and Josh Nelson slickly ...
read moreJosh Nelson: LA Stories: Live at Sam First
by Robert Petersen
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read moreMichael Ragonese: Stracci
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read moreMichael Ragonese: Stracci
by Dan McClenaghan
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read moreGiuseppe Magagnino: After The Rain
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With a background in both jazz and classical music, Giuseppe Magagnino brings us his second album, After The Rain. This follows on from My Inner Child (2021, GleAM Records) and showcases the Italian pianist's artistic evolution in solo, trio and orchestral formats. His classical background is particularly strong having performed with the Prague String Orchestra, the Rome Philharmonics and the String Quartet of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. On the jazz side, he founded the Mag Trio and has ...
read moreNicola Conte: Umoja
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Nicola Conte continues on his journey from acid-jazz bohemian to spiritual-jazz sophisticate with this immaculately hip album, fronted on half of its tracks by London-based soul-jazz divas Zara McFarlane and Bridgette Amofah. Conte began his trajectory with the acid-jazz template Jet Sounds (Schema, 2000), boosted it with Jet Sounds Revisited (Schema, 2002) and, after a brief post-hard-bop detour with Other Directions (Blue Note, 2004), began the spiritual-jazz ascent which has in 2023 reached its new, lofty apogee with ...
read moreSimon Moullier Trio: Countdown
by Geno Thackara
Simon Moullier declares that one of his goals with his second recording is “to make the vibraphone disappear." To this end, he eschews the colorful guest list of his debut Spirit Song (Outside In, 2020) and puts his instrument at the head of an acoustic trio where it gets to fill out most of the melodic space. Perfectly logical, no? Nevertheless, although his unpretentious virtuosity carries the day on Countdown, it is not too hard to grasp what ...
read more“Luca’s music is Art on the highest level. It’s poetic and has vision into the future.” Jerry Bergonzi
Wayne Shorter
saxophone
Avishai Cohen
bass
Herbie Hancock
piano
Christian McBride
bass
Larry Grenadier
bass, acousticPhotos
Music
But Not For Me
From: After The RainBy Luca Alemanno
Peace
From: Black, Brown, and BlueBy Luca Alemanno
A Long Journey
From: My Inner ChildBy Luca Alemanno
Lilac Hill
From: Lilac HillBy Luca Alemanno
I can See Home From Here
From: I can See Home From HereBy Luca Alemanno
