Andrea Melani

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ANDREA MELANI is a drummer wih a long list of important collaborations.

Some of his most notable are the one with Stefano Bollani and Antonio Licusati, a trio that extended its collaboration with musicians such as Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Fabrizio Bosso and Kenny Wheeler. The one with Maurizio Giammarco’s band Heart Quartet (1993 – 1997) that lead to recording for Soul Note and Blue Note, and the one with the DinamitriJazz Folklore playing and recording with Tony Scott, Sadiq Bey, Amiri Baraka.

He has played with among others: Steve Lacy, Horace Parlan, Michael Moore, Massimo Urbani, Bruno Tommaso, Enrico Pieranunzi, Ed Newmaster, Raul Sidik, Ikue Mori, J.D.Hallen,Eddie Henderson, William Parker, James Newton, Stefano Battaglia, Tino Tracanna, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Luca Flores, Rita Marcotulli, Paolino Dalla Porta, Gianluca Petrella, Ares Tavolazzi, Gilad Atzmon, Flavio Boltro, Rob Brown, Lewis Barnes, Sabir Mateen, Oum, Rosario Giuliani, Franco Cerri, Silvia Bolognesi and Dave Liebman. The list of recording includes: Maurizio Giammarco Heart Quartet In our hands Blue Note (1995); Dinamitri Jazz Folklore avec Tony Scott Folklore in black”(2003); Michela Lombardi & Phil Woods Sing & play the Phil Woods songbook vol. I° (2010),; Konitz plays Konitz – Piero Frassi Trio Chapter 1 (2010)