Marcello Sebastiani Jazz Page

Having taken his Diploma in double bass ( 1983 ) and Degree in Popular Music (2007 ) at Pescara Conservatory of Music, has worked extensively in the field of classical music and jazz music. He attend, for a short time, the courses of "Composition and Jazz Arrangment", with Gerardo Iacoucci, at the Frosinone’s Conservatory of Music. In the 1982 he tooks part in Bruno Tommaso’s Seminar at Siena Jazz, and starting his musical career playing with jazz musicians from Abruzzo’s area. Than he performed with Italian and American musicians playing various kinds of music, from mainstream jazz to progressive jazz, from etno music to blues and latin. He worked with European Musicians such as Claudio Fasoli, Tino Tracanna,Marcello Tonolo, Mimmo Cafiero, Marco Di Battista, Franco Cerri, Malcom Ball, Geoff Warren, Tom Sheret, Michele Di Toro,Tobias Ott, Rita Marcotulli, Michael Roachford, Balazs Bagiy, Arup Kanti Das, and American such as Badal Roy, Karl Potter, James Thompson, Garrison Fewell,Tony De Caprio, Phil De Greg, and many others, playing in Concert and Festival [ Pescara Jazz (2002- 2003-2007), Odessa Jazz Festival (UC-2001), Palermo Jazz Festival Musica Insieme (Ita.2003), Southend Jazz Festival (GB-2004), Malbourne Italian Jazz Festival (AU-2004), Szekesfehervar Jazz Festival (UH-2007 )] .He tooks part in Radio sessions (“La Stanza della Musica-Radio 3-Italy-2003; SBS Jazz Radio- Melbourne-AU 2004-) .In ’97 was published his first CD on italian label Splasch Rec.: "SUITE & SONGS", which had excited the interest of several jazz magazine in Italy and abroad. His second cd as leader , "MINIATURES", was released on Splasch Rec label on october ’98 and a new work for MAP Records,"DUETS", with Claudio Fasoli,Garrison Fewell, Geoff Warren and Tino Tracanna ,was published on 2001.His latest CD, with Fourtet “ DESIDERIO “ was published on 2003. After the Live recording " W.S.B " (Splasch Records) on 2005, the label Drycastle has recentely published the first solo album ( double bass solo) of Sebastiani : "Bass Express ".
Short Discography
1997- SUITE & SONGS - Splasch Rec. CDH 602.2 (as leader )
1998 - MINIATURES - Splasch Rec. CDH 665.2 (as leader )
2000 - ARIA DEL SUD - Step Musique CDS 1022 (Alex Cavallucci )
2001 - DUETS - MAP Rec CDM 201 (as leader )
2001 - PESSOA - Splasch Rec CDH 752.2 (Marco Di Battista )
2001 - HUSH - ECAM Lab. CDL 1025 (Cintura Choir )
2002 - “ TRIO “- - P. P. (Corrado Equilibrati )
2003 -DESIDERIO - Splasch Rec CDH 902.2 (as leader )
2004- FRAMMENTI D’ANIMA – Ghita Records- GCD 1001-(Badal Roy TRIO- USA only)
2004- FLAYING WITH MUSIC- Music Center BA CD 061 ( Michele Di Toro )
2005 – LIVE SESSION – Splasch Rec. Word Ser. CDH 805.2 ( W.S.B TRIO )
2006- FRAMMENTI D’ANIMA – FMR Rec- (Badal Roy Trio - EU )
2007- AFTER POP SUITE – Stefano Taglietti Ensemble – RAI Trade
2009- BASS EXPRESS - Marcello Sebastianbi Solo Bass-Drycastle Rec.



Bass Express is a brave album because it doesn’t limit to afro-American music and spreads the sound reflex of the double bass both in a planetary dimension (America, Europe, Asia) and in a time shift, touching the year 1723 (La Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont de Paris by Marin Marais , G.B. Lully’s pupil), after having crossed the 1900 with Four Preludes by Erik Satie.
After a deep sight, you can appreciate the precise, accurate and narrative pagination of the album: that prevents the listener from an occasional listening of the sequences. The first five pieces are re-readings, agreements, adaptations of pieces, from a classic repertory. A sort of jazzed up bridge (C.Q.) follows and leads to three compositions inspired by India, three mantras adapted to double bass with various tonal centres, written by Sebastiani. Another bridge, the influence of Marais musical scoring and we get to other three compositions, this time strongly jazzed up (the coltranian Equinox and the ellingtonian In a Sentimental Mood, and the most original Bass Express)
In other words, it is a sort of multiethnic album, which can be outlined as follows: classic pieces, jazzed up bridge, Indian pieces, classic bridge, jazz pieces, folk tail. A whole musical career, an entire life are summed up, in that way.[ Luigi Onori ]