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Lorenzo Feliciati

Essentially self-taught, Feliciati was drawn to the music of Led Zeppelin early on. By age 14, he gravitated to fretless electric bass after seeing Jaco Pastorius in concert with Weather Report during their Night Passage tour in 1982. “It was the last tour Jaco did with the band and one of my first live concerts. I had heard his first solo album in 1980 but seeing him that night changed my life. I discovered that you could be a bass player and still be the coolest cat on stage. All the eyes of the people in the audience were on Jaco that night. His playing was so powerful and full of joy. As a kid playing a bass, seeing Jaco — in his top form and with the best band ever — was a shock! But in years later, I came to appreciate Jaco for more than just his chops. I still see him first and foremost as a musician and composer. He was a genius in music, not only on the bass.”

By age 20, he was playing blues-rock in clubs around Rome, but off stage he was discovering and analyzing the work of other influential fretless bass players like Mick Karn of Japan, Pino Palladino and Percy Jones along with the great fretted electric bassists Jeff Berlin and Victor Bailey. King Crimson also became a powerful influence on him in those formative years. Feliciati debuted as a leader in 2003 with Upon My Head on Schoots Records and followed up with 2006′s Live at European Bass Day, recorded in Viersen, Germany.

He has since appeared at Bass Day conventions in Verona, Italy and Manchester, England, sharing the stage with fellow bass monster Richard Bona, Linley Marthe and Dominique Di Piazza, among others. He has been spotlighted as “Bass Face of the Month” (February 2005) by the International Institute of Bassists and has conducted clinics at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Tilburg and the Academy of Contemporary Music of London. Now, with the release of his brilliant Frequent Flyer, Feliciati’s profile should make an incremental leap. As a player, composer and bandleader, he ranks among the heavyweights on the international bass scene.

Lorenzo is also the driving force behind acclaimed group Naked Truth, with Pat Mastelotto of King Crimson on drums, Roy Powell on keyboards, originally Cuong Vu and now Graham Haynes on Trumpet. Naked Truth is going to release a new album on RareNoiseRecords October 2012.

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John Patitucci, Tony Williams And New Releases

Read "John Patitucci, Tony Williams And New Releases" reviewed by Len Davis


Old favourites from John Patitucci, Lonnie Plaxico and Tony Williams, new releases from The Resonance project, Erik Escobar and Lorenzo Feliciati from Eurachord. Playlist John Patitucci “Scophile" from Sketchbook (GRP) 00:00 Lonnie Plaxico “The Time" from Rhythm & Soul (Sirocco Music) 06:45 Tony Williams “China Town" from Wilderness (ARK 21l) 13:24 Uzeb “Slinky" from Live in Bracknell (Norac) 19:54 Claud Pauly “The Dipp" from Mind Meets Matter (Self Produced) 26:36 Neural Code “Cangaceiro Marroquino" from Neural Code (Tratore) ...

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Angelo Olivieri: Other Colors

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Non è purtroppo un musicista che sia facile ascoltare dal vivo per la penisola Angelo Olivieri, uno dei nostri migliori trombettisti e artista che non si adagia sui materiali facili o sulle forme espressive consolidate, come ben dimostra in questa sua eccellente ultima fatica. Ve lo troviamo alla testa di un quartetto “elettrico," composto dalla chitarra di Antonio Jasevoli, dal basso elettrico di Lorenzo Feliciati e dalla strepitosa batteria del veterano Bruce Ditmas, la cui estroversione di fa sentire per ...

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Lorenzo Feliciati, Michele Rabbia: Antikythera

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Lorenzo Feliciati aggiunge un nuovo tassello alla sua prolifica avventura artistica che in passato l'ha visto in qualità di leader incrociare il proprio basso con nomi importanti della scena avant prog e jazz come Cuong Vu, Nils Petter Molvaer, Colin Edwin, Steve Jansen, Pat Mastellotto, Chad Wackerman, Roy Powell e molti altri. Alla fine del 2017 aveva dato alle stampe, sempre per i tipi della RareNoise Records, Elevator Man chiamando a raccolta un selezionato numero di musicisti impegnati ...

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Lorenzo Feliciati & Michele Rabbia: Antikythera

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Light, bouncy, funky, mysterious, cosmopolitan, chill, ambient—the music on Antikythera, an album by Lorenzo Feliciati and Michele Rabbia is all of these things. The album has an urban vibe, albeit a slow-motion one , with none of the jarring effects and noise that often accompany city living. Beyond handling the bass duties, Feliciati plays keyboards and electric guitar and adds dashes of samples and sounds. Rabbia handles the drums and adds his own electronics to the mix. And ...

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Lorenzo Feliciati: Koi

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Lorenzo Feliciati colpisce ancora. L'ormai noto bassista, compositore e produttore cresciuto a Led Zeppelin e Jaco Pastorius arriva alla sua sesta prova discografica, dopo i due album con i Naked Truth (in compagnia di Pat Mastelotto e Roy Powell), il lavoro da solista Frequent Flyer, Beserk! insieme a Lorenzo Esposito Fornaciari e il convincente Twinscapes in combinazione con Colin Edwin. Qui Feliciati sperimenta una nuova tipologia di comunicazione musicale, quella del concept album. Koi narra infatti la vita ...

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Lorenzo Feliciati: Frequent Flyer

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Lorenzo Feliciati's Frequent Flyer, is a lush mixture of tunes that provides the Italian bassist, composer, and bandleader ample opportunity to display his Jaco Pastorius-inspired prowess on the electric bass, as well as his abilities as a leader.Clearly placing himself in the Pastorius lineage in both style and ambition, Feliciati delivers a collection of diverse offerings on which he consistently reaches an impressive degree of musicianship. It's often a fine line, however, between homage and derivativeness, and Frequent ...

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Lorenzo Feliciati: Frequent Flyer

Read "Frequent Flyer" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Like countless modern-era bassists, Italy's Lorenzo Feliciati derives influence from Jaco Pastorius. Possessing formidable chops and gaining a reputation as a session bassist of choice, Feliciati struts his stuff on his third release, featuring Naked Truth band-mate/trumpeter Cuong Vu, saxophonist Bob Mintzer, King Crimson drummer Pat Mastelotto, and many others who lend their wares to this diverse program. In a loose sense, the album mirrors a resume that encapsulates Feliciati's broad interests and capabilities, spanning Latin, jazz, jazz-fusion DJ-inflected grooves, ...

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Bassist-Composer-Producer Lorenzo Feliciati To Release Koi - Rarenoise Concept Album Features Japan Drummer Steve Jansen & King Crimson Drummer Pat Mastelotto

Bassist-Composer-Producer Lorenzo Feliciati To Release Koi - Rarenoise Concept Album Features Japan Drummer Steve Jansen & King Crimson Drummer Pat Mastelotto

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For his sixth recording for RareNoiseRecords, following his 2011 solo album Frequent Flyer and subsequent collaborations with vocalist-multi-instrumentalist Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari (Berserk!) and Porcupine Tree bassist Colin Edwin (Twinscapes) as well as two albums with the adventurous jazz-rock outfit Naked Truth (Shizaru, Ouroboros), the restlessly creative bassist-composer-producer Lorenzo Feliciati has realized his most ambitious and personal project to date in Koi. A concept album based on the life of the renowned river carp fish, Koi features former Japan drummer Steve ...

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Bassists Lorenzo Feliciati And Colin Edwin Join Forces On Twinscapes Powerful Debut Release Scheduled For March On Rarenoise

Bassists Lorenzo Feliciati And Colin Edwin Join Forces On Twinscapes Powerful Debut Release Scheduled For March On Rarenoise

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Two bassists from two different continents—Italian Lorenzo Feliciati of the adventurous jazz-rock band Naked Truth and the intensely searching nu jazz group Berserk! and Australian Colin Edwin of the longstanding prog-rock band Porcupine Tree and the heavy-duty, experimental Metallic Taste of Blood as well as Ex-Wise Heads and Burnt Belief—come together to make one potent statement on Twinscapes. With special guest appearances by acclaimed trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer, saxophonist David Jackson (of Van der Graaf Generator), Swiss percussionist Andi Pupato ...

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Produced By Bill Laswell, Mumpbeak, Self-Titled Debut On Rarenoise Features All-Star Cast

Produced By Bill Laswell, Mumpbeak, Self-Titled Debut On Rarenoise Features All-Star Cast

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New York - It is safe to say that you have never before heard anything quite like Mumpbeak. Throbbing with intensity and a sense of mystery and searching on each track and imbued with undeniable virtuosity, this powerhouse outing is a significant extension of the prog-rock legacy established by the likes of King Crimson, Yes, EL&P, Gentle Giant and others. Fueled by the formidable yet flexible backbeats of Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson, Naked Truth) and grounded by the humungous fuzz ...

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Two Formidable Figures Go Berserk! - Lorenzo Feliciati & Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari Join Forces On Rare Noise Release

Two Formidable Figures Go Berserk! - Lorenzo Feliciati & Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari Join Forces On Rare Noise Release

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Lorenzo Esposito - Fornasari Voice, Guitars, Organ, Effects Lorenzo Feliciati - Bass (electric & acoustic) Gianluca Petrella - Trombone and Effects Eivind Aarset - Guitars Jamie Saft - Keyboards Fabrizio Puglisi - Piano, Arp Odyssey Sandro Satta - Alto Sax Cristiano Calcagnile - Drums, Effects Pat Mastelotto - Drums, Electronic Percussion Simone Cavina - Drums ABOUT THE LABEL - Rare Noise Records ...

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Aut Records
2020

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Antikythera

RareNoiseRecords
2019

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Antikythera

RareNoiseRecords
2019

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Koi

RareNoiseRecords
2015

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Berserk!

RareNoiseRecords
2013

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Frequent Flyer

RareNoiseRecords
2012

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