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Fred Casadei

Bass player, composer and educator.

Born in Rome in 1970, live in Sicily.

When he was six he began study piano and, few year later, drums.

He has developed its own musical language playing ( and learning from ) with Stefano Maltese, Gioconda Cilio and Antonio Moncada in their projects : As Sikilli Ensemble, Ghost Company, Maltese Trio, Moncada Quintet and Cilio Quartet.

He has participated in various stages and seminars held by sicilian musicians and others like Giorgio Gaslini, Bruno Tommaso, Paolo Fresu, Tony Oxley, Franco D'Andrea, Ettore Fioravanti etc.

He has worked in the most varied organic, the big orchestras and the small combos. He has held concerts for the ISMA (Sicilian Institute of Ancient Music), playing Bach, Vivaldi, Cafaro.

The musicians with which he has played are many, the Claudio Giglio groups and orchestra, Gaetano Santoro, Pasquale Innarella, Gianni Gebbia, Cristina Zavalloni Open Quartet, Mluk, Roy Paci, Angelo Conto, Vittorio Villa, Simone Bosco, Amato Jazz Trio, Igor Sciavolino Mingus Changes, Michel Godard, Domenico Caliri, Francesco Branciamore, Francesco Cusa Skrunch, Fabrizio Puglisi, Maurizio Martuscello, Guglielmo Pagnozzi, Zu, Yves Robert and others. Various collaborations out of jazz as Vinicio Capossela, Teresa De Sio, Raiz, Intillimani, Alfio Antico, Roy Paci & Aretuska, Baustelle, Qbeta, Sciroccu, Mau Mau, Giorgio Conte, Boogie Googles, Devics, Macaco, Gnawa of Casablanca, Montefiori Cocktail, Banda Ionica, Arthur H, Voci Atroci, Bnet Houryat of Marrakech.

Different tour playing in the most important Italian and European festivals as: " Labirinti Sonori" in Siracusa, Italy, “Torino Jazz Festival” jvc fest. Italy, " 1° Maggio", Roma, Italy, “Jazz sous the pommiereses” Coutances (France), “Lowlands festival” Amsterdam Holland, “16° festivals internacional blues de Cerdanyola “Barcellona Spagna, “Sziget festival “Budapest Ungheria, “Goa boa” Genova,Italy, “Summerjam festival” Colony Germany, “Lazy 2001” homage to Ivan Graziani Teramo, Italy, “Premio Carosone” Napoli, Italy, “Premio Tenco” Sanremo, Italy, “Sunsplash” Wiesen Austria, “Argelees sur mer” Argelees, France, “Bordighera jazz and blues” Bordighera (SV),Italy " Musicultura", Macerata, Italy,etc.

Also he participated in various broadcast and television programs as: “Stasera Pago Io” on Raiuno, “Supersonic” on Mtv, “40° Festivalbar “on Italia 1, “Radio Deejay”, “Interfrance 1 and 2” (France), “Radio 1” (Belgium), Radio Popolare Milano, Caterpillar Radio2 Rai, Milano and Senigallia, etc.

Besides he has played in other countries as USA, Croatia, France, Germany, Bosnia, Slovenia, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Macedonia, Hungary, Spain, Belgium. He has recorded around 40 albums for the most important record companies among which the Warner, Virgin, Sony, Emi.

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Fred Casadei: quello che sto ascoltando

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