Marco Pacassoni: Hands & Mallets Marco Pacassoni & Enzo Bocciero

• Enzo Bocciero:
• 1 Bocciero: Rêveries 03:47
• Marco Pacassoni (b. 1981):
• 2 Pacassoni: Italian Creativity 03:32
• 3 Pacassoni: Osaka Theme 05:33
• 4 Pacassoni: Cuban Creativity 03:42
• Enzo Bocciero
• 5 Bocciero: Anima 03:12
• J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750) / Enzo Bocciero
• 6 Bocciero: 2 + 1 Voice Invention in D Minor 01:03
• Marco Pacassoni
• 7 Pacassoni: Contemporary Creativity 05:45
• 8 Pacassoni: Viaggio 05:25
• Enzo Bocciero
• 9 Bocciero: Tombeau de Pierre 02:26
• Maurizio Fabrizio (b. 1952):
• 10 Fabrizio: Almeno Tu nell’universo 03:43
• Total Runtime 38:08

Info for Marco Pacassoni: Hands & Mallets

"Hands & Mallets" comprises almost exclusively original compositions from the last year (with the exception of only two pieces). It is a synthesis of their careers as composers and performers that takes place in a global context that, while on the one hand has prevented dating, on the other has favoured introspection, research and study.

The sequence of pieces demonstrates how two different compositional approaches can dialogue and create a unique flow that crosses musical genres. In the same way, the two musicians dialogue, without overlapping but listening to each other and managing the primary elements (harmony, rhythm, melody and sound spectrum) in a masterly manner and always with the final result in mind. It is in fact also a record about the art of accompaniment, listening to Enzo's orchestral pianism, and about how percussive instruments can achieve such high lyricism in Marco's solos.

Marco Pacassoni, vibraphone & marimba
Enzo Bocciero, piano

Marco Pacassoni
is graduated cum laude at "G. Rossini" conservatory and in Professional Music at Berklee College of Music of Boston cum laude. He studied with Gary Burton, Ed Saindon, Victor Mendoza, Daniele Di Gregorio, Eguie Castrillo, John Ramsey, Steve Wilkes.

On 2005 Marco wins the award of the best jazz italian talent at "Chicco Bettinardi Competition" organized by Piacenza Jazz Festival.

Marco has played with Michel Camilo, John Patitucci, Antonio Sanchez, Alex Acuna, Horacio "el negro" Hernandez, Steve Smith, John Beck, Amik Guerra, Trent Austin, Greg Hutchinson, Chihiro Yamanaka, Bungaro, Malika Ayane, Petra Magoni, Raphael Gualazzi, Luca Barbarossa, Francesco Cafiso, Massimo Manzi, Massimo Moriconi, Filippo Lattanzi, Daniele Di Gregorio, Paolo Belli, Luca Colombo, Cesare Chiodo, THE BEST OF and many others...

...as leader, Marco released Finally (Groovemaster Edition 2011), Happiness (AlfaMusic 2014), Grazie (Nasswetter Music Group 2017) and Frank & Ruth (Esordisco 2018), Life (Egea Music April 2022)

Marco is percussion faculty at Liceo Musicale Marconi in Pesaro and at Urbino University for italian semsters of University of Texas San Antonio.

Marco tought Masterclasses of Vibraphone at prestigious american colleges such as Oberlin Conservatory (Ohio), University of Minneapolis (Minnesota), Eastman School of Music (Rochester), Columbus University (Ohio), Cleveland University (Ohio), University of Texas San Antonio (Texas) and Washington University St. Louis (Missouri).

In April 2014 Marco release a harmony and composition book "Quasi quasi scrivo una canzone..." Rodaviva Edizioni.

Marco has been invited on prestigious International and Italian Festivals and Clubs such as Estival Jazz Lugano (Swiss), Roccella Jonica Jazz Festival, Fano Jazz Festival, Locomotive Jazz Festival, Sant'Elpidio Jazz Festival, Festival International de la Musica in Gandia (Spain), Adams Percussion Festival (Holland), DrumWorld Festival (Holland), Amsterdam Marimba Festival (Holland), SummerJazz Festival Casa del Jazz in Rome, Blue Note Milan, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Bimhuis Jazz in Amsterdam (Holland), Bravo Caffè in Bologna, EastShore Jazz Club (Pechino, Cina), La Plantation (Pechino, Cina), Salon 10 (Hong Kong, Cina), Peel Fresco (Hong Kong, Cina), Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Pechino, Osaka (Giappone) and Hong Kong among many others.

Enzo Bocciero
Born in 1963, he completed classical studies in Violin, Piano and Composition culminating with a diploma in Violin in 1985. Always interested in electronic keyboards, he made his first professional tour when he was not yet of age and has since collaborated, both in the studio and live, with leading names on the Italian pop music scene.

In parallel, he was one of the pioneers of Italian digital music and one of the first MIDI programmers in the world. The first collection of MIDI backing tracks made for GEM keyboards in the late 1980s is his.

From 1990 to 2004 he was Product Manager for GEM, for whom he designed keyboards and digital pianos that he 'demonstrated' all over the world with live performances at the main trade fairs and events in the sector. Since 2006, he has been Product Manager for KORG Italy. In 1985 he also began his activity as an arranger and composer, ranging from 'serious' music to soundtracks, through orchestral arrangements and for small ensembles. He has always been passionate about the language of jazz, and has been a member as author and pianist of the 'Marco Pacassoni Quartet' for a decade.

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