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Andrea Marchesini (born august 5, 1960) is an Italian drummer, backing vocalist, and composer. His versatile approach to skins and cymbals has matured in an open attitude to pop & rock, jazz & fusion, acoustic and world music sytles.
In Italy his credits include collaborations with Andrea Celeste and the Lorenzo Piccone Band while internationally he is best known for indian carcatic fusion drumming with Jonas Hellborg & Shawn Lane. He has released CDs under his own name and also as “Dif-Fusion” and is member of the world music (indo european fusiuon) quartet Ahimsa.
Biography[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
Early Days[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
Andrea started playing drums at age 14 and spent his teen days listening to great music, having fun with local musicians, rehearsing, composing, playing concerts, and self teaching drumming basics. After a short period of music/drumming theory and practice at the "Small Conservatory" Nuova Milano Musica in Milan, Andrea moved to New York (1984) to continue his studies and give it a try in the Big Apple.
He studied at Drummer's Collective with Kenwood Dennard, Frankie Malabe, Kim Plainfield, Robbie Gonzalez, played in dozens of rock and jazz clubs, recorded commercials, demos, albums and CDs, took part of TV shows and theater plays (among the different projects: Robert Secret (Rob Morsberger), Round Trip, Chris Joannou Quartet, and the theater play Red House and a Europe tour in '85).
In 1987 Andrea put together his own compositions, formed a band and presented it to the East Coast with a short tour, bringing then everything into a studio and recording his first "solo" CD (1989) Back To Europe, with the partecipation of producer Hiram Bullock, guitarist Mike Stern, and bassist - producer Jonas Hellborg.
He returned to Italy in 1990 and took a long and deep brake with music, picking up again in 1997.
Back to drumming[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
Since his return to action in 1998 Andrea has worked with many different local projects (among them a comedy-theater-music show with Luca e Paolo in 1998) and slowly re-built a career through important collaborations like italian pianist Antonio Faraò, guitarist Alessio Menconi, and internationally acclaimed artists bassist Jonas Hellborg and guitarist Shawn Lane withwhom he completed their first and only India tour in 2003.
Andrea has taken part to many festivals in Italy, USA, India. Since 2000 he is also active on the teaching front, both privately and in the best schools in his native Liguria.
He has also collaborated with Emanuele Cisi, Claudio Capurro, Gianni Serino, Enrico Pinna, Alessandro Collina, and played with V. Selvaganesh, Luca Pasqua, Bob Bonisolo, Stefano Guazzo, Billy Martin.
Recent times[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
Andrea has completed an India Tour with his trio "Dif-Fusion" (Alessio Menconi and Pippo Matino and consequent live CD "Concert in Shillong"; 2004); Italy tour with londoners Terry Pack and Phil Hudson (presentation of Terry Pack's solo CD; 2006); tours in Italy and Switzerland and studio work with jazz pop singer Andrea Celeste (2010-12); CD and touring in Italy and France since 2017 with Lorenzo Piccone band; India tour with Ahimsa Quartet (Neyveli Radhakrishna, Matthias Müller, Dominique Di Piazza; 2018).
Discography[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
As leader[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
- Back To Europe (CD, New Sound Planet ITA, 1989)
- Andrea Marchesini's Dif-Fusion, Concert in Shillong (CD, Big Gear Records ITA, 2004)
As co-leader[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
With Steven Antonelli's S'Go
- Abbreviated (LP, Daisy Records USA, 1986)
As guest[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
With All Tigers Bite
- Time Takes You Back (EP, Tohn Studios DE, 1990)
With Matt Balitsaris
- Evening Fires (CD, Raven Records USA)
With Giovanni Lubinu
- Tutto Ci Parla Di Te (CD, Elledici Multimedia, ITA, 2004)
- Un Sorriso di Più (CD, DGL, ITA, 2006)
On Christmas music compilation
- Canzoni di Natale (CD, independent, ITA, 2004)
With Andrea Celeste
- Something Amazing (CD, Zero Dieci, ITA, 2012)
With Lorenzo Piccone
- Soul Searching (CD, independent, ITA, 2018)
Equipment[modifica | modifica wikitesto]
Pop, Fusion, World: Yamaha 11000 Maple Custom 30th Anniversary blue sparkle fade 14"-22"-10"-12"-14"-15"
Jazz: Sonor Delite Maple bright copper sparkle 14"-18"-14"-12"
Minikit Yamaha 9000 white 14"-16"-10"-13"
Rock: Tama drums Artstar red 14"-22"-10"-12"-14"
Cimbals: Zildjian, Ufip, Sabian, Tosco.