Jazz Experiences Andrea Sabatino & Fabio Zeppetella

• 1 A Little Angel 05:54
• 2 Ninna nanna per BBF 06:47
• 3 Zio Zep 04:53
• 4 A Ballad for Tom 08:32
• 5 Canonico 04:54
• 6 Fallin' 06:57
• 7 Little Girl 06:24
• 8 Never 03:49
• Total Runtime 48:10

Info zu Jazz Experiences

Andrea Sabatino & Fabio Zeppetella – ‘Jazz Experiences’ is a new project by two talented jazz musicians established on the Italian jazz scene.

The refined and energetic trumpeter Andrea Sabatino meets Fabio Zeppetella, one of the most important Italian jazz guitarists of the last thirty years. Their languages merge to create an intense concert, full of expressiveness. Both in continuous artistic growth, Andrea Sabatino and Fabio Zeppetella are two jazz musicians with a strong musical personality and deep interpretative sensitivity, skills that are internationally recognised.

The repertoire focuses on original compositions and a few standards from the jazz tradition.

Andrea Sabatino, trumpet, flugelhorn
Fabio Zeppetella, guitar

Andrea Sabatino
began studying the trumpet very early at the age of 5, followed by his father, who was also a musician. In 1999, at just seventeen, he concluded his classical studies under the guidance of Teacher Pietro De Mitis, obtaining the "Diploma in Trumpet" with top marks at the Tito Schipa Conservatory in Lecce.

In 2000, with the famous trumpeter Fabrizio Bosso, he began his jazz studies. He participates in the summer seminars of "Umbria jazz 2001" where he is awarded as "best talent" and where he wins the scholarship to the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. Subsequently he attended Siena jazz (2002) and in 2003 he ranked among the finalists of the "Massimo Urbani National Award", winning a scholarship for "NUORO JAZZ 2003".

In 2004 he obtained the "Diploma in Jazz Music" at the "Tito Schipa" Conservatory in Lecce under the guidance of Teacher Luigi Bubbico.

In 2005 he was called to permanently replace Fabrizio Bosso in the ITALIAN BIG BAND directed by Teacher Marco Renzi.

In May 2006 came his debut recording under his own name for the "Dodicilune Records" label: "Pure Soul", with Vincenzo Presta on sax, Ettore Carucci on piano, Giuseppe Bassi on double bass, Mimmo Campanale on drums and with guest Fabrizio Bosso.

In 2011 he took part in Mario Biondi's tour as a solo trumpeter.

In 2015, for the second time, he recorded under his own name again for the "Dodicilune Records" label "Bea" with Gaetano Partipilo on sax, Ettore Carucci on piano, Francesco Angiuli on double bass and Giovanni Scasciamacchia on drums.

In 2023, again for the "Dodicilune Records" label, he released his third album under his own name, "Melodico", the homage to Italian music, together with Vince Abbracciante on accordion.

He has taught and masterclasses in jazz trumpet in various Italian and foreign schools and at Italian conservatories and since 2024 he has been a permanent teacher of jazz trumpet and jazz ensemble music at the “Tchaikovsy” State Conservatory of Music in Nocera Terinese (CZ).

Andrea Sabatino is a pure jazz trumpet talent in Italy. His artistic qualities, recognized over the years by various jazz musicians already established for some time on the national scene, have allowed him to share the stage alongside several high-sounding names of the Italian and international jazz scene (and not only) such as Dee Dee Bridgewater, Sergio Cammariere, Mario Biondi, Mario Rosini, Fabrizio Bosso, Rosario Giuliani, Daniele Scannapieco, Marco Tamburini, Giovanni Amato, Javier Girotto, Roberto Gatto, Fabio Zeppetella, Dario Deidda, Paolo Di Sabatino, just to mention a few. His playing, although profoundly respectful of the jazz tradition, is characterized by the search for a personal sound that exudes warmth, embellished with agile, clear phrasing and a genuine and generous communicative sensitivity.

Fabio Zeppetella
is one of the best Italian guitarists and composers in the current national and European jazz scene. Equipped with an impeccable technique and great musical sensitivity, it uses a unique and very personal language, the result of a study always devoted to the search for a style that over the years has made his own mark.

He came to the elaboration of a completely original sound passing from the tradition and the music of masters like Charlie Cristian and Wes Montgomery to the evocation of the be-bop and the hard-bop of the sixties. In his phrasing, the dominant aspects of a never predictable language are discovered, sometimes virtuous sometimes sweet but always essential, showing a particular attention to the meaning of the single notes and the “moving lines” that are produced by them. Its dominant features are the freshness and strength inherent in the original way of interpreting music, and a particular lyricism in which the desire to seek a link between poetry and music is evident. Its dynamism and its versatility are realized in the adhesion to numerous musical projects ranging from the pure jazz to the contaminations with Funk and R & B.

Numerous collaborations with Kenny Wheeler (Moving lines 1995 cd DDQ), Lee Konitz, Tom Harrell (the Auditorium session 2008 cd PdM), Enrico Rava (Spirit, energy, presence 2005 cd Braveartrecords), Paolo Fresu (Greetings from Pozzuoli 1998 cd Challenge ), Aldo Romano and Danilo Rea (Jobim variations 2009 cd Universal Emarcy), Emmanuel Bex and Roberto Gatto (A tribute to Wes Montgomery 1998 cd Philology and No clue 2010 cd Braveartrecords), Steve Grossman, Javier Girotto, Nicola Stilo, Stefano Bollani, Rosario Giuliani, Fabrizio Bosso, Gegè Telesforo (Love and other contradiction 2007 cd Groovemasteredition), Stefano Di Battista, Maurizio Giammarco, Gianluca Petrella, Fabrizio Sferra, Ares Tavolazzi, Ramberto Ciammarughi, Heyn Van De Geyn, Aaron Goldberg Greg Hutchinson Matt Penman (“Handmade” 2014 cd Jandomusic) and many others.

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