Sergio Basile

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I started playing guitar when I was about 12, listening to my favourite bands of the time: Beatles, Rolling Stones, Cream and so on... In 1970 I started my first band with a group of friends. It was called "Staser Marmax" from the initials of our names: Stefano, Sergio, Mario and Massimo, and started playing in all the small clubs in Rome. In 1974 after various changes in the line-up, "Siddharta" were born with Maurizio Loiodice on bass, Mauro Mori on drums and Stefano De Paolis on guitars, playing anywhere we could. In 1980 we changed our name to "Traintime" and were signed up for a two year contract with producers Cassella & Luberti. In that same year I became a member of S.I.A.E. (the Italian Copyright Protection Society) but all talks of releasing a record were inconclusive. In 1981 I started taking guitar lessons with the great Umberto Fiorentino, as I felt the need to better understand what I was doing. I got deeply involved in the study of harmony and, with great difficulty, learned to read music. In the end it was worth the effort as the music world became more familiar to me. In 1984 my song "Notte di Luna" was chosen among 2500 others, winning the "Song for Sanremo" contest. It was sung by Valentino in the "Newcomer Category". Meanwhile, since 1983 I had started playing jazz in various clubs in Rome and other italian cities: among them was the "Mississippi Jazz Club" and the "Music Inn". It was during this time that, together with drummer Tony Abbruzzese, I formed a quartet called Sky Dive. It changed line-up several times, and included musicians like Alessandro Gwis (piano), Flavio Ferrari (bass), Antonio Maganzini (bass) Tommaso Vitale (piano), Maurizio Manili (trumpet), Marcello Magrini (sax), Carlo Crisi (bass) and others. The 90's saw the start of a new project: "The Big Boss Band" featuring Consuelo Ercoli (piano) Germano Falcione (bass) Massimo Pasquali (vocals and sax) Mauro Mori (drums). The idea was to put together a repertoire of well known and original songs, in a mix of different music styles, including Jazz, Soul and Fusion. The band performed several times in all the major clubs in and around Rome (St. Louis Club, Vecchia Locanda, Circolo degli Artisti, Alpheus etc.) Finally, my present project, called "The Traintime Band" features Gianluca Luzi on Drums, Nicola Nuzzolo on Bass, and Mauro Scialanga ..boards. Our repertoire is made up entirely of original compositions, and all of us participate in the creative process, where we pool together our ideas, our moods and most of all our love of music.

Nel 1981 prendo lezioni di chitarra dal grande Umberto Fiorentino, sentivo la necessità di capire a fondo ciò che facevo, quindi studio a fondo armonia, imparo a leggere musica non con poche difficoltà, ma alla fine il mondo musicale diviene per me più familiare. Nel 1984 vinco il concorso totip "Una Canzone per Sanremo" scelta su 2500 altri brani e partecipo al Festival con la canzone "Notte di Luna" cantata da Valentino nella categoria giovani proposte. Nel 1983 suono Jazz nei locali di Roma tra i quali: Mississippi Jazz Club, Music Inn... e anche in altre città d'Italia. Formiamo un quartetto gli "Sky Dive" con Tony Abruzzese alla batteria e un susseguirsi di strumentisti tra i quali: Alessandro Gwis al piano, Flavio Ferrari al basso, ancora Antonio Maganzini al basso, Tommaso Vitale al piano, Maurizio Manili alla tromba, Marcello Magrini al sax, Carlo Crisi al basso etc.. Negli anni '90 con Consuelo Ercoli al Piano, Germano Falcione al Basso, Massimo Pasquali alla Voce & Sax e Mauro Mori alla batteria, diamo vita ad una formazione "The Big Boss Band" che riunisce vari stili musicali: Soul, Jazz, fusion... I brani suonati nei vari locali di Roma e dintorni (St. Louis, Vecchia Locanda, Circolo degli artisti, Alpheus...) si alternano tra cover e pezzi originali. Come non ricordare poi la collaborazione alle registrazioni dell'Album " Quandofelia " con composizioni originali di Elena Sansonetti(vocalist), Consuelo Ercoli(keyboards) e Germano falcione(bass) al quale ho partecipato con un piacere profondo!! Con la stessa formazione abbiamo poi suonato in alcuni locali della capitale e ad un meraviglioso concerto tenuto nel 2000 al Teatro Belli di Roma. Attualmente "The Traintime Band" la cui formazione ospita Gianluca Luzi alla batteria e voce, Nicola Nuzzolo al basso e Mauro Scialanga alle tastiere, porta avanti un progetto di musica originale composta da tutto il gruppo.