ERIC MERIDIANO

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Member Since: 5/22/2007
Band Website: ericmeridiano.com
Band Members:

NEWS February 2009Celula New York will be back in CZ republic and Slovakia in APRIL 2009 Tour 2009Laco Deczi, Trumpet Eric Meridiano ..boards, Nob Kinukawa on bass. Vaico Deczi on drums.17.4. Pá Plzen 18.4. So Doma?lice 19.4. Ne Mariánské Lázne 20.4. Po Praha 21.4. Út Most 22.4. St 23.4. Ct Ceské BUdejovice 24.4. Pá Festival Hranice na Morave 25.4. So Kostelec nad Cernými Lesy 26.4. Ne Hradec králové 27.4. Po Ústí nad Labem 28.4. Út Pardubice 29.4. St Brno 30.4. Ct Ostrava 1.5. Pá Valasské Mezirící 2.5. So Bruntál 3.5. Ne Frýdek Místek 4.5. Po Náchod 5.5. Út Olomouc 6.5. St Trebíc ? 7.5. Ct Vsetín 8.5. Pá Dvur Králové - Laco Deczi Celula New York + predkapela Stevewhi Teblues (sol. kyt.) 4.6. Ct Praha Festival Bohemia 5.6. Pá Festival Pardubice 6.6. So Praha VysehradEric Meridiano is a freelance pianist currently working on several projects.He is featured in Laco Deczi 's Band, touring europe twice a year. Eric recorded plenty of CD's with Laco.Eric is a member of Sonido Unidad a Salsa band from Connecticut.Composing and performing for the magnificent dance project created by Emily Coates and Browen McArthur, MIND (Motion in Dialogue).Eric also recorded for Silas Meredith , on his first Cd, "Roots" and for Chris Depino on "Depino plays Deczi"
Influences: From Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Erroll Garner, James P Johnson, Teddy Wilson, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, SOnny Clark, Wynton Kelly, Horace Silver, Bobby Timmons, Barry Harris, Randy Weston, Kenny Drew, Hank Jones,Horace Parlan, Red Garland, Ray Bryant , Junior Mance, Tommy Flanagan, Eddie Palmieri, Larry Harlow...You Have guessed right. HARDBOP is my first LOVE.From Stride to bebop to HARDBOP to Salsa and the avant garde, I love "ethnic" music, classical chinese, japanese, indian, maloya, of course a real passion for african music, Baka pygmies, griots from Mali to the afro beat and High Life...Did I mention classical?
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June 8, 2007. Thelonious Monk "TRINKLE TINKLE" Eric Meridiano piano

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Over the Rainbow, june 6, 2007

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned