alessandro d’aloia

Alessandro D'Aloia was born in Rome in 1966. In 1980 he took a degree in solfeggio under the direction of M.° Francesco Rizzo. He then attended a course in percussions for 6 years at Conservatory of Frosinone. From 1984 to 1986, he has studied drums under the direction of M.° Ettore Mancini. From 1992 to 1994, he has attended the Armonia Jazz course with M.° Riccardo Biseo. From 1992 to 2000, he attended a Big Band course, at the I.A.L.S. in Rome, under the direction of Cicci Santucci and Gianni Oddi. In 1995, he went to New York where he studied under Tommy Campbell. In 1998, he was in Rio de Janeiro where he attended courses with Robertinho Silva. In 2004, he went to Brazil once again, where he studied with Nenè and met Nanà Vasconcelos.While in 2006 he studied Argentine music styles with Marcelo Perea. As a performer, he has taken part to events such as: "Musica per la Libertà" with Giovanna Marini at the Teatro Olimpico; "Briganti", play stage at the Teatro Colosseo; Roma Europa Festival '92 and '93; Formia Jazz Festival '92; Mentana Jazz Festival '95; "Il negozio all'angolo" with Paolo Ferrari at Teatro Eliseo in 1997, Veneto Jazz Festival 2001-2003, Celimontana Jazz Festival 2002, Percfest 2003 Laigueglia, Etnica 2003 Comune di Roma,Brazilian Etnho Drumming clinic tour 2003, Mike Stern Clinic La Palma 2005, MTV Italia Africa 2007 .From 1992 to 1996 he performed abroad in Romania, Egypt and the Caribbeans. Back in Italy, he started several collaborations with TV channels such as: "Forza Papà" with Jerry Scotti, and "Buona Domenica", aired by Canale 5; "Uno Mattina" for Rai Uno; "Harem" and "Rai Educational" for Rai Tre. He took part in the Italian tours of Righeira and Schola Cantorum. He is much active in the educational field too, working in several schools in Rome: Saint Louis College of Music, Ritmix Drumming School, Percento Musica, U.M., Ladybird, and Ciac Bambini, where he gave classes, labs and seminars, and editing educational pages on a host of specialized sites such as : Drums Portal, Drummers United and Different Lands. In 2003, Percussioni magazine published the interview "Different Drumming" (May 2003), edited by Giorgio Borghini. In 2005, Alessandro started collaborating with this same journal by editing some interviews himself: "Al servizio dei migliori" (January 2005), "Contemporanea" (April 2005), “Contando historias” (February 2006) and “RMV” (May 2007). He played for several musicians, among which: Gianni Oddi, Cicci Santucci, Danilo Terenzi, Marco Tiso, Karl Potter, Jerry Korman, Agostino Di Giorgio, Karen Jones, Clem Ashford, Mike Stern, Alfredo Paixao, Gilson Silveira, Salome' de Bahia, Saleh Tawil, Abdalla Mohamed, Hossim Ata, Joseph Fargier, Carlos Sarmento, Aki Montoya, Neto Salles, Dimas Camargo, Chico Miceli, Alvinho and Ney Portilho.Methods : “ Brazilian Ethno Drumming “ Minous One Drums (Edizioni Bemolle 2007) “ The Latin Jazz Drummer 1” Minus One Drums (Edizioni Bemolle 2007)Discography : Etnica e World Music Compilation 1 EmmeK Editore 2006 Elio Cassara’ Voyage Open Sound 2006 Terre Differenti Cities of dreams Open Sound 2006 El Poncho America Latina Alfa Music 2005 Different Lands Water Lands Alfa Music 2002 Paolo Patrignani Oltre l'arpeggio BMG ricordi 2000 Advena Avis Da Terre Lontane Tweedle Music 2000 Terre Differenti Terre Differenti Different Lands 2000 Ney Portilho Boa Viagem Auto Produzione 1997 Artico A due passi da Roma Studio Delta 1996 Alessandro D'Aloia Momenti Auto produzione 1996 Alfredo Paixao World Rhythm Polygram Records 1994 Con Fusion Group Spray Luna Records – WWF 1987 Fermo Immagine Compilation Luna Records 1985 Technicolour Dream Pretty tomorrow High Rise Records 1985