almabir

I am a drummer, percussionist and didgeridoo player. At present time I am mainly dealing with jazz, funk, ethnic and electronica. I've been studying drums with Alfredo Golino since 1995. I also attended to jazz courses at Civica Scuola di Jazz in Milan and had some clinics with Dave Weckl, Steve Smith, Christian Meyer, Ettore Fioravanti, Paolo Fresu, Roberto Cipelli, Attilio Zanchi, Tommaso Lama, Tino Tracanna, Agostino Frassetto, Bruno Tommaso, Maria Pia De Vito, Marcello Piras, Enrico Rava and many others to develop jazz language. I have been performing live and/or in studio with many artists including Omar Sosa, Miguel "Anga" Diaz, Luis Depestre, Childo Tomas, El Houssaine Kili, Mickael Notebaert, Ned Rothenberg, German Popov, Saynkho Namtchylak, Susheela Raman, Z-Star, Antonio Lorenzo, Tom Barlow, Sebastion Rochford, Luca Pasqua, Bruno Marini, Max Pizio, Fulvio Sigurtà, Camilla Lessona, Fabio Zambelli, Mauro Banfi, Marco Conti, Paolo Frattini, Arup Kanti Das, Ivan Maggi, Daniele Petrosillo, Max Pizio, Alexandre Teodosio Sabina, Simone Massaron, Ben Hazleton, Massimiliano Viel, Davide Dejana, Ferdinando Bertelli, DJ Pandaj, Andrea Libretti, Michele Ranauro, Lorenzo Bassignani, Francesco Bianchi, Roberto Bellan, Pietro Pirelli, Mauro Gino, Marco Giovinazzo and as leader/sideman with the bands Apnea, Grooviglio, Pacha Mama 25, Almabir Syndicate, Ear:drum, Tamtando and Sirena.The most incredible drummer in the world? To me Zakir Hussain, of course!