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New album - "The Day" with Thomas Ottogalli (lead vocals & gtr), Nicolas Mirande (bass), Baptiste Brondy (drums), Nathalie Parant (background vocals).
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Nouvel album - "The Day" avec Thomas Ottogalli (lead vocals & gtr), Nicolas Mirande (bass), Baptiste Brondy (drums), Nathalie Parant (background vocals).
Né en 1971 à Suresnes dans une famille passionnée de musique.
Dès quatre ans il passe des heures à écouter des vinyls. Il découvre une multitude de sons déterminants dans ses goûts musicaux (bluegrass & folk américain, musique irlandaise, rock progressif, funk, jazz, soul, …). A ceux ci viennent s’ajouter les concerts bluegrass de son père banjoïste aux quatre coins de la France.
A 7 ans, après avoir déménagé successivement sur Paris et dans le sud-ouest de la France, Il se retrouve sur le bateau en destination de Londres où il résidera pendant huit ans.
Ensuite  il revient sur Paris et commence sérieusement à travailler la guitare.
À 17 ans, il déménage dans le sud-ouest de la France et joue quelques temps plus tard dans le groupe de bluegrass de son père.
Depuis, il n'a cessé de tourner, composer & arranger.
Après avoir mis sa guitare au service de différents artistes ou groupes en assurant différents styles musicaux, il décide de retrouver et de fusionner ceux qui lui sont les plus chers: le groove, le rock et le folk (d'où sa réadaptation du célèbre "Don't think twice" de Bob Dylan).
L'album "The Day" sortira en 2010.
Thomas Ottogalli a joué avec une multitude de musiciens, parmi les plus prestigieux:
- Jean Roussel (Cat Stevens, Bob Marley, Joe Cocker, the Police, Robert Palmer, Wilson Pickett)
- Geoffrey Young (Johnny Griffin, The Supremes, The Four Tops, Lovelace Watkins, Stephen Sondhiem, Mickey Rooney, Ann Miller, Liza Minelli, Sammy Davis, Barbara Streisand, Sacha Distel, Peter Ind, Pete King, Henery Lowther, Stan Robinson, Elliot Kastner, Cy Colman, Billy Byers, Marvin Hamlich, Wayne Sleep, Benny and Bjorn from Abba , Larry Adler, The Flirtations, Bobby Patrick, The New Seekers, Christian Escoude)
- Breno Brown (Carlos Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Neville Brothers, Lucky Peterson, Jimmy Smith, M.C. Hammer, Albert Collins)
- Mike Cahen (Alvin Lee, Lionel Ritchie)
- Mox Gowland (Peter Green, John Mayall, Eric Clapton, Ike & Tina Turner)
- Ronnie Caryl (Phil Collins)
En tant qu’ingé son & mix :
Album “Bonjour Mr Coleman†Tony Coleman (B.B. King, Otis Clay, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins)
Album “Fred Chapellier & Friends†Fred Chapellier
En tant que musicien, arrangeur & co-compositeur :
Album “Potlach†Gratien Midonet
Les gigs (parmi d'autres):
- Festival Dimajazz – Algérie (The One – 2008)
- Festival Constantine (The One – 2007)
- Tournées au Québec et en Slovénie (Paul Grollier trio - Musique traditionnelle – 2005 & 2006)
Supporting band pour :
- Maceo Parker (Dawé)
- Fred Wesley (Jurassik Funk)
Divers festivals Country & Bluegrass en France & à l'étranger.
Sans compter les innombrables clubs qui font de lui un musicien de "terrain".
En trio, Thomas est accompagné de :
Nicolas Mirande (basse) - (Michel Herblin, André Cecarelli, …)
Baptiste Brondy (batterie) - (The Silencers, Lojo, ...)
Born in 1971 in Suresnes (Paris outskirts) in a music driven family.
By the age of 4, he spends his time listening to records and discovering different musical flavors that will determine his future tastes (Bluegrass & American folk, Irish music, progressive Rock, Funk, Jazz, Soul, …). He also learns a lot by following his dad on the gigs (Christian.Ottogalli - Banjo player).
At the age of 7, after moving to Paris and then to the south west of France, he sails to London where he will live for 8 years.
Then it’s back to Paris where he starts to noodle on the guitar.
In 1988, he moves back to the south west of France where he starts gigging in his dad’s bluegrass band.
Since then, he never stopped touring, composing and arranging.
After playing as sideman for different artists, he decides to narrow it down to his own trio and blending Grooves, Rock & Folk (exposed in his adaptation of the famous "Don't think twice" by Bob Dylan).
His first solo (trio) album will be out in 2010.
Thomas Ottogalli has played so far with a wide variety of artists, here are the most prestigious ones:
- Jean Roussel (Cat Stevens, Bob Marley, Joe Cocker, the Police, Robert Palmer, Wilson Pickett)
- Geoffrey Young (Johnny Griffin, The Supremes, The Four Tops, Lovelace Watkins, Stephen Sondhiem, Mickey Rooney, Ann Miller, Liza Minelli, Sammy Davis, Barbara Streisand, Sacha Distel, Peter Ind, Pete King, Henery Lowther, Stan Robinson, Elliot Kastner, Cy Colman, Billy Byers, Marvin Hamlich, Wayne Sleep, Benny and Bjorn from Abba , Larry Adler, The Flirtations, Bobby Patrick, The New Seekers, Christian Escoude)
- Breno Brown (Carlos Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Neville Brothers, Lucky Peterson, Jimmy Smith, M.C. Hammer, Albert Collins)
- Mike Cahen (Alvin Lee, Lionel Ritchie)
- Mox Gowland (Peter Green, John Mayall, Eric Clapton, Ike & Tina Turner)
- Ronnie Caryl (Phil Collins)
He has also worked as a sound engineer on:
Album “Bonjour Mr Coleman†Tony Coleman (B.B. King, Otis Clay, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins)
Album “Fred Chapellier & Friends†Fred Chapellier
As a musician, composer/arranger :
Album “Potlach†Gratien Midonet
The gigs (some of them…):
- Dimajazz Festival – Algeria (The One – 2008)
- Constantine Festival (The One – 2007)
- Tour in Quebec and Slovenia (Paul Grollier trio – traditional music – 2005 & 2006)
Supporting band for :
- Maceo Parker (Dawé)
- Fred Wesley (Jurassik Funk)
Many Country & Bluegrass festivals in France & abroad.
Not to mention the clubs defining him as a « field » musician.
The trio :
Thomas Ottogalli (vocals & guitar)
Nicolas Mirande (basse) - (Michel Herblin, André Cecarelli, …)
Baptiste Brondy (batterie) - (The Silencers, Lojo, …)