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I was born and raised in the beautiful town of Pavia, Italy, have been playing the piano since I was a kid, studied architecture in Milan for a few years and (somehow) ended up living in the US, for more than 6 years now, lucky enough to make my living banging on the keys. These are some of the bands and singersongwriters I have the pleasure to currently record and perform live with: BOOMBOX ( www.boomboxatx.com ); SETH WALKER BAND ( www.sethwalker.com ); MC OVERLORD ( www.myspace.com/mcoverlord ); JOHN POINTER ( www.johnpointer.com ); GARY DORSEY (www.myspace.com/dorseysongs); JAMES BULLARD (www.myspace.com/jamesbullard); (SAUCE ( www.saucetheband.com ); RACHEL LOY ( www.rachelloy.com ); DAVID NEWBOULD ( www.davidnewbould.com ); ADAM MCINNIS ( www.myspace.com/adammcinnis1 ); THE GENE POOL ( www.thegenepool.tv ); MURDER,MY SWEET ( www.myspace.com/murdermysweet ); CATHERINE DENISE ( www.catherinedenise.com ); BEAU SAMPLE AND THE IMPRESSMENT GANG ( www.myspace.com/beausample )....

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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

you, most likely

Music:

Pretty much everything in between Karlheinz Stockhausen and Topo Gigio. On the keys, mostly (in no particular order): J.S.Bach, F.Chopin, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, Marcel Dupre', Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Smith, Hank Marr, Jimmy McGriff, Charles"Groove"Holmes, Charles Earland, Tony Monaco, Joey De Francesco, Wild Bill Davis, Bill Doggett, Jack McDuff, Ron Levy, Billy Preston, Dr.Lonnie Smith, Bill Payne, Lucky Peterson, Chester Thompson, Tom Coster, Michel Petrucciani, Esbjorn Svensson, David Paich, Steve Porcaro, Ennio Morricone, Bugge Wesseltoft, Larry Goldings, Henry Butler, James Booker, Dr.John, Russell Ferrante, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Michel Camilo, Ruben Gonzales, Chucho Valdes, Eddie Palmieri, John Medeski... www.kraftwerk.com

Movies:

Some fav. actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Toto', Anna Magnani, Audrey Hepburn, Sergio Castellitto; some fav. directors: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jean-Luc Godard, Martin Scorsese.

Television:

Sopranos, Curb your enthusiasm.

Books:

Heinrich Neuhaus-"The art of piano playing" is a bible; Dr.John-"Under a Hoodoo moon", Miles Davis' autobiography, Aldo Rossi-"L'architettura della citta'"; Renzo Piano - "La responsabilita' dell'architetto"; Eugenio Montale, Giovanni Verga, Leonardo Sciascia.

Heroes:

Grandparents, mom and dad...J.S.Bach, Jimmy Smith, James Brown, Le Corbusier, Adolf Loos, Frank Gehry....too many, it's impossible to list all the great inspiring people that come to mind...