Giacomo

From Genoa Italy to Boston. From Boston to Brooklyn. Berklee finished in 2004, New England Conservatory in 2007. ’il senno di orlando’ by themikrowave, Dave ’Fuze’ Fiuczynski fretless guitar Giacomo Merega fretless bass Lyndon Rochelle fretless drums. ’Wafer-thin mint’ is Giacomo Merega bass and Tupac Mantilla drums.’the light and other things’ is now available. it’s David Tronzo (slide-prepared guitar), Noah Kaplan (saxophones) and myself on bass and prepared bass. (www.cnmpro.com)."...it’s mathematically impossible for Tronzo to not make a cutting edge record with anyone, least of all two young musicians with improvisational credentials and fire in their bellies like bassist Giacomo Merega, who put this project together, and saxophonist Noah Kaplan." - Phil DiPietro, All About Jazz (for the complete review, please visit http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=28697)"A creative, unique ensemble with great sensitivity and gentle phrasing - evoking peace, playfulness and love." - Joe Maneri, composer/microtonal theorist/improviser"Nobody I hear has even shot at what these guys hit. They cut the chain of the brain from the dog of the ear. Simultaneously sought, caught and freed." - Hampton Fancher, writer/filmmaker (Blade Runner)"Grungy, abstract string sounds." - Tom Hull, Village Voice