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bruno

WAY DOWN SOUTH, LONDON TOWN

About Me

I was born in Naples, that's why I love the sea. My granmother Rachele was a concert pianist but refused to teach me how to play, arguing that I lacked sense of rhythm: bless her, I wish she could see me now...
My grandfather Carmine, on the other hand, was the first person who thought me how to read music.
He came to regret it (bless him too!) when I informed him, a few years later, that I was quitting a university degree in philosophy in order to pursue a career in music.

I moved to London in 2000, where I've been freelancing in the music business since.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/20/2006
Band Members: Bruno d'Ambra piano, keyboards, samples, programming
Miles Danso bass - Roy Pfeffer drums on 'Duke's Mood'Housework+Duke's Blues: Ami Rothenberg drums
Heather Hoyle: sax on Duke's BluesUrban Jazz 4tet: Mike Hobart sax - Siemy Di drums - Jerelle Jacob bass
Influences: Count Basie, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Diego Armando Maradona, John Coltrane, Arthur Shopenhauer, Wayne Shorter, Nino D'Angelo, Herbie Hancock, Rocco Siffredi, Michel Petrucciani, Gianfranco Marziano, Hazrat Inayat Khan, Thelonious Monk, Socrates, Giordano Bruno, McCoy Tyner, Giulio Martino, Masters at Work, Massimo Troisi, Cerrone
Sounds Like: You tell me!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

MANDORLA KISS

Some non-italian friends have been inquiring about the meaning of this title. Fair enough, so here you have it.Back home in I-taly we have a sweet and refreshing drink, best enjoyed on a hot summer da...
Posted by bruno on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:25:00 PST

About Me

I was born in Naples, that's why I love the sea. My granmother Rachele was a concert pianist but always refused to teach me how to play the piano, saying that I lacked sense of rhythm: bless her! I wi...
Posted by bruno on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 07:46:00 PST

The Mansion

Great news for all of you jazz lovers out there: the Sunday Nights at the Mansion are back!!!The Mansion is a lovely pub on Gypsy Road (deep South London, innit), where every sunday from 7:30pm to 10p...
Posted by bruno on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:03:00 PST

Duke’s Mood

A new track is on my playlist: Duke's Mood.Can anybody name the original title? come on, it's an easy one!!Anyway, that was recorded a couple of weeks ago in Roy's bedroom - Roy plays drums, Miles Dan...
Posted by bruno on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:07:00 PST

duke's blues

it's actually an impromptu blues me and the guys came up with while soundchecking before a recording session.So is not really the kind of stuff you would release or anything like that: it is rather a...
Posted by bruno on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:44:00 PST

Sufi wisdom

here we go folks! some food for your toughts taken from 'The Mysticism of Sound and Music' by the Sufi Master Hazrat Inayat Khan:"...music is the food of the soul. It answer the deepest demand of the ...
Posted by bruno on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:44:00 PST