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Rocco - Mad on Jazz

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About Me


I WAS BORN IN TORINO. I now live in Milano.
In my life I Lived in New York, Nice, Paris, Monte Carlo.
Very early I started wondering what was going on, how did it work and what was the right way to approach it.
As a child I had loads of energies and I did not know how to handle it. Nobody could help me. I hated school and always felt I had no space to breathe.
I Did many different silly jobs for some time.
In 1993 I incredibly managed to found Right Tempo Records and I become a music producer and label manager.
In 1996 I got ripped off badly and with cruelty and I understood I had to watch out for myself.
In 1997, within Right Tempo, thanks to the support of Giulio Jazzy Jules Maini, Flavio Bonandrini, Paine, Lele Sacchi, Steve Piccolo and Gak Sato, I established Easy Tempo and Temposphere labels.
My life, since I started working with music, has been a dream, a priviledge, a magic carpet on which I could fly safely.
Meeting and working with Piero Umiliani has been the peak of such marvelous voyage.
Umiliani, throughout his trust and complicity, has given to me great strenght, self confidence, human warmth and financial security.
All the sudden, the music network I was part of fall apart. My peers lost the original commitment and passion. The scene collapsed behind greediness and superficiality (only today the price of it is being paid). You know ... the friend of the friend and the money and the bullshit and the sex and the drug and the sex and the money and ... no more Music or passion there just The Friend of The Friend, The Money, The Drug, The Ego and off course The Bullshit.
I then decided to make a huge step. I put aside my Job and produced Vulcanology music and art festival in Catania (www.vulcanology.it). I lost everything I had in the bank with it.
Yo, To get back together has been hard but it has been a fundamental living experience which hopefully has completed me as a human being.
Sooooooooo ... one day I took the time to look into myspace (myself).
Since I was born I've been searching for the same things: friendship, love, respect, consistency and that peace of mind that seems impossible to achieve. I am now un/fortunately aware that I set my own destiny ... is called Rocco Space Evolution by NSR Bikes ... it flies ... really.

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My Interests



Music, Travels, Art, Movies, Cats and Animals, People, Females, Vinyls, Food, Nature, Communication, Love, Introspection, Friendship, Troubles, Challanges, Confrontation, Warmth, Madness, Danger, Death, Pain, Truth, Colors, Landscapes, New Experiences, Motion, Pleasure, Odours, Creativity, Spirituality, Togetherness, The Unknown, Sensuality. And most of all Spacing Out : )

I'd like to meet:


Respectful people sharing my principles and passions or living with principles and passions different from mine and most of all lots of love.

Music:

Music is to me the main vehicle to get in touch with spirituality.
Music is the connection between earth and the universe.
Music is the deepest and most amazing artform of mankind.
I love Jazz (in all forms and extensions), Blues, Soul, Funk, World, Folk, Hip Hop, Flamenco, Some Rock, New Wave, Disco and Quality Electronic Music.
Here some pics of great Master of Music and Humanity: Piero Umiliani

Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Abba, Muhal Richard Abrams, George Adams, Pepper Adams, Julian Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley, Afrique, Airto Moreira & Flora Purim, Monty Alexander, Tony Allen, Lorez Alexandria, David Allen, Henry Allen, Mose Allison, Laurindo Almeida, Herb Alpert, Gene Ammons, Curtis Amy, Cat Anderson, Vicki Anderson, The Animals, Paul Anka, Aphrodite s Child, Tony Argo, Luis Armstrong, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Dorothy Ashby, Ashford and Simpson, Fred Astaire, Patti Austin, Average White Band, Roy Ayers, Albert Ayler, Azimuth.

Burt Bacharach, Joan Baez, Benny Bailey, Dave Bailey, Chet Baker, Ginger Baker, Lavern Baker, Josephine Baker, Lavern Baker, Hank Ballard, Leandro Gato Barbieri, The Bar-Kays, Charlie Barnet, Ray Barretto, Kenny Barron, John Barry, Gary Bartz, Count Basie, Fontella Bass, Shirley Bassey, Gianni Basso, Les Baxter, Bayete, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Sidney Bechet, Joe Beck, Bee Gees, The Beginning Of The End, Bix Beiderbecke, Harry Belafonte, Marcus Belgrave, Archie Bell And The Drells, William Bell, Louis Bellson, Tony Bennett, George Benson, Brook Benton, Chuck Berry, Edwin Birdsong, Walter Bishop Jr., Black Heath, Black Sabbath, The Blackbyrds, Ran Blake, Art Blakey, Bobby Bland, Carla Bley, Paul Bley, Terence Blanchard, Blood Sweat and Tears, Arthur Blythe, Eddie Bo, Willie Bobo, George Bohannon, Hamilton Bohannon, Luiz Bonfa, Booker T. And The MG S, Earl Bostic, Lester Bowie, Pat Bowie, Charles Brackeen, George Braith, Anthony Braxton, The Brecker Brothers, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Tina Brooks, Big Bill Broonzy, Arthur Brown, Buster Brown, Charles Brown, Clifford Brown, James Brown, Les Brown, Marion Brown, Mel Brown, Odell Brown, Oscar Brown Jr., Ray Brown, Ruth Brown, Dave Brubeck, Lenny Bruce, Bobby Bryant, James Booker, Ray Bryant, Rusty Bryant, Tim Buckley, Milt Buckner, Buckshot Lefonque, Eric Burdon, Sonny Burke, Dave Burrell, Kenny Burrell, Gary Burton, Billy Butler, Jaki Byard, Don Byas, Bobby Byrd, Charlie Byrd, Donald Byrd.

George Cables, John Cale, Terry Callier, Cab Calloway, John Cameron, Cameo, Candido Camero, Conte Candoli, Canned Heath, Eddie Cano, Doug Carn, Jean Carn, Benny Carter, Betty Carter, Ron Carter, Alvin Cash, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Castor Bunch, Catalyst, The Chakachas, Joe Chambers, Paul Chambers, Ndugu Chancler, Gene Chandler, Ray Charles, Teddy Charles, Doc Cheatham, Don Cherry, The Chocolate Watch Band, Charlie Christian, Sonny Clark, Buck Clarke, Kenny Clarke, Stanley Clarke, Otis Clay, Buck Clayton, Jimmy Cliff, George Clinton, Rosemary Clooney, The Clovers, The Coasters, Arnett Cobb, Joe Cocker, Dennis Coffey, Al Cohn, Cold Blood, Cozy Cole, Nat King Cole, Richie Cole, George Coleman, Ornette Coleman, Johnny Coles, Buddy Colette, Judy Collins, Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane, The Commodores, Perry Como, Eddie Condon, Norman Connors, Ry Coode, Sam Cooke, Dave Baby Cortez, Bill Cosby, Jack Costanzo, James Cotton, Cliff Coulter, The Counts, Don Covay, Stanley Cowell, Hank Crawford, Creative Source, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jim Croce, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Neal Creque, Sonny Criss, Bing Crosby, Crown Heights Affair, The Crusaders, The Jazz Crusaders, Xavier Cougat, Frank Cunimondo, Ted Curson, Cymande, Andrew Cyrille.

Franco D Andrea, Paquito D Rivera, Paulinho Da Costa, Tadd Dameron, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Miles Davis, Richard Davis, Sammy Davis Jr., Walter Davis Jr., Wild Bill Davis, Doris Day, Blossom Dearie, Jack DeJohnette, Deodato, Wilbur Deparis, The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe, Paul Desmond, Walt Dickerson, Digable Planets, Bill Dixon, Bill Doggett, Klaus Doldinger, Eric Dolphy, Lou Donaldson, Joao Donato, Kenny Dorham, Tommy Dorsey, The Double Six of Paris, Kenny Drew, George Duke.

Charles Earland, Cleveland Eaton, Billy Ecstine, Harry Sweets Edison, Teddy Edwards, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington, Don Ellis, Herb Ellis, The Ensemble Al-Salaam, Booker Ervin, Coke Escovedo, Pete Escovedo, Bill Evans, Gil Evans.

Jon Faddis, Georgie Fame, Tal Farlow, Art Farmer, Shamek Farrah, Maynard Ferguson, Dee Felice, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Ella Fitzgerald, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Forrest, Sonny Fortune, Frank Foster, Aretha Franklin, Henry Franklin, Bud Freeman, George Freeman, Full Moon, Curtis Fuller, Funk Inc..

Slim Gaillard, Eddie Gale, Gang Starr, Red Garland, Erroll Garner, Stan Getz, Terry Gibbs, Gilberto Gil, Astrud Gilberto, Joao Gilberto, Dizzy Gillespie, Allen Ginsberg, Benny Golson, Paul Gonsalves, Babs Gonzales, Benny Godman, Dexter Gordon, Dusko Goykovich, Bennie Green, Bunky Green, Grant Green, Al Grey, Johnny Griffin, The Groove Collective, Steve Grossman, George Grunz, Dave Grusin, Gigi Gryce, Vince Guaraldi.

Bobby Hackett, Charlie Haden, Jim Hall, Chico Hamilton, Johnny Hammond Smth, Gunter Hampel, Lionel Hampton, Herbie Hancock, John Handy, Roland Hanna, Hanninbal Peterson, Wilbur Harden, Billy Harper, Joe Harriot, Barry Harris, Eddie Harris, Gene Harris, Wendell Harrison, Billy Hart, Johnny Hartman, Hampton Hawes, Coleman Hawkins, Billy Hawks, Louis Hayes, Tubby Hayes, Roy Haynes, Headhunters, Jimmy Heath, Eddie Henderson, Joe Henderson, Wayne Henderson, Jon Hendricks, Luiz Henrique, Woody Herman, Hermeto, John Hicks, Billy Higgins, Andrew Hill, Earl Fatha Hines, Al Hirt, Johnny Hodges, Allan Holdsworth, Billie Holiday, Red Holloway, Richard Groove Holmes, Red Holt, Stx Hooper, Elmo Hope, Paul Horn, Shirley Horn, Lena Horne, Freddie Hubbard, Bobbi Humphrey, Paul Humphrey, Bobby Hutcherson, Dick Hyman.

Abdullah Ibrahim Dollar Brand, Irakere.

J.F.K. Quintet, Milt Jackson, Willis Jackson, Illinois Jacquet, Ahmad Jamal, Bob James, Harry James, Al Jarreau, The Jazz Crusaders, The Jazztet, Eddie Jefferson, Paul Jeffrey, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Budd Johnson, J.J. Johnson, Ivan Boogaloo Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, Hank Jones, Jo Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Priscilla Jones, Quincy Jones, Sam Jones, Thad Jones, Clifford Jordan, Duke Jordan, Oness of Juju.

Ed Kelly, Stan Kenton, Robin Kenyatta, Jack Kerouac, Barney Kessel, King Curtis, King Pleasure, Rashaan Roland Kirk, Eric Kloss, Lee Konitz, Gene Krupa, Charles Kynard.

Steve Lacy, Oliver Lake, Lambert Hendricks and Ross, Harold Land, John La Porta, Billy Larkin and the Delegates, Pete LaRoca, Prince Lasha, The last Poets, Yusef Lateef, The Latin Jazz Quintet, Azar Lawrence, Hubert Laws, Ronnie Laws, Leadbelly, Bill Lee, Jeanne Lee, Peggy Lee, Michel Legrand, O Donel Levy, Meade Lux Lewis, Mel Lewis, Ramsey Lewis, Abbey Lincoln, Melba Liston, Booker Little, Charles Lloyd, Julie London, Wilbert Longmire, The Lounge Lizards, Frank Lowe, Jimmie Lunceford, Johnny Lytle.

Teo Macero, Machito, Mike Manieri, Alex Malehiros, Henry Mancini, Chuck Mangione, Herbie Mann, Shelly Manne, Ray Mantilla, Tania Maria, Charlie Mariano, Dodo Marmarosa, Esther Marrow, Pat Martino, Hugh Masekela, David Mattews, Bennie Maupin, Cecil McBee, Les McCann, Freddie McCoy, Jack McDuff, Gary McFarland, Howard McGhee, Jimmy McGriff, Jackie McLean, Lloyd McNeill, Charles McPherson, Carmen McRae, Gil Melle, Sergio Mendes, Johnny Mercer, Helen Merrill, Barry Miles, Glenn Miller, Charles Mingus, Blue Mitchell, Red Mitchell, Hank Mobley, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Charles Moffett, Thelonious Monk, J.R. Monterose, Montego Joe, Wes Montgomery, Tete Montoliu, James Moody, Moondog, Lee Morgan, Sam Most, Alphonse Muzon, Idris Muhammad, Gerry Mulligan, Marc Murphy, David Murray.

Milton Nascimento, Fats Navarro, Oliver Nelson, New York Bass Violin Choir, New York Jazz Sextet, Phineas Newborn, David Fathead Newman, Herbie Nicols, Sal Nistico, Ken Nordine, Red Norvo.

Anita O day, Odetta, Claus Ogerman, King Oliver, Jimmy Owens.

Eddie Palmieri, Billy Parker, Charlie Parker, Maynard Parker, Horace Parlan, Joe Pass, Johnny Pate, Kellee Patterson, Big John Patton, Cecil Payne, Duke Pearson, Art Pepper, Perigeo, Charlie Persip, Houston Pearson, Oscar Peterson, Sonny Phillips, Dave Pike, Courtney Pine, Lonnie Plaxico, Bill Plummer, Jean-Luc Ponty, Bud Powell, Perez Prado, Andre Previn, Louis Prima, Pucho and his Latin Soul Brothers, Tito Puente, Don Pullen, Bernard Purdie

Quartette Tres Bien, Ike Quebec

Sun Ra, Phil Ranelin, Enrico Rava, Lou Rawls, Freddie Red, Dizzy Reece, Rufus Reid, Django Reinhardt, Kenneth Rexroth, Buddy Rich, Dannie Richmond, Ben Riley, Sam Rivers, Freddie Roach, Max Roach, Shorty Rogers, Sonny Rollins, Dom Um Romao, Frank Rosolino, Charlie Rouse, Roswell Rudd, Hilton Ruiz, Patrice Rushen, Gene Russell, George Russell

Sabu Martinez, A. K. Salim, Joe Sample, Poncho Sanchez, Pharoah Sanders, Mongo Santamaria, Carlos Santana, Moachir Santos, Merl Sunders, Lalo Schifrin, Shirley Scott, Tony Scott, Gil Scott-Heron, Don Sebesky, Bola Sete, Bud Shank, Artie Shaw, Marlena Shaw, Woody Shaw, George Shearing, Archie Shepp, Sahib Shihab, Wayne Shorter, Ben Sidran, Horace Silver, Nina Simone, Zoot Sims, Frank Sinatra, Sivuca, Bessie Smith, Jimmy Smith, Lonnie Liston Smith, Martial Solal, Solar Plexus, Melvin Sparks, Leon Spencer, Peter Sprague, Lou Stein, Sonny Stitt, Stone Alliance, Billy Strayhorn, Bill Summers, Gabor Szabo

Tacuma Jamaaladeen, Buddy Tate, Grady Tate, Art Tatum, Art Taylor, Billy Taylor, Cecil Taylor, Jack Teargarden, Pete Terrace, Clark Terry, Toots Thielemans, Leon Thomas, The Three Sounds, Bobby Timmons, Cal Tjader, Charles Tolliver, Mel Torme, Lennie Tristano, Joe Turner, Stanley Turrentine, McCoy Tyner

Phil Upchurch, Piero Umiliani

Dave Valentin, Sarah Vaughan, Harold Vick, Leroy Vinnegard, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson

Mal Waldron, T-Bone Walker, Fats Weller, Cedar Walton, War, Dinah Washington, Grover Washington Jr., Muddy Waters, Julius Watkins, Ben Webster, Frank Wess, Randy Weston, Andrew White, Don Wilkerson, Baby Face Willette, Buster Williams, Cootie Williams, Joe Williams, Tony Williams, Gerald Wilson, Joe Lee Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Jimmy Witherspoon, James Woody, Phil Woods, Leo Wright

Larry Young, Lester Young, Young-Holt Unlimited

Joe Zawinul to be continued

Movies:

When I was 14, in order to go out of the house at night, I used to go with my older brother to a movie club. This happened three times a week for at least 3 years. In such time I was exposed to so many incredibile movies and got strongly influenced by them. Here some of them: Vanishing Point, Images, The Lord of Flies, The American Friend, 2001 Space Odyssey, Fahrenight 451, The French Connection, The Wild Bunch, Pat Garret & Billy The Kid, Aguirre the Wrath of God, Straw Dogs, Network, Midnight Cowboy, Clockwork Orange, Rosemary s Baby, Blow Up, Harold and Maude, Being There, Missing, Easy Ryder, Electra Glide In Blue, Cold Blood, The Man with the Golden Arm, The Party, Blues Brothers, Three Days of The Condor, Jules et JIm, Band Apart, The Untouchables, Citizen Cane, Ascenseur Pour L Echafaud, The Freaks, The Pawnbroker, Shining, Jeremiah Johnson, In The Heath of the Night, Kings of the Road, Tchao Pantin, Heaven Can Wait, A Little Big Man, Lawrence of Arabia, Sophie s Choice, The Graduate, Dr. Strangelove, Woodstock, Frankenstein Junior, 12 Angry Man, Shaft, Bullit, All The President s Man, Deliverance, Soldier Blue, A Man Called Horse, Kramer Vs Kramer, Anatomy of a Murder, The Getaway ... to be continued

Television:


Television drug of the nation. Television is destroying people’s mind, sensitivity, awareness and most of all people’s unicity. The less you expose yourself to it the more you will enjoy reality. Television’s sole purpose is to brainwash your mind, to isolate you and to control your thoughts. Television is freedom’s worst enemy.

Books:

Siddharta, Fiesta, Il Barone Rampante, Il Piccolo Principe, Il Gabbiano, Pinocchio, Profumo, Gorky Park, Il Signore Delle Mosche, Il Giovane Holden, Tropico Del Capricorno ....

Heroes:


My Mother, Piero Umiliani, Nino Mannino dell'omonima Trattoria Casalinga di Catania, Padre Romano Scalfi di Russia Cristiana and all people pushing in their own way to make this world a better place and The Spirit of Bubu.