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about Sergio Bellotti
CYBER PROFILE:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDXTVYAOsv8&feature=chann el
Video lessons can also be found on the vic firth website at
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/drumset/bellotti.html
OLD SCHOOL PROFILE:
Sergio Bellotti moved from the south of Italy to the USA in 1995. Very active in the music scene of Boston first and worldwide clinician/performer now, Sergio has recorded and/or shared the stage with Mike Stern, Wayne Krantz, Tom Scott, Bob James, Robben Ford, Nathan East and Dan Siegel among others. He currently plays with fusion ensemble Spajazzy and co-leads a Duo with Percussion Virtuoso and Remo Signature Artist Alessandra Belloni.
Sergio has taught drumset at Berklee College of Music since 2002, writes for DrumClub magazine in Italy, and, as a worldwide clinician, has performed at the Montreal Drum Fest '03 (now available on DVD), Cape Breton International Drum Fest 2004, 2005 and 2006, Berklee World Percussion Festival '05 and PAS '05 in the USA and PAS 06 in Italy.
VISIT SERGIO ONLINE also at http://www.sergiobellotti.com for a complete profile on the Artist,Educator and Entrepreneur.
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lessonstemplate1 From Modern Drummer Magazine February 2009
PICS FROM GROOVE DAY 2008 ITALY AND LA LUNGA NOTTE DELLA BATTERIA .. View Album Get your own spajazzysept2008 Septembr 2008 Clinic Tour and
Spajazzy Live dates in Italy 2008
sponsored by Zildjian Taye Drums Attack Drum Heads and Vic Firth Sticks
Sergio Bellotti (drums) Tino D'Agostino (bass) Rocco Ventrella (sax) Steve Hunt (keys)
23 Sept --- auditorium comunale Martina Franca (Ta) Italy masterclass/clinic with the band at 6 pm concert at 9 pm via Carmine 2 Martina Franca (Ta) Italy per prevendita e info: Mousike' http://www. mousikecentromusica .it/index. swf contact Ferdinando Carella [email protected]
24 Sept- - jazz club " la vineria" bari (ba) Italy concert at 10 pm www.myspace.com/lavineria contact Ettore at [email protected]
25 Sept-- il magazzino di Gilgamesh--Torino (To) italy masterclass/clinic with the band at 6:30 pm
concert at 10:30 pm Contact Luca at info@ilmagazzinodigilgamesh. com
www. ilmagazzinodigilgamesh.com visit here for directions etc http://www. ilmagazzinodigilgamesh.com/ concerti/2008_2009/settembre/ 25.html
Sept 26th --At Ringo Music--Torino (To) Italy
RingoDay
via viverone 6/e Torino
Limited Seating Masterclass and Private lessons.
for more info Marco at 393-455 9094 or [email protected]
28 Sept At Groove Day daytime clinic by Sergio Bellotti followed Concert at La Lunga notte della Batteria Italian Drum Festival both at "LIVE CLUB" Via Mazzini 58 ,Trezzo sull'Adda (milano) italy
Sergio will perform with the Orchestra feat. also Rocco Ventrella
www.notak.it for more info email [email protected]
WITH MOTOW EXPRESS special guest ANDRE WARDHERE ARE SOME PICS: .. View Album Get your ownjuly2008 JULY/LUGLIO 2008
co-sponsored by
19----DRUMSET CLINIC/MASTERCLASS AT AMM
(WWW.ACCADEMIAMUSICAMODERNA.COM)
CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
20-MASTERCLASS AND CONCERT AT NUVOLARI (CUNEO)
21-DRUMS SUMMER DAY AT RINGOMUSIC (TORINO)
LIVE IN MILANO (ITALY) FOR THE DRUM FESTIVAL:" LA LUNGA NOTTE DELLA BATTERIA"--- WITH PAT LOOMIS QUINTET feat Ervin Dhimo,Andre Hayward and Kevin Harris Pat Loomis Quintet
WITH BERNARD " PRETTY " PURDIE --the most recorded drummer in history DUET at the GROOVE BAKERY in Boston april 2008 italy
check calendar for up-to-date info
sponsored by ZILDJIAN TAYE VIC FIRTH ATTACK and RINGO MUSIC
SERGIO BELLOTTI LIVE AT THE DRUMEXPO 2007
MANCHESTER NH
video clip from the DRUMEXPO 2007CLIP in my studio: "The Groove Bakery" 2007

Add to My Profile |DRUM SOLO with FRANK WILKINS wejazzup! WITH ALESSANDRA BELLONI from the DVD : "THE RHYTHMS IS THE CURE"More Videos DRUM SOLO ON FOOTPRINTS live at Breezeway with Jeff Fedler and Daniel Day FRANK WILKINS TIM INGLES ANDRE HAYWARD ROCCO VENTRELLA SEVEN STEPS TO HEAVEN piano and drums SOLO behind or aside a great solo by Ervin Dhimo

Sergio Bellotti
Drummer, Percussionist, Composer and Educator moved from the south of Italy to the USA in 1995.
Very active in the music scene of Boston first and worldwide clinician/performer now,
Sergio recorded and/or shared stage with Mike Stern, Wayne Krantz, Tom Scott, Bob James,
Robben Ford, Nathan East and Dan Siegel among others. He currently plays with fusion ensemble Spajazzy
and co-leads a Duo with Percussion Virtuoso and Remo Signature Artist Alessandra Belloni .
Sergio teaches drum set at Berklee College of Music since 2002, writes for DrumClub magazine in Italy,
and, as a worldwide clinician, Sergio performed at the Montreal Drum Fest '03 (now available on DVD),
Cape Breton International Drum Fest 2004, 2005 and 2006, Berklee World Percussion Festival '05
and PAS '05 in the USA and PAS 06 in Italy
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY:
1998 1-11 by Sergio Bellotti featuring Bruce Gertz and Jim Kelly
1999 Spajazzy by Spajazzy featuring Mike Stern and Jim Kelly
2003 Perils and Thrills by LittleHorse featuring the Tower Of Power Horns
2004 Live at Montreal Drum Fest DVD 2005
The Rhythm is The Cure DVD with Alessandra Belloni 2005
Bruce Gertz's playalong/book CD :Mastering the Bass on MelBay featuring also Adam Nussbaum
2005 Marco Bellotti's Centro Asociale on Gong/N3

PRESS HIGHLIGHTS: From Modern Drummer April 1999
(blazing fusion patterns with serious in the pocket funk.)
From Jazz Times May 2000 (Sergio is a hard hitter in the tradition of Dennis Chambers.)
From Modern Drummer March '04 (Original and Muscular Drumming)
From Modern Drummer September '04 (At Cape Breton Drum Fest, Sergio played an Impressive solo)
ENDORSMENTS:
TAYE DRUMS, VIC FIRTH STICKS, ATTACK DRUMHEADS,
ZILDJIAN CYMBALS,MEINL PERCUSSION, BEATNIK METRONOMES, PHATFOOT and RINGOMUSIC
For More Info www.sergiobellotti.com

WITH LITTLEHORSE from the new CD Strangers in the ValleyWITH FRANK WILKINS WEJAZZUP live at BREEZEWAY

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/16/2006
Band Website: http://www.sergiobellotti.com
Band Members: VIDEO CLIP FROM MONTREAL 2003 DRUM FESTIVAL DVDFUNK SOLO AT BREEZEWAY Played and/or recorded with :
DAN SIEGEL, WAYNE KRANTZ, MIKE STERN, :
BOB JAMES, NATHAN EAST, HARVEY MASON, :
SPAJAZZY, STEVE HUNT,LITTLEHORSE,ALESSANDRA BELLONI,:
ELVIS STANIC,BRUCE GERTZ, JIM KELLY,RODNEY ALEJANDRO, ERIC HOLDEN,FRANK WILKINS,TIM INGLES,ROCCO VENTRELLA,TEZZ YANCEY,ANDRE HAYWARD :
and more...

CO-LEADER of Spajazzy with TINO MR D D'AGOSTINO Current band members are also Bill Vint, Steve Hunt :
CO-LEADER of the Belloni-Bellotti Duo with virtuoso and Remo Signature Artist Alessandra Belloni :
PLAYING with Littlehorse and also a member of the Joey Vellucci Band
CLINICS WORLDWIDE FOR TAYE DRUMS,ZILDJIAN,VIC FIRTH AND ATTACK
TEACHING DRUMSET AT BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC
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Influences:

Too many to fit in one page some of my favorite music is listed here but i keep adding good stuff to my collection :


Music is nutrition for your senses
and these are some of all times favs of mine


1: . Bring on the Night Sting: A real masterpiece. Sting is a rock star who calls upon the most in-demand "jazz" guys to create a new unique way of playing great pop music. Everything on this live record is tasteful and soulful. The Kenny Kirkland solo on the opening two-track suite is legendary. Omar Hakim (drums) and Darryl Jones (bass) are a refreshing and funky rhythm section and it's all topped with killer solos by Branford Marsalis. This is how jazz can help, through pop music, to educate anybody to enjoy better music.

2.: Still Warm John Scofield: It is unfortunately out of print, but this title is my favorite Scofield recording mostly because the compositions are great and the late Don Grolnick ..s makes everything so tasteful. Omar Hakim and Darryl Jones are simply a groove machine.

3: . We Want Miles Miles Davis: Killer live album with electric Miles backed up by the "electric boys." Bassist Marcus Miller and guitarist Mike Stern indeed went a long way after this. No ProTools, no tricks, just pure live energy...the way it should be! A must!


4: . The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1 Earth Wind & Fire: Next to the word "funky" in the dictionary should be a picture of this album cover. You can't stop moving when you listen to it.


5.: L is for Lover Al Jarreau: One of my favorite singers at his best. The compositions are great, the sounds are phenomenal, and the cast, with Steve Ferrone (drums), Philippe Saisse (piano), and Nile Rodgers on guitar, makes this a soulful favorite.

6.: Life on Planet Groove by Maceo Parker:: please let's be realistic this has to be the funkiest thing ever. And i was lucky enough to study with mr. Kenwood Dennard himself.
Him and Maceo do a duet on the first track that it's like the conversation between two nobel prizes graduated at the groovology university on Funk City. Please...Comon....get it!

Some of my favorite songs::
What the World Needs Now by Burt Bacharach, Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Marvin Gaye & Tammi Tarrell version),Lesley Ann by David Sanborn, Another Day by Sting (Studio single version), In Your Eyes by Dan Siegel and Boney James, Questione di Feeling by Mina e Cocciante,Io Canto (Riccardo Cocciante and Laura Pausini,both versions),Lascia che io Sia (Nek radio Edit), Il Pranzo e' servito written by Bellotti and D'Agostino,Take Your Time by the SOS band,And i am telling i am not going by Jennifer Hudson,Stronger then Before by Chaka Khan, Gatekeeper by Feist,Prologue from Quincy Jones Back on the Block,Secret Garden by El De Barge and Barry White,Careless Whisper by Michael Jackson,Rule of thumb by John Scofield,La belle dame sans regrets by Sting,Shamelle by the Police,The day will come by Philip Bailey ..i am sure i am forgetting some..


Sounds Like: i play what i feel and i feel different everyday
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

SERGIO BELLOTTI live at DRUM EXPO 2007(Tino D'Agostino-Bass)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDhmZFnTL4k check it out--having fun on a blues form
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:24:00 GMT

italy dates clinics/shows/lessons february 2009

sponsored by berklee college,attack,zildjian,taye,vic firth,zildjian,247drums.comsaro' in italia dal 16 al 23 Febbraio 2009.Spero di sentirvi e vedervi NUMEROSIcell 339-3046221 in sintesi16 Lezioni Pr...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:43:00 GMT

feb 20-21 italy MARTINA FRANCA mousike' scuola di musica

THE PROFESSIONAL DRUMMER - Seminario/MasterClass con il Batterista SERGIO BELLOTTI - DOCENTE DEL BERKLEE COLLEGE DI BOSTON (USA) - Seminario:Venerdì 20 Febbraio 2009  ore 17.00 - MasterClass (lezio...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:13:00 GMT

GrooveDay and la lunga notte della batteria on PERCUSSIONI (italy)

http://picasaweb.google.com/sergiobellotti/GrovedayPERCUSSIO NI#slideshow/5291143171679508162buy the magazine! compra la rivista!support drum magazines!Sergio
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:42:00 GMT

video trailer SLADES wejazzup.com every tuesday

courtesy of Art Foley http://s397.photobucket.com/albums/pp58/Artheartist/?action= view¤t=Save.flv
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:12:00 GMT

Sergio on the new issue of Modern Drummer

check it out--- http://www.moderndrummerdigital.com/moderndrummer/200902/?su b_id=fiW0jVJPTr4w
Posted by on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:03:00 GMT

book the Belloni Bellotti Duo for a concert or masterclass

  Available for Duo Concert and/or Rhythm masterclasses Tambourine virtuoso Alessandra Belloni & Sergio Bellotti on drumset A fiery percussive journey from Southern Italy to the North East ...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:30:00 GMT

clip from GROOVE DAY 2008

thanks to the great shooter. NICE PRODUCTIONhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei2Y4ovDe8k
Posted by on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:51:00 GMT

Myspace.com Blogs - MY INTERVIEW ON JAZZIZ APRIL 2008 ISSUE - Rocco Ventrella MySpace Blog

http://www.allcymbals.com/JAZZIZ.pdf Sergio Bellotti and Tino D'Agostino also featured on this interview with Rocco during hi stay in the Usa and the concerts we had played together
Posted by on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:06:00 GMT

NEW LITTLEHORSE VIDEO feat Sergio Bellotti on MOB DRUMS

yes..it's not ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC sometimes you get hired to TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS! enjoy! the group is LITTLEHORSE,i have been playing with them since day 1 some 7 years ago.............................
Posted by on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:53:00 GMT