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Alessio Menconi Duo (It., Jazz)

May 20 19:00 pm -
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At which venue:
Shanlao Hutong NO. 14, Dongcheng District
50(ADV)/60(DOOR)

时间/Time: 2018年5月20日 19:00


门票/Ticket: 50(ADV)/60(DOOR)


地点/Venue: 黄昏黎明俱乐部 (DDC)


地址/ADD: 北京市东城区美术馆后街山老胡同14号


Shanlao Hutong NO. 14, Dongcheng District


电话/Tel: 010-64078969


邮箱/Mail: DuskDawnClub@gmail.com



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Alessio Menconi


MASSIMILIANO ROLFF


Drums: Xiao Dou



Alessio Menconi is an italian guitarist born in Genoa. He approached guitar when he was 10 as self- taught. Cosidered a prodigy, he start in 1986 is professional career with best italian musicians. In 1992 he won the award as "Best Soloist" in Gran Prix du Jazz.



In 1993 he participated in "Eddie Lang festival"contest (the most important competitions for guitarists in Italy), winning the first prize as best italian jazz guitarist. He play in tour in Europe, Asia, Africa, north, center and south America and recorded in over 40 cds with several musicians.



In 1995 Paolo Conte call him for play in several world tour until 2004 and he recorded four cds. In the same period Billy Cobham wanted him since to play with him in several concerts. In the same year, he have been selected in Paris to play with "ONJ" (orchestre national du jazz) In 2003, He partecipated as only italian to the cd "Voodoo crossing-a tribute to Jimi Hendrix" with Robben Ford, Steve Lukather, Hiram Bullock ,Larry Coryell and many others.



In 2011 he was included in a cd compilations of world best jazz guitarist as only italian. In the same year, “Jazz It” magazine put his record “Sketches of Miles” in the best 100 jazz records of the worl



MASSIMILIANO ROLFF's playing, along with a deep knowledge of the tradition mixed with a personal taste for composition, became a landmark for many jazz lovers across Italy. In over 15 years of music career, Massimiliano Rolff toured extensively Europe and U.S. alongside with some of the world's finest jazz musicians, and released 6 albums as leader and more than 20 as sideman and co-leader. Based in Genoa, in the 'Italian Riviera', is today leading and performing his own music, with several bands across Italy and Europe.



Massimiliano (born June 1973) starts playing music as self taught guitarist at the age of 12. At the age of 16 he's already performing across Italy as young bass player with different pop-rock bands. In 1999 he graduates at the Jazz Conservatory of Groningen (Holland) in Electric Bass and Music Pedagogy. After few months, thanks to a scolarship of the Dutch government he also follows a master at the Bass Collective in New York City with John Pattitucci and Lincoln Goines. In the year 2000 he settle back in the sun, in Genoa, Italy. In 2010 he took a second master degree in Jazz Music at the Conservatory "N. Paganini" in Genova (Italy).



Since 2008, he's founder and musical director of the Count Basie Jazz Club in Genoa, Italy, and since 2010 he teaches electric bass in different Conservatories in Italy, including Conservatorio "G.Puccini" in La Spezia, Conservatorio “N.Rota” in Monopoli (Bari) and Conservatorio “A.Corelli” in Messina, Sicily.



Xiao Dou


Drummer Xingyu Liu “Xiao Dou”is a professional drummer.


In 2009, Liu was awarded a scholarship to study music at Prince Claus Conservatory in the Netherlands, where he studied with Steve Altenberg, Joost van Schaik, Ralph Peterson, and Gene Jackson. After graduating in 2013, Liu returned to Beijing and is very active in the music scene. He play with the best musician in China. Over the years he has performed as a member of ‘Ah Q’ Jazz Arkestra, Beijing City Big Band, and in bands led by Charlie Wang, Christian Li, Chris Washburne, Christophe Lier,Daniel Callaghan, Erik Truffaz,Huang Jianyi,Joe Wittman, Kevin Sun, Kyle Gregory, Lawrence Ku, Liang Ying,Liu Yuan,Matthew Ship, Moreno Donadel, Nathaniel Gao,Rafal Sarnecki, Red Hand,Robin Eubanks,Simone Schirru, Spike Wilner, Ted Nash, Ted Rosenthal, Toby Mak, Xia Jia, and Yannick Rieu.He is currently teaching in Beijing Contemporary Music Institute.

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