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Discography (selected)

Albums

''(as sideman)'' *

– ''L'Isola Non Trovata'' (1970) Percfest-Bandini-Presti-De Piscopo2015

* The Pleasure Machine – ''Asia / Amici (Friends)'' (1971) *

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– ''L'Orso Bruno'' (1973) * Francesco Guccini – ''Stanze Di Vita Quotidiana'' (1974) *

- '' 1st Round'' (1976) * Francesco Guccini – ''Via Paolo Fabbri 43'' (1976) *

– ''Dream With Steven Schlaks'' (1976) * Francesco Guccini – ''Amerigo'' (1978) *

– ''Svendita Totale'' 1978) * Stephen Schlaks – ''Sensitive And Delicate'' (1979) * Fabio Concato – ''Zio Tom'' (1979) *

– Strike Up The Band (1980) *

– ''Sono Solo Canzonette'' 1980) * Stephen Schlaks – ''Pleasure'' (1980) *

– ''Hollywood Hollywood'' (1982) * Fabio Concato – ''Fabio Concato'' (1982) * Stephen Schlaks – ''New Temptation'' (1982) *

– ''25'' (1983) * Guccini – ''Guccini'' (1983) * Stephen Schlaks – ''Europe'' (1984) * Mina – ''Catene'' (1984) *

– ''Paolo Conte'' (1985) * Mina – ''Finalmente Ho Conosciuto Il Conte Dracula'' (1985) * Paolo Conte – ''Concerti'' (1985) * Mina – ''Si, Buana'' (1986) * Stephen Schlaks – ''Shining Star'' (1986) * Francesco Guccini – ''Fra La Via Emilia E Il West'' (1987 * Mina – ''Rane Supreme'' (1987) * Guccini – ''Signora Bovary'' (1987) * Mina – ''Ridi Pagliaccio'' (1988) * Mina – ''Uiallalla'' (1989) *

Pierangelo Bertoli Pierangelo Bertoli (5 November 1942 – 7 October 2002) was an Italian singer-songwriter and poet. Close to libertarian communist issues his works told mainly about environment, laïcité, antimilitarism and social issues regarding marginalized a ...

– ''Sedia Elettrica'' (1989) * Mina – ''Ti Conosco Mascherina'' (1990) * Francesco Guccini – ''Quello Che Non''... (1990) * Mina – ''Caterpillar'' (1991) *

– ''Concerti'' (1991) *

– ''Si Può Fare'' (1992) * Mina – ''Sorelle Lumière'' (1992) * Francesco Guccini – ''Parnassius Guccinii'' (1993) * Angelo Branduardi – ''Domenica E Lunedì'' (1994) * Angelo Branduardi – ''Camminando Camminando'' (1996) * De André – ''In Concerto'' (1999) * Paolo Conte – ''Reveries'' (2003) * Francesco Guccini – ''Ritratti'' (2004) * Fabrizio De André – ''Anime Salve 1996/2006'' (2006) * Edoardo Bennato – ''Salviamo Il Salvabile'' (2006) * Francesco Guccini – ''Radici'' (2007) * Fabrizio De André – ''1991 - 2004'' (2010) * Francesco Guccini – ''L'ultima Thule'' (2012) * Paolo Conte – ''Concerti'' (2014) * Angelo Branduardi – ''Camminando Camminando In Tre'' (2015)

References

External links

Interview at ''Jazzitalia'', May 2003

Ellade Bandini Discography at Discogs
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bandini, Ellade 1946 births Living people Musicians from Ferrara Italian jazz drummers Male drummers Italian pop musicians Italian session musicians 20th-century Italian musicians 21st-century Italian musicians 20th-century drummers 21st-century drummers 20th-century Italian male musicians 21st-century Italian male musicians Male jazz musicians