Padova
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, Italy) is a guitarist, composer, producer and songwriter. In addition to jazz, Sotti plays in the styles of bebop, jazz fusion, soul, hip hop, R&B and pop. He has worked with the likes of
Al Foster
Aloysius Tyrone Foster (born January 18, 1943) is an American jazz drummer. Foster's professional career began in the mid-60s, when he played and recorded with hard bop and swing musicians including Blue Mitchell and Illinois Jacquet. Foster pl ...
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Randy Brecker
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Early life
Brecker was born on N ...
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John Patitucci
John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American jazz bassist and composer.
Biography
John James Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York. When he was 12, he bought his first bass and decided on his career. He listened to bass parts in R ...
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Mino Cinelu Mino may refer to:
Places in Japan
* Mino, Gifu, a city in Gifu Prefecture
* Mino, Kagawa, a former town in Kagawa Prefecture
* Mino, Tokushima, a town in Tokushima Prefecture
* Mino, an alternate spelling of Minoh, a city in Osaka Prefecture
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Roy Hargrove
Roy Anthony Hargrove (October 16, 1969 – November 2, 2018) was an American jazz musician and composer whose principal instruments were the trumpet and flugelhorn. He achieved worldwide acclaim after winning two Grammy Awards for differing styles ...
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Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. She is one of the most successful female Jazz singers and has been described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed ...
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Shaggy
Shaggy may refer to:
People
*Shaggy (musician) (born 1968), Jamaican American reggae rapper and singer
*Shaggy 2 Dope, half of the hip hop, horrorcore band Insane Clown Posse
*Shaggy Flores (born 1973), Nuyorican poet, writer and African diaspora ...
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Melanie Fiona
Melanie Fiona Hallim (born July 4, 1983) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario.Jennifer Lopez, Ice-T,
Tupac
Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of all time. Shakur is among the b ...
K'naan
Keinan Abdi Warsame (born 1 February 1978) ( so, Keynaan Cabdi Warsame, ar, كَينَان عَبدِ وَرسَمَ ''Kaynān ʿAbdi Warsama''), better known by his stage name K'naan (), is a Somali-Canadian musician. He rose to prominence ...
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M-1 (rapper)
Mutulu Olugbala (born Lavonne Alford, May 12, 1975), better known by his stage name M-1 (sometimes stylized as M1), is an American rapper, songwriter, and activist from Brooklyn, New York. He is best known for his work as one half of the politi ...
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Dead Prez
Dead Prez, often stylized as dead prez, is an American hip hop duo composed of stic.man and M-1, formed in 1996 in New York City. They are known for their confrontational style, combined with lyrics focused on both militant social justice, se ...
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Hell Razah
Chron Smith (born October 1, 1976), better known by his stage name Hell Razah, is an American rapper. He is best known as a member of Sunz of Man, an early affiliate group of the Wu-Tang Clan.
Razah is rumored to have suffered a brain aneurysm ...
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Paolo Fresu
Paolo Fresu ( sc, Pàulu; born 10 February 1961) is an Italian jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, as well as a composer and arranger of music.
Career
Born in Berchidda, Sardinia, he picked up the trumpet at the age of 11, and played in the ba ...
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Zucchero
Adelmo Fornaciari (; born 25 September 1955), more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero (), is an Italian singer, musician and songwriter. His stage name is the Italian word for "sugar", as his elementary teach ...
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Mondo Marcio
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People
*Michael Mondo, Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer
* Mondo Guerra, American fashion designer
* Armand ”Mondo” Duplantis, Swedish pole vaulter
Computer science
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Mina
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Places Iran
* Minaq, East Azerbaijan
* Mina, Fars
* Mineh, Lorestan Province
* Mina, Razavi Khorasan
* Mehneh, Razavi Khorasan Province
United States
* Mina, California
* Mina, Nevada
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* Mina, Ohio
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Clementino
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among many others.
Equipment
Sotti endorses D'Angelico Guitars. His 2015 Fabrizio Sotti Signature Model, the EX-SS/FS, is based on the EX-SS with the addition of Seymour Duncan pick ups (SH2 and SH4), Sperzel machine heads, jumbo frets and reduced wood block for maximum resonance of the hollow body. In 2018 D'Angelico Guitars introduced the Fabrizio Sotti SS Deluxe Signature Model. In 2019 D'Angelico Guitars added the Fabrizio Sotti SS Premier Model.
Discography
As leader
* ''Looking For'' 1993
* ''Standards and More'', feat.
Ares Tavolazzi
Ares Tavolazzi (born July 1948) is an Italian bass player and jazz musician born in Ferrara.
Biography
Tavolazzi studied cello and double bass in the Music School of Ferrara and began his career as bassist playing for Carmen Villani in a beat g ...
and Mauro Beggio (1995)
* ''This World Upside Down'' (Eclipse/Warner Bros. 1999)
* '' Through My Eyes'' (Sotti Entertainment/Raitrade, 2004)
* ''
Inner Dance
''Inner Dance'' is a 2010 solo album written and produced by Italian jazz guitarist Fabrizio Sotti. The album was recorded at both Avatar Studios and Sotti Studios in New York City in February and April 2009.
''Inner Dance'' was recorded and mix ...
'' (Sotti /E1, 2010)
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Right Now
Right Now may refer to:
*Present, the time associated with events perceived directly
Music Albums
* Right Now (Atomic Kitten album), ''Right Now'' (Atomic Kitten album) or the title song (see below), 2000
* Right Now (Fabrizio Sotti album), ...
Universal
Universal is the adjective for universe.
Universal may also refer to:
Companies
* NBCUniversal, a media and entertainment company
** Universal Animation Studios, an American Animation studio, and a subsidiary of NBCUniversal
** Universal TV, a ...
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Motown
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Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. She is one of the most successful female Jazz singers and has been described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed ...
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Glamoured
''Glamoured'' is a studio album by American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson. The record was released on the Blue Note label in 2003.
Reception
Thom Jurek of AllMusic wrote: "On Glamoured, Wilson composed half the album, and her songs are as pr ...
Half Pint
Half Pint (born 11 November 1961), and sometimes credited Lindon Andrew Roberts,Josephs, Karla (2012)Big deal for Half Pint", ''Jamaica Observer'', 7 June 2012, retrieved 8 June 2012 is a Jamaican dancehall, ragga, and reggae singer.
Biograph ...
, ''Wha Ya wan'' (Sotti, 2004)
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Tupac
Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of all time. Shakur is among the b ...
Blue Note Plays Sting
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Blue Note, 2005
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* M1 of
Dead Prez
Dead Prez, often stylized as dead prez, is an American hip hop duo composed of stic.man and M-1, formed in 1996 in New York City. They are known for their confrontational style, combined with lyrics focused on both militant social justice, se ...
, ''Confidential'' (Sotti/Koch, 2006)
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Hell Razah
Chron Smith (born October 1, 1976), better known by his stage name Hell Razah, is an American rapper. He is best known as a member of Sunz of Man, an early affiliate group of the Wu-Tang Clan.
Razah is rumored to have suffered a brain aneurysm ...
, ''Renaissance Child'' (
Nature Sounds
Nature Sounds is a record label based in Brooklyn, New York, specializing in hip hop and reggae music. The label is independently owned and operated. It was founded by Devin Horwitz in 2003.
History
Nature Sounds was founded in 2003 by Devin ...
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K'naan
Keinan Abdi Warsame (born 1 February 1978) ( so, Keynaan Cabdi Warsame, ar, كَينَان عَبدِ وَرسَمَ ''Kaynān ʿAbdi Warsama''), better known by his stage name K'naan (), is a Somali-Canadian musician. He rose to prominence ...
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The Dusty Foot Philosopher
''The Dusty Foot Philosopher'' is the first studio album by the Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan after previously releasing a mixtape. It was released by BMG Music on June 7, 2005, in Canada and on June 23, 2005, in the United States.
Awards
The a ...
'' ( BMG, 2008)
* Cassandra Wilson, '' Closer to You: The Pop Side'' (Blue Note, 2009)
* Cassandra Wilson, '' Another Country'' ( E1, 2012)
* Tony Grey, ''Elevation'' ( Abstract Logix, 2013)
* Alberto Pizzo, ''On the Way'' (Bixio/Egea, 2014)
* Francesco Lomagistro & Berardi Jazz Connection "A New Journey" (Jazz Engine 2014)
* Nicola Sorato & Giuseppe Sorato "Reset the World" (Sorato N&G 2014)
* Clementino "La Cosa Piu' Bella Che Ho" (Universal 2017)
* Mr.Paradise "Forastero" (Roc Nation 2017)
* Alessandra Salerno "Faith Within Your Hands" (Sotti Entertainment 2018)
* Mondo Marcio "Angeli e Demoni" featuring Mina (La Mondo/Sony 2019)
* Loris Al Raimondi "Delicate Passion" (2020)
* Mondo Marcio "Il Mio Riflesso" (La Mondo Records/Sony 2021)
* Pino Daniele Tribute Fabrizio Sotti, Omar Hakim, Rachel Z "Yes I Know My Way" featuring Frankie Hi-Nrg (Incipit, 2021)
* Pino Daniele Tribute Fabrizio Sotti, Omar Hakim, Rachel Z "Quando" featuring Serena Brancale (Incipit, 2021)
* Loris Al Raimondi "It's a Daughter" (2021)
* Pino Daniele Tribute Fabrizio Sotti, Omar Hakim, Rachel Z "O Scarrafone" featuring Paolo Fresu (Incipit, 2022)