Folk Bands and Artists
Filippo Dall’Asta & Antonio Marzinotto
http://filippodallastaguitar.com
Filippo Dall’Asta is an Italian Gypsy jazz guitarist, composer, bandleader and arranger, mixing the sounds of Gypsy jazz with traditional Indian music, to forge his own style of progressive guitar playing. Filippo began playing at the age of 5 in Parma, Italy, and studied music in his native country as well as Germany, France, Holland and India. In 2010, at the age of 23, he arrived in the UK. He has toured and recorded with hundreds of world famous artists such as Lollo Meier, Mozes Rosenberg, John Wheatcroft, Gypsy Dynamite, Harp Bazaar, Tara Minton (Björk), Mehboob Nadeem, The Onironauts and many more. His touring resume covers Germany, India, Italy, France, Spain, England, Malta and Russia, with notable appearances at The Royal Albert Hall, the Houses of Parliament, the Tower of London, the Union Chapel, and many festivals in France and Italy.
For many years Antonio Marzinotto has been hosting one of the most respected jam sessions in London, at Nomad Jazz Club, playing with some of the best artists of the international scene. During those years he has had the opportunity to play in numerous events – such as the London Guitar Festival in 2007 with Henrick Jensen – and to perform at Jazz Clubs across England and Europe, sharing the stage and recording with great musicians like U.T. Ghandi, Gianni Cazzola, Giovanni Maier, Marc Abrams, Roberto Manzin, Kevin Glasgow, John Altman, Riccardo Fioravanti, Jim Mullen, Davide Giovannini, Ross Stanley, Enzo Zirilli, Davide Mantovani , Rachel Gould, Roberto Gatto to name but a few. Since coming to London, Antonio has participated in many recording sessions. He has been teaching Jazz guitar 1, 2 and 3 at the City Lit College of London for 9 years.
