The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to offer to the Montreal public a chance to hear Simone Prattico along with group members: Paul Shrofel pianist and bassist Acelino de Paula, who will visit the city for an exceptional performance.
January 31, 2018 8pm
Upstairs Jazz and Grill
1254 Mackay St, Montreal
Information 514 931 6808
Sophisticated melodies, Italian cinematographic ambiences and intense, sometimes tribal rhythms: this is the musical sketch of Italian drummer and percussionist Simone Prattico, an exceptional musician with an eclectic career and prestigious collaborations from all horizons (Paris Chamber Orchestra, Hindi Zahra, Ibrahim Maalouf, Piers Faccini, Daniele Silvestri..). Tinted with Afro-funk colors, it is a contemporary jazz, made of encounters and miscegenation, but always respecting tradition. Between modernity and swing, between learned music and popular melodies Simone Prattico offers a captivating alchemy between his Mediterranean culture and the imprint of African-American music.
Dates and location of Canada tour:
January 20 2018 – Longueuil – Théâtre de la Ville – Salle Jean Louis Milette
January 23 2018 – Québec – Maelstrøm Saint- Roch
January 25 2018 – Souris (PEI) – Concert sur le Traversier CTMA
January 26 2018 – Iles de la Madeleine – Les pas perdus
January 27 2018 – Moncton – Université de Moncton
January 31 2018 – Montréal – Upstairs
February 1 2018 – Sorel Tracy – Salle George Colding
February 3 2018 – Terrebonne – Le Moulinet
Born in Rome 1970, Simone Prattico starts from an early age to participate in tours and recordings of albums of different Italian pop artists, in addition to playing regularly with important musicians of the Roman jazz scene. In the same period, and he discovers a passion for the richness of Afro-Brazilian musical culture. In Paris he will receive the CA (certificate of aptitude for teaching) at the École supérieure de batterie Emmanuel Bourseault. In fact, he starts to play in jazz clubs and at various theaters of the capital.
In the 90s he was called to play with the main pop artists of the moment (Daniele Silvestri, Gianni Morandi, Marina Rei, Max Gazzè, Mike Francis, and many others). Thanks to numerous collaborations, he plays in the main clubs, theaters and festivals in Europe, Japan and the United States. In 2011 in New York, Simone forms the trio with Klaus Mueller (piano) and with Brandi Disterheft (double bass). From this meeting his first project was born as a leader, in the album “Brooklyn Sessions“. The imprint of the Mediterranean sounds, the groove and the swing of African-American music is the fundamental element of his way of playing and “feeling” the music.