Dominique di Piazza Cavete 2015 by Justus Nussbaum

Dominique Di Piazza, born in

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, in 1959, is an

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player. Di Piazza discovered the bass in 1979. Already a self-taught guitarist, Di Piazza developed a distinctive, but unorthodox 'closed palm' technique of picking with the right hand thumb, index, and middle fingers, giving him a speed not often heard in electric bass players. A member of the John McLaughlin Trio" from 1991 to 1992 along with

Trilok Gurtu Trilok Gurtu (born 30 October 1951) is an Indian percussionist and composer whose work has blended the music of India with jazz fusion and world music. He has worked with Terje Rypdal, Gary Moore, John McLaughlin, Jan Garbarek, Joe Zawinul, M ...

a world tour of 300 concerts and an album ''

Que Alegria ''Qué Alegría'' is an album by the John McLaughlin Trio, featuring percussionist Trilok Gurtu and bass guitarist Dominique Di Piazza. Di Piazza is replaced by Kai Eckhardt on two tracks. It was released on the Verve label in 1992. The album ...

''. He influenced numerous bass players in Europe and the USA such as Matthew Garrison, Adam Nitti, Lucas Pickford. In 2000, Di Piazza released the album ''

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'' (Sunnyside) with a group of the same name, consisting of

Biréli Lagrène Biréli Lagrène (born 4 September 1966) is a French jazz guitarist who came to prominence in the 1980s for his Django Reinhardt–influenced style. He often performs in swing, jazz fusion, and post-bop styles. Biography Lagrène was born in ...

on Guitar and

Dennis Chambers Dennis Milton Chambers (born May 9, 1959) is an American drummer. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2001. Early life Chambers was born on May 9, 1959. He began drumming at the age of four years, and was gigging in Bal ...

on Drums. In 2001 the album was awarded the Victory Music Award for the year's best jazz CD. In 2003 he released ''Seven Steps To Heaven'', a ten-track album recorded for the record label Wide Sound with

Vic Juris Victor Edward Jurusz Jr. (September 26, 1953 – December 31, 2019), known professionally as Vic Juris, was an American jazz guitarist. Music career Juris was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, but he moved with his family to Parsippany early i ...

, Giuseppe Continenza and Pietro Iodice, which ranked fourth of best-selling jazz albums on iTunes, while the single "Stella By Starlight” was in 2nd place. In 2005 and 2006 Di Piazza toured in

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and 10 other countries in Africa, accompanied by Meddy Gerville - a pianist from Reunion, Jean-Marie Ecay on guitar, and drummer

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. This tour led to a new CD called '' Jazz Amwin'', which has been released independently.

External links

GlobalBass.com archives - accessed on August 19th, 2007

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Di Piazza, Dominique 1959 births Living people French jazz bass guitarists Male bass guitarists French people of Sicilian descent French male jazz musicians French male guitarists