Ellade Bandini (born 17 July 1946, Ferrara,

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

) is an

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

drummer. Bandini started his prolific career at the young age of 17. Among his notable collaborations in

pop music Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former descri ...

and

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

are

Francesco Guccini Francesco Guccini (, born 14 June 1940) is an Italian singer-songwriter, considered one of the most important '' cantautori'' of his time. During the five decades of his music career he has recorded 16 studio albums and collections, and 6 live a ...

Fabrizio De André Fabrizio Cristiano De André (; 18 February 1940 – 11 January 1999) was an Italian singer-songwriter, the most prominent ''cantautore'' of his time. His 40-year career reflects his interests in concept albums, literature, poetry, political pr ...

Paolo Conte Paolo Conte (; born 6 January 1937) is an Italian singer, pianist, songwriter and lawyer known for his distinctly grainy, resonant voice. His compositions fuse Italian and Mediterranean sounds with jazz, boogie and elements of the French and L ...

, Mina,

Angelo Branduardi Angelo Branduardi (born 12 February 1950) is an Italian folk/folk rock singer-songwriter and composer who scored relative success in Italy and European countries such as France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Greece. Biography Branduardi wa ...

Zucchero Fornaciari 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 ...

Bruno Lauzi Bruno Lauzi (; 8 August 1937 – 24 October 2006) was an Italian singer-songwriter, poet and writer. Biography Bruno Lauzi was born in Asmara, then part of the Italian Eastern Africa, to a Catholic father, Francesco Lauzi and a Jewish mot ...

Roberto Vecchioni Roberto Vecchioni (born 25 June 1943) is an Italian singer-songwriter, singer-lyricist, lyricist, teacher and writer. Biography Vecchioni was born in Carate Brianza, Province of Monza and Brianza, to a Neapolitan family . In 1968 he graduated i ...

Fabio Concato Fabio Concato (born Fabio Piccaluga, 31 May 1953 in Milan) is an Italian singer-songwriter. Life and career Born Fabio Piccaluga in Milan, the son of a jazz musician and a poet, Concato started his career with the cabaret group "I mormoranti", ...

Edoardo Bennato Edoardo Bennato (born 23 July 1946, Naples, Campania, Italy) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He is the brother of the singer-songwriter Eugenio Bennato. He is considered one of the greatest Italian rockers, a genre that he has often combined wi ...

, Stephen Schlaks,

Vince Tempera Vince Tempera (born 18 September 1946) is an Italian musician, composer, arranger, record producer and conductor. Born in Milan as Vincenzo Tempera, he graduated in piano and composition at the Conservatory, then he started his musical activity co ...

, Ares Tavolazzi,

Pino Presti Giuseppe Prestipino Giarritta (born 23 August 1943), professionally known by his pseudonym Pino Presti, is an Italian bassist, arranger, composer, conductor and record producer from Milan. He is a 5th-dan black belt in Shotokan Karate. Pre ...

Franco Cerri Franco Cerri (29 January 1926 – 18 October 2021) was an Italian guitarist and double bassist. Biography Cerri was born in Milan and learned to play guitar when he was 17. In 1945 he became a member of the group led by Gorni Kramer and joined ...

, Bruno De Filippi, Henghel Gualdi,

Tony Scott Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director and producer. He was known for directing highly successful action and thriller films such as '' Top Gun'' (1986), '' Beverly Hills Cop II'' (1987), ''D ...

, Gianni Basso, Mike Melillo, Antonello Salis,

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 ...

, Flavio Boltro,

Dado Moroni Edgardo "Dado" Moroni (born 20 October 1962) is an Italian jazz pianist and composer. Biography A self-taught musician, Dado, who was born in Genoa, Italy, started playing piano at age four. By his mid-teens he was playing professionally around ...

Danilo Rea Danilo Rea (born 9 August 1957) is an Italian jazz pianist. He is a graduate of the Santa Cecilia music conservatory in Rome. He made his debut with the "Trio di Roma" (with Roberto Gatto and Enzo Pietropaoli) in 1975.Riccardo Giagni. "Danilo ...

and others.Discografia Nazionale della Canzone Italiana
/ref>

Discography (selected)

Albums

''(as sideman)'' *

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

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

Antonello Venditti Antonio "Antonello" Venditti (born 8 March 1949) is an Italian singer-songwriter and pianist who became famous in the 1970s for the social themes of his songs. Biography Antonello Venditti was born in Rome, the son of Vincenzino Italo Venditti f ...

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

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