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Rosario (Roy) Paci (born September 16, 1969 in
Augusta) is an Italian trumpeter, singer,
composer and arranger.
Music and career
Born in
Sicily
(man) it, Siciliana (woman)
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, Paci started playing the piano as a young child and picked up the trumpet at age 10. By 13, he was playing with
traditional Sicilian 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 ...
and performing in some of Italy's most famous clubs.
Paci moved to South America in 1990 where he traveled to play
cumbia
Cumbia refers to a number of musical rhythms and folk dance traditions of Latin America, generally involving musical and cultural elements from American Indigenous peoples, enslaved Africans during colonial times, and Europeans. Examples include:
...
and
popular music
Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training.Popular Music. (2015). ''Fu ...
in Uruguay,
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
and Brazil. Further trips to the
Canary Islands and
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
helped him to train and develop his musical influences. These travels set Paci on the path that would lead him into a series of collaborations and tours involving music projects, film, television and political causes, including relief efforts in Africa and
Amnesty International's campaign against violence on women.
Returning to Italy, Paci entered the
alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...
scene to play with several bands, including Persiana Jones, Qbeta, Mau Mau,
Banda Ionica, and ZU. Paci's tastes reflected his broad influences and these bands played musical styles ranging from
ska
Ska (; ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walki ...
and
punk
Punk or punks may refer to:
Genres, subculture, and related aspects
* Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres
* Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ...
to
free jazz
Free jazz is an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes. Musicians duri ...
and Italian
funeral marches.
In 1999 Roy Paci met
French/Spanish(Basque) musician
Manu Chao
Manu Chao (; born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on 21 June 1961) is a French-Spanish singer. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, and occasionally in other languages. Chao began his mu ...
with whom he recorded the critically acclaimed album ''
Próxima Estación: Esperanza''. Paci continued to record with Chao and toured extensively with his group Radio Bemba Sound System. In 2001 Paci began a long-standing collaboration with
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
post-punk
Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad music genre, genre of Punk Music, punk music that emerged in the late 1970s as musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a variety of avant-garde s ...
band
The Ex, touring and recording with their Ex Orkest, a 20-piece band made up of various European
improvisors revolving around The Ex's scratchy
anarcho-punk anthems. Along with
Wolter Wierbos (
trombone
The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...
),
Mats Gustafsson
Mats Olof Gustafsson (born 29 October 1964) is a Swedish free jazz saxophone player.
Career
Gustafsson came to the attention of lovers of improvised music as part of a duo with Christian Munthe (started in 1986), as member of Gunter Chri ...
and
Ken Vandermark
Ken Vandermark (born September 22, 1964) is an American composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist.
A fixture on the Chicago-area music scene since the 1990s, Vandermark has earned wide critical praise for his playing and his multilayered compos ...
(saxophones), Paci has continued to tour with The Ex as a member of Brass Unbound and contributed trumpet tracks for the band's album ''
Catch My Shoe''.
In 2002 Paci formed his own band Aretuska and founded the record label Etnagigante in 2003 to produce their second album ''Tuttapposto'', which explored
calypso,
rocksteady and
swing rhythms alongside new arrangements of classic Sicilian folk music. Collaborations continued with
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 ...
,
Mike Patton
Michael Allan Patton (born January 27, 1968) is an American singer, producer, film composer and voice actor, best known as the lead vocalist of the alternative metal band Faith No More. Noted for his vocal proficiency, diverse singing techni ...
,
Gogol Bordello
Gogol Bordello is an American punk rock band from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, formed in 1999 by musicians from all over the world and known for theatrical stage shows and persistent touring. Much of the band's sound is inspired by Ro ...
,
Shantel and
Zap Mama
Zap Mama is the music act of Belgian artist Marie Daulne. Zap Mama sings polyphonic and afro-pop music, a harmonic music with a mixture of infused African vocal techniques, urban, hip hop with emphasis on voice. The worldwide success of Zap Ma ...
.
In 2006 Paci joined forces with
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...
-winning
klezmer musician
Frank London
Frank London (born 1958 in New York) is an American klezmer trumpeter who also plays jazz and world music.
Early life
London was born to a Reform Jewish family and grew up in New York and Connecticut. He started playing the trumpet in fourt ...
and
Balkan brass band leader
Boban Markovic Boban ( sr-cyr, Бобан) is a Croatian family name and Serbian, Montenegrin and Macedonian masculine given name. Among Serbs, Montenegrins and Macedonians, Boban might be used as a nickname form of the name "Slobodan" or "Bogdan". Most Croats n ...
for an album combining Paci's Sicilian tradition with Jewish melodies and Balkan sounds called Trumpet Triumph.
In 2018, Paci entered the
Sanremo Music Festival
The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annua ...
in collaboration with
Diodato
Antonio Diodato (born 30 August 1981), known simply as Diodato, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He won the 70th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with the song " Fai rumore" and was scheduled to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Cont ...
, entering the song "Adesso" and finishing 8th overall.
Theatre, television and cinema
Roy Paci has worked for the Italian alternative theater scene, putting up the show ''Poetry and Andalusia'', which was performed in Italy's the most prominent
avant-garde
The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or ' vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical ...
theaters. Paci's penchant for experimental theater and music mingled in the ''Trade Almost telepathy'', written by Ivano Fossati and subsequently released as
audiobook
An audiobook (or a talking book) is a recording of a book or other work being read out loud. A reading of the complete text is described as "unabridged", while readings of shorter versions are abridgements.
Spoken audio has been available in sc ...
s. Starting in 2005, Roy Paci's group Aretuska served as the house band on popular Italian television shows, making him and his music familiar to the general public. Paci has composed
film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to e ...
s for
Italian cinema
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and several of Paci's songs have been commissioned for
film soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack o ...
s, including a version of "
Besame Mucho" in
Leonardo Pieraccioni
Leonardo Pieraccioni (born 17 February 1965) is an Italian film director, actor, comedian and screenwriter.
Born in Florence, he made his directorial debut with '' The Graduates'' (1995). In 1996 he directed his breakthrough film '' The Cyclone ...
's 2003 film ''Suddenly Paradise''.
Discography
Albums by Roy Paci and Aretuska
*''Baciamo Le Mani'' (2001)
*''Tuttapposto'' (2003)
*''Parola D'Onore'' (2005)
*''Suonoglobal'' (2007)
*''Bestiario Siciliano – Greatest Hits of Roy Paci & Aretuska'' (2008)
*''Latinista'' (2010)
*''Valelapena''(2017)https://www.discogs.com/
Singles
* "Cantu Siciliano" (2002)
* "The Duse" (2002)
* "
Besame Mucho" (2003)
* "Yettaboom" (2003)
* "Viva la vida" (2006)
* "What you see is what you get" (2006)
* "Toda Joia toda beleza" (feat. Manu Chao)
* "Giramundo" (2007)
* "Bonjour Bahia" (2010)
Collaborations
With The Ex
*''
Een Rondje Holland
''Een Rondje Holland'' is a live album by Ex Orkest, an orchestra made up of the Dutch post-punk band The Ex accompanied by 20 other musicians. The album features orchestral arrangements of previously released Ex songs (often with the band's stan ...
'' (2001)
*''
Catch My Shoe'' (2010)
*''
Enormous Door'' (2013)
With Manu Chao
* ''
Próxima Estación: Esperanza'' (Virgin, 2001)
* ''
Radio Bemba Sound System
''Radio Bemba Sound System'' is a live album by Manu Chao that was released in 2002. It is the accompanying CD to the performer's live DVD '' Babylonia en Guagua'', filmed over two nights (4–5 September) in 2001 during the tour for '' Pro ...
'' (live, Virgin, 2002)
* ''
Sibérie m'était contée'' (Virgin, 2004)
* ''
La Radiolina
''La Radiolina'' is the fourth studio album by Manu Chao. It was released on 4 September 2007. Italy saw an advance release of the album on 30 August.
"Rainin in Paradize", the first single from the album, was available before its official releas ...
'' (Because/Nacional, 2007)
With Matshie
*''Flight Song #7''
*''I Am Sad''
With Mau Mau
*''Viva Mamanera''
*''Eldorado''
*''General chaos''
*''Safari Beach''
With Negrita
*''Soy Taranta''
*''Infinite Joy''
*''Move!''
*''Notte Mediterranea''
*''Brother Joe''
*''Giramundo''
With other musicians
*''Quattroemezzo'' – Brusco
*''Closet Wonder'' – Cesare Basile
*''Conjure'' – Conjure
*''Same Wave'' – Dj Jad
*''Electro Cabaret'' – The Fire
*''Malacabeza'' – Harpoons
*''No Doubt'' – Jaka
*''
Mondo Cane
''Mondo Cane'' (literally "Doggish World" or "Dog's World", a mild Italian profanity) is a 1962 Italian mondo documentary film and directed by the trio of Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara, and Franco E. Prosperi, with narration by Stefano S ...
'' – Mike Patton & Metropole Orchestra*''Tacabanda'' – Pelù
*''Unidentified'' – Subsonica
*''Hard World'' – Tonino Carotone
*''Esplosivo (KOB)'' – Cor Veleno
*''Mezzogiorno di Fuoco'' – Caparezza & Sud Sound System
*''24000'' – Dubioza Kolektiv (Happy Machine, 2016)
*''Adesso'' -
Diodato
Antonio Diodato (born 30 August 1981), known simply as Diodato, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He won the 70th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with the song " Fai rumore" and was scheduled to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Cont ...
References
External links
Roy Paci at allmusic.com
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1969 births
Living people
Musical groups from Sicily
Italian trumpeters
Male trumpeters
Italian film score composers
Italian male film score composers
Nastro d'Argento winners
Sicilian-language singers
21st-century trumpeters
21st-century Italian male musicians