Three for Play is a newborn, fresh, young trio, which started its music path in 2014.

Among its targets, the realization of a music in line with the most modern jazz tendencies, but respectful of tradition. Its repertoire ranges from jazz masterpieces (W. Shorter, P. Metheny, T. Thielemans) to original compositions by the pianist Vittorio Solimene, who, only 17 years old, is now facing the larger audience as the new enfant prodige of Italian Jazz.

Vittorio Solimene was born in Naples in 1998. He started the piano studies when he was 12 years old and he is currently attending the 3rd Academic year of the Jazz Degree in Saint Louis College of Music in Rome. He played in prestigious festivals and venues such as Auditorium Parco della Musica, Jazzit Fest, Teatro dell’Angelo with Dino Piana and Gianni Coscia, Teatro Elsa Morante with the well-known singer Gegé Telesforo. He took part in the renowned workshops Siena Jazz (2015) and Tuscia in Jazz (2013).

Alessio Baldelli was born in Rome in 1989. He started the drums studies at the age of 13, developing a first passion for rock, and especially for groups such as Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, as well as for funk. Thanks to his path in Saint Louis College of Music under the guidance of Claudio Mastracci, he gets to know other music genres such as Jazz and Afro-Cuban music, which will become for him the object of a deepened technical study. He took part in several specialization workshops, such as Siena Jazz, in which he had the chance of studying with musicians of the caliber of Thomas Lang, Gregg Bissonette, Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, Joe la Barbera, David Binney, Franco D’Andrea, Mark Guiliana, Jeff Ballard, Roberto Gatto.

Dario Piccioni, bass and double bass player born in Rome, completed his jazz studies in the main music schools of the Capital. Graduated in Anthropology, he attended jazz workshops with the main artists of the international jazz scene. He is at present very active on the Roma scene, both playing live and as recording musician, also collaborating with local and international artists, and ranging from jazz to Latin, from Brasilian music to funk and fusion.

THE MELODY MAKERS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMva6C1oElc

Born as a professional Music Ensemble inside Saint Louis College of Music, The Melody Makers is the inspired and inspiring meeting between four incredibly talented music students at the end of their didactic path with the Internationally well-known bass players Marco Siniscalco.

Marco made available for the group a repertoire entirely composed by his own original compositions, in which the marked rhythmic features perfectly melt with the melodic ones of Latin/Mediterranean inspiration. The vocals become instrument, exploring with the rest of the group an expressive freedom typical of jazz and odd times.

Bassist, arranger and composer, Marco Siniscalco graduated at Berklee College of Music, Boston, in 1990. He has been working with many artists of the jazz and pop scene, such as Javier Girotto, Fabrizio Bosso, Paolo Fresu, Enrico Rava, Antonello Salis, Stefano Di Battista, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Kenny Wheeler, Tony Scott, Dick Halligan, George Garzone, Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, Carmen Consoli, Il Volo, Fiorella Mannoia, Claudio Baglioni, Peppe Servillo, Patti Smith, Dulce Pontes. As a sideman he has played in many orchestras (including RAI-TV orchestra in Sanremo Italian Song Festival) directed by Gianni Ferrio, Ritz Ortolani, Eumir Deodato, accompanying world-class artist such as George Benson and Michael Bolton. As a leader he has created many personal projects, including “Partenope” with Antonella De Grossi, “Quartetto Nazionale” with Marco Rinalduzzi, Sandro Centofanti and Marcello Surace and “RadioTrio” with Enrico Zanisi and Emanuele Smimmo. Besides, he produces music for commercials and films for FlipperMusic label.

ATRìO.

Gianluca Massetti – piano / Dario Giacovelli – bass / Moreno Maugliani – drums

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A-Trio was born in 2012 from a natural, spontaneous friendship, being the meeting of three young musicians sharing the same passion for all kind of music, but for jazz in particular.
This heartfelt love is clear in their composition, where simple melodies and rhythmic energy combine, winking to contemporary music genres.
The trio took part in several competitions and national festivals and in September 2015 recorded their first live EP in Auditorium Parco della Musica di Roma, featuring Javier Girotto and Rosario Giuliani as special guests.
Along with their original compositions their repertoire ranges from reinterpretations of famous songs and jazz standards in a modern key.

Dario Giacovelli was born in Southern Italy in 1990. He starts studying electric bass in 2003. In 2008 he moves to Rome where he starts a music study path in Saint Louis College of Music, which allows him to get to know better various genres among which funk, jazz, soul, pop, r&b, Latin, electronics, Mediterranean music, experiencing playing in Orchestras, as well as accompanying gospel and jazz choirs. In 2014 he starts studying double bass. He also attended several national jazz specialization workshops, awarded with scholarships and prizes in both Umbria Jazz and Fara Sabina Fest. At present he is very active on the national jazz scene performing with the trio in clubs and festivals, but also collaborating with well-known jazz and pop artists.

Gianluca Massetti, born in 1990, started his music studies at the age of 7 and started playing in front of audiences very soon, immediately starting to compose his own tunes and getting closer to modern song-writing. During the years he acquired a multi-stylistic formation thanks to his studies in Saint Louis College of Music, approaching music styles as jazz, Latin, pop, rock, blues, gospel, funk, fusion, soul and Big Band music actively rehearsing and performing inside the resident orchestra. He was awarded with many scholarships. He recorded for the RAI (Italian National tv broadcast) and collaborated with main pop national artists touring with them throughout Italy and Europe.

Moreno Maugliani was born in 1985. He started studying in Saint Louis at the age of 22, following a multi-stylistic path at first, to then specialize and achieving his final degree in Jazz Drums and Percussions. He works as recording and live session drummer with Italian famous Pop artists. In the jazz context he is very active with the A-trio, with which is developing an original music project that is obtaining wide consent in festivals and competitions.