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Bassist, Composer, Arranger, & Producer. |
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| Age: | 45 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | Bordeaux, Aquitaine |
| Country: |  France |
| Height: | 5' 11" |
| BodyType: | Athletic |
| Zodiac: |  Aquarius (Jan 20 - Feb 18) |
| Last Login: | May 13, 2008 (151 days back) |
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About Me |
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View my page on THE JAZZ NETWORK Get your own playlist at snapdrive.net! Myspace Layouts by Pimp-My-Profile.com ....................................Here is my music side :I was born in Manosque ( France ) on January 22nd, 1963. I started my musical career as the first bass player of the French Air Force Big Band. I went to Berklee College of Music where beside studying Jazz arranging & composition I played with my fellow students such as : Roy Hargrove, Antonio Hart, Delfeayo Marsalis, Julian Joseph, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Sam Newsome, Geoff Keezer, Danilo Perez among others. I left school to perform with trombone legend Slide Hampton and then performed in Europe or in the USA with : Joe Henderson, Bill Evans, Billy Cobham, John Stubblefield, Billy Hart, Ernie Watts, James Williams, Ravi Coltrane, Vincent Herring, Eric Reed, Eric Alexander...Beside being a bass player I have also worked as a producer on Giorgos Kontrafouris' "Sonny Clark Project", and I arranged and produced Lydia Filipovic " Nekada" & "Mediterraneo" projects and "Butterfly Dreams".I have recorded with Salif Keita & Cesaria Evora ( "Yamore" ) nominated for the Grammy Award in 2003....& with Billy Cobham, John Stubblefield, George Cables, Roberto Gatto, Craig Bailey, Mino Cinelu, Sam Newsome, Mark Turner....I have also played with : Benny Golson, Lee Konitz, Gary Smulyan, Mike Stern, Theodosii Spassov, Danilo Rea, Junior Cook, Dick Griffin, Virgil Jones, Eddie Henderson, Clark Terry, Rick Margitza, Keith Copeland, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Dusko Gojkovic, Stjepko Gut.....Team mates : Benjamin Henocq, Lydia Filipovic, Fred Borey, Camélia Ben Naceur, Stefano Lucchini, Inbar Fridman, David Patrois, Mathieu & Thomas Saint Laurent.....2006 was a great year for me lots of interesting projects, I had the opportunity to perform again with the Great BILLY COBHAM, I played a lot of my music: new compositions, new arrangements..... I met a lot of amazing musicians.... new seeds in the earth.... 2007 will be harvest time....2008 the road to maturity ;-):-) be sure also to check out the pictures of my friend Juan Carlos Hernandez @ http://www.myspace.com/jazzeyedphotographer |
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My Interests |
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| Philosophy, History, Football, Running, Cooking & Music. | |
I'd like to meet:Anyone who wants to make this world a better place to live in... |
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Music:Jazz Music from 1920 to the present... Great arrangers such as Claus Ogerman, Gil Evans, Billy Strayhorn, Oliver Nelson ... Classical : Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Ravel, Respighi, Hindemith... Pop : Earth Wind & Fire, Marvin Gaye, Al Jarreau, Anita Baker... any good song with a groove, beautiful harmonies and nice lyrics... Latin music too: Ruben Blades, A.C Jobim, Milton Nascimento, Ray Barreto, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Danilo Perez ... I have to mentionned the main influences in my musical writing: Mark Turner, Sam Newsome, Billy Childs and John Stubblefield. |
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Movies:The reasons why I became a Jazz musicians are in this video: Bird, Hawk, Pres, Ella, Flip.......Charlie Bird Parker & Friends.Charlie Bird Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Bill Harris, Ella Fitzgerald and other great jazz players in rare footages of an unfinished film produced by Norman Granz, New York, 1950.......... Any Angelopoulos movies, most of Kusturica, Fellini, Scorcese and Scola movies too.... |
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Television:Football, Serie A, Ligue 1, Liga, 1st League, Champion's League ;-):-):-) |
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Books:These days : " Politique étrangère de la France, diplomatie & outil militaire", Doise-Vaïsse... "Chevaliers du Christ, les ordres religieux-militaires au Moyen Age" A.Demurger... "Histoire et geopolitique des Balkans de 1800 a nos jours" E.Weibel... " La vie quotidienne à Rome à l'apogee de l'Empire" J.Carcopino... " Penser le guerre, Clausewitz" R.Aron...."L'esprit de l' athéisme" Comte-Sponville, "Réflexion sur l'histoire de l'art" Wölfflin..."Guerre de religions dans les Balkans" T.Mudry..."L'agonie yougoslave" R.Lukic...." Traité d'athéologie" M. Onfray..."introduction à l'histoire des relations internationales" Renouvin & Duroselle... |
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Heroes:My late father Jean-Paul Gatto, my late friend John Stubblefield, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, George Cables, George Duvivier, Wendell Marshall, Robert Hurst III, Charles Farmborough, Thelonious Monk, Rocco LoFaro, Bird and Diz, Sergiu Celibidache...Primo Levi, Cesare Pavese, Fernand Braudel, Marco-Aurelio, Albert Camus, Antoine de Saint Exupéry.... Juventus Team from past to present: Michel Platini, Roberto Bettega,Zinedine Zidane, Gianluca Zambrotta, Lilian Thuram,Alessandro Del Pierro, David Trezeguet....Oscar de la Hoya.... |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | In a Relationship |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Religion: | Atheist |
| Children: | Proud parent |
| Education: | College graduate |
| Occupation: | jazz bassist,composer & arranger |
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My Blog |
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Bobby McFerrin |
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| See you can watch Oscar's best fights and still be a sensitive soul , you can be playing with a super powerfull rhythm section and still love intimist moods...
... Posted by olivier gatto on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:17:00 PST |
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Hank Jones |
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| Hank Jones is the ultimate God as they say in Greece !!!!!He is still performing with Class, Elegance, Generosity, Refinement a true Master !!!!Jazz World and musicians should have for him an eternal ... Posted by olivier gatto on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:46:00 PST |
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this masquerade |
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| some great music on a very, very famous Standards that has been killed thousand times all over the planet....but not this time :-))))
... Posted by olivier gatto on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:59:00 PST |
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better days |
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| ... Posted by olivier gatto on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:39:00 PST |
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Here & There |
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| I was searching in my mess for a record today, for a special song and suddenly I saw the cover of a CD saying "Olivier Gatto Quartet", amused I picked it up and recalled the record I made in 1993 with... Posted by olivier gatto on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:45:00 PST |
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I was alive |
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| I turn, I search, I dig, I pray, I grab, I pull&. Can't find Nothing I drink, I cry, I run, I scream, I crawl, I bleed& Can't feel Nothing I catch, I kiss, I smell, I hug, I eat, I lick& ... Posted by olivier gatto on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:56:00 PST |
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O.P.....Music speaks better than Words |
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| ... Posted by olivier gatto on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:42:00 PST |
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pick myself up |
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| Nothings impossible I have found For when my chin is on the ground I pick myself up, dust myself off, start all over again Don't lose your confidence if you slip Be grateful for a pleasant trip And p... Posted by olivier gatto on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 03:07:00 PST |
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songs....................... |
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| Songs...........in the night..............This one for Stubb....and "Ze Powerful Trio"
This one for me....
This one for Dan...
This one for George C.....
... Posted by olivier gatto on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:46:00 PST |
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a tribute to Primo Levi |
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| A tribute to Primo Levi
... Posted by olivier gatto on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:21:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Lydia Filipovic Nekada, Camélia Ben Naceur, Frederic BOREY, Antigoni Katsouri, Giovanni Amato, Inbar Fridman, Branford Marsalis, Mark Turner, Ravi Coltrane, Rob, ROBERTO GATTO, Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets, Kostas Maginas, The Jazz Utopia, Ron Carter, Eileina, Charles Fambrough, SARA, Daniela, tove, Gita, CUE Productions, Natassa Mare Moumtzidou, George Kontrafouris, Julien Brunetaud, Alyson Joyce, Guillaume Nouaux, Michael Rörby Quartet, Dusan Milenkovic, Stefano Lucchini, Lena Kovak, C-Jay, Laurent BATAILLE, Nikos Sousamidis, Kenny Rampton, jerome etcheberry, Roberto Puggioni, Michel Elmalem Quartet, Mirko Kesic, tizianacamelin, Dora, Dini, SOLEDAD ROJAS, Francesco Minutello, ♪♫Renè♪♫, Ric Dowhan (Rogue Music), Linda Anagnostopoulou, Roger "Kemp" Biwandu (Artist), Merja, winner, Aris Kleisouras, Stacye Branché, Roberto Ferri, KATE, John Papatriantafillou, Donald café, Jahsoua_E, güven, Teddy Pantelas Trio, nezahat, Symple Measures, Valerie, 4+1, iro andreou
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