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Giovanni Natoli
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Giovanni Natoli, born in Venice on July 19, 1965; he starts playing rock but soon discovers jazz, of which he becomes immediately passionate. Inspired by greats like Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, and especially Elvin Jones, Shelly Manne, and Tony Williams, he decides to deepen his study of the instrument. He learns the first rudiments of drumming from M. Paolo Pellegatti during the 1982 courses at the "Suono improvviso" school.

Thanks to this innate predisposition for Afro-American music, he soon starts playing with musicians from his city. In particular, he plays and records with blues harmonica player Paolo Ganz.

After a long pause for "meditation,” during which he studies the alto sax, he returns to the drums.

He resumes studying with M. Oscar Abelli in Parma and forms several groups, such as the Art Deco quartet, which takes up themes from Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, etc., in the Blue Note tradition.

Around 1999, he founds what is still today the only serious and stable jazz ensemble in Venice, the "Torino jazz quintet," a well-known formation in the city that regularly performs at the "Bar Torino." With him are Piero Bittolo Bon, Michele Carrara, Alvise Seggi, and Federico Nalesso.

He forms the trio "Nagafaz" with bassist Danilo Gallo and saxophonist Nicola Fazzini, which revisits classic standards within a "dangerous" formation, as it consists solely of the trio, without the addition of harmonic instruments.

He also plays with the quartet "Purple jazz" led by Tommaso Viola.

An anti-academic musician, reserved, receptive yet with a rough and intense sound, whose matrix is based on the lessons of Tony Williams and Elvin Jones, he successfully dedicates himself to teaching drums, particularly to the younger generation. For years, he has been giving lessons at the "Mediasound" school in Lido di Venezia.

He has released a CD titled "cober 678"; the group name is Giovanni Natoli triumviri, featuring Piero Bittolo Bon (alto sax and bass clarinet) and Danilo Gallo (double bass and acoustic bass). Recorded in the beautiful studios of Stefano Amerio ARTESUONO, in Cavalicco (UD), it includes original pieces alongside works by Monk, Coleman, and a piece by Black Sabbath. Great freedom of execution and some truly original ideas.

Since 2002, he has been the drummer for singer-songwriter Giovanni Dell'Olivo's band, with whom he has just recorded the suite "La saga del commenda," which has been regularly released and has a project in the works titled "Lagunaria," recovering ancient Venetian songs; an important and delicate project that is highly anticipated.

For two seasons, he was the regular drummer for the concerts at the Palazzo delle Prigioni, located in Piazza San Marco, titled "Jazz in Venice," with singer Annabella Fusco.

He is the drummer for the Spritz&jazz quartet of saxophonist Ralf Altrieth, a highly requested quartet in the city and part of the jam sessions at the Paradiso Perduto venue.

He collaborates with pianist Daniele Pozzovio, vibraphonists Luigi Vitale and Pasquale Mirra, and baritone saxophonist Beppe Scardino. With the latter two, he formed another project, I fratelli mibemolle, along with Piero Bittolo Bon and Alvise Seggi. They offer very personal and wild reinterpretations of Thelonious Monk and Charlie Mingus.

He accompanied saxophonist Walter Blanding Jr. for a brief Venetian tour, the new horn of Wynton Marsalis's formations.

Currently, he is the frontman of the new project "ROLAND CIRCUS," a tribute to Rashaan Roland Kirk.

Since February, you can visit my blog, and not just mine, at link rotto where a campaign has started for the revaluation of the role of local artists in relation to the Venetian municipality.

He is the drummer of the band "The lou" with the voice of Luciana Arnaldi and her songs. Following in the footsteps of Jeff Buckley, Luciana Arnaldi presents her compositions in Italian and English with a

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