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TOMMASO CAPPELLATO’s love for music began at the early age of 8. Inspired by the many cultural influences of his family he was encouraged by his father to learn to play the piano, but it was not until age 11 that his passion for the drums began. As a teenager, at the age of 16, Tommaso decided to truly enthrall himself into the world of music by taking lessons with two professional local drummers. In 1996 he left Italy to enroll in courses at the Drummers Collective in New York City. In 1997 Tommaso received a scholarship from the New School University in Manhattan where he obtained a BFA in Music Performance four years later. During his time spent there he had the opportunity to study with notable artists in the international jazz scene such as Richie Beirach, Michael Carvin, Joe Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Hart, Victor Lewis, Portinho, Jorge Rossy, Bill Stewart and Reggie Workman.
ARTISTIC EXPERIENCES: Italian drummer and composer Tommaso Cappellato always strived to leave his mark as the founder and creator of numerous musical situations. His curiosity for different styles and continuous will for research led him to travel and explore various countries in the world to meet, learn from and collaborate with influential musical artists. During his 9-years stay in New York Tommaso took part to several musical projects playing all styles of music. A remarkable time of this period was the 2-year engagement at the Rainbow Room playing 6 nights a week with pianist Ehud Asherie and bassist Joseph Lepore. Soon after he joined Vibes Trio with vibraphonist Bill Ware and bass player Brad Jones. In 2004 Tommaso, along with Brooklyn-based mc Yah Supreme, founded the hip hop band Brohemian and recorded the album “POST MODERN GARDEN” in which he acts as both drummer and producer. In 2005 he travels to Senegal, Africa to record with Guinean percussionist and singer Salif Bangoura while in 2008 he tours Japan and Australia.
Presently Tommaso leads his own Quartet with Michael Blake, Giovanni Guidi and Joe Rehmer releasing the single “THE KNIGHT” exclusively on vinyl and the full studio album "OPEN" for the label ELEFANTE ROSSO. Other projects he's working on are H.A.T. with brand new talents Alessandro Lanzoni on piano and Gabriele Evangelista on bass; NESSO G with saxophonists Francesco Bigoni & Michele Polga and bass player Danilo Gallo; Dionysiac Hammond Trio with guitarist Domenico Caliri and Emiliano Pintori on hammond organ.
Tommaso’s COLLABORATIONS include performances and recordings with: Tim Armacost, Omer Avital, Peter Bernstein, Michael Blake, Robert Bonisolo, Fabrizio Bosso, George Cables, Carol C (Si-Se’), Mark De Clive-Lowe, Antonio Farao', Joel Frahm, Aaron Goldberg, Steve Grossman, Debbie Harry (Blondie), Jon Hendricks, The Jazz Passengers, Lionel Loueke, Junior Mance, Ronnie Mathews, Ron McClure, Dado Moroni, Butch Morris, Dj Nickodemus, Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Ribot, Pietro Tonolo, Harry Whitaker, Richard Wyands.
