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"On The Move"
SERGIO BELLOTTI
BorBn in Bari,Italy in 1968,Sergio Bellotti began drumming at the age of fifteen.
Born in Bari(South East of Italy) in 1968 he began Playing the Drums at age 16.
Soon After,he was playing with various bands in the city's rock/funk scene.
In 1990 he moved to Torino,where he began a carrer in nightclubs,discos
and cruise ships(on which he backed several notebale European performers.)
In 1995 Sergio moved to Boston to attend the Berklee College of Music where he studied with
John Ramsay,Jon Hazilla,Bob Moses,Jamey Haddad,Skip Hadden,Lenny Nelson and Kenwood Dennard.
Upon graduating in 1997,he began performing and recording with a number of Boston's jazz and fusion bands.
December of that year saw the realease of Sergio's first solo CD,1:11,featuring Jim Kelly and Bruce Gertz.
A tour of Italy and Switzerland with the Jim kelly trio followed in March of "98.
Sergio's most recent accomplishment is the realease of SPAJAZZY,
a funk/fusion album produced in collaboration with bassist Tino D'Agostino and featuring guests Jim Kelly and Mike Stern on guitars.
On it,Sergio alternates some blazing fusion patterns with some serious in the pocket funk.
(It' a CD worth having:check the internet at spajazzy@yahoo.com for information).
Sergio plays an italian brand of drums called DAILA, along with Zildjan cymbals and Regal Tip sticks.
His immediate goal is to increase his visibility as a drummer within the jazz/fusion community.

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