The Marco Piccioni Trio
The Marco Piccioni Trio
Entry Requirements: Under 18s to be accompanied by an appropriate adult
Featuring Marco Piccioni, guitar & vocals, Blendi Dhami, double & electric bases & Chris Nickolls, drums, the trio blends the warm sound of Blues Rock with the Contemporary European Jazz flavours. Original songs and instrumentals drift through fast swing ostinatos, free improvisations, psychedelic shuffles and lazy, melancholic 12bar cycles. Marco Piccioni is a Blues Rock & Jazz guitarist and singer based in London, UK. A graduate from Berklee College of Music, Marco has studied with master guitarists and composers Julien Kasper, Jon Damian and Michael Willia and has worked as a side man and leader since 2003, in New York, Italy and UK. As a solo artist, he has recorded two albums, “Waterflight”, published by DDE-Records in 2005, and “Far” published independently in 2015 and has collaborated with various UK artists, including Julia Biel, Cleveland Watkiss, Lekan Babalola & Kate Luxmoore. Lydian Blendi Dhami began the study on his first instrument, the cello, at age of 6. He switched to upright bass at age of 12, since then his educational journey led him to a Degree in Jazz Performance from the Phillipos Nakas Conservatory in Greece and the award of the ''Outstanding Performer'' at Berklee College of Music in 2005.He has performed internationally in Festivals, tours, and worked for television, radio and studios, playing in a variety of styles. Chris Nickolls started playing the drums at the age of 15 influenced by Rock, Funk and Soul music. He moved to London in 2001 and started to listen to Jazz and World music. Since graduating from the London College of Music in 2004 he has had the fortune to perform and record with Frank Sinatra Jr, Randy Brecker, Mike Stern, Andy Sheppard, Jason Rebello and Clare Martin, to name a few, performing at many of the top venues in the UK including The Royal Albert Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Ronnie Scott’s, as well as clubs and festivals throughout the world.