ABOUT ME
ORGANIC
Alessio Menconi born in Genoa, he approaches music at the age of 8 studying drums, which he leaves two years later to devote himself to the study of the guitar as a self-taught. At 16. he undertakes his professional activity and, considered a prodigy, he very soon begins to be called by the best Italian and foreign musicians. In 1992 he took part in the competition "Gran Prix du Jazz" in which the "AICS" award. Later in 1993 he participated in the most prestigious national jazz guitar competition: "Eddie Lang " winning the 1st prize (Best young Italian jazz guitarist) In the following years, there are countless collaborations with the greatest Italian and international artists. From 1995 he begins to play in various formations of the drummer Billy cobham and from 1995 to 2004 collaborates with Paolo Conte, playing on various world tours in the most important theaters and festivals in the world and recording four CDs. In 2000 he was selected a Paris from the ONJ (orchester national du jazz) In 2003 he participated as single Italian to a compilation dedicated to Jimi Hendrix (“Voodoo crossing”) in the company of Robben Ford, Steve Lukather, Hiram Bullock, Larry Coryell and many others. He has participated in numerous TV broadcast and various scores of films and theatrical performances. In 2009 Alessio Menconi was awarded the "Jazz Lighthouse Award" to career. In 2012 it was included as single Italian a compilation attached to "La Stampa" intolated "The greatest guitarists in the world" and in 2014 his cd "Sketches of Miles" was featured on “Jazz It” among the 100 best jazz records of the year.
He is professor of jazz guitar at “N.Paganini” conservatory in Genoa, and he was also professor at conservatories in La Spezia, Cuneo e Livorno.
He has performed concerts in theaters and jazz festivals in over 40 countries and has recorded over 50 records.
Some festivals and reviews in which he participated in:
Italy, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Holland, Austria, Macedonia, Croatia, Belgium, Greece, Russia, Poland, Estonia, Germany, England, Wales, Spain, Hungary, Wales, Nicaragua, Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Egypt, Zambia, South Africa, India, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Israel, Palestine, Canada, USA…
Petropolis Jazz Festival, Yokohama “Jazz Promenade”, “Jazz in Fuchu”, Cairo Jazz Festival, Guatemala Jazz Festival, Montevideo Jazz Festival, Braganca Paulista, Quito “Jazz Festival”, “Kagoshima Jazz Festival”, Calcutta “Jazz-Blues and Beyond”, Sao Paulo “Sesc”, Ascona “New Orleans & Classics”, Turin Jazz Festival, Skopje Festival, Rio de Janeiro “Centro Justica Federal”, Paris “New Morning-JVC Jazz Fest.”, Nice Jazz Festival, Athens Festival, San Francisco Jazz Festival, Samois sur Seine “Django Festival”, Brussels Jazz Fest, Umbria Jazz, Bolzano “Jazz and Others”, Montreal Verona Jazz, Tuscany Jazz, San Remo “Immagine Jazz e Blues”, Fano, Calvi, Bordighera “Jazz and Blues”, Paris “Olimpya”, Berlin, Seville, Den Haag, London Royal Festival Hall, Montevideo Jazz Festival and many others.
Some of the musicians he has played or collaborates with on a regular basis: Billy Cobham, Jimmy Cobb, Jeff Berlin, Felix Pastorius, Enrico Rava, Marcio Montarroyos, Shawn Monteiro, Stefano Bollani, Toninho Horta, Andrè "Dedè" Ceccarelli, Danny Gottlieb, Biba Band, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Red Holloway, Franco Cerri , Jack Mc Duff, Adrienne West, Gary Bartz, Franco Ambrosetti, Gary Husband, Flavio Boltro, Paolo Fresu, Daniel Humair, and many others.
In the pop field: Paolo Conte, Elio, Anna Oxa, Rossana Casale, Gianni Morandi, Tullio De Piscopo, Alexa, Raphael Gualazzi, Carl Anderson and many others.
