"I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member." (Groucho Marx)
.the estimable Zeno de Rossi on drums, who moved from subtlest gradations of pulsation to kickass powerhouse tub-thumper in the blink of a millisecond (the snail crawls across the edge of the razor blade) - Gary Lucas NYC
Zeno de Rossi was born in Verona, Italy in the year of the dog on Elul 9, 5730 under the sign of virgo. It was a thursday.
Zeno plays drums in the following bands: SULTRY, SHTIK, MESHUGE KLEZMER BAND, ROPE, MICKEY FINN + CUONG VU, GALLO AND THE ROOSTERS, ENRICO TERRAGNOLI ORCHESTRA VERTICAL, FRANCO D'ANDREA QUARTET / FIVE, VINICIO CAPOSSELA, GUANO PADANO, HOUDINI's CAGE (featuring GREG COHEN), FRANCESCO BEARZATTI TINISSIMA, SLIDE FAMILY, SOUSAPHONIX, ENRICO RAVA PM JAZZ LAB, MIKE PATTON MONDO CANE a.o.
His stylistic versatility have been featured with Chris Speed, Cuong Vu, Greg Cohen, Mike Patton, Briggan Krauss, Anthony Coleman, Marc Ribot, Steven Bernstein, Josh Roseman, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jamie Saft, Ted Reichman, Frank London, Ralph Alessi, Jessica Lurie, Jim Black, Giovanni Maier, Francesco Bearzatti, Gianluca Petrella, Franco D'Andrea, Gianni Gebbia, Daniele D'Agaro, Marco Cappelli, Cristina Zavalloni, Vinicio Capossela, Roy Paci, Matteo Salvatore, Flaco Jimenez, Shane Mac Gowan, Vinicius Cantuaria, Mario Brunello, Mark Orton, Gary Valente, David Murray, Amy Denio, Simone Massaron, Xabier Iriondo, Massimo Pupillo, Carla Bozulich, Ben Goldberg, Gary Lucas, Curtis Hasselbring, Enrico Rava, Tenores di Bitti, Calexico, The Klezmatics, Antonello Salis, Gianluigi Trovesi a.o.
From 2005 he is a member of the El Gallo Rojo collective.
Zeno has toured in Italy, Finland, Austria, Germany, France, England, Switzerland, Holland, Poland, Slovenja, Croatia, Belgium, Spain, Mexico, Perù, China, Greece, Cuba, Ethiopia, Canada, Portugal, Serbia, Indonesia, Canary Islands, Russia, Israel and the USA.
Selected Discography:
2010 FRANCESCO BEARZATTI TINISSIMA QUARTET - X (Suite for Malcolm) (Parco della Musica)
2010 ZENO DE ROSSI SHTIK - The Manne I Love! (Vol.1 & Vol.2) (El Gallo Rojo Records)
2010 CLAUDIO COJANIZ N.I.O.N. ORCHESTRA - Howl (Caligola)
2010 ALESSANDRO FIORI - Attento a me stesso (Santeria)
2010 BAUSTELLE - I mistici dell'Occidente (Warner)
2010 VINICIO CAPOSSELA - The Story-Faced Man (Nonesuch)
2009 ENRICO RAVA - Jazz Italiano Live 2009 (l'Espresso)
2009 ROPE - Saints and Sinners (El Gallo Rojo Records)
2009 VINICIO CAPOSSELA - Solo Show DVD+CD (Atlantic)
2009 GUANO PADANO (Important Records / Tremoloa)
2009 FRANCO D'ANDREA QUARTET - Half The Fun (El Gallo Rojo Records)
2009 JUSI IN THE WINE HOUSE (Long Song Records)
2009 MAURO OTTOLINI - Sousaphonix (Cam Jazz)
2009 MICKEY FINN + CUONG VU - Gagarin! (El Gallo Rojo Records)
2009 GALLO & THE ROOSTERS + GARY LUCAS - The Exploding Note Theory (El Gallo Rojo Records)
2008 VINICIO CAPOSSELA - Da solo (Atlantic)
2008 HOUDINI'S CAGE feat. GREG COHEN - Memories of a Barber (El Gallo Rojo Records)
2008 MESHUGE KLEZMER BAND - Musiker! (El Gallo Rojo Records)
2008 FRANCO D'ANDREA QUARTET - The Siena Concert (Blue Note)
2008 SIMONE MASSARON feat. CARLA BOZULICH - Dandelions on Fire (Long Song Records)
2008 FRANCESCO BEARZATTI TINISSIMA QUARTET - Suite for Tina Modotti (Parco della Musica)
2007 ZENO DE ROSSI SHTIK - Me'or 'Einayim (El Gallo Rojo Records)
2007 GIOVANNI MAIER TECHNICOLOR - A Turtle Soup - Feat. MARC RIBOT (Long Song Records)
2007 FRANCO D'ANDREA - Jazz italiano live 07 (l'Espresso)
2007 MAURO OTTOLINI & BEPPE CALAMOSCA feat. GARY VALENTE - Slide Family (Splasch)
2007 ZOOM - European Jazz Collectives (Yolk)
2006 VINICIO CAPOSSELA - Nel niente sotto il sole DVD+CD (Atlantic)
2006 VINICIO CAPOSSELA - Ovunque proteggi (Atlantic)
2006 MICKEY FINN - Dudek! (El Gallo Rojo Records)
2006 WERGELD - Achtung! (El Gallo Rojo Records)
2005 JESSICA LURIE - Tiger Tiger (Experience Vol.8)
2005 HENRY TAYLOR - Crooning the Anger (El Gallo Rojo Records)
2005 GALLO & THE ROOSTERS - Todo Chueco (El Gallo Rojo Records)
2005 ZENO DE ROSSI SULTRY - Plunge (El Gallo Rojo Records)
2005 ROPE - Have You Met Miss Bates? (El Gallo Rojo Records)
2005 ENRICO TERRAGNOLI ORCHESTRA VERTICAL - L'Anniversaire (El Gallo Rojo Records)
2005 FULL METAL KLEZMER - Shachor (El Gallo Rojo Records)
2005 MESHUGE KLEZMER BAND - Treyf 1929 (El Gallo Rojo Records)
2005 ZENO DE ROSSI KRIMINAL MUSEUM - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Punto Rojo/Backerei)
2005 ROSOLINA MAR - Before and After Dinner (Wallace Records)
2004 DAVID KRAKAUER - Music From The Winery (Tzadik)
2004 FRANCO D'ANDREA QUARTET - Dancin' Structures (Backbeat)
2004 GIOVANNI MAIER - Mosaic Orchestra vol.2 (Artesuono)
2003 FRANCO D'ANDREA & TONY ARCO TIME PERCUSSION - Iseo Jazz Festival 2002 (Philology)
2003 PALO ALTO - Crash Test (Jazz 'n Arts Records)
2003 GIORGIO PACORIG TRIO - My Mind is on the Table (Splasch)
2002 PALO ALTO - Palo Alto (Panastudio)
2002 KRIMINAL MUSEUM - Plateau Phase (Chocolate Guns)
2002 THE KAISER LUPOWITZ TRIO - You Don't! (Stereo Supremo)
2002 MESHUGE KLEZMER BAND - Live @ Tonic, NYC (Self Production)
2001 ZENO DE ROSSI - Sultry (Splasch)
2001 SIMONE GUIDUCCI - Django's Jungle (Splasch)
2001 GIOVANNI MAIER - Mosaic Orchestra vol.1 (Artesuono)
1999 FULL METAL KLEZMER - When the Earth Comes Apart (Cane Andaluso)
1999 MESHUGE KLEZMER BAND - Dreidel (Mondopop)
1997 THE KAISER LUPOWITZ TRIO - Dommage! (General Records)
1994 CAGLIOSTRO - Cagliostro (Le Parc)
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