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High Times
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Location: music written by JK/Toby Smith
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Maurizio Ravalico, first jamiroquai percussionist
Maurizio Ravalico
http://www.maurizioravalico.com/foto/rows/rowA06.jpg
hi guys,
Maurizio has a site:
http://www.maurizioravalico.com/index.html
Born in 1963, Maurizio was an amateur musician throughout his childhood and adolescence; he played guitar, drums, flute and, yes, plenty of the odd clay bongoes, while carrying his studies in architecture and interior design in his hometown Trieste, Italy.
He turned full attention to music at 21, when he began studying conga drums. By 1986 he had abandoned any other form of livelihood, and officially started his full-time career as a musician, playing for theatre, and local jazz, salsa and rock bands.
Between 1989 and 1991 he went through an intensive period of study of Congas and Afro Cuban Percussion, frequently visiting La Havana, Cuba, and learning from Tomàs “El Panga” Ramos, Changuito, Los Chinos and many others.
http://www.maurizioravalico.com/foto/menu_portrait01.jpg
He moved to London in 1991, and quickly established himself as a session musician.
Quite an active presence in the British Funk scene during the early nineties, he was the percussionist of Jamiroquai during their “Emergency” and “Space Cowboy” period, and of the James Taylor Quartet from 1994 to 1998; plus a number of less notorious acts with other artists involved in that scene.
During the same decade, in different stages, he has been involved in most of the Salsa and Cuban related project to originate from London. His collaborations in that field include, amongst others, Jesus Alemani, Snowboy, Alex Wilson, Tumbaito, Herman Oliveira.
He has also toured and/or recorded with Paul McCartney, Paul Young, Kaidi Tatham, Dego McFarland, and he is a regular member of Dele Sosimi's Afrobeat band.
http://www.maurizioravalico.com/foto/menu_portrait02.jpg
He was co-founder, with drummer Davide Giovannini, of the duo Afroshock, the activity of which spanned from 1989 to 2000. Afroshock released only one album, in 1998: “Accommodating Gods”, a creative tribute to the music of Cuban Santeria, still talked about by the few hundreds who bought it as one of the most important works for percussion music to come out of the UK in the nineties.
After the Afroshock experience, he gradually starts drifting off the Funk and Latin scene of London, in favour of a more committed passion for the search of new languages in music.
In 2000 Maurizio joined Ezzthetic, a community of visual artists, actors, musicians and artists from other disciplines based in Italy, with which he collaborated on a number of productions in the fields of theatre, cinema, installation and visual art.
In October 2005 Ezzthetic released their only commercially available CD, called simply “ezzthetic_ep”, out in UK with the F-IRE Label. After the release of the EP, with an abrupt braking, Ezzthetic ceased its activities as a collective.
In London, Maurizio is presently a member of the F-IRE collective, within which he is involved in the bateria de samba Rhythms of the City, the sextet Meta Meta, and the collective’s big band, the F-ire Large Ensemble, which last year toured the UK to wide critical acclaim.
He is currently developing a strong interest, and a personal language, in improvised music. He recently recorded an album, soon to be released, with the electronic musician Isambard Khrustaliov, from laptop duo Icarus, and has an ongoing collaboration with the tuba player Oren Marshall. Maurizio's duos with Oren and Ismabard are these days often to be seen performing around London's improvised music venues; keep an eye to the performance listing page for regular updates.
His Discography:
ALBUMS
2004 - STRINGSI - cristalno drevo / crystal tree - zalozba goga - ZGCD0152004 - IKWUNGA - Calabash - Rebisi Hut Records2000 - MERENGADA - Arrancando - Deep South - DEEPCD00052000 - DAVIDE MANTOVANI -Square One - Stay Tuned Records - ST0021999 - SALSASONICA - ¡Al Fin! - wild indigo1999 - JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET - a bigger picture - gut records
1998 - JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET - whole lotta live - jti records - JTI021996 - VARIOUS ARTISTS - scored 1- 0 - jti records - JTI01- appearing in most tracks, with original material by AFROSHOCK, and other artists from the acid jazz posse1996 - JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET - (a few useful tips about) living underground - acid jazz - JAZIDCD1401995 - JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET - in the hand of the inevitable - acid jazz - JAZID CD 1151995 - JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET -retro acid jazz - bruton music - BRH671995 - PAUL YOUNG - reflections1994 - AMBIENT WARRIOR - dub journeys - red arrow - SPV CD 084-55432
1994 - PAOLO ACHENZA TRIO - do it - right tempo - RTCD 4011994 - JAMIROQUAI - space cowboy - sony music - 477813
1993 - VICTOR HUGO - oye latino - las records - LAS3655011993 - JAMIROQUAI - emergency on planet earth - sony music - 4740691990 - the royal society - phenomenons - RTB - RTB210811
SINGLES AND APPEAREANCES IN ALBUMSQuite a number of singles have been released from the JAMIROQUAI and JTQ albums listed above,
and many tracks from them are included in compilations of various sorts; in this page are listed
only the releases containing material elsewhere unavailable
2002 - GILSON SILVEIRA – mala e cuia – GS01
- on track alabe1998 - MERENGADA – un mensaje de london – merengada records – MER0021998 - QUADRAPHONIC – quadraphonic – horace cardew – HCACD1- on tracks powerpack, condor, african neighbour1998 - SNOWBOY AND THE LATIN SECTION – something’s coming – acid jazz – JAZID LP 92- on tracks salute to eleggua, dilo como yo, something’s coming, chant to aggayu1994 - JAMIROQUAI - space clav
- on B side of the single half the man sony music - 661003
1994 - JAMIROQUAI - live on french TV [inédit] sony music (france) - SQT 660058 2
- integral part of the box set: l’integrale des maxi-singles sony music (france) - SQT 660008
1993 - JAMIROQUAI - when you gonna learn? (live at Leadmill, Sheffield)- on the kids sony music (japan) - ESCA5926
1993 - JAMIROQUAI - didgin’ out (live at milky way, amsterdam) - too young to die (live at leadmill, sheffield)- Both on when you gonna learn? sony music - 659695
1992 - PAUL MCCARTNEY – hope of deliverance – parlophone – R 6330
- single from the album off the ground – 1993 – capitol/emi CDP7803622
SOUNDTRACKS
2003 - AMERICAN EUNUCHS – documentary – gianclaudio guiducci / franco sacchi - divine films- maurizio featuring as composer and performer |
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jamirokaki
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 22:38 |
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thanks again high times!
you're always giving great info
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Seb
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| Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 13:00 |
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Thanks Fra 
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Júlia*
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Location: São Paulo, Brasil
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| Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 22:49 |
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| FRA wrote: |
On his site:
maurizioravalico.com
and only till the 31st dec, u can free download his great album "Accomodating Gods"!
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thank u, fra!
i´m downloading now... i never heard a song of him...
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mr.az
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| Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 21:45 |
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interesting,i didn't know before haha
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maurojk23
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Location: Rosario, Argentina
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Oh Maurizio, he's a GREAT percussionist, I think he is as good as Sola. Just listen God Made Me Funky from Milan 1993 and you will know what I'm talking about, it's SICK!!!  |
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teecheedeedee
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Location: Wellington, New Zealand
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Hmm personally I'm not sure who I preffer out of Maurizio and Sola. Marizio gives a more cuban groove, whilst Sola gravitates toward afro beats. It's amazing looking back on the early performances in '93, the band was so unprofessional back then, a lot of mistakes were made during gigs. But the raw sound was incredible, so it evens out.
I think the best percussionist of the acid jazz era would be headcorn dread of Galliano, but I don't expect many people to have heard of the band. He made me see the power of the djembe.
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