Biography

Mauro Patti is an Italian drummer and composer based in Siena, Tuscany. Born in Agrigento on September 18, 1993, he began playing the drums at the age of 3 and picked up the guitar at the age of 8. In 2015, he attended his first jazz drum course at the Fondazione The Brass Group in Palermo. The following year, he took part in clinics at the Berklee College during the Umbria Jazz Festival. With a strong passion for audio and recordings, he released two albums in 2015 and 2018 under his own name, titled “Travel” and “Medrumorphosis,” entirely produced and performed by him. In 2019, he earned a degree in Law from the “Niccoló Cusano” University in Rome, and in 2021, he obtained a degree in Jazz Drumming and Percussion with top honors from the “Arturo Toscanini” Conservatory in Agrigento. That same year, he enrolled in the Master Program in Jazz Drumming at the Siena Jazz Academy, studying with renowned national and international instructors and performers such as Jeff Ballard, Ralph Alessi, Greg Hutchinson, Jesse Davis, Ziv Ravitz, Jim Black, Greg Burk, Ferenc Nemeth, Nico Gori, Stefano Battaglia, Demian Cabaud, Rainer Baas and others.

Biography

Mauro Patti is an Italian drummer and composer based in Siena, Tuscany. Born in Agrigento on September 18, 1993, he began playing the drums at the age of 3 and picked up the guitar at the age of 8. In 2015, he attended a jazz drum course at the Fondazione The Brass Group in Palermo. The following year, he took part in clinics at the Berklee College during the Umbria Jazz Festival. With a strong passion for audio and recordings, he released two albums in 2015 and 2018 under his own name, titled “Travel” and “Medrumorphosis,” entirely produced and performed by him. In 2019, he earned a degree in Law from the “Niccoló Cusano” University in Rome, and in 2021, he obtained a degree in Jazz Drumming and Percussion with top honors from the “Arturo Toscanini” Conservatory in Agrigento. That same year, he enrolled in the Master Program in Jazz Drumming at the Siena Jazz Academy, studying with renowned national and international instructors and performers such as Jeff Ballard, Ralph Alessi, Greg Hutchinson, Jesse Davis, Ziv Ravitz, Jim Black, Greg Burk, Ferenc Nemeth, Nico Gori, Stefano Battaglia and others.

With extensive experience as a drummer, Patti has collaborated with big bands, orchestras, and various musical ensembles, specializing in genres like jazz, funk, afrobeat, math-rock, rock, metal, and pop. He has performed in prestigious venues and festivals including Umbria Jazz Winter, Umbria Jazz Weekend, Il Jazz Italiano per le Terre del Sisma, Blue Note Milan, Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, Doric Temple of Segesta, Acropolis of Selinunte, Camera Jazz Club in Bologna, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro Massimo in Cagliari, IIC in Paris, Teatro dello Spasimo in Palermo, and others. In 2022, he won the Conad Jazz Contest powered by Umbria Jazz Festival with the Five Angry Men ensemble. That same year, he recorded the debut album of his musical project called “Telamon”, a nine-member ensemble that blends Afro-Jazz sounds with elements of Sicilian folklore, featuring Patti’s original music and arrangements. The album was released by the Dodicilune label at the end of 2023.

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With extensive experience as a drummer, Patti has collaborated with big bands, orchestras, and various musical ensembles, specializing in genres like Jazz, Funk, Afrobeat, Math-Rock, Rock, Metal, and Pop. He has performed in prestigious venues and festivals including Umbria Jazz Winter, Umbria Jazz Weekend, Il Jazz Italiano per le Terre del Sisma, Blue Note Milan, Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, Doric Temple of Segesta, Acropolis of Selinunte, Camera Jazz Club, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, IIC in Paris, Teatro dello Spasimo in Palermo, and others. Some of his professional collaborations include Five Angry Men, Marte, Dioscuri, Ralph Alessi, Yonathan Avishai, Fabrizio Puglisi, Demian Cabaud, Jim Black, Ziv Ravitz, Guglielmo Pagnozzi, Giovanni Falzone, and more. In 2022, he won the Conad Jazz Contest powered by Umbria Jazz Festival with the Five Angry Men ensemble. That same year, he recorded the debut album of the Telamón Project, a nine-member ensemble that blends Afro-Jazz sounds with elements of Sicilian folklore, featuring Patti's original music and arrangements. The album was released by the Dodicilune label at the end of 2023.

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