Giulio Carmassi
{{short description|Italian multi-instrumentalist}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Giulio Carmassi
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| birth_name = Giuliano Giulio Giacomo Carmassi
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1981|2|21}}
| birth_place = Lucca, Italy
| genre = Jazz, rock, pop, classical
| occupation = Singer, musician, composer, producer, arranger
| instrument = Multi-instrumentalist
| years_active =
| label =
| associated_acts = Pat Metheny, Will Lee, Bryan Scary
| website = {{URL|www.giuliocarmassi.com}}
}}
Giuliano Giulio Giacomo Carmassi (born February 21, 1981, in Lucca, Italy) is an Italian multi-instrumentalist.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
Music career
Carmassi has performed many different jobs in music: multi-instrumentalist, singer, film composer, arranger, producer, and engineer. He has recorded on the following instruments: bass guitar, bells, cello, clarinet, cornet, drums, flugelhorn, flute, French horn, glockenspiel, guitar (electric), horn, keyboards, melodica, organ, piano, recorder, saxophone (alto), synthesizer, trombone, trumpet, vibraphone, vocals, whistle, and the Wurlitzer organ.{{cite web|title=Giulio Carmassi {{!}} Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/giulio-carmassi-mn0001959239/credits|website=AllMusic|accessdate=2 December 2016}}
Carmassi has been a member of the Pat Metheny Unity Group and has appeared on the albums Kin (←→) (Nonesuch, 2014) and The Unity Sessions (Nonesuch, 2016). Kin won album of the year in the annual readers' poll in Down Beat magazine.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
Carmassi has worked with Anne Drummond, Bryan Scary, Francois Moutin, Keith Carlock, Lew Soloff, Mark Egan, Oli Rockberger, Oz Noy, Steve Gadd, and Tim Lefebvre.{{cite web|title=Giulio Carmassi|url=https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/giuliocarmassi|website=All About Jazz|accessdate=13 January 2017}}
He arranged and played piano on Emmy Rossum's album, Sentimental Journey. He worked with British singer Ginger on the album Hey Hello, which reached No. 1 on the rock music charts in the UK.
He played trumpet on Chuck Loeb's album, Silhouette, and Keiko Matsui's album, Soul Quest. He worked as an arranger and multi-instrumentalist on Will Lee's album, Love, Gratitude and Other Distractions.{{cite web|url=http://willlee.com/love-gratitude-and-other-distractions/ |title=Love, Gratitude and Other Distractions | Will Lee | International Bassist |publisher=Will Lee |date= |accessdate=2014-02-14}}
Carmassi composed the score for the movies Somewhere Tonight starring John Turturro{{cite web|last1=Hoeij|first1=Boyd van|title=Review: Somewhere Tonight|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/somewhere-tonight-1117945652/|website=Variety|accessdate=2 December 2016|date=14 July 2011}} and Adventures of Serial Buddies starring Christopher Lloyd and Maria Menounos. Carmassi and Bryan Scary composed and performed the score for the 2022 film Please Baby Please starring Andrea Riseborough and Harry Melling.{{Cite web |last=Fried |first=Larry |date=October 27, 2022 |title='Please Baby Please' NewFest 2022 Interview: Composers Bryan Scary and Giulio Carmassi on Having 'Carte Blanche' to Make 'Huge, Bold' Musical Choices |url=https://geekvibesnation.com/please-baby-please-newfest-2022-interview-composers-bryan-scary-and-giulio-carmassi/ |access-date=December 11, 2023 |website=Geek Vibes Nation}}
Discography
- Old and New (2006)
- The Train with the Green Curtain (2008)
- Enter to Exit (2014)
- The Innocent (2016)
- A Dream of the House by the Cliff (2020)
With Pat Metheny
- KIN (←→) (Nonesuch, 2014)
- The Unity Sessions (Nonesuch, 2016)
With others
- Marco Morandi, Marco Morandi (2006)
- Beneath a Balcony, Marc M. Cogman (Time-Act, 2009)
- B is for Baroness, Molly White (2009)
- Decide, Walin (Bitemark, 2009)
- Anthems, Marc M. Cogman (Last 3 Punks, 2011)
- Dreams, Visible from Space (CD Baby, 2012)
- Silhouette, Chuck Loeb (Shanachie, 2013)
- Sentimental Journey, Emmy Rossum (Warner Bros., 2013)
- Soul Quest, Keiko Matsui (Shanachie, 2013)
- Hey! Hello!, Hey! Hello! (2013)
- I Meant It to Be Sweet, Tommy Wallach (Rude Fox, 2014)
- Twisted Blues, Vol. 2, Oz Noy (Abstract Logix, 2014)
- Dead Measengers, Marc M. Cogman (Last 3 Punks, 2020)
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Category:Italian jazz musicians
Category:Italian male composers
Category:21st-century Italian musicians
Category:21st-century Italian composers