Massimo Ciolli, aka mc2

Massimo Ciolli ("mc2"), guitar. Born in Florence in 1958, he began studying guitar and harmony in the end of Seventies (particularly in 1978-79 he studied instrumental technique with guitarist Robert Saunders from Seattle (USA) and in 1979-82 he attended the lessons held by Marco Lamioni). Forming himself at the Bruno Tommaso's school, during the seminars organized in Florence and in Siena. In 1980 he followed lessons of Harmony at the Music Department of Bologna University. He also studied improvisation and composition with: Franco D'Andrea in Certaldo, John Painter at the "Research and Sperimentation Music Teaching Center" in Fiesole in 1985. He took part in the National Classes of Jazz Music and he achieved a professional qualification as Music Performer. During the Eighties he extended his knowledge in the teaching field particularly regarding the theory and practice of improvisation, and he summed up some of his reflections and studies in a music exercises review entitled "Harmonic Tensions" (Florence, 1990). Since 1985 he has played and recorded, in Italy and in Europe, with many musicians inside groups such Sandro Becucci Sestetto (1981) (with Roberto Tassi, Barbara Casini, Fabio Morgera),, Sandro Morini Quartetto (Piero Borri, drums), Massimo Ciolli Quartetto and Quintetto (with, among the others, Luca Flores, Nicola Vernuccio), Michael Rosen Quartet, Pocket Trio (Antonio Licusati, bass), Cronopios Quartet (1987) (Sergio Gistri, trumpet), N.e.e.m. Orchestra (with, among the others, Edoardo Ricci, Stefano Bartolini, Francesco Donnini, Riccardo Lay), various Combos (with Eric Boeren, Filippo Lepri, Matthias Schubert, Bruno Tommaso, Bill Smith), Società di Mutuo Solfeggio (Renato Cordovani, clarinet; Stefano Rapicavoli, drums; Amedeo Ronga, bass), Gianni Grisolia Quintetto Ben Temperato & Really the Blues (with Rudy Migliardi, Riccardo Tarlini), Tensioni Armoniche (1993) (Biagio Coppa, sax), Pan-Jazz Group (with among the others Paolo Corsi, Sandro Azzolini, Mirko Guerrini, Leonardo Pieri), Orchestra Giovanile Italiana Jazz (conducted by B. Tommaso and G. Gazzani), Pan-Space Group (Walter Paoli, Alessio Riccio, drums), Barycentre (Stefano Cantini, sax), Trio Dimensionale, Repertorio Neutrino (Jacopo Andreini, percussions), The Suonoramystic Brothers (2006) (Simone Mauri, clarinet), Kuanzik (with among the others Tommaso Montagnani, Virginie Capizzi, Marina Mulopulos, Giulio Lampronti), 16 Strings, Ipnobop (2009), etc..,.