Fred Buccini - Via con me (The Best Italian Love Songs) (2019)

Fabrizio 'Fred' Buccini was born in Rome where he began to sing and play at an early age. Over the years he learned to sing and write texts in 9 different languages and studied sax at the Testaccio Popular School of Music in Rome. He worked for several years in tourist villages doing piano bar and theater and formed his first jazz groups at the “Casa del Jazz” in Rome.
In the various jazz Roman clubs, he will meet in jam session with various musicians of the Italian scene among which: Lino Patruno, Carletto Loffredo, Harold Bradley, Michael Supnick, Red Pellini, Nicky Nicolai, etc …
Since the 90s he regularly participates in several television programs and in 2005 he began his collaboration with Nerio 'Papik' Poggi (author, arranger and producer among others of Mario Biondi).
With him he planned in 2011 the cover album of Nat King Cole 'Unusual Nat' published by IRMA records in which Ely Bruna collaborates and which also includes an original song entitled 'Why I Love'.
In 2012 he sang a couple of songs on the album 'Cocktail Martino' (tribute to Bruno Martino).
He is author and interpreter in various compilations, especially bossa nova genre, with IRMA records and other labels.
He often appears as a chorister in several important publications, for example in Neja's 2013 album entitled 'Neja Vu'.
In the following years he made many live performances, musical collaborations and, above all, he was engaged in theaters as an author and performer of various musical comedies.
In 2018 he started with Papik the work of the new album that will be released in February 2019 entitled 'Via con me - The best italian love songs' which includes some remakes of traditional and authoral songs and two unpublished works written by himself and his son Federico, emerging talent of Italian jazz. In the album Fred Buccini duets with important names of Italian music and entertainment, such as Grazia Di Michele and Carlotta Proietti (daughter of the great Gigi Proietti).


The Album :
"VIA CON ME - The best italian love songs" is the project by Fred Buccini dedicated to some of the most beautiful Italian love songs of ever, extrapolated from the author's repertoire and the traditional one, ranging from the exciting " La Donna cannone" to the neapolitan classic "Anema e core ", from the refined "Estate" (the only Italian song present in the Real Book) to the romantic "Roma fa la stupida stasera”. All the songs arranged in nu-jazz, bossa and lounge key by Nerio "Papik" Poggi, with whom Fred Buccini has been collaborating for years. The album also includes two unpublished works written by Fred Buccini himself and his son Federico, an emerging young talent of Italian jazz, who also made a contribution on the album as arranger and musician.
In the album Fred Buccini duets with important names of Italian music, such as Grazia Di Michele, Carlotta Proietti, Sara Galimberti, Cristiana Polegri, Debora Testasecca and the young vocal group ‘Grandmali'.

Tracklist:
01. Fred Buccini - Rosalina
02. Fred Buccini - O surdato 'nnammurato
03. Fred Buccini - Una carezza in un pugno
04. Fred Buccini, Sara Galimberti - Roma nun fa' la stupida stasera
05. Fred Buccini, Cristiana Polegri - Passa il tempo
06. Fred Buccini - Via con me
07. Fred Buccini - Anema e core
08. Fred Buccini, Carlotta Proietti - A mano a mano
09. Fred Buccini, GrandmaLì - Come è bello far l'amore quanno è sera
10. Fred Buccini, Ely Bruna - La donna cannone
11. Fred Buccini, Grazia Di Michele - Stai con me
12. Fred Buccini - Mondi indissolubili
13. Fred Buccini, Debora Testasecca - Se stasera sono qui
14. Fred Buccini - Estate
15. Fred Buccini - Nun è peccato