Birth name Aldo Mazza Instruments Drums and percussion Origin Italy Name Aldo Mazza | Genres Various Role Musical Artist Occupation(s) Musician, composer | |
Associated acts Celine Dion, Jon Bon Jovi, Aldo Nova, James Brown, Chris de Burgh, Frank Sinatra Similar Memo Acevedo, Dom Famularo, John Bernard Riley, Walfredo Reyes - Jr, Tracy Thornton | ||
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Aldo Mazza is an internationally recognized drummer, percussionist and recording artist. He is also a clinician and educator, and the founder of KoSA Music.
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- Drum lesson on buzz rolls orchestral drumming aldo mazza the drumhouse
- Drum solo classical rudimental drumming aldo mazza snare the drumhouse
- Career
- Discography
- Educator
- References
Drum solo classical rudimental drumming aldo mazza snare the drumhouse
Career
Aldo Mazza has performed on over 100 CDs and soundtracks, and recorded with such well-known artists as Celine Dion, Jon Bon Jovi and Aldo Nova. He has performed live with artists such as James Brown, Chris De Burgh, Frank Sinatra, Nikki Yanofsky and Oliver Jones.
For over 25 years Aldo Mazza has been a member of the internationally acclaimed percussion quartet, Répercussion. Répercussion has gone around the world twice, recorded five CDs and performed over 2,500 concerts, television and radio appearances including live CBC Radio recordings. Mazza has performed special concerts for dignitaries including Canadian prime ministers and American presidents, and has performed at many prestigious events such as Expo 92 in Spain, Expo 86 in Canada, the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Hong Kong Arts Festival, and as a soloist with many distinguished symphony orchestras such as the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada.
Mazza has been coverred in magazines and newspapers such as PAS magazine (Percussive Arts Society), Modern Drummer, Percussioni (Italy), Canadian Musician, SOCAN, DRUM!, The Montreal Gazette, Maclean's magazine and Drumclub (Italy). He has also published a number of articles in music trade magazines such as La Scena Musicale, PAS, Vice Versa and SBO.
His sponsors include Pro-Mark, Sabian cymbals, Latin Percussion, and Mike Balter.
Discography
Educator
Mazza is the founder and artistic director of the KoSA Academy and the KoSA International Percussion Workshops and festivals in Canada, Italy, Cuba and the United States. He has beenan instructor at McGill University's Faculty of Music and is currently teaching at the KoSA Academy in Montreal. He also travels world-wide giving music seminars and clinics.