Aldo Mazza
Encyclopedia
Aldo Mazza is an is an internationally recognized drummer
, percussionist, recording artist, clinician, and educator.
and soundtrack
s, 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. Aldo 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.
Aldo Mazza has been featured in magazines and newspapers such as PAS magazine (Percussive Arts Society
), Modern Drummer Magazine, Percussioni (Italy), Canadian Musician
, SOCAN, DRUM! Magazine
etc., The Montreal Gazette, Maclean's
Magazine, and Drumclub (Italy) among others. 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
, Mike Balter and many more.
Blood on the Bricks
Celine Dion
Chante Noel
Celine Dion
Incognito
Pagliaro Sous penne d'amour
Buzz band Buzz Band
Répercussion New Kong
Répercussion Les fantaisies classiques
I Musici
Carmen Suite
Kathleen Cette fille là
Montreal Jubilation choir Jubilation V
Cooper Brothers Cooper Brothers
Cooper Brothers Cooper Brothers
Phil Wilson
conducts the Jazz Band Live and Cooking
Claude Valade Comme tu es grand – chansons chrétiennes
Les Plouffe
Film Soundtrack
André Gagnon
St. Laurent
Antonino Mazza The Way I Remember It
Nikki Yanofsky
Ella... of Thee I Swing
Serge Laprade De la tête aux pieds
Ronald McDonald Ton sourire et mon sourir
Daniel Janke Daniel Janke
Répercussion Repercussion
Concept Neuf Concept Neuf
Le Montreal Pop Le Montreal Pop
Le Montreal Pop On est tous musiciens
Hanna Tifert A Voice Calls
, Italy
, Cuba
and the USA. He has served as an 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.
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
, percussionist, recording artist, clinician, and educator.
Career
Aldo Mazza has performed on over 100 CDsCDS
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and soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
s, and recorded with such well-known artists as Celine Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
, Jon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder, occasional rhythm guitarist, and lead singer of rock band Bon Jovi, which was named after him...
, and Aldo Nova
Aldo Nova
Aldo Nova is a Canadian guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and producer, Nova gained fame with his self-titled debut album Aldo Nova in 1981, and its accompanying single "Fantasy", which climbed to #23 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Career:Signing with Portrait Records, Nova released a self-produced...
. He has performed live with artists such as James Brown
James Brown
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
, Chris De Burgh
Chris de Burgh
Chris de Burgh is a British/Irish singer-songwriter. He is most famous for his 1986 love song "The Lady in Red".-Early life:...
, Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
, Nikki Yanofsky
Nikki Yanofsky
Nicole "Nikki" Yanofsky is a Canadian jazz-pop singer from Hampstead, Quebec. She is involved in charitable causes, and released her first studio album on her own label, A440 Entertainment, and on Decca Records outside of Canada. Yanofsky sang Canada's national anthem at the opening ceremonies of...
, 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
CBC Radio
CBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...
recordings. Aldo 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
Hong Kong Arts Festival
Hong Kong Arts Festival , founded in 1973, is a focus programmes for the Culture of Hong Kong, in order to provides a wide range of art programmes from all over the world....
, and as a soloist with many distinguished symphony orchestras such as the Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is a symphony orchestra based in Montréal, Québec, Canada, with Montréal's Place des Arts as its home.-History:...
and the National Arts Centre Orchestra
National Arts Centre Orchestra
The National Arts Centre Orchestra is an orchestra in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's capital. It is a classically-sized ensemble currently conducted by Pinchas Zukerman.-Description:Since 1998, Pinchas Zukerman has been the Music Director. Mario Bernardi C.C...
of Canada.
Aldo Mazza has been featured in magazines and newspapers such as PAS magazine (Percussive Arts Society
Percussive Arts Society
The Percussive Arts Society is an international music service organization promoting percussion education, research,performance and appreciation.Established in 1961 as a non-profit, music service organization,...
), Modern Drummer Magazine, Percussioni (Italy), Canadian Musician
Canadian Musician
Canadian Musician is a Canadian magazine that is published bi-monthly by Norris-Whitney Communications Inc. Published since 1979, the magazine's primary area of interest is to profile Canadian musicians and musical events. The magazine also writes articles on the Canadian music business and...
, SOCAN, DRUM! Magazine
DRUM! Magazine
DRUM! is a North American educational drumming magazine. It features artist profiles, product reviews, lessons and advanced transcriptions covering rock, pop and related styles of music. The magazine was launched in 1991 with Andy Doerschuk as editor. In the 1990s it gained a reputation for its...
etc., The Montreal Gazette, Maclean's
Maclean's
Maclean's is a Canadian weekly news magazine, reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events.-History:Founded in 1905 by Toronto journalist/entrepreneur Lt.-Col. John Bayne Maclean, a 43-year-old trade magazine publisher who purchased an advertising agency's in-house...
Magazine, and Drumclub (Italy) among others. 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
Pro-Mark
Pro-Mark is a Houston, Texas-based American drumstick company owned by founder Herb Brochstein. It is a widely known stick company generally played in drum set, drum and bugle corps and concert bands.-History:...
, Sabian cymbals, Latin Percussion
Latin Percussion
Latin Percussion, also known as LP, is a brand of percussion instruments, specializing in ethnic instruments engineered and manufactured to withstand the rigors of use in a drum kit, orchestral percussion section, and similar applications...
, Mike Balter and many more.
Discography
Aldo NovaAldo Nova
Aldo Nova is a Canadian guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and producer, Nova gained fame with his self-titled debut album Aldo Nova in 1981, and its accompanying single "Fantasy", which climbed to #23 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Career:Signing with Portrait Records, Nova released a self-produced...
Blood on the Bricks
Celine Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
Chante Noel
Celine Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
Incognito
Pagliaro Sous penne d'amour
Buzz band Buzz Band
Répercussion New Kong
Répercussion Les fantaisies classiques
I Musici
I Musici
I Musici is an Italian chamber orchestra from Rome formed in 1952. They are well known for their interpretations of Baroque and other works, particularly Antonio Vivaldi and Tomaso Albinoni....
Carmen Suite
Kathleen Cette fille là
Montreal Jubilation choir Jubilation V
Cooper Brothers Cooper Brothers
Cooper Brothers Cooper Brothers
Phil Wilson
Phil Wilson (trombonist)
Phillips Elder Wilson, Jr. is a jazz trombonist, arranger, and teacher. He might be best known as an instructor at the Berklee College of Music and a former chairman at the jazz division of the New England Conservatory of Music.He began on piano, but was advised to switch to trombone due to his...
conducts the Jazz Band Live and Cooking
Claude Valade Comme tu es grand – chansons chrétiennes
Les Plouffe
Les Plouffe
Les Plouffe is a Canadian drama film, based on a novel, about the titular Plouffe family, set during World War II.-Awards:...
Film Soundtrack
André Gagnon
André Gagnon
André Gagnon, OC is a Canadian musician and composer. He shifted from a classical musical style to an adult contemporary style in the mid-1970s with albums such as Neiges....
St. Laurent
Antonino Mazza The Way I Remember It
Nikki Yanofsky
Nikki Yanofsky
Nicole "Nikki" Yanofsky is a Canadian jazz-pop singer from Hampstead, Quebec. She is involved in charitable causes, and released her first studio album on her own label, A440 Entertainment, and on Decca Records outside of Canada. Yanofsky sang Canada's national anthem at the opening ceremonies of...
Ella... of Thee I Swing
Serge Laprade De la tête aux pieds
Ronald McDonald Ton sourire et mon sourir
Daniel Janke Daniel Janke
Répercussion Repercussion
Concept Neuf Concept Neuf
Le Montreal Pop Le Montreal Pop
Le Montreal Pop On est tous musiciens
Hanna Tifert A Voice Calls
Educator
Aldo Mazza is the founder and Artistic Director of the KoSA Academy and the KoSA International Percussion Workshops and festivals in CanadaCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
and the USA. He has served as an instructor at McGill University's
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
Faculty of Music and is currently teaching at the KoSA Academy in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. He also travels world-wide giving music seminars and clinics.