Lucien Nocelli
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Lucien Nocelli is an American singer, guitarist
, and songwriter
. He released his first major album December 11, 1986 Open Sky
with his jazz fusion trio Lucien Nocelli and the Jazz Experience. The release was highly acclaimed and widely played on the college radio circuit across the East Coast.
Nocelli released self-titled Lucien Nocelli and the Jazz Experience, a three song jazz fusion compilation on April 22, 1993 which landed him a contract with Woodrich Records
and extensive air play nationwide. He continued to have such success with future releases. Most recently he has written and recorded a CD Single Message For Peace / Electric Train (2005) and released his newest album Deal With It (2008). The style of music blends rock, jazz, pop, and jazz fusion with a glam rock attitude.
, Nocelli was raised in Clifton, New Jersey
by his father, Lucien Nocelli Sr and his mother, Maryann Nocelli who purchased Nocelli's first instrument, a half-sized red acoustic guitar. Once the initial cosmetic infatuation with the instrument itself, he began to actually listen to music which inspired him to pick it up and learn to play.
After hearing The Beatles
Come Together
on the radio, he was hooked, as it was John Lennon
that inspired him to pick up the instrument mainly, as well as Glen Campbell
's Southern Nights
, and a song called Ride Captain Ride
. Soon after hearing Come Together
however, it was his Beatles album collection that began to take over.
Nocelli's first real guitar knowledge was received by his Grandfather Tony Francischetti, a musician himself who played banjo, guitar and violin. At this point his desire began for an electric guitar
. After persuading his Mother to take him the local Sam Ash
music store, he acquired a Lyle
electric guitar which was a Gibson SG
knockoff. Soon after the package was complete when he received his first amplifier, a Kustom Guitar Amplifier. Soon after he began studying music lessons with his first instructor Fred Barnett
with whom he stayed studying with for many years as he grew into a diligent student, often locking himself in his bedroom for hours to study his playing. Eventually the Lyle Guitar and Kustom Amplifier could only take him so far so he traded them in at a New Jersey
store, Mascara Music in Belleville, for a Burgundy ES335 Gibson Guitar and Yamaha Amplifier.
Nocelli attended Clifton High School and graduated in 1984.
http://www.luciennocelli.com.html
, The Doobie Brothers
, The Beatles
, The Stones
, Thin Lizzy
, Eric Clapton
, Dire Straits
, and Grateful Dead
.
By the age of 17, Nocelli's musical interest shifted to Fusion
, an instrumental mix of rock and jazz featuring rock rhythms and melodic jazz melody. His began to listen more to Fusion artists Chick Corea
Al Di Meola
and Larry Carlton
. He began studying with a Jazz teacher, Tony Scally who taught him that he needed to learn straight Jazz
first before beginning to understand Fusion
. Nocelli co-formed a new group at this time for his new musical tastes. World of Difference featuring a diverse sound of Rock, Jazz, Pop and Funk music styles combined.
Continuing his Jazz
education, Nocelli studied with Tal Farlow
, a renowned Jazz guitarist. Advancing rapidly in his playing his new style, he focused solely on Jazz fusion
for the next 12 years. He purchased a Heritage Jazz guitar and toured the New York City
Jazz
circuit with his trio Lucien Nocelli and The Jazz Experience.
Nocelli at this time wrote an advanced guitar method book, Modes In Motion: The Nocelli Guitar Method, and began to teach advanced guitar students at a prestigious music school Von Bartheld School for Music in Ridgewood, New Jersey
. Soon after he opened his own music school in Forked River, New Jersey
, The School for Musical Instruction which remained in business for 6 years.
Eager to create music equal in lyrical content and guitar, Nocelli formed Bebop Gypsies, who released one album before the group disbanded due to internal politics. He briefly joined his cousin's group at the time, Test Infection, an industrial metal band who released a few songs and toured live.
Throughout the years Nocelli toured off and on portraying John Lennon
in the off Broadway production, Beatlemania
. He is still currently touring internationally with Beatlemania
. http://www.beatlemaniastageshow.com
In 2005,. Nocelli signed with Infinite Trend Productions, and released Message For Peace / Electric Train (CD Single), and a limited edition acoustic album which sold out immdiately, Acoustic Lullabys (2006). His latest major release was his rock album Deal With It (2008).
His latest release, Deal With It was released in February 2008 to rave reviews. The Deal With It World Tour is currently on hold due to conflicts in Nocelli's personal life. The Tour is being rescheduled.
Nocelli has two sons from his first marriage.
Nocelli married Sheri Nocelli on October 25, 2003. In March 2008 Sheri Nocelli was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and was treated with Chemotherapy and a Bone Marrow Transplant. Their son Adrian Robert Nocelli was born August 18, 2003, and their daughter Luciana Virginia Nocelli was born May 1, 2007. They reside in Lincroft, New Jersey
.
Release Date: October 1, 1985
Track List:
(Contemporary Jazz Fusion CD)
Release Date: December 11, 1986
Track List:
Track List:
Nocelli recorded this three song instrumental Jazz release which was published with Woodrich Records
and played all over college radio nationwide.
Release Date: July 28, 1994
Track List:
(CdCulture Compilations)
Release Date: 1995
Tracks:
Release Date: January 3, 2005 (CD Single)
Label: Infinite Trend Records
Track List:
Release Date: July 1, 2005
Track List:
Release Date: February 11, 2008
Label: Infinite Trend Records
Track List:
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
, and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
. He released his first major album December 11, 1986 Open Sky
Open Sky
Open Sky is a progressive rock album by Iona. Released in 2000.Recordings were made again at various locations during 1999 and 2000:*Chapel Studios, Lincolnshire- *Visions on Albion, Yorkshire -...
with his jazz fusion trio Lucien Nocelli and the Jazz Experience. The release was highly acclaimed and widely played on the college radio circuit across the East Coast.
Nocelli released self-titled Lucien Nocelli and the Jazz Experience, a three song jazz fusion compilation on April 22, 1993 which landed him a contract with Woodrich Records
Woodrich Records
Woodrich Records was a record label based in Rogersville and Lexington, Alabama in the early 1960s. The labels were blue with silver print. It was owned by Woody Richardson, who did most of the recording in his home studio...
and extensive air play nationwide. He continued to have such success with future releases. Most recently he has written and recorded a CD Single Message For Peace / Electric Train (2005) and released his newest album Deal With It (2008). The style of music blends rock, jazz, pop, and jazz fusion with a glam rock attitude.
Early years
Born in Bellville, New JerseyNew Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, Nocelli was raised in Clifton, New Jersey
Clifton, New Jersey
Clifton is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 84,136. The 2010 population represented an increase of 5,464 residents from its population of 78,672 in the 2000 Census, making it the state's 11th largest...
by his father, Lucien Nocelli Sr and his mother, Maryann Nocelli who purchased Nocelli's first instrument, a half-sized red acoustic guitar. Once the initial cosmetic infatuation with the instrument itself, he began to actually listen to music which inspired him to pick it up and learn to play.
After hearing The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
Come Together
Come Together
"Come Together" is a song by The Beatles written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song is the opening track on The Beatles' September 1969 album Abbey Road....
on the radio, he was hooked, as it was John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
that inspired him to pick up the instrument mainly, as well as Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell
Glen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show...
's Southern Nights
Southern Nights (song)
"Southern Nights" is the title of a song written by Allen Toussaint and most famously recorded by American country music singer Glen Campbell. It was released in January 1977 as the lead single from the album of the same name...
, and a song called Ride Captain Ride
Ride Captain Ride
"Ride Captain Ride" is a song recorded by the American rock band Blues Image. The song was co-written by the band's singer-guitarist Mike Pinera and keyboardist Frank "Skip" Konte. It was included on the group's 1970 album, Open...
. Soon after hearing Come Together
Come Together
"Come Together" is a song by The Beatles written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song is the opening track on The Beatles' September 1969 album Abbey Road....
however, it was his Beatles album collection that began to take over.
Nocelli's first real guitar knowledge was received by his Grandfather Tony Francischetti, a musician himself who played banjo, guitar and violin. At this point his desire began for an electric guitar
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
. After persuading his Mother to take him the local Sam Ash
Sam Ash
Sam Ash was founded in 1924, and is the largest family owned chain of musical instrument stores in the United States. Sam Ash sells musical instruments, recording equipment, DJ and lighting equipment, and professional sound equipment.The Company record shows annual revenue is $1b to $5b &...
music store, he acquired a Lyle
Lyle guitars
Lyle guitars were made in Japan sometime between 1960 to the late 1970s out of the Matsumoku guitar factory that produced Univox, Arai, Aria and other guitars.- History :...
electric guitar which was a Gibson SG
Gibson SG
At the launch of the SG in 1961, Gibson offered four variants of the SG; the SG Junior , the SG Special, the SG Standard, and the top-of-the-line SG Custom. However, Gibson's current core variants as of 2010 are the SG Standard and the SG Special...
knockoff. Soon after the package was complete when he received his first amplifier, a Kustom Guitar Amplifier. Soon after he began studying music lessons with his first instructor Fred Barnett
Fred Barnett
Fred Lee Barnett is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and Miami Dolphins...
with whom he stayed studying with for many years as he grew into a diligent student, often locking himself in his bedroom for hours to study his playing. Eventually the Lyle Guitar and Kustom Amplifier could only take him so far so he traded them in at a New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
store, Mascara Music in Belleville, for a Burgundy ES335 Gibson Guitar and Yamaha Amplifier.
Nocelli attended Clifton High School and graduated in 1984.
http://www.luciennocelli.com.html
Musical career
At the age of 16, Nocelli formed his first band, Destiny with his cousin Steve Francischetti, the drummer while Nocelli was lead vocalist and lead guitarist. Destiny toured all over the Tri-State area playing at colleges, high schools, dances, churches and private events performing rock covers from Lynyrd SkynyrdLynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American rock band prominent in spreading Southern Rock during the 1970s.Originally formed as the "Noble Five" in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1964, the band rose to worldwide recognition on the basis of its driving live performances and signature tune, Freebird...
, The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band. The group has sold over 40 million units worldwide throughout their career. The Doobie Brothers were inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004.-Original incarnation:...
, The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, The Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
, Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of thirteen studio albums...
, Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
, Dire Straits
Dire Straits
Dire Straits were a British rock band active from 1977 to 1995, composed of Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers .Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, blues, and came closest...
, and Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...
.
By the age of 17, Nocelli's musical interest shifted to Fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
, an instrumental mix of rock and jazz featuring rock rhythms and melodic jazz melody. His began to listen more to Fusion artists Chick Corea
Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola is an acclaimed American jazz fusion and Latin guitarist, composer, and record producer of Italian origin. With a musical career that has spanned more than three decades, he has become respected as one of the most influential guitarists in jazz to date...
and Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton is an American jazz, smooth jazz, jazz fusion, pop, and rock guitarist and singer. He has divided his recording time between solo recordings and session appearances with various well-known bands...
. He began studying with a Jazz teacher, Tony Scally who taught him that he needed to learn straight Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
first before beginning to understand Fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
. Nocelli co-formed a new group at this time for his new musical tastes. World of Difference featuring a diverse sound of Rock, Jazz, Pop and Funk music styles combined.
Continuing his Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
education, Nocelli studied with Tal Farlow
Tal Farlow
Talmage Holt Farlow was an American jazz guitarist. Nicknamed the "Octopus", Farlow's extremely large hands spread over the fretboard as if they were tentacles. He is considered one of the all-time great jazz guitarists. Michael G...
, a renowned Jazz guitarist. Advancing rapidly in his playing his new style, he focused solely on Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
for the next 12 years. He purchased a Heritage Jazz guitar and toured the New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
circuit with his trio Lucien Nocelli and The Jazz Experience.
Nocelli at this time wrote an advanced guitar method book, Modes In Motion: The Nocelli Guitar Method, and began to teach advanced guitar students at a prestigious music school Von Bartheld School for Music in Ridgewood, New Jersey
Ridgewood, New Jersey
Ridgewood is a village in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the village population was 24,958. Ridgewood is an affluent suburban bedroom community of New York City, located approximately northwest of Midtown Manhattan.The Village of Ridgewood was...
. Soon after he opened his own music school in Forked River, New Jersey
Forked River, New Jersey
Forked River is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Lacey Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2010 Census, the CDP population was 5,244....
, The School for Musical Instruction which remained in business for 6 years.
Eager to create music equal in lyrical content and guitar, Nocelli formed Bebop Gypsies, who released one album before the group disbanded due to internal politics. He briefly joined his cousin's group at the time, Test Infection, an industrial metal band who released a few songs and toured live.
Throughout the years Nocelli toured off and on portraying John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
in the off Broadway production, Beatlemania
Beatlemania
Beatlemania is a term that originated during the 1960s to describe the intense fan frenzy directed toward The Beatles during the early years of their success...
. He is still currently touring internationally with Beatlemania
Beatlemania
Beatlemania is a term that originated during the 1960s to describe the intense fan frenzy directed toward The Beatles during the early years of their success...
. http://www.beatlemaniastageshow.com
In 2005,. Nocelli signed with Infinite Trend Productions, and released Message For Peace / Electric Train (CD Single), and a limited edition acoustic album which sold out immdiately, Acoustic Lullabys (2006). His latest major release was his rock album Deal With It (2008).
2006-Present
In April 2007, Nocelli's advanced guitar method book, Modes In Motion: The Nocelli Guitar Method was re-released with Infinite Trend Productions publishing division.His latest release, Deal With It was released in February 2008 to rave reviews. The Deal With It World Tour is currently on hold due to conflicts in Nocelli's personal life. The Tour is being rescheduled.
Personal life
FamilyNocelli has two sons from his first marriage.
Nocelli married Sheri Nocelli on October 25, 2003. In March 2008 Sheri Nocelli was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and was treated with Chemotherapy and a Bone Marrow Transplant. Their son Adrian Robert Nocelli was born August 18, 2003, and their daughter Luciana Virginia Nocelli was born May 1, 2007. They reside in Lincroft, New Jersey
Lincroft, New Jersey
Lincroft is a part of Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the Lincroft census-designated place had a population was 6,135.-Geography:Lincroft is located at ....
.
World of Difference
World of DifferenceRelease Date: October 1, 1985
Track List:
- Take Another Shot
- No Trouble At All
- Streetwise
- Tamper With The Wild
- You Can't Lose
Open Sky
Lucien Nocelli and The Jazz Experience(Contemporary Jazz Fusion CD)
Release Date: December 11, 1986
Track List:
- Open Sky God's Touch
- Rough Cut
- The Hope
- Waiting
- Change of Movement
- Cold Below
Lucien Nocelli and the Jazz Experience (1993)
Release Date: April 22, 1993Track List:
- Beyond
- New Life
- Sandwalking
Nocelli recorded this three song instrumental Jazz release which was published with Woodrich Records
Woodrich Records
Woodrich Records was a record label based in Rogersville and Lexington, Alabama in the early 1960s. The labels were blue with silver print. It was owned by Woody Richardson, who did most of the recording in his home studio...
and played all over college radio nationwide.
Bebop Gypsies
Bebop GypsiesRelease Date: July 28, 1994
Track List:
- Memories
- Lost In Love
- Home
- Better Way
- Walk Away
- Shade of The Sun
Test Infection
Test Infection(CdCulture Compilations)
Release Date: 1995
Tracks:
- Skin
- Therapy
- Dick Lucifer
Message For Peace / Electric Train
Lucien NocelliRelease Date: January 3, 2005 (CD Single)
Label: Infinite Trend Records
Track List:
- Message For Peace
- Electric Train
- Message For Peace (Acoustic)
- Race Is Him
Acoustic - Lullabies Limited Edition
Lucien NocelliRelease Date: July 1, 2005
Track List:
- Princess Lullaby
- Sandwalking
- Light of The Moon
- South Georgia Bay
- Sleep Sweet Virginia
- Blues Baby Boy
- Unborn Child
- Shape Their World
- Princess Lullaby (Instrumental)
- Music Box
Deal With It
Lucien NocelliRelease Date: February 11, 2008
Label: Infinite Trend Records
Track List:
- Deal With It
- Caffeine Blast
- No Rest
- Give Em A Fight
- Loneliness
- My Gift
- Pleasure Thing
- Gimme One Reason
- Childhood Friend
- Electric Train
- Picture Child
- War
- Pirates Tale
External links
- http://www.luciennocelli.com official website
- http://www.beatlemaniastageshow.com Beatlemania official website
- http://www.elderly.com/items/45U-946.htm former Jazz guitar picture link