Funky Mama

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Funky Mama

Funky Mama is the brainchild of Andrea del Vecchio (drums & percussion) and Attilio Errico Agnello (sax tenor). The idea of putting together an afro-funk band had been stirring in the minds of the two musicians, both born in Brindisi, a city in the southern region of Puglia, for some time.Andrea and Attilio met by chance in 2009 in a rehearsal studio in Rome, the city where they had both moved in search of better work opportunities. They hit it off immediately and began jamming together, and with the addition of bass player Giuseppe Nobile, started playing in small venues of the Italian capital using the name Funky Mama, which is the title of the opening track on Lou Donaldson’s album “The Natural Soul”. Already in these initial stages the primary characteristics of the band were emerging: particular attention towards the rhythm section that lays the carpet on which the bass weaves a percussive groove and the tenor sax improvises a theme.Since then the group has been intensely gig

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Funky Mama is the brainchild of Andrea del Vecchio (drums & percussion) and Attilio Errico Agnello (sax tenor). The idea of putting together an afro-funk band had been stirring in the minds of the two musicians, both born in Brindisi, a city in the southern region of Puglia, for some time.Andrea and Attilio met by chance in 2009 in a rehearsal studio in Rome, the city where they had both moved in search of better work opportunities. They hit it off immediately and began jamming together, and with the addition of bass player Giuseppe Nobile, started playing in small venues of the Italian capital using the name Funky Mama, which is the title of the opening track on Lou Donaldson’s album “The Natural Soul”. Already in these initial stages the primary characteristics of the band were emerging: particular attention towards the rhythm section that lays the carpet on which the bass weaves a percussive groove and the tenor sax improvises a theme.Since then the group has been intensely gig

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