Bebo Best, aka Bebo Baldan, theAlchemist with his featuring in last 

Buddha- Bar X vol.10 

has already gained a place of honor for himself in the World jazz, lounge, new bossa music scene.

 

Producer and musician, film composer and arranger, his works have been released, from various european labels, in the same albums with personalities such as Jon Hassel, Steven Brown, Steve Reich, Michael Nyman, Wim Mertens, David Torn, Ruichy Sakamoto,  Frank Zappa (see Discography).

 

Producer, musician,  arranger:

Has partecipate on over 130 album in Europe, USA, Japan, for SONY MUSIC, EMI, CINEDELIC, CHIN -CHIN, RAMBLING/JAPAN.

He has shared the stage with: Subsonica, Tambours du bronx, Sabri Brothers, Punjabi Mc, Sufi Dervisci Rotanti, Carmen Consoli, F. De Gregori, P. Pelù, Tiromancino, Nick Cave, Transglobal Underground...

He partecipate to the project "Asian Garden", with: TRANSGLOBAL UNDERGROUND, NITIN SAWHNEY, TRILOK GURTU, ASIAN DUB FOUND., SINEAD O' CONNOR , and highlight at the "1 Maggio" festival in Rome in 2003, with an audience of over 700.000 people.

Very early he gained a main role in the world music scene as a promising composer, arranger and session man. His works have been released, from various european labels, in the same albums with personalities such as Jon Hassel, Steven Brown, Steve Reich, Michael Nyman, Wim Mertens, David Torn, Ruichy Sakamoto, Frank Zappa (see DISCOGRAPHY ). He received international recognitions for his original use of electronic instrumentation melted with world, jazz, classical and pop music.

• AS a Session-man he’s a well-known bass player, percussionist and drummer. Also plays Sitar, keybs and guitar. He has played infinite genres (jazz, funk, blues, classical, contemporary classical, Brasilian, salsa, house, pop, Indian, Afro, Ethnic, chill-out, experimental, minimalism) in music festivals abroad in like England, U.S.A., Italy, France, Switzerland, Curacao, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Estonia, Hungary, Germany, working with/for U.S.A. top musicians David Torn (david bowie, jan garbarek, don cherry, david sylvian), Mark Abrams, Duck Baker, Cheryl Porter, Stephen James, and Mad Professor, Visnadi, Max m'bass'ado', Pietro Russino, Victor Mc Surely (from Robert Fripp' League of crafty guitarists), Patricio Morales, Vincenzo Zitello, Makam, Tintin, Sheik Omar Sanogo, Nour Eddine, Ghassan Mawlawi, Hakkah, Alex Masi, Alex Monti, Aldo Tagliapietra (le orme), Roberto Bortoluzzi (marisa monte), Gigi Masin (bjiork), Estasia, Francesco Boldini, Renato Nota, David Soto Chero; blues men Andy J. Forest, Dick Herstall-Smith, Tolo Marton, James Thompson, David Srb, Fabio Treves; world Tantratribe, Paki Zennaro, Leo d' Angilla, Anita Sief, Arlo Bigazzi; pop Pitura Freska, Skardy, Nossa alma Canta, Sabrina Salerno, Angela Milanese, Ricky Gianco, Andrea Braido, Bruno Lauzi,Magnetic 4, with Italian top jazz players Marco Tamburini, Francesco Bearzatti, Edu Hebling, Maurizio Scomparin, David Boato, Danilo Gallo, Marco Castelli, Massimo Donà, Saverio Tasca, Marco Ponchiroli, brazilian singers Luma, Ligia Franca, Silvania dos Santos, Rosa Emilia, Gilberto Gil

Major Events 1990/2007: 

compositions: Les Editions Confidentielles -vol.1 for the main movie companies of North Europe, • INTERZONE - featuring JON HASSEL, STEVE REICH, WIM MERTENS, MICHAEL NYMAN • SONORA 4, feat. RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, FRANK ZAPPA • ASIAN GARDEN: feat. Transglobal Underground, Nitin Sawhney, Trilok Gurtu, Asian Dub Found., Sinead O' Connor •

• Films: "First Light" - Maui, Hawaii U.S.A., "La notte dei foghi", premiered at Venice International Film Festival 2005, "Questione di pelle", 2005, "Il punto rosso" premiered at Venice International Film Festival 2006 •

• Broadcasting: MTV U.S.A.: "Roas Rules", RAI: "Hobo, Ultrasuoni Cocktail, Lampi d’estate, Farhenheit 451" •

• Theatre: “Le mille e una notte” w. Ascanio Celestini, Grand Tour, Dix Play w. Gioele Dix •

• Works: for 

Gugghenheim Foundation 

MTV

RAI TV

Gas Jeans 

Telecom

Pitti Uomo

Belmonte 

Mc Donald's

Biennale di Venezia 

FOX TV (USA)

Venice International Film Exposition                      

Played at

Wim Wenders' "Electronic Paintings" exhibition in Venice,

played at the presentation of the

JANE CAMPION movie "The Holy Smoke", 

director of

Woody Allen' Film music orchestra at Venice International Film Exposition, 

artistic music director of

UNESCO festival – S.Giorgio, Venice 2002. 

With Paki Zennaro, producing "Light from the abyss" for the legendary choreographer

Carolyn Carlson.

• 2008/2009:

Working for

Chin-Chin records (UK-DE) 

Rambling rec. (Japan)

He is in the prestigious cd 

Buddha-Bar X (PARIS)

music for

national Tv campaign for Mc' Donald's,

Miss Mondo (Italy),

arranged Brenda Boykin' new cd (awarded at Montreux jazz festival)

produced cd for Italian phylosopher Massimo Donà, with Achille Bonito Oliva, Giulio Giorello (Bompiani)

composing theatre and tv music, touring with 

Gioele Dix (Zelig)

music for US Show “So you think you can Dance”, the biggest show in

U.S.A. FOX TV, and in the world. (50 Million people watch it...)

         

 

 

To see his most popular works (over 200.000 visits), please visit

http://www.myspace.com/tantratribe

http://www.myspace.com/superloungeorchestra

 

 

 

    Complete discography:        

                                                       (also alvaiable on iTunes)

     

 

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