Get To Know Alessio Menconi
- FIBONACCI GUITARS
- Mar 3
- 2 min read
Alessio Menconi
Alessio Menconi is an Italian guitarist born in Genoa in 1970. He approached guitar when he was 10. Being considered particularly talented, in 1986 he started a professional career with some of the best Italian musicians of the times. In 1992 he won the "Best Soloist Award” at the Gran Prix du Jazz. In 1993 he took part to the "Eddie Lang Festival Contest” (the most important Italian competition for guitarists), winning the first prize as best Italian jazz guitarist.
He played inover 40 countries around Europe, Asia, Africa, North,America and Latin America and recorded in over 40 albums with several musicians. From 1995 to 2004 heplayed in every world tour of the Italian songwriter Paolo Conte. He also recorded with him 4 studio albums. In those years he went on tour with Billy Cobham. He has also been selected to play with "ONJ" (Orchestre National du Jazz - Paris). In 2003, he was the only Italian musician to play on the album "Voodoo Crossing - A tribute to Jimi Hendrix" with Robben Ford, Steve Lukather, Hiram Bullock, Larry Coryell and many others. He started playing on his own for his solo project, and with his own trio with whom he released an album. He is a jazz guitar teacher at the Genoa Music Conservatory “Paganini” and wrote four books about jazz guitar.In 2009 he won the “Jazz lighthouse” Career Award. In 2011 he was the only Italian musician included in a cd compilation of the world best jazz guitarists. In the same year, the “Jazz It” magazine put his record “Sketches of Miles” among the Best 100 Jazz Records of the World.
He has played in some of the most important national and international festivals:
Italy, Switzerland, France, Uk, Spain, Austria, Greece, Macedonia, Russia, Belgium, Luxemburg, Holland, Germany, Poland, Croatia, South Africa, Zambia, Israel, Palestine, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay, India, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Usa and Canada.
Some of the most important musicians he played with:
Billy Cobham, Paolo Conte, Jeff Berlin, Jimmy Cobb, Toninho Horta, Shawnn Monteiro, Marcio Montarroyos, Stefano Bollani, Danny Gottlieb, Enrico Rava, Tullio De Piscopo, Daniel Humair, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Red Holloway, Franco Cerri, Aldo Romano, Gary Husband, Paolo Fresu, Carl Anderson, Franco Ambrosetti, Gary Bartz and many others...
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