Max Gazzè

Italian singer-songwriter and musician (born 1967)

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Pop
folk
electronica

Occupations

Musician
singer
songwriter
actor

Instruments

Vocals
guitar
bass guitar
harmonica
synthesizer

Years active1991–presentLabelsEMI, VirginWebsitewww.maxgazze.it

Musical artist

Max Gazzè (born 6 July 1967) is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. He is known for his high-pitched voice. He is also a member of the trio Fabi Silvestri Gazzè with Niccolò Fabi and Daniele Silvestri.

Biography

Max Gazzè was born in Rome, his father was from the Province of Ragusa. He emigrated to Belgium in 1980 where he spent his childhood, his father being a diplomat at the embassy of Italy, and he studied at the European School. At the age of 6 he started learning piano, and at 13 dedicated himself to bass guitar and began to perform with groups in clubs in Brussels.^[1] From 1985–1990 he played with a number of Jazz fusion, funk, and rock bands around Europe.

Personal life

He has five children: Samuele (b. 1998), Bianca (b. 2001) and Emily (b. 2006) from his former wife and Silvia (b. 2013) and Guglielmo (b. 2016) from a following relationship. The lyrics of his songs are written in collaboration with his brother Francesco Gazzè.^[2]

Discography

Solo studio albums

Contro un'onda del mare (1996)
La favola di Adamo ed Eva (1998)
Max Gazzè (2000)
Ognuno fa quello che gli pare? (2001)
Un giorno (2004)
Tra l'aratro e la radio (2008)
Quindi? (2010)
Sotto casa (2013)
Maximilian (2015)
Alchemaya (2018)
La Matematica Dei Rami (2021)

Collaborative studio albums

Il Padrone Della Festa (2014) with Niccolò Fabi and Daniele Silvestri

Duets

With Ginevra Di Marco: La tua realtà
With Carmen Consoli: Il motore degli eventi
With Daniele Silvestri: Pallida
With Mao: Colloquium vitae
With Niccolò Fabi: Vento d'estate
With Paola Turci: Il debole fra i due
With Alex Britti: ...Solo con te
With Stephan Eicher: Cenerentola a mezzanotte
With Paola Turci e Marina Rei: Il solito sesso (during the duets evening of the 58º Festival di Sanremo, 2008)
With i Bluvertigo e Morgan: Segnali di vita
With i Jetlag and Raf: È necessario
With Luca Barbarossa and Roy Paci: Non mi stanco mai
With Serena Abrami: Scende la pioggia
With Carl Brave: Posso, Cristo di Rio

Collaborations

1996 – Rappresaglia, Intro, Seguimi, Hold me, Cohiba, Un giorno lontano, Me fece mele a chepa, Via col vento, Samantha, Il dado, Strade di Francia, Lasciami andare, Pino – fratello di Paolo in Il dado by Daniele Silvestri
1998 – Vento d'estate in Niccolò Fabi by Niccolò Fabi
1998 – O Caroline in The different you – Robert Wyatt e noi
1999 – Aria, Pozzo dei desideri, Tu non-torni mai, Giro in si, Desaparecido, Sto benissimo in Signor Dapatas by Daniele Silvestri
1999 – Neretva, Tempo di attesa and Le grandi scoperte in Trama tenue by Ginevra Di Marco
2000 – Di giada e di veleno in Marjorie Biondo by Marjorie Biondo
2000 – Testardo in Occhi da orientale by Daniele Silvestri
2001 – Saluto l'inverno in Mi basta il paradiso by Paola Turci
2001 – Troppo sensibile in Iperbole by Raf
2002 – Silvia, La festa and Cellule in Non è successo niente by Alberto Belgesto
2002 – Sette sono i re and Pinto Stefano in Bondo! Bondo! by Bandabardò
2003 – Taxi Europa in Taxi Europa by Stephan Eicher
2007 – Foolin' Around in Private Paradise by Jacques Villeneuve
2007 – 92100 in Io sto qui by Tinturia
2007 – Faccia di velluto, Il suo nome, Ninetta Nanna, Che bella faccia in Il latitante by Daniele Silvestri

Filmography

Films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Basilicata Coast to Coast	Franco Cardillo
2013	12 12 12	Geographer	Cameo appearance
2014	Misunderstood	Manuel Ginori
2014	Confusi e felici	Himself	Cameo appearance
2017	Monster Family	Dracula	Italian dub; voice role
2017	Lasciami per sempre	Nikos
2023	Diabolik: Who Are You?	Giulio Mondan

Appearances

1997: Cara Valentina (Sezione Giovani – 27th)
1999: Una musica può fare (Nuove Proposte – 8th)
2000: Il timido ubriaco (4th)
2008: Il solito sesso (12th)
2013: Sotto casa (Selected) and I tuoi maledetissimi impegni (7th)
2018: La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno (6th, Premio Giancarlo Bigazzi alla miglior composizione musicale)
2021: Il farmacista (17th)

References

^ Max Gazzè a De Core Podcast - Ep.34 on YouTube
^ "Francesco Gazze". AD Edizic. Archived from the original on 25 March 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2012.