MP3 Drummer.it - I.M.C. VOL.4

A sole fusion of smooth jazz, funk, pop and ambient music in this 4th collection of best worldwide "internet music collaborations".

11 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Smooth Jazz, JAZZ: Jazz Fusion



Details:
Acclaimed international free lancer "internet drummer" Filippo Bertacche experiments collaborations with talented musicians on the web since 2000. Recorded more than 100 tunes in last three years...

Now presents the 4th collection of best tunes recorded last year. Absolutely a really sole fusion of smooth jazz / funk/ blues / pop / ambient music with a special vibes between musicians located in different places of the world and here together for a "virtual special session" playing great music.

Cd features musicians and song composers as Us guitarist / arranger Carl Eichman (song writer of most tunes), bass player Bill Lawrence (N.Y.), from Nashville (Usa) composer and bass player Don McGinnis, composer and guitarist Bobby Brewer, saxophonist John Garr... and then also Canadian saxophonist Bob Johnson, composer/singer Lord Bygon, Mr. Jeza, New Yorker trumpeter C.M. and other great musicians...

I.M.C. (Internet Music Collaborations) vol. 4 is a mix of instrumental progressive fusion that will keep your attention and mind to a new dimension of making and producing music.

Flippo Bertacche is member of the FUNKDAWGS (www.cdbaby.com/funkdawgs2), first official internet jazz fusion band of the world, with also Bill Lawrence, Bobby Brewer, Bob Johnson, Kyle Whitlock and many guest musicians.
(band is featured on Jazz Player Magazine, Saxophone Journal and Bassics Magazine)

Promo description of the artist:

Italian "cyber" drummer providing professional acoustic drums tracks for amateur and professional musicians projects, collaborating with the best musicians on the web, and ready to start an "on line" collaboration.
All tunes featured on official site (www.drummer.it), done in long distance by Internet. Music without frontiers!! Filippo Bertacche is featured in more than 100 tunes on many music web sites and also on more than 35 albums by independent artists. Some of these tunes became hits on sites like mp3.com and Vitaminic, and also promoted on some UK and US radios...french and australian

Just a sort of most important collaborations:

Bill Lawrence: bass / Bob Johnson: sax,wx11 / Kyle Whitlock: keys / Kenny Wright: bass Woody Lingle: bass / Bal: trumpet / Ernie Mansfield: flute / Carl Eichman; guitar / Matt Thorpe: guitar / John Cohmer: guitar / Buk Askold: guitar / Mathias Claus: keys / All McCann: keys / Bobby Brewer, guitar / Nicolas Genest, trumpet / Daniel Martina, guitar / Peggy Morris: vocals,sax,flute / Patti Sterling: voice/ Kerry Lytle: keys /Alan Kheune: bass / Luc De Ryck: guitar and producing / Eugene Mann soprano sax / Brent Whitlock guitar / Chris Hicks soprano sax / John Rossi congas / C. M. trumpet,flugelhorn / Don Mcginnis,bass / John Garr,sax / Lord Bygon, s.w./ Mr. Jeza, singer / Helena Villa, guitar / Bill Cornish / Nicolas Gueret, saxophone / Christophe Dutray, rumpet / Philippe Henry, Trombone / Etienne M'Bappe', bass-guitar / Scott - Le - Rock, guitar /Tamala Parker, singer / Diane Jessurun, singer / John Jones, executive coordinator for "Ansun" project / John H. Clark, singer and producer...

Visit official site www.drummer.it www.batterista.it for more info and albums

Official Discography (updated at 1st june 2005)

Pollution by F.Bertacche (1996)
Net Experience by F.Bertacche (2001)
Trek To Nowhere by F.Bertacche (2001)
Aardvarks with F.Bertacche by F.Bertacche and J.Cohmer (2002)
I.M.C. Vol.III by F.Bertacche (2002)
Peggy Morris (of Morris Code) Collaboration CD "CYBER FRIENDS " (2002) [on 8/02/02 MP3.com's
Top 10 Best Selling Jazz CDs]
Mathias Claus Collections - Best of Jazz That Rocks (CD) by M.Claus (2001)
International Collaborations 2 by M.Thorpe (2001)
Ambient Earth by K.Whitlock (2003)
Caldron of Joy by K.Whitlock (2002)
Groove Bank Volume Two by B.Lawrence (2003)
Groove Bank by B.Lawrence (2003)
i d I. D. by C.Eichman (2003)
N.I.V. Jazz Volume Three by B.Lawrence (2003)
N.I.V. Jazz Volume Two by B.Lawrence (2003)
Funkdawgs "Release the Hounds" by B.Brewer (2002)
N.I.V. Jazz Volume One by B.Lawrence (2003)
Funkdawgs "Fusion Hits!" by B.Brewer (2002)
FunkDawgs, Bone to Groove by B.Johnson (2002)
FunkDawgs, Jazz With a Bite by B.Johnson (2002)
funk, the whole funk by B.Brewer (2002)
Solstice by B.Johnson (2002)
FunkDawgs, Release the Hounds by B.Johnson (2002)
Funkdawgs, Fusion Hits (VOLII) by B.Brewer (2003)
Dawg Days by B.Johnson (2003)
Funkdawgs FD-6 by B.Lawrence (2003)
Radio Cuts by B.Lawrence (2003)
Borderless by The FunkDawgs (2003)
Shades Of Grey by C.M. (2003)
I.M.C. Vol. 4 by Drummer.it (2004)
One hour @ a time by Don McGinnis (2004)
Something About The Sun by Hidden Symmetry (2004)
Dawgma by Funkdawgs (2005)

Front photo credit: original art by Didier Faucher