Mario Ciancarella, bass
player and producer based
in Rome (Italy). Currently touring with The Black Hole.

studio@mariociancarella.com

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VENUES WHERE I HAVE PLAYED



2020
Blueswerk - Norderstedt, Germany
Charly's Musikkneipe - Oldenburg, Germany
Wunderbar Weite Welt - Eppstein, Germany
Meisenfrei Blues Club - Bremen, Germany
PlanB/Klangbar - Hamburg, Germany
Casa Pepe - Leipzig, Germany
Kultur Punkt - Moisburg, Germany
Die Kiste - Berlin Germany
Haus am Klein Erzgebirge - Oederan, Germany
Gaststätte Stock - Osnabruck, Germany
Marlene - Hannover, Deutschland
Gerd's Juke Joint - Joldelund, Germany

2019
Studio 37 – Potenza, Italy
BLISS – L'Aquila Italy
Hard Rock Cafè – Madrid, Spain
Museo Nacional de Escultura – Valladolid, Spain
Carmen 13 – Burgos, Spain
Crazy Horse – Bilbao, Spain
Biribay Jazz Club – Logroño, Spain
La Cueva Del Jazz En Vivo – Zamora, Spain
Café De Meister – Geleen, Netherlands
Crossroads Café – Antwerpen, Belgium
TSV 1846 – Ellwangen, Germany
Le Garage Creative Music – Liege, Belgium
Theater Moonbeat – Mechelen, Belgium
Snuffel Hostel – Brugge, Belgium
Dax Cafè – Turnhout, Belgium
Heptone – Ittre, Belgium
Muziekpodium Azotod – Utrecht, Netherlands
Muziekcafe De Giraf – Zwalm, Belgium
B52 Music Club – Ichtegem, Belgium
Rifugio Montecristo – L'Aquila, Italy
På Taget – Odense, Denmark
Håndværkeren – Helsingør, Denmark
Hijazz – Uppsala, Sweden
S:ta Clara Live Musik – Stockholm, Sweden
Jazzhus Montmartre – Copenhagen, Denmark
Cafe Frederiksberg – Aalborg, Denmark
Kellerdirk – Copenhagen, Denmark
Tante Olga – Randers, Denmark
On The Roof – Odense, Denmark
Håndværkeren – Helsingør, Denmark
Hijazz Club – Uppsala, Sweden
S:ta Clara – Stockholm, Sweden
Cafe Frederiksberg – Aalborg, Denmark
Kellerdirk – Copenaghen, Denmark
Tante Olga – Randers, Denmark
Villa Sant'Angelo – L'Aquila, Italy
Santo Stefano di Sessanio – L'Aquila, Italy
Bottiglieria Lo Zio – L'Aquila, Italy
Parco Del Sole – L'Aquila, Italy
Live in Reitwein – Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
Café De Fagot – Ingelmunster, Belgium
dB's – Utrecht, Netherlands
Zwart Huis – Brugge, Belgium
Brogum – Zierikzee, Netherlands
Arscene – Hansbeke, Belgium
LOASI – Silvi Marina, Italy
Chalet il Monello – San Benedetto Del Tronto, Italy
Lido Malibù Beach – Silvi Marina, Italy
Punto Basilio – L'Aquila, Italy
The Boom Boom Club – London, UK
The Iron Road – Evesham, UK
Hard Rock Cafè – Glasgow, UK
Green Hotel – Kinross, UK
The juke Joint – Val d'Illez, Switzerland
Vully Blues Club – Cudrefin, Switzerland
La Pinte Farvagny – Farvagny, Switzerland
Spaziomusica – Pavia, Italy
Stones Cafè – Modena, Italy
Druso – Bergamo, Italy
De Centrale – Ghent, Belgium
Comptoir des Arts – Brugge, Belgium
Theaterstübchen – Kassel, Germany
Dos Amigos – Oberbuchsiten, Switzerland
8 Bar – Basel, Switzerland
CahBah – Kandern, Germany
Live Club – Bamberg, Germany
Die Kiste – Berlin, Germany
Jugendbistro Life House – Stemwede, Germany
Topos – Leverkusen, Germany
Blues-sphere – Liege, Belgium
Cafe Brun – Le Roux, Belgium
Cowboy und Indianer – Hamburg, Germany
Pink Dormagen – Dormagen, Germany
Jazzclub Armer Konrad – Weinstadt, Germany
Soulkitchen – Sulmona, Italy
Silvestro's Irish Pub – L'Aquila, Italy

2018
Pocoloco House of Music – L'Aquila, Italy
Beaverwood – Chislehurst, UK
United Supporters Club – Hartlepool, UK
Green Hotel – Kinross, UK
The Robin 2 Hotel – Bilston, UK
Borderline – London, UK
The Flowerpot – Derby, UK
The Stables – Wavendon, UK
Sala Óxido – Guadalajara, Spain
Sala Indara – Pamplona, Spain
Le Coup – Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Sala Memphis – Gijón, Spain
Sala Tarari – Ponferrada, Spain
La Cueva del Jazz – Zamora, Spain
Playa Club Coruña – A Coruña, Spain
Cultural Auriense – Ourense, Spain
Music Factory Salamanca – Salamanca, Spain
Club Soda – Montreal, Canada
Adelaide Hall – Toronto, Canada
Blues On Whyte – Edmonton, Canada
Buds on Broadway – Saskatoon, Canada
Blues Can – Calgary, Canada
La Locanda di Uschi Festival – Terni, Italy
Marmo – Rome, Italy
Viteculture Quirinetta – Rome, Italy
Terrazza del Pincio – Rome, Italy
Largo Venue – Rome, Italy
Sala Aftasi – Badajoz, Spain
La Gramola – Algeciras, Spain
La Catarina – Marbella, Spain
Planta Baja – Granada, Spain
El Mirador – Tomelloso, Spain
Sala Avalon – Soria, Spain
Casa de las Musas – Burgos, Spain
Sala Black Bird – Santander, Spain
Beat Club – Segovia, Spain
Sala Lopez – Zaragoza, Spain
Hard Rock Café Madrid – Madrid, Spain
Franzis – Wetzlar, Germany
Kofferfabrik – Fürth, Germany
Rockhouse – Salzburg, Austria
The Raven – Straubing, Germany
Obermühle – Habach, Germany
Museum at Saalfeld – Saal, Germany
Topos – Leverkusen, Germany
Kulturrampe – Krefeld, Germany
Cowboy & Indianer – Hamburg, Germany
Blues Sphere – Liege, Belgium
Charlys Musikkneipe – Oldenburg, Germany
Belami – Hamburg, Germany

2017
Speaker – Ovindoli, Italy
Le Mura – Rome, Italy
Long Street club – Devizes, UK
The Boom Boom Club – London, UK
Beaverwood – Chislehurst, UK
The Acorn Theatre – Penzance, UK
Southern Pavilion – Worthing, UK
Spazio Musica – Pavia, Italy
StranPalato – Brescia, Italy
Il Magazzino di Gilgamesh – Turin, Italy
All'una e trentacinque circa – Cantù, Italy
La Baladin – Piozzo, Italy
Pocoloco House of Music – L'Aquila, Italy
Ninfea Pub - Spinone Al Lago, Italy
Landhaus - Switzerland
La Pinte - Farvagny, Switzerland
BAG Blues - Geneva, Switzerland
Cafe Brun – Fosses-La-Ville, Belgium
Muziekcafe Helmond – Helmond, NL
Io'ke's Juke Joint – Ghent, Belgium
Muziekzolder Maasdijik – Westland, NL
Special Biercafe'den Heilegen Cornelius – Roermond, NL
Bluesconnection @ Cafe 'T-eeterij-Vermaeck – Rijen, NL
Metro Music Bar – Brno, Czech Republic
Mandragora – Prague, Czech Republic
Rock Cafe - Bratislava, Slovakia
Novopacke Sklepy - Nova Paka, Czech Republic
Piazza Chiarino - L'Aquila, Italy
Onda Dischi Festival – Lake Campotosto (AQ), Italy
Bar del Corso – L'Aquila, Italy
Ex Dogana – Roma, Italy
Piazza Duomo – Arischia, Italy
Sala Montesario – Barcelona, Spain
Toneladas – Valencia, Spain
Cazorla Blues Festival – Cazorla, Spain
Laboratorio De Artes De Valladolid Lava – Valladolid, Spain
Campamento Rock Camp España – Piñares, Spain
Almasan – Soria, Spain
Plaza De La Paz – Haro, Spain
Le Corbusier

WORK



2023 — Present
Bass Player of The Black Hole Blues Band, with whom I played in Czech Republic and Poland.

2017 — 2020
Official Bass Player of Carvin Jones Band, with whom I played in Canada, Austria, Belgium, England, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Spain among clubs, square and festivals-including The Blues Cazorla Festival (one of the most important blues festivals in the world) – sharing the stage, among others, with Taj Mahal & Keb ‘mo’ Band and other artists known worldwide.

2014 — Present
Management of my own recording studio called The Burning Room, where I work as Arranger (National Award Mogol "Musica Controcorrente"), Music Producer and Mix Engineer for the artists of my record label, Onda Dischi (www.ondadischi.com).

2009 — Present
Freelance Bass Player. Intense activity in recordings sessions and performing in different clubs and pubs all over Italy, in different music genres (Funk, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Pop) playing for entertaining concert companies including “Società Aquilana dei concerti B. Barattelli”.

2018
Stage Manager at “Casa del Jazz” for “Roma Jazz Festival” (Paolo Fresu, Tony Allen, Randy Weston, Corey Harris, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Steve Coleman, Lizz Wright etc.)


EDUCATION AND TRAINING



2020 — Present
Radar Academy - School of Management, Rome, Italy
·Master E-Commerce & Digital Marketing Management
2020 Lockdown
Berklee College of Music, Online
·Music Business Specialization
2016 — 2018
Percentomusica, Rome, Italy
·Course of Sound Engineering
2017
Percentomusica, Rome, Italy
·Course of Electric Bass with Master Massimo Moriconi
2013 — 2016
Conservatory “Alfredo Casella”, L’Aquila, Italy Course of Jazz
·Course of Double Bass with Master Luca Bulgarelli ·Course of Electric Bass with Master Marco Siniscalco
2012 — 2013
Music School Icarus, L’Aquila, Italy
·Course of Electric Bass and Double Bass with Master Fabrizio Pierleoni
2009 — 2011
Saint Louis College of Music, Rome, Italy
·Course of Electric Bass with Master Gianfranco Gullotto
2008
Music theory and harmony with Master Antonio Michilli

2006 — 2008
Electric Bass with Master Fabrizio Pierleoni

Masterclass
·with Master Gary Willis, "Musical ensemble and improvisation" ·with Master Enrico Pieranunzi "Jazz and Classics" ·with Master Luca Bragalini "The Cakewalk and Chocolat, Debussy and the Afro-American Music" ·with Master Bob Reynolds
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