Claudio Leone was born in Rome, Italy in 1987 and started playing the guitar at the age of 8. He moved to Boston in 2007 to attend Berklee College of Music, where he graduated Summa cum Laude in 2010. At Berklee, he studied with legendary guitar instructors Mick Goodrick, Bret Willmott (teacher of Kurt Rosenwikel) and Tim Miller.
He has played with renowned Jazz musicians including Mark Turner, Larry Grenadier, Jeff Ballard, John B. Arnold and Roberto Gatto and recorded as a sideman for several artists from all over the world.
In 2013 he released People & Places, his first album as a leader. The album received positive reviews and Paolo Damiani, famous Italian composer, said about it: “I don’t know what I admire most about Claudio Leone, his instrumental mastery, his compositional skills or his musical knowledge. In this album his ability as a leader really shines through in the arrangements, his control over the form of every tune and over the bigger picture: a well orchestrated musical journey”.
Claudio is currently active in Rome as a performer, composer and educator.
Claudio Leone, guitar
Stefano Battaglia, double bass
Francesco Merenda, drums
1. Changes
2. Gracefully Falling
3. The Winter in Boston (Long Version)
4. Iron
5. Tre
6. The Winter in Boston (Short Version)
7. No Cachet
8. Hope
