Happy Birthday Mario Biondi (born Mario Ranno, on 28 January - TopicsExpress



          

Happy Birthday Mario Biondi (born Mario Ranno, on 28 January 1971). He is a Soulful, Jazz, R&B, Soul, singer from Italy. Mario Biondi hails from Sicily. Growing up he discovered his passion for Black Music listening to the albums of James Brown; Aretha Franklin; Earth Wind and Fire; Lou Rawls and Al Jarreau, he devolved his passion for music. His debut album testifies his absolute love for Soul, Rhythm’n’Blues and Jazz. In “Handful of Soul” Mario sings accompanied by a band of phenomenal musicians, The High Five Quintet. Together they recorded original pieces in addition to re-interpretations of classics in a Soulful Jazz style, as well as original materiel such as the single ,This Is What You Are, which went immediately into heavy rotation throughout Italy and the U.K. A year later Biondi performed the song at the important Sanremo Festival in Italy, bolstering the records popularity and helping to push it into Billboards European Top 100 chart. In 2013 he released his album,Sun with a lot of special guests collaborating with him, Leon Ware, Chaka Khan, Incognito, Omar, James Taylor from JTQ & Al Jarreau. One the track, What Have You Done To Me he kinda sound a touch like Barry White. A true talent that many need to discover. GARY
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:43:36 +0000

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