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Use dmy dates|date=April 2012BLP sources|date=June 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Nicola Conte| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name =| alias =| Born = Bari | death_date =| instrument = Guitar| genre = Bossa nova , Acid jazz , jazz fusion , Latin jazz , World music | occupation = Musician, Composer, Producer, DJ, Bandleader | years_active =| label = Schema Records|Schema , ESL Records|ESL , Blue Note Records|Blue Note , Putumayo | associated_acts =| website = URL| http://www.nicolaconte.it|NicolaConte.it| notable_instruments =Nicola Conte is an Italy|Italian DJ, producer, guitarist, and bandleader, known initially for introducing an innovative style of acid jazz that incorporates bossa nova themes, melodies drawn from Italian film score s of the 1960s, easy listening themes, and ethnic India n music. Recently, he has focused much more on latin jazz , in his albums Other Directions (2004, Blue Note Records|Blue Note & Schema Records|Schema ) and Rituals (2008, Schema Records|Schema ), and many remixes he has done for contemporaries stretching across many closely related genres.
Conte, a classically-trained musician, is an innovative jazz revivalist and part of what was termed "The Fez Collective", based in the Italian town of Bari, Italy|Bari , and the Idizioni-Ishatr/ Schema Records , a record label known for promoting a distinctly Italian approach to acid jazz as well as jazz music as a whole.
Conte's first album was Jet Sounds of 2000. The single "Bossa Per Due" gained international recognition and was an underground hit. It was used within a short time for a prime-time commercial for Acura automobiles. The album was licensed for American distribution by Thievery Corporation 's Eighteenth Street Lounge (ESL) label in the summer of 2001 as Bossa Per Due, and was a slightly reconfigured version of the Italian Jet Sounds album. This was followed by the Jet Sounds Revisited remix album in late 2002. Two years later, Blue Note 's French subsidiary released Conte's next album Other Directions . In November 2008, Conte released his album, Rituals .
In November 2009, Nicola released "The Modern Sound of Nicola Conte", versions in jazz-dub, on Schema records. Unlike his 2002 remix album which featured artists largely reworking his songs, this two-CD set had Nicola releasing original titles and featured some of his jazz styled remixes of other people's works.
His album Love & Revolution was release in 2011.
Conte has also produced albums by other artists such as Rosalia De Souza and Paolo Achenza Trio .
Discography
Albums
Jet Sounds (2000) Schema Records
Bossa per Due (2001) ESL Records – 'Jet Sounds reissue
Jet Sounds Revisited (2002) Schema Records
Other Directions (2004) Blue Note Records / Schema Records
Rituals (2008) Schema Records
The Modern Sound of Nicola Conte (2009) Schema Records
Love & Revolution (2011) Impulz!/Universal Music
Compilations
Viagem (2008) ( Far Out Recordings )
Viagem 2 (2009) ( Far Out Recordings ) http://www.faroutrecordings.com/buy/nicola-conte-presents-viagem-2 Far Out Recordings
Viagem 3 (2011) ( Far Out Recordings )
Collaborations (selected)
Putumayo Presents World Lounge - Conte is recorded on the second track: "Missione A Bombay" (9 April 2002) Putumayo World Music.
References
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External links
http://www.nicolaconte.it Nicola Conte – official website
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Nicola+Conte Nicola Conte discography at Discogs
http://www.myspace.com/nicolacontetheofficialspace Nicola Conte at MySpace
Persondata | NAME = Conte, Nicola | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Musician, composer, producer | DATE OF BIRTH = | PLACE OF BIRTH = Bari, Italy | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Conte, Nicola Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Italian Roman Catholics Category:Italian electronic musicians Category:Club DJs Category:Italian DJs Category:Blue Note Records artists Category:Far Out Recordings artists Category:Virgin Records artists Category:Schema Records artists Category:Acid jazz musicians Category:Putumayo Department
