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Gino Vannelli
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Vannelli grew up in a family headed by his cabaret-singing father and a ‘keen-eared’ mother. Instinctively drawn to jazz, drummers in particular, such as Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Joe Morello, Ed Thigpen and Elvin Jones, as a child Vannelli studied drums and music theory for five years. Gino’s first foray into pop music came one afternoon as a group of young drummers stood in line, waiting to…
Known for
- Gino Vannelli Live in LA — Himself2015
- Gino Vannelli - Live In LA — Vocals2015
- A Musical Christmas from the Vatican — Self2001
- Gino Vannelli - Live in Montreal1992
- Sacrée soirée — Self1987
- Dinah! — Self1974
- Gino Vannelli & The Metropole Orchestra: The North Sea Jazz Festival 2002
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Gino Vannelli (born 16 June 1952 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian singer/songwriter of Italian ancestry. From a musical family, his father was a big band musician. Gino Vannelli played drums at a young age and after finishing high school studied musical theory at McGill University. In the late 60s, he signed to RCA Canada under the name Van Elli. He eventually went to Los Angeles, California where he signed with Herb Alpert's A&M Records after chasing Alpert down in the parking lot o
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gino
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Montreal
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- A&M Records
- Official website
- www.ginov.com
- Image
- Gino vannelli a'dam 2005 (2).jpg
- Residence
- Troutdale
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- Gino Vannelli
- date of birth
- 1952-06-16
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
- social media followers
- 4764
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
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