Nazzareno Zacconi: Taming 12 strings

By Miche Archetto:

Here is one of the last videos of Italian guitarist Nazzareno Zacconi, playing his composition “Wild Gallop” on a Eko Mia 12-string acoustic guitar.

The official website of Nazareno is only in Italian. This is a rough translation of his bio:

“I was born in Macerata in 1975 and started playing guitar when I was 9. I’ve been influenced by musicians such as Santana, BB King, Hendrix, and Clapton, and bands that have marked the history of rock and pop as: Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Eagles, Pink Floyd and many others.

Afterwards my interests also expanded to include also jazz (Wes Montgomery, Django Reinhardt, Jim Hall, Jonh Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, etc …) and classical music.

I started studying jazz improvisation and the rudiments of harmony when I was 14 mentored by Franco Ubaldinis. Then I studied classical guitar under the guidance of Pietro Antinori and graduated with honors from the Conservatorio of Fermo.

Another milestone of my career was meeting Ramberto Ciammarughi (pianist and composer of international fame) with whom I have also embarked on the study of harmony, improvisation, composition, arrangement and search for style.

Another very important moment is represented by the encounter with the guitarist Fabio Zeppetella (one of the leading exponents of jazz guitar in Italy and in Europe) with which deepen the most important aspects regarding the jazz guitar language.“