MR.T-BONE Skank 'N' Roll

by Oshi Yuval www.oshistyle.com

BIO

Mr.T-Bone è ormai considerato un protagonista della scena ska e reggae internazionale contemporanea. Attivo dai primi anni Novanta, ha pubblicato sette dischi solisti in tutto il mondo ed è costantemente in tour tra USA, Canada, Europa e Giappone.

Sono moltissimi i festival di cui è stato ospite, tra cui, per citare alcuni:

- Montreal Ska Festival (Montreal, QB)

- Rototom Reggae Festival (Osoppo I,

- Benicassin Spain),

- Three Floors Of Ska (NYC, USA),

- Slack Fest (NYC and Boston, USA),

- Riot Fest (Chicago, USA),

- Chiemsee Reggae Festival (Chiemsee, Germany),

- Lowland Paradise Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands),

- Eurosonic (Groningen, Netherlands),

- Tokyo Ska Jamboree (Tokyo, Japan),

- Ska Town Festival (Madrid, Spain)

- Erromo Festival (Bilbao, Spain),

- Dance Ska La Festival (Rennes, France),

- Dour Festival (Brussels, Belgium)

- Mighty Sound (Prague, Czech Republic)

- Roots Dance La Valeè (Tolouse, France)

Mr.T-Bone ha anche collaborato in Italia con artisti come Vinicio Capossela, Luciana Littizzetto, Malika Ayane, The Bluebeaters, Africa Unite, Casino Royale e con artisti internazionali del calibro di Derrick Morgan, Willie Williams, Mikey Dread, New York ska Jazz Ensemble, David Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7, Victor Rice, The Slackers, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Caroloregians, Dr.Ring Ding.

Gli Young Lions sono la sua band dal 2006 e da allora hanno macinato migliaia di chilometri insieme e registrato due dischi. HEROES, pubblicato nel 2008, ha ottenuto un grande successo ed ha vinto il premio come miglior disco dell'anno in Canada; il secondo e ultimo NOTHING TO LOSE è stato pubblicato negli Stati Uniti il 7 Ottobre 2011 dall'etichetta di Chicago Jump Up Records e presto arriverà anche in Italia.

Il tour del nuovo disco è partito l'8 di Ottobre 2011 dagli USA, passando per il Canada, e continuerà fino ad Aprile 2012 toccando Italia, Spagna, Francia, Belgio, Olanda, Danimarca, Irlanda, UK, Germania, Austria, Svizzera, Slovenja, Repubblica Ceca, Slovakia, Serbia, Bulgaria e Macedonia.

A Gennaio 2012 uscirà per l'etichetta giapponese Ska in the world un sette pollici e il primo The Best Of Mr.T-Bone, che comprenderà sedici brani scelti tra i suoi lavori solisti, pertanto si preannuncia per l'estate 2012 un tour tra Giapponese, Singapore e Malesia.

Mr.T-Bone & The Young Lions sono:

Gigi De Gaspari aka Mr.T-Bone - Voce e Trombone

Marco "Benz" Gentile - Chitarra e cori

Andrea Ferraro - Organo e cori

Marco "Pakko" Catania - Basso

Enrico Battaglino - Batteria

Gigi De Gaspari, a.k.a. Mr. T-Bone, is trombone player and singer with a very long musical career. Beginning in the late 1980's in Italy he established himself as a top trombone player in the international Ska and Reggae scene. His style and musicianship led to performances and tours throughout Europe, USA, and Japan playing with such artists as Derrick Morgan, Willie Williams, Mikey Dread, New York Ska Jazz Ensemble, David Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7, Victor Rice, The Slackers, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, The Toasters, The Trojans, The Caroloregians, Dr. Ring Ding, Eastern Standard Time, Casino Royale, The Bluebeaters, Africa Unite, and many, many others.

Mr. T-Bone is currently a proud member of the Rocksteady Seven a Ska & Reggae combo led by The Slackers' sax player, David Hillyard. Mr. T-Bone has toured both the United States and Europe performing in the Rocksteady Seven.

As band leader Mr. T-Bone has released six albums That's It (2002), Mr. T-Bone Sees America (2004), Strictly Live (2007), Heroes (2008), I Do Dub (2010), and Mr. T-Bone & Friends – Instrumental Session Vol.1 (2010). All of his albums have been released and are distributed in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Japan.

He also works as a composer, with several Italian film soundtracks to his credit as well as commercial music for TV advertisements broadcast in Italy, USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

In 2006 Mr. T-Bone founded his own band named Mr. T-Bone & the Young Lions. With this group he released one album (Heroes) and toured all over Europe. He has also performed at the largest festivals in the Reggae and Ska music scene such as Rototom Reggae Festival (Italy and Spain), Three Floors Of Ska (NYC, USA), Slack Fest (NYC and Boston, USA), Riot Fest (Chicago, USA), Chiemsee Reggae Festival (Chiemsee, Germany), Lowland Paradise Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Eurosonic (Groningen, Netherlands), Tokyo Ska Jamboree (Tokyo, Japan), Ska Town Festival (Madrid, Spain) Erromo Festival (Bilbao, Spain), Dance Ska La Festival (Rennes, France), Dour Festival (Brussels, Belgium), and Mighty Sound (Prague, Czech Republic) , Roots Dance La Valeè (Tolouse, France)

...just to name a few.

In October 2010 Mr. T-Bone released his first instrumental album entitled Mr. T-Bone & Friends – Instrumental Session Vol. 1 on Chicago's Jump Up Records. The recording featured many great artists Mr. T-Bone specially invited to record with him, such as David Hillyard (The Slackers), Kincaid Smith (Hepcat), Larry McDonald (The Rocksteady 7), Roger Rivas (The Aggrolites), Tommy Tornado (Rude Rich and the High Notes), King Django, and many others. The release of the album was celebrated in Europe in the Spring of 2011 with a tour where Mr. T-Bone was backed in different areas of the continent by the most important bands of the European Ska scene, The High Notes, The Caroloregians, The Upsttemians, and The Gramophone Allstars.

Mr. T-Bone is set to release a new vocal album with the Young Lions this October, which will be released by Chicago's finest label, Jump Up Records and distributed in Europe by the German label Grover Records. The release will be followed by a long tour of the USA, Canada, and Europe beginning in early October. Mr. T-Bone will be backed during the North American portion of the tour by Washington DC's greatest Ska-Jazz band, Eastern Standard Time. The tour will head west from Washington DC through the Midwest, and then north into Canada, culminating in a performance at the renowned Montreal Ska Festival. The North American leg of the tour will end in New York City, but Mr. T-Bone will fly back to Italy to join his band, The Young Lions, to embark on a six month tour of Europe, traveling to Italy, Spain, Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, and the Balkans.

Find out more and keep up with Mr. T-Bone through his website, www.mrtbone.com

NEW ALBUM

NEWS

NEWS

3.01.2012

Benvenuti nel nuovo anno!

questo 2012 si prospetta molto interessante, il 6 di Gennaio verrà pubblicato in digitale il disco strumentale "Mr.T-Bone & Friends - Instrumental Session Vol 1" uscito lo scorso anno in USA, verrà publicato dalla WHATEVSKI RECORDS di NYC fatevi un giro http://whatevski.org/

Uscirà anche il nuovo disco in vinile...33 giri...sempre in USA!

il 25 Gennaio uscirà in Giappone il "Best of Mr.T-Bone"... E IN ITALIA????

Eh...questo 2012 avrà anche un sacco di sorprese per il nostro paesello...abbiate fede!

Buon 2012

Mr.T-Bone

21.12.201

Nuova sezione delle news in italiano!

A breve ci saranno news per quanto riguarda il nostro bel paese...vi terremo aggiornati!

December 17th

Another good news from the great Canada, check it out!

Roots Rock Rebel

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

10pm-12am, CKUT 90.3FM, Montreal!

Hello Radio Rebels!

Welcome back to another weekly podcast of Roots Rock Rebel, beaming out

thousands of pounds of punk-soul-reggae energy from the island of Montreal

every Wednesday!

This week on the program, we did our annual year in review special. It was

a “best of 2011” throwdown. Like in past years, we counted down our picks

for the top 5 ska/reggae albums of the year, and here they are!

5. The Selecter - “Made in Britain” (Vocaphone Music)

These 2-tone ska legends came back with a timely, poignant album this

year, hitting with world with an anti-racist, anti-fascist ska punch just

as riots were tearing up the UK again. Pauline Black also released her

auto-biography “Black by Design” at the same time, proving herself to be

one of the best vocalists and political voices in the ska world. This

record proves The Selecter still have the great grit and attitude today

that they did 30 years ago.

4. The Fabulous Lolo - “S/T” (independent)

If 2010 was the year of the mashup, 2011 was the year of the cover album.

And there were some great ones that came out! The Fabulous Lolo, aka.

Lorraine Muller (ex-Kingpins) assembled an all-star cast of Montreal

musicians, including members of One Night Band and Danny Rebel and the

KGB. This record is 7 covers of rocksteady and rock n roll classics, and

it sounds divine. Bucket from the Toasters says The Fabulous Lolo are one

of his favourite bands right now, and I'm inclined to agree. A Montreal

classic.

3. Smoke Like A Fish - “Blood, Fish, and Bone” (Do the Dog records)

Wow! An upbeat ska record with great licks, subversive lyrics, catchy

songs, and one of the best Zounds covers I've ever heard. A solid release

from these British ska stalwarts.

2. Mr. T-Bone and the Young Lions - “Nothing to lose” (Jump Up records)

Mr. T-Bone and the Young Lions are consistently one of the best ska-reggae

groups in the world, hands down. This is not the first time one of their

albums has graced the Roots Rock Rebel top 5 list. This Italian band

released “Nothing to lose” on Jump Up records this past fall, and it

serves up everything their fans have come to expect – soulful harmonies,

great horns, funky rhythms, and rebellious lyrics!

1. Jimmy Cliff - “The Sacred Fire EP” (Collective Sounds)

Our pick for the top reggae album of the year comes from Jamaican reggae

legend Jimmy Cliff! He released “The Sacred Fire EP” in December. It is

the culmination of an incredible collaboration between Cliff and

Rancid-frontman Tim Armstrong, who produced the album. It's got one Jimmy

Cliff original on it, and some great covers of The Clash, Bob Dylan, and

of course, Rancid. And to top it off, the backing band on this release

features some ex-members of The Aggrolites and Hepcat. A must-have!

So there you go, our top 5 picks for 2011. For the rest of the show, we

played some other great releases that came out this year, including new

stuff from The Slackers, The Planet Smashers, and Deal's Gone Bad.

Hey, follow us on facebook!

www.facebook.com/ckutrootsrockrebel

December 15th 2011

So many good news...well, the new album "NOTHING TO LOSE" looks like the ska head are loving it and I can't be more happy about that!

Then some new releases are going on, Japan...the japanese label Ska In The World will release my first "Best of" this coming Jan 25th and I'm so excited about it...plus we are releasing a 7" with the same label and still in Japan with two Beatles cover that I had so much fun to record!

Another release will be the "Instrumental Session Vol 1" as digital on Whatevski Records (NYC) this album has been released one year ago on vinyls an cds by the Chicago label "Jump Up Records" and now will be finally available even on digital!

The tour...we are working on the new tour for 2012 and some shows are alredy confirmed, checkout the tour page!

That's all folks...see ya!

September 14th 2011

New album and tour!

Oh yeah...the new album is going to be released by Jump Up Records early October 2011!

A tour in USA, Canada and Europe will happen soon, check the tour page!

July 27th 2011

Montreal ska Festival

I'm proud to be part of this super line up check out http://www.montrealskafestival.ca/

June 15th 2011

Biggest news is this website, check all the pages and have fun!

Soon available on line a store where you can get cds. t-shirts, vinyls....anything.

THE YOUNG LIONS

I Young Lions sono la band di Mr.T-Bone, un concentrato di groove e swing, con questa formazione Mr.T-Bone ha registrato due dischi in studio "HEROES" (2008) e "NOTHING TO LOSE" (2011).

In tour dal 2007 questa band ha suonato più di 400 concerti in tutta Europa e in Italia tra clubs e festivals.

La line up attuale comprende:

Marco "Benz" Gentile - Chitarra e voce

Andrea Ferraro - Tastiere e voce

Marco "Pakko" Catania - Basso

Enrico "Ricu" Battaglino - Batteria

The Young Lions are the Mr.T-Bone's band, a concentrate of groove and swing, with this band Mr.T-Bone recorded two studio albums "HEROES" (2008) and "NOTHING TO LOSE" (2011).

On the road since 2007 this band played more than 400 shows all aroud Europe and of course Italy betwen clubs and festivals.

The current line up is:

Marco "Benz" Gentile - Guitar & vocals

Andrea Ferraro - Keys & vocals

Marco "Pakko" Catania - Bass

Enrico "Ricu" Battaglino - Drums

MUSIC

Check our soundcloud page to listen some music Visita la nostra pagina su soundcloud per sentire la nostra musica

Mr.T-Bone & The Young Lions - I keep saying no

Mr. T-Bone and The Young Lions - The President Of The Republic Of Bananas

Mr.T-Bone & The Young Lions - NEW UPCOMING ALBUM PREVIEW!

Mr.T-Bone & Friends - Instrumental Session Vol.1

TOUR

TOUR

MR.T-BONE & THE YONG LIONS 2012

04.01 La cava Jazz - Vic (ES)

05.01 La Gruta 77 - Madrid (ES)

06.01 Blacknote - Valencia (ES)

07.01 Kafè Antzokia - Bilbao (ES)

13.01 Stranamore - Pinerolo (I)

27.01 Gromka Club - Ljubliana (SI)

28.01 Ost Klub - Wien (AU)

04.02 CPA - Firenze ANNULLATA X NEVE

17.02 Leoncavallo - Milano

18.02 Merkker - Baden (CH)

24.02 Kvant - Crnomelj (Si)

25.02 MKK - Crnomelj (SI)

08.03 Supermarkt - Den Haag (NL)

09.03 P60 - Amstelveen (NL)

10.03 Shaka Laka - Hazerbrouck (FR)

15.03 Circolo degli Artisti - Roma

16.03 TBA

17.03 Wadada - Rimini

30.03 Aggabachela - Sassari

31.03 CSOA Zapata - Genova

08.04 Sacripante - Ala di Stura

14.04 Arterìa - Bologna

21.04 Festa della semina_CSOA Pacipaciana - Bergamo

more to be announced soon!

2011

January:

19/01 Utrecht (NL) Ekko (Rocksteady 7)

20/01 Hazebrouch (FR) Shaka Laka (Rocksteady 7)

21/01 Paris (FR) Combustibles (Rocksteady 7)

22/01 Rennes (FR) Ska la Rennes (Rocksteady 7)

23/01 Bordeaux (FR) Sant Ex (Rocksteady 7)

24/01 Pau (FR) The Showcase (Rocksteady 7)

25/01 Bilbao (ES) Balcon de la Lola (Rocksteady 7)

26/01 Madrid (ES) Gruta 77 (Rocksteady 7)

27/01 Barcelona (ES) Rudeboy Club (Rocksteady 7)

28/01 Valencia (ES) Blacknote (Rocksteady 7)

29/01 Vic (ES) La cava jazz club (Rocksteady 7)

30/01 Torino (I) Jazz Club (Rocksteady 7)

31/01 Zurich (CH) Hafenkneipe (Rocksteady 7)

February:

01/02 Studdgart (DE) Schocken (Rocksteady 7)

02/02 Koln (DE) MTC (Rocksteady 7)

03/02 Brussels (BE) Bar du matin (Rocksteady 7)

04/02 Disksmuide (BE) 4AD (Rocksteady 7)

05/02 Mechelen (BE) JC Metteko (Rocksteady 7)

06/02 Sittard (NL) Ernesto's (Rocksteady 7)

10/02 Arnhem (NL) Willemen (Mr.T-Bone & Friends W Tommy Tornado)

11/02 Amstelveen (NL) P60 (Mr.T-Bone & Friends W Tommy Tornado)

23/02 Barcelona (ES) Marula (Mr.T-Bone & Friends W Gramophone Allstars)

25/02 Madrid (ES) Gruta 77 (Mr.T-Bone & Friends W the Upsttemians)

26/02 Valencia (ES) Dub Club (Mr.T-Bone & Friends W Golden Singles)

March:

10/03 Brussels (BE) Botanique (Mr.T-Bone & Friends W Caroloregians)

11/03 Liege (BE) L'Escalier (Mr.T-Bone & Friends W Caroloregians)

12/03 Ecaussine (BE) Arc en musique (Mr.T-Bone & Friends W Caroloregians)

13/03 Ghent (BE) Vooruit (Mr.T-Bone & Friends W Caroloregians)

16/03 Venturina (I) G&B (Mr.T-Bone meet Dj Scratchy Sound)

19/03 Cagliari (I) FBI (Mr.T-Bone & The Young Lions)

25/03 Piombino (I) Zibibbo (Mr.T-Bone meet Dj Scratchy Sound)

26/03 Grosseto (I) Ricasoli (Mr.T-Bone meet Dj Scratchy Sound)

April:

01/04 Taneto di Gattatico (I) Fuori Orario (Africa Unite)

02/04 Milano (I) Alcatraz (Africa Unite)

03/04 Baratti (I) Spiaggia (Mr.T-Bone meet Dj Scratchy Sound)

09/04 Cuneo (I) Condorito (Mr.T-Bone meet Dj Piddu)

23/04 Toulouse (I) Roots Dance la Valeè (Mr.T-Bone & The Young Lions)

24/04 Ala di Stura (I) Sacripante (Mr.T-Bone & The Young Lions)

25/04 Pisa (I) piazza (Africa Unite)

30/04 Vicenza (I) E20 (Mr.T-Bone & The Young Lions)

May:

07/05 Bilbao (ES) Cafè Antzokie (Mr.T-Bone & Friends W Akatz)

13/05 Pinerolo (I) Stranamore (Mr.T-Bone meet Dj Cato)

20/05 Torre Pellice (I) Palaghiaccio (Mr.T-Bone & The Young Lions)

21/05 Torino (I) Jazz Club (Mr.T-Bone & The Young Lions)

27/05 Marina di Camarota (I) piazza (Africa Unite)

28/05 Piombino (I) (Mr.T-Bone meet Dj Scratchy Sound)

June:

01/06 Campobasso (I) (Mr.T-Bone meet Dj Cato)

05/06 Torino (I) Parco Ruffini (Mr.T-Bone meet Dj Bunna)

16/06 Milano (I) (Mr.T-Bone meet Dj Bunna)

18/06 Torino (I) Colonia Sonora (Africa Unite)

26/06 Filotranno (I) Festival (Africa Unite)

28/06 Roma (I) Roma vintage (Africa Unite)

July:

01/07 Avigliana (I) Festival (Mr.T-Bone & The Young Lions)

02/07 Foresto Sparso (I) Festival (Africa Unite)

09/07 Badalau (I) Festival (Africa Unite)

10/07 Lanusei (I) Festival (Africa Unite)

12/07 Sabaudia (I) Heineken Festival (Africa Unite)

16/07 Dipignano (I) Festival (Africa Unite)

23/07 Villadose (I) Festival (Africa Unite)

25/07 Canale D'alba (I) Festival (Africa Unite)

30/07 Frosinone (I) Festival (Africa Unite)

August:

01/08 Alassio (I) (Mr.T-Bone meet Dj Cato)

06/08 Villafranca In Lunigiana (I) - Discoparco Il Nido - (Africa Unite)

08/08 Campobasso (I) Festival (Africa Unite)

09/08 Castiglione del Lago (PG) - La Darsena (Africa Unite)

10/08 Ferrara (I) Festival (Africa Unite)

13/08 Lecce (I) Festival (Africa Unite)

17/08 Ariano Irpino (I) Festival (Africa Unite)

19/08 Claut (I) Festival (Africa Unite)

23/08 Benicassim (ES) Rototom Festival (Africa Unite)

26/08 Sesto S.Giovanni (I) Festival (Africa Unite)

27/08 Schio (I) Festival (Africa Unite)

September:

06/09 Bonorva (SS) - Piazza (Africa Unite)

09/09 Beinasco (TO) - Suoni Urbani (Africa Unite)

10/09 Naturno (I) 10th Open-Air Naturns Festival (Mr.T-Bone & The Young Lions)

OCTOBER 2011 NEW ALBUM RELEASE!

USA/CANADA TOUR 2011!

Oct 7, 2011 - Shadow Lounge, Pittsburgh, PA

Oct 8, 2011 - Knickerbocker Saloon, Lafayette, IN

Oct 9, 2011 - Off Broadway, St. Louis, MO

Oct 10, 2011 - The Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL

Oct 11, 2011 - The Berkley Front, Berkley, MI

Oct 13, 2011 - The Upper Deck (formerly Sake Club), Oneonta, NY

Oct 14, 2011 - Montreal Ska Festival, Montreal, QB

Oct 15, 2011 - Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn, NY

21/10 Torino - Jazz Club - album release show case! (Mr.T-Bone & The Young Lions)

26/10 Piozzo - Le Baladin (Mr.T-Bone & The Young Lions)

10/11 Bruxelles (Mr.T-Bone & Friends with The Caroloregians)

19/11 Imperia - CS La Talpa e L'Orologio (Mr.T-Bone & The Young Lions)

DISCOGRAPHY

DISCOGRAPHY

DISCOGRAPHY

That's it! 2002

MR.T-BONE SEES AMERICA - 2004

STRICTLY LIVE - 2007

HEROES - 2008

I DO DUB - 2010

INSTRUMENTAL SESSION - 2010

NOTHING TO LOSE - 2011

CONTACTS

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SEGUE IN ITALIANO

The Young Lions are the Mr.T-Bone's band, a concentrate of groove and swing, with this band Mr.T-Bone recorded two studio albums "HEROES" (2008) and "NOTHING TO LOSE" (2011).

On the road since 2007 this band played more than 400 shows all aroud Europe and of course Italy betwen clubs and festivals.

The current line up is:

Marco "Benz" Gentile - Guitar & vocals

Andrea Ferraro - Keys & vocals

Marco "Pakko" Catania - Bass

Enrico "Ricu" Battaglino - Drums

ITALIANO

I Young Lions sono la band di Mr.T-Bone, un concentrato di groove e swing, con questa formazione Mr.T-Bone ha registrato due dischi in studio "HEROES" (2008) e "NOTHING TO LOSE" (2011).

In tour dal 2007 questa band ha suonato più di 400 concerti in tutta Europa e in Italia tra clubs e festivals.

La line up attuale comprende:

Marco "Benz" Gentile - Chitarra e voce

Andrea Ferraro - Tastiere e voce

Marco "Pakko" Catania - Basso

Enrico "Ricu" Battaglino - Batteria

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