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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Canada

Active from

1952-06-16

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

185,626

Total plays

1,737,447

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

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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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