Born in Pisa, Italy, and based in the New York City area, Marco Accattatis has been playing the bass guitar and writing music for the past 25 years. He also works as a freelance arranger for the UK based music production and publishing company Artemis Music.

Marco began his music studies at age 8 on acoustic guitar but it wasn't until later on that he had the opportunity to play the bass guitar. This happened when his older brother Livio asked him to join his rock'n'roll band. Originally self taught he began studying with various teachers as he realized that music was becoming a carreer.

A few years later he moved to the U.S. to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, after having being awarded a scholarship at the Berklee Summer Clinics at the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy (thank you Dave Clark!). After graduating summa cum laude in composition and performance he relocated to New York City upon being offered a three year residency at the NYU New Music And Dance Ensemble at New York University. He now lives in Jersey City, NJ.

Over the years Marco had the pleasure to perform with many talented artists such as Stefanie Seskin, Randy Brecker, Lew Soloff, Andy Anderson, Tony Trischka, Yanick Etienne, Kristy Cates and Sigourney Weaver. His radio, TV, and film credits include Fox, MTV, MTVLA, NJN, WISC-TV, E Town, WBQX, WFUV, WNJU, and WRUW. His compositions have been performed in Europe and the United Sates.



Marco is currently performing with:

blue number nine
Ultra cool funky rock.

Stefanie Seskin
An oasis of soul in a turbulent world.

Silvana Magda
New York City's brazilian sensation.

Super Number Seven
Simply funk.

Total Soul
New York City's most exciting party band.

If you would like to know where to catch Marco live, click here.

For bookings, plaese send an email to bookings@accattatis.com.

To inquire about booking blue number nine, send an email to bookings@bluenumbernine.com

Audio and videos can be found here, while a list of past performances
can be viewed here.

Recordings featuring Marco:

BELT: "BELT"

Stefanie Seskin: "the edge of reason"

blue number nine: "living it up In the new world"

BELT: "Dead Come Back"

blue number nine: "On A Shoestring"
"Marked with consistently great background vocal harmonies, excellent musicianship from all band members and Stefanie Seskin's incredibly sexy vocals, Blue Number 9 is an immensely enjoyable sound." Bob Silvestri, Best of WNY.com

blue number nine: "Saving Spot"


Alieron: "Alieron"

Kim West: "Kim West"

blue number nine: "blue number nine"

Alieron: "I Want An Easy Good Life"

Tony Trischka Band: "Bend"

AA VV: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone: the Songs of Pete Seeger"

Rhapsody: "Midnight Serenade"

Some of the artists he has performed with:

Alieron (a.k.a. The Electric Ladybugs)

Sophia Bastian

BELT

Boston Globe

Kristy Cates (former blue number nine back up singer)

Ari David

Elephunk Band

Billy Eric

Dernst Emile

Yanick Etienne

Paul Gargiulo Band

Garth Koren Trio

JC Milo

The Neighborhood

Ada Rovatti

Shades Of Red

Tiny Bubble Band

Tony Trischka

Victoria Warne Band

Kim West

Pamela West

 

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