Collaborations and participations
Collaborations:
Nuages
Mauro Gargano
Matteo Pastorino – clarine, bass clarinet; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Mauro Gargano – double bass, compositions, arrangements; Patrick Goraguer – drums.
Diggin Music Prod, 2020.
Animantiga
Roberta Alloisio/Stéphane Casalta
Roberta Alloisio – vocals; Stéphane Casalta – vocals, guitar; Luca Falomi – guitars; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano, clavietta, arrangements, musical direction; Felice Del Gaudio – double bass, electric bass; Loris Lombardo – percussion; guest artists: Maxime Merlandi, Patrizia Gattaceca, Esmeralda Sciascia, Laura Parodi, Elsa Guerci & “I Menestrelli”, Paolo Gerbella, Mario Arcari, Armando Corsi, Marco Leveratto, Cristina Nico, Stefano Cabrera.
Orange Home Records, 2019.
Velho Continente
Claudia Carvalho con il quartetto di Piero Delle Monache
Claudia Carvalho – vocals; Piero Delle Monache – sax, vocals; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Tito Mangialajo Rantzer – double bass; Alessandro Marzi – drums, percussion.
Da Vinci Jazz, 2018.
Canzoni in Scatola/Songs in a Box
Toni Germani
Toni Germani – alto sax, vocals; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Mauro Gargano – double bass; Patrick Goraguer – drums.
Slam Productions, 2016.
Aurum
Piero Delle Monache
Piero Delle Monache – saxes; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano, keyboards; Tito Mangialajo Rantzer – double bass; Alessandro Marzi – drums, percussion.
Parco Della Musica Records, 2014.
Ichinen
Agorà
Renato Gasparini – guitars; Ovidio Urbani – soprano sax; Lucio Cesari – acoustic bass; Mauro Mencaroni – drums; Alessandra Pacheco – vocals; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano, tabla; Maurizio Mercuri – guitars, production; Gabriele Possenti – guitars; Gianni Pieri – cello; Massimo Manzi – drums; Roberto Bacchiocchi – Rhodes electric piano.
Giovanni Ceccarelli is also featured as composer.
2013.
Walk in Progress Ensemble
Stefano Cantarano
Stefano Cantarano – bass, compositions, arrangements; Giancarlo Ciminelli, Claudio Corvini and Aldo Bassi – trumpet, flugelhorn; Mario Corvini – trombone; Daniele Tittarelli – alto sax; Marcello Allulli – tenor and soprano saxes; Gianni Savelli – tenor sax, flute; Elvio Ghigliordini – baritone sax, flute; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Lorenzo Tucci – drums.
Domani Musica, 2011.
Occhi
Francesco Giannelli
Rosa Helena Ippolito – viola da gamba; Antonello Sorrentino – trumpet; Francesco Diodati – guitars; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano, fender rhodes; Pietro Ciancaglini – double bass; Ermanno Baron – drums.
Giovanni Ceccarelli is also featured as composer and arranger.
Alfa Projects, 2011.
Welcome
Piero Delle Monache
Andy Gravish – trumpet, flugelhorn; Piero Delle Monache – tenor sax; Francesco Diodati – guitar; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano, fender rhodes; Matteo Bortone – double bass; Alessandro Paternesi – drums.
Giovanni Ceccarelli is also featured as composer.
Altotenore, 2010.
Blog
Antonello Sorrentino S.T. Quintet
Antonello Sorrentino – trumpet, flugelhorn; Daniele Tittarelli – alto & soprano saxes; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Francesco Ponticelli – double bass; Alessandro Marzi – drums.
Giovanni Ceccarelli is also featured as composer and arranger.
Wider Look, 2009.
Omaggio a Billie Holiday
Ada Montellanico
Ada Montellanico – vocals; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Pietro Ciancaglini – double bass; Lorenzo Tucci – drums.
Giovanni Ceccarelli is also featured as composer and arranger.
Special guest: Stefano “Cocco” Cantini – tenor & soprano saxes.
Jazz Italiano Live / L’Espresso, 2008.
Southern Avenue Project
Fabrizio Cecca
Julien Alour – trumpet; Andrea Romani – flute; Fidel Fourneyron – trombone; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Fabrizio Cecca – double bass; Julien Jolly – drums.
Special guest: Nicola Stilo – flute.
Cristal Records, 2008.
Elice
Francesca Merloni
Francesca Merloni – recitation; Marcello Allulli – tenor & soprano saxes; Antonio Jasevoli – guitars; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Tommaso Cappellato – drums.
Giovanni Ceccarelli is also featured as composer.
Deca, 2007.
Blues Ballate Canzoni
Toni Germani Trio
Toni Germani – alto & soprano saxes; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Marco Ariano – percussions.
Splasc(h), 2005.
Alterabile
Elvio Ghigliordini
Elvio Ghigliordini – flute, piccolo, baritone sax; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano, Fender Rhodes piano; Stefano Cantarano – double bass; Armando Sciommeri – drums.
Special guests: Joy Garrison, Claudia Marss, Ada Montellanico – vocals; Claudio Colasazza – piano; Tiberio Ripa – baby bass; Roberto Evangelisti – congas; Paulo La Rosa – timbales, drums.
III Millennio Live, 2004.
Desiderio
Marcello Sebastiani
Jeff Warren – flute, soprano sax; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Marcello Sebastiani – double bass; Massimo Manzi – drums.
Splasc(h), 2003.
Fluttin’ on Jazz
Elvio Ghigliordini
Elvio Ghigliordini – flute, piccolo, bass clarinet; Albertino D’Alfonso, Andrea Pace – flute; Eric Daniel – alto flute, flute; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano, keyboards; Gerardo Bartoccini – double bass; Armando Sciommeri – drums.
Special guests: Nicola Stilo – flute; Nicola Puglielli – guitar; Roberto “Mamey” Evangelisti – percussions.
Domani Musica, 2002.
Lost Love
Enrico Ghelardi
Enrico Ghelardi – baritone sax; Giovanni Ceccarelli, Paolo Tombolesi – piano; Valerio Serangeli – double bass; Peppe Giampietro – drums.
Domani Musica, 2002.
Suoni Modulanti
Ada Montellanico
Ada Montellanico – vocals; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Pietro Ciancaglini – double bass; Lorenzo Tucci – drums.
Special guests: Fabrizio Bosso – trumpet, flugelhorn; Max Ionata – tenor & soprano saxes; Pessoa String Quartet.
Giovanni Ceccarelli is also featured as composer and arranger.
Abeat Records, 2002.
At the New Mississippi Jazz Club
Lee Konitz Quartet
Lee Konitz – alto sax; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Mauro Battisti – double bass; Carlo Battisti – drums.
Philology Records, 2002.
Going Wes
Enrico Bracco
Enrico Bracco – guitar; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Mauro Battisti – double bass; Gianni Di Renzo – drums.
Philology Records, 2001.
Hush!
Confraternita Corale Della Cintura
Confraternita Corale Della Cintura – vocals; Mariarita D’Orazio – lead vocals; Fabio D’Orazio – conduction; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Marcello Sebastiani – double bass.
2001.
Twolips
Sandra Cartolari
Sandra Cartolari – vocals; Samuele Garofoli – trumpet, flugelhorn; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Stefano Cantarano – double bass.
Giiovanni Ceccarelli is also featured as composer and arranger.
PSM, 1999.
I Canti di Leopardi
Arnoldo Foà/Velotti-Battisti Jazz Ensemble
Arnoldo Foà – recitation; Luca Velotti – clarinet, tenor & soprano saxes; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Mauro Battisti – double bass; Carlo Battisti – drums.
Micromega, 1998.
Tenco in Jazz
Tiziana Ghiglioni
Tiziana Ghiglioni – vocals; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Attilio Zanchi – double bass; Gianni Cazzola – drums.
Philology, 1998.
Salsando Salsando
Mayto Torres y su Orquestra
Mayto Torres – vocals, quinto, compositions, arrangements; Davor Pomir – trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals; Cesare Vincenti – trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals; Lorenzo Fontana – flute, tenor sax, backing vocals; Rossano Emili – baritone sax, backing vocals; Antonio Micori – trombone, backing vocals; Giovanni Ceccarelli – keyboards; Antonello Detoma – electric bass; Marco Lolli – timbales, batà; Roberto Gilera Tacconi – congas, batà; Andrea “Menga” Ceccaroli – bongos, bell, batà.
Duck Record, 1997.
Participations:
Todo Vento
Dadi
Dadi – vocals, guitars, other instruments; Arnaldo Antunes – vocals; Fausto Nilo – composition; Rita Lee – vocals; Ronaldo Bastos – composition; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Ferruccio Spinetti – double bass; Francesco Petreni – percussion, drums.
Dadi’s Records, 2021.
Quiet Corner – Ma Fleur
Various Artists
Laufey, Roos Jonker & Dean Tippet, cabane, Tres Tigres Tristes, Rodrigo Carazo, Emma Frank, Emily King, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett, Bedouine, Purnamasi Yogamaya, Masayoshi Fujita, Goro Ito Ensemble, Giovanni Ceccarelli & Daniele di Bonaventura, WOLKEN, Scott Orr, Sławek Jaskułke, The Vernon Spring, Inara George
Quiet Corner, 2021.
La Regina
Paolo Gerbella
Paolo Gerbella – vocals; Rossano Villa – piano, accordion, arrangements, orchestration; featuring Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Felice Del Gaudio – double bass.
Orange Home Records, 2019.
Road Movie
Piero Delle Monache
Piero Delle Monache – tenor sax; Giovanni Ceccarelli, Claudio Filippini, Alessandro Bravo – piano; Tito Mangialajo Rantzer – double bass; Alessandro Marzi – drums; guest artists: Ivan Mazuze – soprano sax; Mustafa Işleyen – percussion; Flavia Massimo – cello.
Da Vinci Jazz, 2017.
Prima
Francesco Petreni
David Binney, Stefano De Bonis, Ferruccio Spinetti e Giovanni CeccarelliDavid Binney – alto sax, vocals;Enrico Pieranunzi, Stefano De Bonis, Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Larry Granadier, Paolino Dalla Porta, Ferruccio Spinetti – double bass; Francesco Petreni – drums.
Wide Sound, 2016.
bar buenos aires flor
Various Artists
Featuring: Riccardo Fioravanti, Ballaké Sissoko, Riccardo Zegna, Daniele di Bonaventura/Giovanni Ceccarelli, Duo Taufic and others.
bar buenos aires, 2016.
Rare Tunes: Sieste on the Beach
Various Artists
Featuring: Fausto Mesolella, Emmanuel Bex, Nico Morelli, Mario Biondi, High Five, Paolo Fresu, Dino Rubino, David Linx, André Ceccarelli, Giovanni Ceccarelli.
Bonsaï Music, 2016.
No Foot Just Music
Various Artists
Featuring: Ben Sidran, Flavio Boltro, Stéphane Huchard, Chrystel Wautier, Leo Sidran, Matthieu Boré, Manu Galvin, Emmanuel Bex, Nico Morelli, Mike Ladd, Blue Morning, Julien Daïan Quintet, DJ BORZ, Giovanni Ceccarelli.
Bonsaï Music, 2016.
Incontri
Bandão
Special guests: Maria Pia De Vito, Jérôme Casalonga, Stefano Cocco Cantini, Roberto Taufic, Barbara Casini, Mario Pam, Giovanni Ceccarelli, Ferruccio Spinetti, Maria Laura Bigliazzi, Franco Fabbrini, Roberto Nannetti, Matteo Addabbo, Andrea Scognamillo, Coro Città di Macomer, Vocalibre, Arianna Romanella, Banda di Avola, Gianpaolo Cappelli, Andrea Beninati, Bandainhos, Bataclã, Bandidas, Parranda Groove Factory.
Bandão/Entropya, 2015.
My Summer in Jazz
Various Artists
Featuring: Paolo Fresu, Ben Sidran, Luca Aquino, Musica Nuda, Flavio Boltro, Emmanuel Bex, Nico Morelli, Giovanni Ceccarelli, André Ceccarelli.
Bonsaï Music, 2014.
Eleven Projects
Daniele di Bonaventura
Daniele di Bonaventura – bandoneón; Paolo Fresu – trumpet; A Filetta – vocals; Marcello Peghin – guitar; Felice Del Gaudio – double bass; Alfredo Laviano – percussion; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano.
2013.
Nós
Maria Gadú
Maria Gadú – vocals, guitar.
Special guests: Ana Carolina, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, InventaRio, Jessica Brando, Ivan Lins, Jesse Harris, Eagle-Eye Cherry and others.
Som Livre, 2013.
Something Gnu
Gnu Quartet
Francesca Rapetti – flute; Roberto Izzo – violin; Raffaele Rebaudengo – viola; Stefano Cabrera – cello.
Special guests: Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Ferruccio Spinetti – double bass.
Bonsaï Music, 2011.
Jazz al Dente
Various artists
(Alessandro Magnanini, Fausto Mesolella, Gianmaria Testa, Joe Barbieri, Lorenzo Tucci, Max Zanotti & Floriano Bocchino,Musica Nuda, Paolo Fedreghini, Paolo Fresu, Raffaele Casarano, The Dining Rooms, Gnu Quartet, Fabrizio Bosso) with Giovanni Ceccarelli French Trio: Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Chris Jennings – double bass; Patrick Goraguer – drums.
Ceccarelli is also featured as composer.
Double CD.
Bonsaï Music, 2010.
La Grande Storia del Jazz (DVD)
Massimo Nunzi/Elena Somarè
Ada Montellanico – vocals; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Pietro Ciancaglini – double bass.
L’Espresso, 2009.
Moon Ray
Nancy King
Nancy King – vocals, toy sax; John Stowell – guitar; Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano; Attilio Zanchi – double bass; Gianni Cazzola- drums.
Philology, 1999.
My Essential Ellington 
Tiziana Ghiglioni
Tiziana Ghiglioni – vocals, toy sax; Lee Konitz – alto sax; Tony Scott – clarinet, recitation, piano; Maurizio Caldura – alto & tenor saxes; Giovanni Ceccarelli, Gianluca Tagliazucchi, Roberto Cipelli – piano; Attilio Zanchi – double bass; Gianni Cazzola – drums; Cristiano Pecchio – vocals; Lena Aboo – recitation; Camilla Battaglia – vocals.
Philology, 1998.
Photo credits: Davide Lanzilao.