Jazzthetik March 2008: CD of the Month

"Dem Wahl-Frankfurter merkt man seine Liebe für elektronische beats und ausgefuchste grooves an, ebenso wie seine Affinität zu jazziger improvisation. Geschmackvoll und ohne frickel Faktor groovt und soliert Zanghieri über die erstklassig klingenden Songs."

Bass Professor - Lars Lehmann

“I’ve been hearing mention of Claudio for some time now online in various bass related forums and networking sites. I was pretty excited to receive the new album and get to listening! First, it’s a wonderful looking CD. Top notch design and the playing is great!. Musicality and composition seems to be the goal here. The writing is solid, very well done and the band sounds great. Claudio never tries to stand out at the expense of the song, which I love to hear. I applaud Claudio’s musical maturity and look forward to hearing more from him in years to come.”

Damian Erskine - Bass Musician Magazine

M.C.M. “Two+Two”, Philology Records, 2010 (ITA)

Marco Pacassoni: Vibraphone

Michael Vochezer: Guitars and Arranging

CZ: Basses, Arranging and Production

Arno Haselsteiner: Drums

Undercurrents (C.Zanghieri)

SHORT BIO

First live and studio experiences in Rome (Italy).

In 2000 he moved to Frankfurt (Germany), maintaining a work schedule in both countries, busy mainly as a bassist and as a producer, sound designer, composer and arranger.

In Italy he worked with: Simone Cristicchi, Marco Morandi, Marina Rei, Tony Bungaro, Fabio Mariani, Louis Bacalov, Toto Torquati, Stefano Sastro, Cristiano Micalizzi, Fabio Mariani, Pino Jodice, Marco Pacassoni, Pasquale Strizzi, Luigi Tessarollo, Marcello Alulli e Daniele Tittarelli and many others.

In Germany he worked with: Tony Lakatos, Torsten deWinkel, Christoph Spendel, Michael Sagmeister, Dave Pike, Christian Lohr, Ralph Gustke, Bruno Müller, Marco Minnemann, Claus Hessler, Russ Spiegel and many others.

He participated in many Festivals like: Umbria Jazz Festival, Jazz&Image in Rome, Jazz um Dritten and MainUfer Fest in Frankfurt, Köln Arena and Kölle Live, Köln Philharmonie und Opera, Leverkusener Jazztage, Fringe Festival (Edinburgh), World expo 2002 and others.

Active also in education, follow the link for the most recent activities.

Selected Discography