Mikele Montolli (Verona, Italy ) studied violin from the age of seven switching later to electric bass. By the age of seventeen he had taken up classical double bass in Verona’s Conservatory. Following this he moved to Graz in Austria where he graduated in 2009 in Jazz Double Bass with the great Wayne Darling.
Joining the London Jazz scene since 2010, Mikele has toured various Jazz and World music festivals all over Europe, New York, Detroit, Tokyo, Indonesia, Hong Kong and the Balkan Peninsula performing and recording with such great artists as ''Sun Ra Arkestra'' , Knoel Scott quartet and Marshall Allen, Kamaal Williams, Judi Jackson, Heidi Vogel, L.A. saxophone legend Don Menza, Charlie Stacey, Jay Phelps, Sorin Zlat, Nigel Price 4tet, Hip Harp project and more thus building an extensive music vocabulary based on Afro American tradition fused with years of classical training and experimental form-free music. Michele appears on various soundtracks for the London National Television School and as live guest for the BBC television.
In 2018 Mikele released his first album "SATELLITE HOUSE" and is currently working on his next release while touring extensively with qanun player Maya Youssef.
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