Matteo Mancuso

Matteo Mancuso (born 22 November 1996) an Italian jazz and rock guitarist from Palermo, Sicily. Mancuso has been called a virtuoso on the guitar.[1] Mancuso does not use a guitar pick and he uses a unique finger-style right hand technique.[2]

Matteo Mancuso
Born (1996-11-22) 22 November 1996
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
EducationConservatorio di Musica Alessandro Scarlatti di Palermo
Musical career
Genres
Occupation(s)Guitarist
Instruments
  • Guitar
Years active2006–present
Labels
  • Independent
Associated acts
  • SNIPS
WebsiteFacebook

Early life

Mancuso started playing guitar with his guitarist father Vincenzo Mancuso, at the age of 10. He went on to study classical guitar in the high school in Palermo.[3]

Career

Mancuso has played with many of Sicily's musicians. Already in 2009, at the age of twelve, he performed at the Castelbuono Jazz Festival in Sicily. A multifaceted guitarist, he ranges from classical to electric guitar, on which he has developed a personal approach without the pick, that allows him a very original musical language. His YouTube channel, which has already exceeded ten million total views, is followed by a wide international audience and has received praise and acclaim from, among others, Dweezil Zappa, Stef Burns, Joe Bonamassa, Steve Vai, Al Di Meola and many others. In 2017, at Umbria Jazz, he won a scholarship for the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. Among his projects, He founded a trio with Riccardo Oliva and Salvatore Lima called "SNIPS". They participated at the Musika-Expo in Rome, Umbria Jazz 2018 and many other festivals in Italy. Their cover of "The Chicken", has over two million views on YouTube. Many journalists have written about Matteo and his trio in national and international specialist newspapers, such as Accordo.it, Vintage Guitar, Fusion guitar Magazine in Tokyo and many others. At the start of 2020 Matteo formed a new trio with Giuseppe Bruno on drums and Stefano India on bass. Their cover of "Havona" (Weather Report) has already exceeded 600 thousand views on YouTube. His first solo work is expected by the end of 2022."[4]

SNIPS

In 2017, Mancuso founded a trio called "SNIPS", which includes Salvatore Lima, on drums and Riccardo Oliva on bass. SNIPS is a Jazz/Fusion band and their music is based on rearrangements of popular fusion standards. In 2020, Matteo formed a new trio with Stefano India (Bass) and Giuseppe Bruno (drums) called “Matteo Mancuso Trio”, based only on Matteo’s original compositions.[5][6]

Style

Mancuso has developed a unique finger style technique: at times he uses his picking hand like Wes Montgomery and he switches to using a rest stroke with his index finger and middle finger to pick the strings like a classical guitar player. Mancuso is followed by a large international audience on the internet.[3][7]

Endorsements and Gear

Mancuso is sponsored by Yamaha and Line 6. Mancuso plays a Yamaha Revstar 720B equipped with a Bigsby Vibrato and 2 VT5 humbuckers. He also uses a Line 6 Helix LT pedalboard and a Fractal AX8. Early on Mancuso played a Gibson SG guitar.

Mancuso used MAMA pickups in his guitar.[8]

See also

References
  1. Horn, Jazzmeia. "Jazzmeia Horn Soars in Orvieto". Downbeat. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. "Watch Matteo Mancuso (SNIPS) jam with Yamaha Revstar 720B". Europe Yamaha. Yamaha Corporation. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. Brown, Pete (October 2018). "Matteo Mancuso Internet Guitar Phenomenon". Vintage Guitar. 32 (12): 33. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  4. "Matteo Mancuso". Facebook. Facebook. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  5. Florio, Maria Luisa. "Guitarist Matteo Mancuso flies to Los Angeles for the NAMM show". Bagheria News. LG MULTIMEDIA. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  6. Guitar World Staff. "Watch This Breathtaking Cover of Jaco Pastorious' "The Chicken"". Guitar World. Future Publishing Limited Quay House. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  7. BOSSO, JOE. "Is Tosin Abasi Flirting with the Mainstream?". Music Aficionado. Music Aficionado. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  8. "matteo mancuso". Mama Pickups. MAMA pickups. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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