Bassplayer / Ac.Guitar / Composer / Teacher. Born 11.11.1966 in (Crotone) Italy. In 1979 came to Stuttgart in Germany with his family.When he was 15 years-old he started to play the bass and guitar. Franco is an autodidatical musician and play a six-string bass, fretless bass, and classical guitar. Virtuosity and tasteful improvisations are his trademarks. His music varies from Funk, Latin and Jazz up to Classic music.

Meanwhile Franco isn't unknown anymore. He has made himself a name throughout Germany and Europe, where he is one of most promising virtuosos of the six-string bass. Internationally festivals and doubles concerts u.o.: Jazz Open Stuttgart, Fiemme JazzSki Italy, Viva Afro Brasil Tübingen, Maputo Jazzfestival – Mozambique, Jazzfestival St. Moritz; Paquito D'Rivera, Chris Potter Quartett, Gilberto Gil, Joe Zawinul (The Syndacate), Stave Khan, The Caribbean Jazz Project, Enrico Pieranunzi, Julio Barreto, Djavan, Dave Valentin, Ruben Blades, Marcus Valle, Bebel Gilberto.

TOUR / RECORDING with Petrocca Brothers,Thilo Wagner, Marcio Tubino, Freddy Santiago, Paulo Morello, Kim Barth, Kamafra, Selva Ganesh, Sivamani, Uma Shankar, Bodek Janke, Olivia Trummer, Rikhi Ray, European Brazil Project, Kim Barth, Paolo Morello, Quartiere Latino, Weber Lopes, Martin Schrack, Jochen Feucht, Portinho, Luis Brasil, Dirik Schilgen, Dalma Lima,Tizian Jost, Edmundo Carneiro, Daniel Messina, Cleber Alves, Ricardo Defeo Fiuza, Angela & Alex Frontera, Maria Ochoa, Peter Fulda, Olivier Ker Ourio, Lygia Campos, Pedro Tagliani, Nice Brazil, Yelena Jurayeva, Antoine Fillon, Sebastian Motz, Rosanna & Zelia, Derrick James, Klaus Müller, Dino Saluzzi, Betina Ignacio Band, Howard Levy, Claudio Wilner, Gee Hye Lee, Toni Lakatos, Hans Fickelscher, Matthias Schriefl, Chico Chagas, Rodrigo Ursaia and many moore...

Influenz:

Many great Musicians like: Abraham Laboriel, Marcus Miller, Jeff Berlin, Nathan East, Tom Kennedy, John Patitucci, Jaco Pastorius, Jimmy Haslip, Anthony Jackson, Will Lee, Randy Jackson, Eddye Gomez, Tania Maria, A.C.Jobim, Rosanna & Zelia, Leny Andrade, Joao Gilberto, Ivan Lins, Joe Pass, Weber Lopes, Earl Klugh, Pat Metheny, Egberto Gismonti, George Benson, Larrye Carlton, Branford Marsalis, Michael Brecker, Niccolò Paganini, J.S.Bach, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Paquito D' Rivera, Wayne Shorter, Toots Thielemans, Brad Mehldau, Michel Camilo, Herbie Hancock, Ckick Corea, Michel Petrucciani...

Links:

www.nice-brazil.com

www.petrocca.de

www.reverbnation.com/davidepetrocca

www.present-your-business.com/48/Impressum.html

www.kensmithbasses.com/artistpages/the-musicians-artists.html

www.reverbnation.com/francopetrocca

www.facebook.com/pages/Franco-Petrocca-Official/125712947503805?sk=wall