Drummer, Composer, Educator
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In the age of non-verbal communication through social media, and with the forceful arrival of so-called “artificial intelligence”, the real challenge of the future will be to remain human. The progressive laziness of the masses, eager to let AI do everything and no longer have to exert their own minds, will inevitably turn AI into the new Orwellian Ministry of Truth.
Italian drummer and composer from Bari, active since 1986. Four albums of original music for Abeat Records, collaborations with some of the finest musicians on the Italian jazz scene and a long dedication to teaching.
After a long career as a drummer across jazz, fusion, world music and Italian songwriting, since 2015 he has focused on composition: Attraverso la Nebbia (2015), In Volo (2019), Disillusion (2023) and Stay Human (2025) have been praised by Musica Jazz, Corriere della Sera, Jazzit and La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno. Author of the drum method “Professione Batterista” and of the Prof Drum app, he offers a complete free course of 100 drum lessons on YouTube.
“A coherent, well-built, mature, introspective record, full of nuance. A work that makes one think of Michele Perruggini as one of the musicians to watch in the stifling landscape of trite Italian musical offerings.”
Nicola Gaeta – Musica Jazz
“Disillusion is a work of overwhelming and moving beauty, of a kind rarely heard on the Italian and international contemporary music scene.”
Riccardo Talamazzi – Off Topic Magazine
“STAY HUMAN is not just a record to listen to: it is an experience to go through. A work that invites you to slow down, to feel, to ask yourself questions.”
Daniele Milillo – Cirano Post
