Michele, born in Carrara Italy, has a special talent for the music that came out of African people’s experiences in the Americas. At age 9 its first keyboard-toy enabled him to access the rudiments of the art. At 11 Michele fell in love with James Brown’s 70’s syncopated style which used the conga drum in a way that inspired him deeply.

At age 17, after several years of experience with the conga and other african-related drums, he first heard a jazz-fusion band Weather Report and that’s when his attention switched to the drums kit. After meeting with a fellow saxophonist they started a jazz workshop band, named The First Level, that brought Michele Bazzani to the manage the basics of the jazz language.

In the 90’s he moved to Milan where under the likes of Oswaldo Rodriguez Ugueto and Orlando Watussi, started an intense 9 year experience with Salsa and Rumba music. In 2001 he moved to New York with the intent of refining his skills and to record his own music, while being close to the cultures that inspired his passion for music. In 2019 the release of his album Journey Through Existence. 

Michele Bazzani Band currently plays a variety of R&B gigs  in the TRI-State area, in addition to the jazz experience.