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Tommaso Cappellato
Italian hybrid drummer, producer and DJ Tommaso Cappellato is a musical maverick whose skills stretch from free-form electronics to hip hop beats and jazz improvisation. His unorthodox breadth of style is grounded in his own journey of musical discovery from building his jazz chops as a resident drummer in NYC, to hip hop excursions alongside Brooklyn MC’s, to traveling to Senegal to meld with local music masters, to collaborating with experimental electronica and techno artist Rabih Beaini, pianist, composer and live remixer Mark de Clive-Lowe and visionary Egyptian producer Maurice Louca.
 These soulful influences enrich his live performances with Collettivo Immaginario, who have been captivating audiences from LA to Milan with their fresh blend of modern beats and 70s electronica. Tommaso also leads his own award-winning spiritual jazz ensemble Astral Travel with whom he has just released a new album on Hyperjazz inspired by the poetry of Sun Ra, “If You Say You Are From This Planet, Why Do You Treat It Like You Do?” featuring Dwight Trible. This builds on his previous acclaimed releases such as “Aforemention” (Mashibeats/Ropeadope Records) and “Butterflying” (Mother Tongue Records). Cappellato has brought his music to audiences all over the world–whether live on stage at Jazz Cafe in London or at Low End Theory in LA; as an educator presenting his masterclass on hybrid drumming; or as a featured artist at NYC’s Winter JazzFest and on Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide FM.

Songs

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Heart To Mend (feat. Cameron Kinghorn)
Tommaso Cappellato
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Tempo al Tempo (feat. Nicolò Masetto & Danilo Plessow)
Collettivo Immaginario
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Ascension
Tommaso Cappellato
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Dense (feat. Shabaka Hutchings)
Khalab
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Blue Bird
Kaidi Tatham, Patrick Gibin, Tiombé Lockhart, and Tommaso Cappellato

Albums

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Anti-planeting

2025
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Pioneered

2021
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Cosm'ethic

2013
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Explorare (feat. Tony Martin & Diego Gaeta)

2023
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Dreamweavers

2020
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Open

2009
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Dancing Around Fire

2023
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Butterflying

2020
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HAT: The Legendary Lost Album

2022
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Aforemention

2016

Singles & EPs

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Save The Safe Space

Single • 2025
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Heading Back To Venus

Single • 2024
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Tempo al Tempo (feat. Nicolò Masetto & Danilo Plessow)

Single • 2023
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Bust Ghosters

Single • 2025
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Speak It Into Coexistence

Single • 2024
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Melody Lounge (feat. Tony Martin & Diego Gaeta)

Single • 2023
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Snaking A Drum Trap

Single • 2024
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It's Not What You Think It's Not

Single • 2024
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Often Almost Hardly Ever

Single • 2024
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Introvert Universe

Single • 2024

Videos

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Live performances

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Explorare Live at Melody Lounge, Los Angeles

Tommaso Cappellato • 165 views
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Michael Blake - Jason Lindner - Ben Allison - Tommaso Cappellato @ Nublu

Tommaso Cappellato • 550 views
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Don Byron - Aruan Ortiz - Tommaso Cappellato - Live at Michiko Studios - NYC 2014

Tommaso Cappellato • 892 views

Playlists by Tommaso Cappellato

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Tommaso Cappellato & Astral Travel - "COSM'ETHIC" (Jazz Re:freshed 2013) FULL ALBUM

Playlist • Tommaso Cappellato • 5.7K views
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Tommaso Cappellato "Butterflying" (Mother Tongue Records)

Playlist • Tommaso Cappellato • 382 views
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Tommaso Cappellato - "Pioneered" (Domanda Music - DMND001 2021)

Playlist • Tommaso Cappellato • 178 views
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Jackie McLean & Michael Carvin - Antiquity

Playlist • Tommaso Cappellato • 1.2K views
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Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza

Playlist • Tommaso Cappellato • 297 views
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ASTRAL TRAVEL - If You Say You Are From This Planet, Why Do You Treat It Like You Do? (Hyperjazz 2020)

Playlist • Tommaso Cappellato • 214 views