Welcome to Rocco Recommends! Here you will find links to the latest releases by artists featured on Rocco’s Música!Musica! Most of these artists are on streaming platforms. But if you prefer cds, digital downloads and/or sometimes vinyl, you can support the artists here with links to their professional websites, record label websites, artist management sites and/or cd/digital platforms. Thank you for your support.
Bebo Best and the Super Lounge Orchestra
Bebo Best aka Roberto Baldan
Bebo, from Venice, began studying music very early, entering in a school of contemporary classical music, with teachers from the reknowned orchestra, La Fenice of Venice, as well as many, many trips and engagements on stages around the world.
In creating the Super Lounge Orchestra, Bebo picked his best musician friends with whom he has worked for years, and in a particular way, choosing also the quality of the person, not only his/her skill level. Together, they are not just a band. They are a family.
Bebo has always been interested in many different genres, very much into blues, and there is not a genre that he hasn’t played in 35 years of his career..from jazz to metal… 
He has studied a lot of music, going full circle, with Naná Vasconcelos, Kenny Clarke, Dave Wekl, and many others….even the work of the great sitar maestro Ravi Shankar and that of his best American student, the accomplished Stephen James (RIP).
Bebo’s favourite artists – Frank Zappa, Weather Report, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Steve Reich, Bob Marley, James Brown and…….impossible to name all of them.
When asked of his favourite genre of music, Bebo replies: “There exists good music and bad music. I like good music. That is my genre.”
Bebo Best can be heard on all streaming platforms, and can also be purchased for download from iTunes, Beatport, Traxsource and Juno Download to name few!
Ivana Parnasso
Ivana Parnasso, an electronic artist from Sicily , is influenced particularly by jazz and funk and all strands of vintage genres of the 1960s and `70s with a detailed look at the soundtracks of classic Italian cinema of that period. She also draws influences from the genre of Italian and American crime film. As for names, I love Lalo Schifrin, Quincy Jones, Dave Grusin. In the Italian vein she appreciates soundtrack composers such as Piero Umiliani, Piero Piccioni, Armando Trovajoli and even Gianni Oddi.
Music has always reigned in Ivana’s family thanks to her father, a drummer, who introduced her to jazz, swing and other genres. Her father was also one of the organizers of a major international jazz festival, Marsala Jazz Doc Festival, that ran between 1994 and 1998. As a child, Ivana attended numerous performances by internationally-renowned artists such as Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Tuck & Patti, Steve Coleman, Manhattan Transfer and many others.
Ivana has four albums in her discography: Pick! (2010, Spirograph (2011), Episode 3 (2014) and her 2023 release Licence to Sound (2023) Ivana also has many compositions available on various compilations. Check out Ivana’s work on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming platforms as well as iTunes, Traxsource, Beatport and Juno Download.
James Chirillo and Valerie Levy
Their 2023 release In Shadow and Light is available exclusively at james.chirillo.com. You can preview the album which is available to purchase on cd or digital download.
Sardinia, Italy born and raised, Berlin-based jazz singer, you can view Lucia Fodde’s discography, including her latest release, Harlem Beats.
Barcelona’s dj supreme, Gigi El Amoroso
From Bari, Puglia Miriam Netti
Official website with info on her upcoming new release,
Laura Lanzillo and Papik