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Mecco Guidi, born Michele Guidi in Ravenna, on Italy's Adriatic coast, is a Hammond organist, pianist and keyboardist who has spent more than two decades building a soul-jazz identity around the organ while also holding down a long-running parallel career as a pop sideman. He started out in 1994 as a pianist-keyboardist, touring Europe with a band through Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Denmark and Norway before turning toward jazz. Listening to organists Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff and Larry Young pulled him onto the Hammond organ specifically, and he began applying it at soul and blues festivals.
In 2001 he formed Capiozzo & Mecco, an organ-and-drums duo with drummer Christian Capiozzo. Their debut, Whisky a Go Go (2003), came out on the Suonaphone label and was picked up widely by Irma Records, the Bologna-based acid-jazz and lounge label that would go on to become the throughline of Guidi's recorded career: Discogs tracks 52 release-relationship credits under the Capiozzo & Mecco entity, almost all of them placements of the duo's tracks on Irma's own acid-jazz, nu-jazz and smooth-jazz compilation series, running nearly continuously from 2003 through 2025. In 2016 the duo expanded into a trio, Capiozzo, Mecco & Santimone, adding guitarist Daniele Santimone for Movie Soundtrack Experience, ten original tracks recorded entirely in analog.
Guidi's own-name and co-led discography sits squarely in the jazz and blues column on Discogs. The Space Between Us (2008, New LM Records), with guitarist Joe Pisto and drummer Bruno Farinelli, reworks Horace Silver's "The Jody Grind," Wayne Shorter's "Black Nile," John Scofield's "Hottentot" and George Benson's "Thunder Walk" as an organ trio, tagged Jazz on Discogs with Bossa Nova and Jazz-Funk styles. The Ninth Gig (2018) billed him alongside guitarist Dario Chiazzolino and drummer Michele Iaia as the New Generation Trio, Discogs-tagged Jazz/Fusion; Chiazzolino is already profiled on this project, and his own profile independently documents Guidi on Hammond organ in that same session. Alongside vocalist Gloria Turrini, Guidi made two blues-jazz duo albums, Damn Blues (2017) and G And The Doctor (2021), both on Brutture Moderne and both tagged Jazz/Blues on Discogs, working a New Orleans and Louisiana blues idiom that runs from "Ain't Misbehavin'" to Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come."
Guidi's other side is pop session work: he has played keyboards for Italian singer-songwriter Cesare Cremonini since at least 2003, documented on Discogs through Cremonini's 1+8+24 Theatre Tour (2006) and the live album Più Che Logico (2015), and has also been credited on releases by Mario Biondi, Eurovision entrant Valentina Monetta, and pop group Trerose. Earlier still, before his jazz turn, Discogs' separate "Michele Guidi" entity documents a 1999-2001 run of production and remix credits on Italian dance and trance releases, including Soleado with Dejavu' and See You In The Next Life with Atlantis Ita - a body of work that predates and is unrelated to his jazz career. He has also released a run of records outside Discogs' index, per his own site and Spotify: Plays Italian Songbook (2017) and a solo piano set, The Names - Simple Songs for Piano (2021).
His own biographical materials also name Enrico Rava and American jazz trumpeter Jimmy Owens among his collaborators in concerts and festivals; no Discogs session credit was found connecting Guidi to either, so this is reported as a documented but not independently session-verified association. Enrico Rava is already profiled on this project.
Guidi's core vocabulary is soul-jazz organ combo playing in the direct lineage of Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff and Larry Young - the "soul in the right hand and groove in the left" description his own bio uses. That vocabulary carries into two different bands: the Capiozzo & Mecco/Santimone organ trio, whose catalog sits inside Irma Records' acid-jazz and nu-jazz world, and the Turrini/Guidi duo, which pulls the same organ sound toward New Orleans blues and soul. The Space Between Us and The Ninth Gig both put him in a more straight-ahead jazz-fusion trio context alongside a lead guitarist. Running underneath all of it is a parallel, commercially larger identity as a pop touring keyboardist, most durably with Cesare Cremonini, that this profile treats as a real but separate thread from his jazz work rather than folding the two together.
- Whisky a Go Go (2003, Suonaphone/Irma Records) - Spotify - Capiozzo & Mecco's debut organ-and-drums duo record, Discogs-tagged Acid Jazz/Soul-Jazz. Listen · Buy
- The Space Between Us (2008, New LM Records) - an organ trio with Joe Pisto and Bruno Farinelli, reworking Horace Silver, Wayne Shorter and George Benson. Buy
- Movie Soundtrack Experience (2016, Irma CasaDiPrimordine) - Spotify - Capiozzo, Mecco & Santimone's trio record, ten original tracks recorded in analog. Listen · Buy
- Damn Blues (2017, Brutture Moderne) - Spotify - a blues-jazz duo album with vocalist Gloria Turrini. Listen · Buy
- The Ninth Gig (2018) - Spotify - the New Generation Trio, with Dario Chiazzolino and Michele Iaia. Listen · Buy
- G And The Doctor (2021, Brutture Moderne) - Spotify - the second Turrini/Guidi duo album. Listen · Buy
Mecco Guidi Full Discography
Identity note: Discogs carries two linked artist entities for this musician: "Mecco Guidi" (artist 836390, real name Michele Guidi, namevariation "Michele (Mecco) Guidi") and "Michele Guidi" (artist 1142694), which Discogs itself lists as aliases of each other, i.e. the same person under two credited names. The two entities cover two different periods and genres of the same career: the "Michele Guidi" credit (1999-2001) carries dance/trance/techno production and remix work, while the "Mecco Guidi" credit (2003 onward) carries his jazz, soul-jazz and blues work. Independent bios (Jazzitalia, his own official site meccoguidi.com) corroborate this is one working musician, not a namesake collision. Instrument confirmed independently across three sources - Jazzitalia, meccoguidi.com, and this vault's own already-published Dario Chiazzolino profile (145-dario-chiazzolino-spotlight, which separately lists him as "organist Mecco Guidi" on The Ninth Gig) - as Hammond organ, with piano/keyboards as his original instrument before he specialized.
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Leader / Co-Leader Releases (jazz, soul-jazz, blues)
| Year | Album | Label | Personnel | Notes | Listen | Buy |
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| 2003 | Whisky a Go Go | Suonaphone (10" EP); widely distributed by Irma Records | Capiozzo & Mecco: Christian Capiozzo (drums), Mecco Guidi (Hammond organ) | Discogs-verified, release 8938395. Discogs genres/styles: Electronic, Jazz, Latin, Funk/Soul - Acid Jazz, Jazzdance, Swing, Latin Jazz, Soul-Jazz, Boogaloo, Hard Bop. Duo's debut; tracks later placed on Irma Records' own "...At Sex And The City" branded compilation series (2004-2005), not independently confirmed as a placement in the actual HBO show itself. | Spotify | Amazon search |
| 2008 | The Space Between Us | New LM Records | Joe Pisto (guitar), Bruno Farinelli (drums), Mecco Guidi (Hammond organ) | Discogs-verified, release 37304472. Discogs genre Jazz; styles Bossa Nova, Jazz-Funk, Space-Age. All six tracks are covers: Horace Silver's "The Jody Grind," Wayne Shorter's "Black Nile," the traditional "Greensleeves," John Scofield's "Hottentot," George Benson's "Thunder Walk," and King Curtis's "Return of the Prodigal Son." | not found (individual tracks "Hottentot" and "Greensleeves" are on Spotify; no confirmed album-level link) | Amazon search |
| 2016 | Movie Soundtrack Experience | Irma CasaDiPrimordine | Capiozzo, Mecco & Santimone: Christian Capiozzo (drums), Mecco Guidi (organ, keyboards), Daniele Santimone (guitar) | Discogs-verified, release 9185472. Discogs genres Electronic, Jazz, Funk/Soul; styles Acid Jazz, Jazzdance. Ten original tracks, recorded entirely in analog per the label's own release description. Expands the original duo to a trio with guitarist Santimone. | Spotify | Amazon search |
| 2017 | Damn Blues | Brutture Moderne | Gloria Turrini (vocals), Mecco Guidi (Hammond organ, piano) | Discogs-verified, release 23398028. Discogs genre Blues. Eleven tracks in a New Orleans/Louisiana blues-soul idiom, including "Ain't Misbehavin'" and Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come." | Spotify | Amazon search |
| 2018 | The Ninth Gig | Michele Iaia (self-released, Believe Digital distribution) | New Generation Trio: Dario Chiazzolino (guitar), Mecco Guidi (Hammond organ), Michele Iaia (drums) | Discogs-verified, release 14549473. Discogs genre Jazz; style Fusion. Dario Chiazzolino is already profiled on this project (145-dario-chiazzolino-spotlight), which independently lists this same trio and credits Guidi on Hammond organ. |
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| 2021 | G And The Doctor | Brutture Moderne | Gloria Turrini (vocals), Mecco Guidi (Hammond organ, piano) | Discogs-verified, release 32740839. Discogs genres Jazz, Blues; style Louisiana Blues. Second Turrini/Guidi duo album. | Spotify | Amazon search |
Not independently verified on Discogs (per official site / Spotify only)
Mecco Guidi's own site (meccoguidi.com) and his Spotify artist page list a further run of releases not found under either Discogs entity:
| Year | Title | Notes | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Feel Sound Project - Live | Live project, per official site. Not Discogs-indexed. | not found |
| 2017 | Plays Italian Songbook | Solo/small-group set of Italian standards. Not Discogs-indexed. | Spotify |
| 2020 | Stay Home | Per official site. Not Discogs-indexed. | not found |
| 2021 | The Names - Simple Songs for Piano | Solo piano record, a departure from his organ-combo work. Per official site and Spotify. Not Discogs-indexed. | Spotify |
| 2022 | Hammond Library - Easy to Talk | Per official site. Not Discogs-indexed. | not found |
Compilation & Sampler Placements (Capiozzo & Mecco / Capiozzo, Mecco & Santimone)
The Capiozzo & Mecco duo/trio catalog is Discogs' single largest documented body of Guidi's recorded work: 52 release-relationship credits under the group entity (302725), almost all TrackAppearance placements of the duo's own recordings on Irma Records' and Suonaphone's acid-jazz, nu-jazz and lounge compilation series, running continuously from 2003 through 2025. Representative titles (all Discogs-verified TrackAppearance credits): Irma At Sex And The City (2004-2005, multiple volumes), Acid Jazz Anthem (2007), It's A Groovy Thing! The Amazing Jazz Funk Organ Sound Vol. 1 (2017), 100% Smooth Jazz Bar Chillout (2017), Late Night Nu Jazz (2016), Fusion Funky Jazz (2019), Acid Jazz & Funky Grooves (2021-2023, three volumes), and Acid Jazz Funk (2024). Full list at Discogs: Capiozzo & Mecco.
Mecco Guidi individually (not under the group entity) is also credited as Producer and with an Appearance on 100% Smooth Jazz Bar Chillout (2017, Irma), and has additional TrackAppearance/Appearance credits on smaller Italian compilations and film/theatre-related releases: Attori A Mano Armata (2007, a book-and-CD set on Italian crime-cinema soundtracks), Try To Play It (2008, Go Down Records, with Les Bondage), Who Knows (Luca Sapio's own 2012-dated Discogs release, not Guidi's own album - see note below), Savana Funk (2017), La Valigia Di Cartone (2018, Lovesick Duo), and Ritratto (2025, Cristian "CC" Bagnoli, Irma Records).
On "Who Knows": several secondary bios describe "Who Knows" as Guidi's own 2010 album, made with Luca Sapio and produced by Thomas Brenneck of the Menahan Street Band, and say it won Italy's M.E.I. and SIAE awards with a single that reached the David Letterman Show's playlist. Discogs itself, however, indexes "Who Knows" as an Appearance credit on a release billed to Luca Sapio (Discogs date 2012, not 2010), not as a Guidi leader release. Both the awards claim and the 2010-vs-2012 date are reported here as press claims, not Discogs-verified facts; see mecco-guidi_notes.md.
Early dance/pop production period (pre-jazz, 1999-2001)
Before his jazz work, the "Michele Guidi" Discogs entity carries a run of Producer and Appearance credits on Italian dance, trance and techno releases and compilations: Soleado (1999, Do It Yourself, with Dejavu'), See You In The Next Life (2000, Atlantis Ita), Techno Traxx Part 4 (2000), and a run of DJ-mix and rave compilation appearances (Unity Mix Volume 8, Reactivate 15, Dorian Gray - History of Magic 2) through the early 2000s. This period predates and is unrelated to his jazz identity; it is documented here for completeness, not folded into the jazz discography above. Full list at Discogs: Michele Guidi.
Sideman appearances outside jazz (Discogs-verified, pop/other)
The same "Michele Guidi" entity also carries later Appearance credits reflecting his long-running work as a touring keyboardist, most prominently with Italian pop singer-songwriter Cesare Cremonini: 1+8+24 Theatre Tour (2006, Cesare Cremonini And London Telefilmonic Orchestra) and Più Che Logico (Live) (2015, Cesare Cremonini). Also credited: Due (2011, Mario Biondi And The Unexpected Glimpses), Sensibilità (2014, Valentina Monetta), and Pop Noir (2018, Trerose). None of these artists are profiled on jazzprofiles.com in any vault. These credits are documented for transparency about the competing, non-jazz side of Guidi's career (see the Scope Gate section of mecco-guidi_notes.md); they are not part of his jazz discography.
Full Discogs catalog: Mecco Guidi (16 release-relationship credits), Michele Guidi (23 release-relationship credits), Capiozzo & Mecco (52 release-relationship credits). Full self-reported catalog and biography at meccoguidi.com.
- Dario Chiazzolino (guitar) - Discogs-verified bandmate in the New Generation Trio on The Ninth Gig (2018); already profiled on this project.
- Christian Capiozzo (drums) - co-founder of Capiozzo & Mecco (2001-present), the organ-and-drums duo that anchors most of Guidi's Discogs-documented recorded output; not independently found profiled on jazzprofiles.com.
- Daniele Santimone (guitar) - joined Capiozzo & Mecco as a trio partner for Movie Soundtrack Experience (2016); not independently found profiled on jazzprofiles.com.
- Gloria Turrini (vocals) - duo partner on two Discogs-verified blues-jazz albums, Damn Blues (2017) and G And The Doctor (2021); not independently found profiled on jazzprofiles.com.
- Michele Iaia (drums) - the third member of the New Generation Trio on The Ninth Gig (2018); not independently found profiled on jazzprofiles.com.
- Joe Pisto (guitar) and Bruno Farinelli (drums) - Discogs-verified trio partners on The Space Between Us (2008); neither independently found profiled on jazzprofiles.com.
- Enrico Rava and Jimmy Owens - named as collaborators in Guidi's own biographical materials; no Discogs session credit was found connecting either to Guidi, so this is reported as a documented association rather than a verified session collaboration. Enrico Rava is already profiled on this project.
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- Mecco Guidi on Discogs
- Capiozzo & Mecco on Discogs
- Mecco Guidi on Spotify
- Jazzitalia artist page
- Mecco Guidi on jazzprofiles.com
- r/ItalianJazz
- Discogs API, artist 836390 ("Mecco Guidi"), artist 1142694 ("Michele Guidi," listed as an alias of the above), and artist 302725 ("Capiozzo & Mecco"), for release-level credits, personnel, genres/styles and years.
- Jazzitalia: Mecco Guidi (organo Hammond)
- Jazzitalia: Artisti - Mecco Guidi
- Official site and biography - meccoguidi.com
- Algameko: Mecco Guidi endorser page
- This project's own
145-dario-chiazzolino-spotlight/final-profile.md, for independent corroboration of Guidi's instrument and the The Ninth Gig session.