- Birthday
- 1946-01-05
- Place of Birth
- Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
André Ceccarelli
SoundBiography
André "Dédé" Ceccarelli (born 5 January 1946) is a French jazz drummer. After learning to play the drums from his father, Ceccarelli started out playing in the salons of the Hotel Royal Nice Promenade des Anglais at the age of fifteen, where he played with some musicians at tea dances on weekends. He was spotted by a lady who was the wife of John Tosan, and was presented to the brothers John Rob alias Jean-Claude and James Fawler alias Gerard Roboly, and on their request participated on rehearsals with the French band rock Les Chats Sauvages, who was looking for a new drummer, and was hired a...