One Under
Mike Iannicello
Michele Iannicello aka Mike cello aka Cello is lead/rhythm guitarist, songwriter and co/songwriter for One Under. Born in Huntington New York, Mike moved to Columbus Ohio when he was 12 years old and has been there since. He started playing trumpet under the instruction of his father Michael Iannicello, a classical trombonist and music teacher of 35 years, when he was 8 years old. At 15 years old Cello was introduced to the guitar by his uncle Thomas Cappadona and has never looked back.

Cello graduated from The Ohio State University earning his bachelor degree in fine arts, jazz studies performance. He studied guitar at Eastman School of Music under the instruction of Gene Bertoncini. While attending OSU he performed with the OSU Jazz Orchestra directed by Hank Marr, and studied guitar under the instruction of Tom Carrol.

Cello got his start as a professional musician playing in pit orchestras for musicals such as Grease, Jesus Christ Superstar, Oklahoma and many others. He began getting calls to do jazz gigs in Columbus, playing alongside jazz artists such as Doug Richeson, Derek Decenzo, Dave Powers, Joe Crump, Joe Ong and Vaughn Weester. He has done jazz duets with Kris Keith, Jeff Wray, Derek Decenzo, Jim Maneri and Steve Parakis. He also performed with The Fifth Dimension and Roger Williams. He joined the funk/ R&B group Conspiracy. After playing locally with them for a year and a half he began touring nationally with a Columbus based reggae band, The Ark Band. With The Ark Band he toured 42 states playing clubs, universities and festivals such as Reggae on the River in Humboldt county California, Vermont Reggae festival, Madison Reggae festival and South by Southwest in Austin Texas. Although he left the band in 1996 he returned to in 2000 and'01 to play Reggae on the River and the Negril Yacht Club in Negril Jamaica. Cello can be heard on The Ark Band 1996 release "Na Give Up".

In 1997 Cello co/founded the group Shakerman. He toured regionally with them playing cover music and originals and in '98 released a CD "Shakerman Live" and a studio CD "Shakerman" both of which he co-wrote. Since then he has performed with various artists such as Foley (formerly with Miles Davis), Frankie "J" Thompson (formerly with The Barcays), Minindiya (featuring Kris Keith), The Flex Crew, Jimmie Mcgee, and his own group Cellovision. He also released his own CD's "Imprints" and "Vision" featuring Adam Smith, Brian Fay, Marcus Butler, Lovondo Thomas, Russ Keeney, Seth Kafoure and John Polansky.

Cello met Johnny Polansky in 1994. They have performed and recorded together in Shakerman and other projects. In 2002 he met Seth Kafoure and has performed and recorded with Seth in Cellovision.
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