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 Jazz.
Though bass guitar was Sonny’s first instrument, his true love at this stage of his
musical life is upright bass, and he plays with passion and energy in a number of jazz
styles swing, smooth jazz, fusion, bebop, and Latin including bossa, salsa,
merenge, cumbia, and Tex-Mex. This versatility has made him a valuable and sought after
upright bassist with a variety of ensembles in northern New England. Sonny is known for
his creative bass lines and energetic, physical style. Sonny’s versatility is evident
in the diversity of local ensembles with which he plays such as the Sonny Feliciano Trio,
the Janice
Edwards Trio, the Jaywalkin Jazz Quintet, and the Swunk Brothers.
 Classic Rock. In 2005, Sonny met Joe
Brancato of Friday’s Alibi, a New Hampshire rock ‘n roll group known
primarily for playing rock music of the 60s, 70s and 80s. Paul Cascio, the leader of
Friday’s Alibi, had heard about Sonny and invited him to a rehearsal and then a
gig...it turned out to be a great fit, and Sonny has played 4 and 5-string guitar with
Friday’s Alibi nearly every weekend ever since.
 The Jazz Trio.
Performing regularly at weddings, restaurants, concerts, and private functions, the
Jazz Trio features Will Carver on guitar, Scoop Lahey on flute and saxophones, and Sonny
on upright bass. This tight threesome plays everything from swing and bebop, to
latin and blues; from Ellington to Monk and everything inbetween.
 Sonny’s first rock band was The
Splenders, in which he played bass from the age of 15 to 19.
 At age 19, he founded a rock band called Rosetta Stone that played
in the New York metro area, as well as upstate New York, Puerto Rico and Florida.
Instruments and Equipment.
- LIDL three-quarter upright bass with a flat back,
handcrafted in the Czech Republic. David Cage pickup (the realists).
Thomastik-Infeld (Austria), and Efrano gut strings made in Germany.
- 1969 Fender Precision bass, with 9120M Fender nylon
tapewound black strings.
- Five string fretless Fernandez bass, with flat round
DR Black Beauties strings.
- Gallien Krueger MBS-3 with a 12 inch
speaker/amplifier.
- Harke Speaker Cabinet with four 10 inch speakers.
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