Daniele Sepe, born in Naples, has been one of the leading figures for over two decades in the fusion of singer-songwriter music, jazz, and folk—a continuous cross-pollination where the vibrancy and power of the sounds are accompanied by heartfelt social criticism that does not shy away from irony. His discography spans over twenty-five albums, with this extraordinary artist making each record a chapter unto itself, whether due to the crossed genres or the sentiments expressed each time. His work spans uncomfortable records, orchestral suites, jazz, rap, funk, blues, and traditional music. He is indefinable, elusive in spirit and substance to any label. Daniele Sepe was born in Posillipo, Naples, in 1960. At the age of sixteen, in 1976, he participated in the historic record *Tammurriata dell'Alfasud* by the Zezi, a workers' group from Pomigliano d'Arco. He graduated in transverse flute from the "San Pietro a Majella" Conservatory in Naples. After several years of experience first as a classical flutist in baroque and contemporary music, then as a session saxophonist, in 1990 he produced his first self-produced album: *Malamusica*. In 1993, he collaborated with the Neapolitan band 99 Posse on the album *Curre curre guaglió*, being mentioned in the track "Ripetuant." His albums immediately met with critical acclaim, but it was only with the fourth, *Lives Loss* (1993), published by Polosud Records and distributed worldwide by the German label Piranha, that sales took off. Sepe also played saxophone on some tracks of the album *Otto Quarantotto & Ventisette* by Il Giardino dei Semplici, released in 1993. In 1996, he published *Viaggi fuori dal paraggi*, his first anthology, with which he began a collaboration with *il manifesto* that would last until 2007. In 1998, the album *Lavorare stanco* earned him the Targa Tenco for Best Dialect Album. In the same year, he became the first violinist at the first edition of the "La Notte della Taranta" festival in Melpignano. In 1999, he participated in the project *La notte del Dio che balla* with—among others—Teresa De Sio and Vinicio Capossela. In 2015, he founded the collective "Capitan Capitone e i fratelli della Costa," with which he published three albums. At the same time, he began his live collaboration on Stefano Bollani’s *Naples Trip*. In 2019, he released an album dedicated to the Argentine saxophonist Leandro "Gato" Barbieri. In the same year, he collaborated on the arrangements for Vinicio Capossela’s album *Ballate per uomini e bestie*, which won the Targa Tenco for Best Album of the Year. He has numerous collaborations with other musicians (La Banda Improvvisa, Ensemble Micrologus), Stefano Bollani, Roberto Gatto, and with film and theater directors (Mario Martone, Davide Ferrario, Gabriele Salvatores—*Amnèsia*—, Enzo D'Alò, Renato Chiocca, Terry Gilliam—*The Whole Family*—, Gianfranco Pannone, and Antonietta De Lillo). It is difficult to define his music, always balanced between reggae, folk, world music, jazz, rock, fusion, blues, and classical music. A constant characteristic is his almost "Zappa-esque" way of approaching writing and arranging. Daniele Sepe defines his style as follows: "Music is made of many very different things, just as a good director does when confronted with different genres; think of Kubrick, from horror to science fiction to a historical film, all done well. I hope to do things that are very different from one another and all done well."