Antonio Faraò
Antonio Faraò 2015
Antonio Faraò (born January 19, 1965 in Rome) is an Italian post-bop jazz pianist.
He attended the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan where he earned an intermediate degree in 1983.He won the X1 Music Review's New Talent Prize in 1987. He won several other international competitions before his debut album in 1999. He followed it up with a second album in 2001. He is known for combining Mediterranean and African-American influences.[1]
Awards
- 1998 1st Prize Concours International de Piano-Jazz Martial Solal (Paris)
Select discography
As leader
| Year recorded | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998? | Black Inside | Enja | with Ira Coleman, Jeff Tain Watts |
| 1999? | Borderlines | Trio, with Jean-Jacques Avenel (bass), Daniel Humair (drums) | |
| 2000? | Thorn | Enja | with Jack DeJohnette, Drew Gress, Chris Potter |
| 2002 | Far Out | CAM Jazz | Quartet, with Bob Berg (tenor sax), Martin Gjakonovski (bass), Dejan Terzic (drums) |
| 2004 | Encore | CAM Jazz | Trio, with Martin Gjakonovski (bass), Dejan Terzic (drums) |
| 2005? | Takes on Pasolini | Trio, with Miroslav Vitous (bass), Daniel Humair (drums) | |
| 2008? | Woman's Perfume | Trio, with Dominique Di Piazza (electric bass), André Ceccarelli (drums) | |
| 2010? | Domi | Cristal | Trio, with Darryl Hall, André Ceccarelli |
| 2013? | Evan | with Joe Lovano, Ira Coleman, Jack DeJohnette | |
| 2015 | Boundaries | Verve | with Luigi di Nunzio (alto sax), Mauro Negri (tenor sax, alto sax), Martin Gjakonovski (bass), Mauro Beggio (drums) |
| 2017? | Eklektik | Warner | with Snoop Dogg, Marcus Miller, Didier Lockwood, Bireli Lagrène, Krayzie Bone, Lenny White, Mike Clark, Manu Katché |
As sideman
With Franco Ambrosetti
- Light Breeze (Enja, 1998)
With André Ceccarelli
- West Side Story (1997)
With Nicolas Folmer and Bob Mintzer
- Nicolas Folmer meets Bob Mintzer (2010)
With Giovanni Tommaso
- Secondo Tempo (2001)
With Jens Winther
- Jens Winther European Quintet (2005)
Notes
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