Massimo Faraò, Emanuele Cisi - Time After Time

Styles: Piano And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 80:53
Size: 188,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:12) 1. I Remember You
(3:11) 2. All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
(5:03) 3. Darn That Dream
(2:53) 4. Dig
(3:23) 5. Half Nelson
(4:26) 6. I Should Care
(3:38) 7. My Shining Hours
(3:20) 8. Time After Time
(4:02) 9. You and the Night and the Music
(4:56) 10. If You Could See Me Now
(5:16) 11. On a Misty Night
(3:05) 12. It's You or No One
(5:03) 13. For Heaven's Sake
(4:53) 14. Star Eyes
(3:46) 15. Weaver of Dreams
(4:01) 16. The End of a Love Affair
(5:13) 17. Easy Living
(4:09) 18. Remember
(3:38) 19. You Stepped out of a Dream
(2:36) 20. I Want to Be Happy

Massimo Farao (16th March 1965 in Genoa) is an Italian jazz - pianist. Massimo Farao studied with Flavio Crivelli and worked with local formations; In 1983 he visited the United States, where he among other things, with the first Red Holloway and Albert 'Tootie' Heath played. In the 1990s he worked with Tony Scott, Adrian Mears, John Enders, Jesse Davis, Franco Ambrosetti, at its Enja -albumsGrazie Italia and Light Breeze he participated. He also played in the Nat Adderley Quintet at a European tour. In 1993 he took for Splasc (h) his debut album For Meon; his teammates included the trumpeter Flavio Boltro and bassist Dado Moroni. In 1995 the album Ciao Baby (on Monad).

In Trio with Ira Coleman and Jeff Tain Watts played Farao 1998 Brooklyn for Enja album Black Inside a; 2000 followed (also on Enja) the recorded in trio and quartet album Thorn on which Drew Gress, Jack DeJohnette and saxophonist Chris Potter participated. In 2001, he was (with Wayne Dockery and Bobby Durham)member of the quartet of Archie Shepp; 2001-2005 was the artistic director of the jazz department Farao the label Azzrra Music. In 2003, he stepped on the Jazz Piano Festival in Lucerne. In 2006 he recorded an album with compositions by Ennio Morricone on; In 2007 he toured in a trio with Joey DeFrancesco through Europe and the USA. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massimo_Farao

Time After Time

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Massimo Faraò, Francesca Bertazzo - The Jazz Vocals Serie, Vol. 1

Styles: Piano,Vocal And Guitar Jazz
Year: 2021
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:23
Size: 117,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:08) 1. But Not for Me
(7:31) 2. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
(6:30) 3. I Ve Got the World on a String
(4:20) 4. Too Late Now
(4:46) 5. Lullaby of the Leaves
(5:59) 6. Over the Rainbow
(7:40) 7. Oh Lady Be Good
(5:17) 8. Turn out the Stars
(5:08) 9. Nobody Else but Me

Francesca Bertazzo Hart was reported among the best new talents in the 2003 referendum organized by the magazine Musica jazz. In 1997 she graduated in jazz singing at the C.P.M. of Milan with full marks and best known under the guidance of Tiziana Ghiglioni and Francesca Olivieri for vocal technique, repertoire, interpretation and scat; with Roberto Cipelli and Attilio Zanchi for theory and harmony. He has also participated in various seminars studying with: Maurizio Caldura, Mark Murphy, Bob Stoloff (Berklee School of music), Jay Clayton, Rachel Gould, Paul Jeffrey, Roseanna Vitro, Barry Harris, Kate Baker, Nancy Marano, Anne Marie Moss, Rich De Rosa, Chris Rosenberg etc.

In 1996 he took part in a seminar studying with Sheila Jordan and won a scholarship to follow courses at the Manhattan School of Music college in New York. In 1997 she moved to America and remained there for almost four years, working her way up in New York clubs. He sang: in the "Ronald Westray Ensemble" directed by the trombonist Wynton Marsalis, in the "Jason Lindner Big Band" which includes personalities of the caliber of Mark Turner, Antonio Hart and Greg Tardy, in the gospel-jazz group "Look and Live " directed by saxophonist Richard D'Abreu and in several other small formations with Steve Kirby and Greg Williams (both bassists who have played with Elvin Jones), Joshua Wolff, Steve Hass, Nick Russo, Gerry Dial, Terry Roche, Eric Lewis, John Ormond, Bill Kennedy, Dwayne Burno, Ugonna Ukuego, Rick Germanson, Mike Hawkins, etc..

Francesca is a versatile artist capable of creating a whole between vocal experiments, bebop improvisations and interpretations of American standards. In recent years he has worked with various Italian musicians including Fabrizio Bosso, Marcello Tonolo, Robert Bonisolo, Ares Tavolazzi, Massimo Manzi, Bruno Cesselli etc. Among the most relevant projects is the CD "Silver Friends", a tribute to music by Horace Silver, with Ettore Martin on sax, Alberto Marsico on Hammond B3 organ and Enzo Carpentieri on drums. In addition to concert activity, Francesca Bertazzo Hart teaches jazz singing at music schools: George Gershwin, Thelonious Monk in Vicenza and L.A.M.S in Verona; she also collaborates with the New School of New York as a teacher and assistant. Translatae By Google
http://www.jazzitalia.net/Artisti/francescaBertazzoHart.asp#.ZDrbK9eZOpo

The Jazz Vocals Serie, Vol. 1

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Ed Cherry/Massimo Faraò - Smooth Guitar Jazz

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:20
Size: 130,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:41) 1. Stay
(8:09) 2. Streets of Philadelphia
(1:48) 3. Layla
(7:29) 4. Wonderful tonight
(3:24) 5. A heart of gold
(3:54) 6. One more night
(4:09) 7. Road song
(4:19) 8. Georgia on my mind
(4:32) 9. Days of wine and roses
(3:00) 10. On Broadway
(3:48) 11. On the trail
(4:02) 12. Peace
(4:00) 13. Alligator

American jazz and smooth jazz artist Ed Cherry has been captivating audiences with his most recent songs and music CDs. Smooth Guitar Jazz (2023), his most recent album, demonstrates his extraordinary talent and originality. Ed Cherry offers a mesmerizing fusion of mellow melodies and sophisticated guitar playing in a wide selection of tracks that are likely to fascinate listeners.

"Jean/Pauline (2022)" and "Ding Dong (2022)" stand out among his most recent tracks as remarkable masterpieces. These songs are perfect examples of Ed Cherry's ability to add contemporary flair to soulful jazz themes. He effortlessly creates a fascinating ambiance that carries listeners to a realm of musical happiness with his distinctive guitar style and flawless skills.

In addition to his most recent albums, Ed Cherry's first one, "Peace (2022)," is noteworthy. His ability to include a range of jazz sub-genres and to convey a sense of serenity through his music is demonstrated on this CD, which also demonstrates his versatility as a musician.

Ed Cherry is a remarkable performer in the industry because of his commitment to his craft and his capacity to always push the limits of jazz and smooth jazz music. His most recent songs and music CDs are proof of his prodigious talent and dedication to writing engrossing and emotive music.

Finally, Ed Cherry's most recent album, "Smooth Guitar Jazz (2023)", and singles like "Jean/Pauline (2022)" and "Ding Dong (2022)" showcase his extraordinary talent and distinctive approach to jazz and smooth jazz music. He keeps enthralling audiences and reaffirming his status as a highly regarded musician in the industry with each new album. https://www.viberate.com/artist/ed-cherry/

Smooth Guitar Jazz

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Massimo Faraò, Sophia Tomelleri - On the Trail

Styles: Bop
Year: 2022
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:48
Size: 132,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:36) 1. Reflections
(4:34) 2. Long Ago and Far Away
(6:24) 3. Flamingo
(3:51) 4. U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)
(4:59) 5. The More I See You
(3:30) 6. Sippin' at Bells
(4:21) 7. Nico's Dream
(3:53) 8. Stupendous
(3:52) 9. Ginetta
(5:04) 10. These Things You Left Me
(7:02) 11. My Melancholy Baby
(6:36) 12. On the Trail

«I’m not a fan of “pink quotas”. Least of all in music. Unfortunately, some people are still surprised to discover that women can play the saxophone, the double-bass or the drums. But it’s not like this everywhere. It is a question of culture, and we in Italy are still behind. I think the issue might be overcome with the support of education and school».

Sophia Tomelleri, 29 years old, is a Milanese saxophonist and composer, born in the trade (renowned saxophonist Paolo Tomelleri is her grandfather) who wants nothing to do with the gender controversies applied to jazz. And who can blame her?

After winning the prestigious Massimo Urbani award last year (this helped her record her debut “These Things You Left Me”, published by Emme Record Label and available on all online platforms) she is now among the most buzzworthy names of young Italian jazz. Tomelleri will play live on Thursday, October 28th at Milan’s Teatro Filodrammatici, during the first of three evenings of “JAZZMI FUTURE” at the head of an excellent quartet including Simone Daclon on piano, Alex Orciari on double bass and Pasquale Fiore on drums.

«Lately, when we talk about jazz, we don’t know what to think anymore. Too many things are trying to pass themselves off as jazz when they aren’t. While it’s true that jazz was born from a mixture of different cultures, it almost seems like it has lost its own identity», argues Sophia Tomelleri. What about new generations? «From what I’m hearing, some of my contemporaries appear to be too fixated on rational or conceptual music, with the result of neglecting harmony. I don’t want to appear too traditional, but I personally prefer a more acoustic kind of jazz, in the manner of saxophonist Mark Turner, who is one of my favorites». And speaking of favorites, Tomelleri places at the top of her preferred albums one of John Coltrane’s masterpieces, “My Favourite Things”, alongside “Something Gold, Something Blue” by trumpeter Tom Harrel. “Made in the U.S.A.” jazz clearly has a special place in Sophia’s heart.

Something she regrets about contemporary jazz is the clear lack of spaces it suffers from: «It’s not fair to say young people don’t like jazz. The main issue is a lack of spaces. Young people won’t go to theaters or venues where tickets are too expensive. And things become difficult even for us as musicians, if we don’t have anywhere to play. And I’m not just talking about clubs, sometimes it’s hard even to find a bar…».

Finally, we couldn’t resist asking Sophia about her encounter with the tenor sax. «It only happened three years ago», she explains. «I began with the piano when I was little, and at home we listened to a lot of jazz. Then I graduated from the conservatory in classical music and contralto sax. I feel very comfortable playing the tenor sax: it is the instrument I most like to use in my jazz improvisation. Lately I’ve been increasingly focusing on composing, and when I compose I use the piano. I am even thinking of deepening this aspect of my musical knowledge by signing up for a two-year course at Genoa’s conservatory of music».
https://ponderosa.it/en/sophia-tomelleri/

On the Trail

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Massimo Faraò, Emanuele Cisi - The Music of Archie Shepp

Styles: Bebop
Year: 2022
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:16
Size: 123,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:21) 1. Une petit surprise pour mam'selle
(4:32) 2. Hope #2
(4:28) 3. Ujaama
(4:18) 4. Lush Life
(7:36) 5. The Stars Are in Your Eyes
(6:20) 6. Steam
(5:26) 7. Deli Blues for Blakey
(5:56) 8. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
(6:21) 9. Wise One
(3:54) 10. Tomorrow Will Be Another Day

Born in Torino, Italy, in 1964, self-thaugt musician, he’s one of the most representative voices in the european jazz scene. His unique tone, along with a deep knowledge of the tradition mixed with a personal taste for composition, are became a landmark for jazz lovers. Since he won the Musica Jazz magazine critic’s prize in Italy as New Best Talent back in 1995, he recorded 12 cd’s as a leader or co-leader (the last one, “Homecoming”, for the japanese label AlbòreJazz ), and more than 50 as a sideman.

During his career, he played and recorded with many great artists like Clark Terry, Jimmy Cobb, Albert Tootie Heat, Walter Booker, Joe Chambers, Ron Carter, George Cables, Nat Adderley, Jack McDuff, Jimmy Owens, Billy Hart, Cameron Brown, Billy Cobham, Joey Calderazzo, Kenny Wheleer, Aldo Romano, Daniel Humair, Enrico Pieranunzi, Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Sting and many many others.

He has toured extensively in Europe, U.S., China, Oceania, South America. In spring 2011, the world première of the Detroit Torino Urban Jazz Project (a multimedia project he founded in and co-leaded since 2006 with the Detroit born tenor player Chris Collins) took place at Torino’s Opera House along with the Symphonic Orchestra. In last years he also recorded and toured as a jazz soloist with the baroque ensemble “La Venexiana”, consisered as a world preminent interpreter of Monteverdi’s music. He’s visiting more and more the U.S. scene, and he’s planning to record in New York his next album. He teach Jazz Saxophone at the Conservatory of Torino.
https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/emanuele-cisi

The Music of Archie Shepp

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Sophia Tomelleri With Massimo Faraò - Sweet And Lovely

Styles: Saxophone And Piano Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:16
Size: 131,9 MB
Art: Front

(5:10) 1. Sweet And Lovely
(7:34) 2. I Couldn’t Live Without You
(4:30) 3. Barbados
(4:55) 4. How About You
(5:10) 5. The Shadow Of Your Smile
(8:02) 6. Reflections
(5:50) 7. I Want To Be Happy
(9:12) 8. Ask Me Now
(6:49) 9. Love For Sale

Sophia Tomelleri, born in 1992, graduated in 2013 in classical saxophone at the “G. Verdi” in Milan,then moved to Bavaria and obtained a three-year degree in Jazz saxophone at the “Hochschule für Musik und Theater München” in Munich in 2018.

During this period, he obtained a scholarship to spend a year at the CMDL, a Parisian institute under the guidance of violinist Didier Lockwood. In Paris you have the opportunity to play with John Betsch, Emmanuel Bex, Sava Medan.

Based in Milan, she is a versatile musician and in demand in various formations and musical projects, ranging from the most traditional to contemporary Jazz. In 2020 she won first place for young Jazz soloists in two competitions: the "Luciano Zorzella" award and the "Massimo Urbani" award.
https://www-emmerecordlabel-it.translate.goog/artist/sophia-tomelleri/?_x_tr_sl=it&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Sweet And Lovely

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Massimo Faraò - Beauty And Funky

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:49
Size: 152,2 MB
Art: Front

(7:45) 1. When A Man Loves Woman
(5:31) 2. Naima Love Song
(5:10) 3. The Shout
(5:53) 4. Good Groove
(5:00) 5. This Here
(6:26) 6. Dat There
(5:08) 7. Just A Gigolo
(7:12) 8. Hymn To Freedom
(5:47) 9. Them That ’s Got
(8:07) 10. Poinciana
(3:45) 11. Ancora

"The blackest of Italian pianists" was born May 16th, 1965, in Genoa. He studied piano with Maestro Flavio Crivelli and began his career collaborating with musicians from the Genoa Area, especially with the bassist Piero Leveratto. In 1993 he was invited for the first time in the USA. He plays with Red Holloway and Albert "Tootie" Heath on a tour on the West Coast.

In the same year he founded "We love Jazz" Workshop, now become one of the biggest events in Europe for jazz teaching. In 1994 he was hired by "Monad Records" in New York and back in the United States as pianoplayer and music director of Shawnn Monteiro's band, with Keter Betts and Bobby Durham. He has played in several european tours with the Nat Adderley Quintet, composed by Antonio Hart, Walter Booker and Jimmy Cobb.

In 2001 he joined the Archie Shepp's "Just in Time" Quartet with Wayne Dockery and Bobby Durham. Since 2001 he is the artistic director for the jazz division of AZZURRA MUSIC label. In 2003 he played at "Jazz Piano Festival" in Lucerne. In November 2004 he played in Japan, where his albums have become bestsellers.

He played in Italy, France, Germany, Corsica, Switzerland, Hungary, Austria, USA, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Dubai, Luxembourg, Spain, Japan, Yugoslavia,Canada. From 2014 he recorded 12 cd for Venus Records the famous japanese jazz label. He has recorded more than 2 hundred Cds with many Italian and foreign musicians. from www.massimofarao.com
https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/massimo-farao

Beauty And Funky

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Massimo Faraò, Mario Castellano - The Double Piano Sessions, Vol.1

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2022
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:12
Size: 154,4 MB
Art: Front

(4:42) 1. Beat's Up
(4:47) 2. I Tought About You
(4:10) 3. Flamingo
(5:29) 4. Twins Blues
(5:37) 5. Hymn to Freedom
(6:56) 6. Theme for Basie
(5:43) 7. These Are Soulful Days
(7:41) 8. Looking for the Light
(5:48) 9. September in the Rain
(5:26) 10. Canto anche se sono stontato
(5:41) 11. Fantasy
(5:07) 12. My One and Only Love

"The blackest of Italian pianists" was born May 16th, 1965, in Genoa. He studied piano with Maestro Flavio Crivelli and began his career collaborating with musicians from the Genoa Area, especially with the bassist Piero Leveratto. In 1993 he was invited for the first time in the USA. He plays with Red Holloway and Albert "Tootie" Heath on a tour on the West Coast. In the same year he founded "We love Jazz" Workshop, now become one of the biggest events in Europe for jazz teaching.

In 1994 he was hired by "Monad Records" in New York and back in the United States as pianoplayer and music director of Shawnn Monteiro's band, with Keter Betts and Bobby Durham. He has played in several european tours with the Nat Adderley Quintet, composed by Antonio Hart, Walter Booker and Jimmy Cobb. In 2001 he joined the Archie Shepp's "Just in Time" Quartet with Wayne Dockery and Bobby Durham.

Since 2001 he is the artistic director for the jazz division of AZZURRA MUSIC label. In 2003 he played at "Jazz Piano Festival" in Lucerne. In November 2004 he played in Japan, where his albums have become bestsellers. He played in Italy, France, Germany, Corsica, Switzerland, Hungary, Austria, USA, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Dubai, Luxembourg, Spain, Japan, Yugoslavia,Canada. From 2014 he recorded 12 cd for Venus Records the famous japanese jazz label. He has recorded more than 2 hundred Cds with many Italian and foreign musicians. https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/massimo-farao

Personnel: Massimo Faraò piano; Mario Castellano piano; Davide Palladin guitar; Nicola Barbon bass

The Double Piano Sessions, Vol.1

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Massimo Faraò, Barbara Raimondi - Life's a Lesson

Styles: Piano, Vocal
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:05
Size: 102,3 MB
Art: Front

(5:02) 1. Social Call
(4:15) 2. Tangerine
(4:28) 3. Skylark
(3:01) 4. Life's a Lesson
(3:51) 5. But Not for Me
(3:30) 6. I'll Be Seing You
(4:50) 7. Jitterbug Waltz
(5:04) 8. Stocholm Sweetnin'
(5:55) 9. Poinciana
(4:03) 10. Londonderry Air - Oh Danny Boy

Barbara Raimondi was born in Savona and has been working in the music field for over twenty years, having started very young as a self-taught person.Subsequently she moves to Turin, where she will enroll at the Jazz Center, following the Singing and Harmony Courses held by Francesca Oliveri and Luigi Tessarollo. He will attend the Jazz Center for two years and, on his return to Liguria, he will perfect his vocal technique with an opera teacher, expanding his knowledge in speech therapy. Later he attended seminars held by internationally renowned Italian and foreign musicians, first of all the American singer Rachel Gould, professor of modern singing at the Royal Jazz Conservatory in The Hague, Holland. He has collaborated with numerous recording studios, lending his voice for the creation of pop and commercial music pieces (Italian singer-songwriters, dance and acid jazz songs) and has participated as the only vocalist in the theatrical tour '95 - '96 of Roberto Vecchioni.

She then approached the jazz world, collaborating with musicians such as: Andrea Pozza, Luigi Bonafede, Emanuele Cisi, Giampaolo Casati, Paolo Porta, Garrison Fewell, Giorgio LiCalzi, Luciano Milanese, Roberto Rossi, Peggy Stern, Rob Sudduth, Claudio Chiara, Furio By Castri, Roberto Regis. In 2000 he released his first CD as a soloist entitled "VITA DA ALTOPARLANTE" for the Philology label: the work was made with his 4etto, composed by Riccardo Ruggieri on piano, Alessandro Maiorino on double bass and Enzo Zirilli on drums and avails itself of the prestigious collaboration of Emanuele Cisi on tenor and soprano saxophone. In August 2000 he participated in the "Mediterranean Noises" Festival in Roccella Ionica called in a project by Enrico Pieranunzi, a "Jazz Operina" dedicated to the Beatles and Miles Davis written by Pieranunzi on commission from the Festival.

In 2002 he also began to tackle a contemporary classical repertoire, collaborating with the vocal ensemble "The Dream of Polifilo" directed by Maestro Oto Perillo, with whom concerts were held at the Abbey of Staffarda, at the Church of Savigliano and in the Basilica. by Superga, performing Georgy Ligeti's Lux Aeterna and a piece by Enrico Correggia. Subsequently she worked with "The Ensemble Coro di Torino" on the realization of two concerts that were held in June 2003 for Enrico Correggia's seventieth birthday and, in 2004, she was one of the protagonists of the composer's multimedia work "Hoffmaniana" Austrian Thomas Deszy, produced by the Bregenzer Festspiele (AT) and replicated in Vienna in spring 2005.Still in the musical-theatrical field he participates in the show "Requiem for Rita Atria" with Valter Malosti and Furio Di Castri and also proposes his jazz reworking of Giorgio Gaber's songs with pianist Silvia Cucchi.

In 2005 his second recording work was released in collaboration with his historic quartet and prestigious guests, such as guitarist Sandro Gibellini, musician of great melodic and harmonic sensitivity; the disc is mainly composed of unreleased songs of his own composition and bears the title TOO NOISE. The third cd was released in January 2009, COUPLING JUDGMENT for the Dodicilune label, previewed at MITO - Settembre Musica in Turin and at the Turin Film Festival in November 2008. The disc features very illustrious collaborations, by Marco Pereira to Enrico Pieranunzi, Mario Rosini, Furio Di Castri, Luigi Bonafede, Riccardo Fioravanti among others. In 2010 he published his fourth album, CONTIGO EN LA DISTANCIA, a project that, together with Roberto Taufic and Enzo Zirilli, revisits the traditional Latin American repertoire in a jazz style: music of great emotional communication proposed with a new language. Barbara Raimondi is currently professor of modern singing at the Civic School of Turin and the Conservatories of Brescia and Trento; it also carries out private teaching activities, also holding in-depth seminars, both vocal and more purely jazz.~Translate by Google http://www.jazzontheroad.net/artista.asp?n=254

Personnel: Massimo Faraò - piano; Barbara Raimondi - vocal ; Claudio Chiara - alto sax; Nicola Barbon - bass

Life's a Lesson

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Massimo Faraò, George Cables - Planet Piano (Live)

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:04
Size: 124,4 MB
Art: Front

(10:24) 1. A Beautiful Friendship
( 5:20) 2. The Gipsy
( 8:42) 3. Someday My Prince Will Come
( 5:19) 4. You Stepped out of a Dream
( 7:36) 5. Stella by Starlight
( 5:09) 6. All the Things You Are
( 7:35) 7. Billie's Bounce
( 3:56) 8. It Could Happen to You

Massimo Faraò:"The blackest of Italian pianists" was born May 16th, 1965, in Genoa. He studied piano with Maestro Flavio Crivelli and began his career collaborating with musicians from the Genoa Area, especially with the bassist Piero Leveratto. In 1993 he was invited for the first time in the USA. He plays with Red Holloway and Albert "Tootie" Heath on a tour on the West Coast. In the same year he founded "We love Jazz" Workshop, now become one of the biggest events in Europe for jazz teaching. In 1994 he was hired by "Monad Records" in New York and back in the United States as pianoplayer and music director of Shawnn Monteiro's band, with Keter Betts and Bobby Durham. https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/massimo-farao

Planet Piano (Live)

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Massimo Faraò - The Young Lion

Styles: Piano Jazz
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:56
Size: 143,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:00) 1. I Can't Get Started
(3:49) 2. Witchcraft
(6:48) 3. In Your Own Sweet Way
(2:31) 4. Joy Spring
(4:49) 5. Body and Soul
(6:04) 6. Nostalgia
(7:41) 7. No Problem
(6:10) 8. I'm Confessin That I Love You
(4:58) 9. Minority
(4:36) 10. Whisper Not
(4:55) 11. Did You Call Her Today
(4:30) 12. Body and Soul Tk2

Massimo Farao (* 16th March 1965 in Genoa ) is an Italian jazz - pianist. Massimo Farao studied with Flavio Crivelli and worked with local formations; In 1983 he visited the United States for the first time. played with Red Holloway and Albert 'Tootie' Heath . In the 1990s he worked inter alia. with Tony Scott , Adrian Mears , Johannes Enders , Jesse Davis , Franco Ambrosetti , on whose Enja albums Grazie Italia and Light Breeze he worked. He also played in the Nat Adderley Quintet on a European tour. In 1993 he recorded his debut album For Me for Splasc (h)on; his teammates included the trumpeter Flavio Boltro and the bassist Dado Moroni . In 1995 the album Ciao Baby followed (on Monad ).

In a trio with Ira Coleman and Jeff Tain Watts , Farao recorded the album Black Inside for Enja in Brooklyn in 1998 ; In 2000, the album Thorn , recorded in trio and quartet line-up, followed (also on Enja) , on which Drew Gress , Jack DeJohnette and saxophonist Chris Potter participated. In 2001 he was a member of Archie Shepp's quartet (with Wayne Dockery and Bobby Durham ) ; From 2001 to 2005 Farao was artistic director of the jazz department of the Azzurra Music label . In 2003 he performed at the Jazz Piano Festivalin Lucerne. In 2006 he recorded an album with compositions by Ennio Morricone ; In 2007 he toured Europe and the USA in a trio with Joey DeFrancesco .Translate By Google https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massimo_Farao

The Young Lion

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Massimo Faraò, Kevin Mahogany - Just You and Me

Styles: Piano And Vocal Jazz
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:38
Size: 119,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:19) 1. Skylark
(4:10) 2. Moonlight in Vermont
(6:38) 3. Midnight Sun
(4:16) 4. Lush Life
(2:56) 5. Just Friends
(2:51) 6. It's Too Late
(5:27) 7. Imagination
(4:44) 8. For All We Know
(4:57) 9. But Beautiful
(5:59) 10. Body and Soul
(5:16) 11. A Nightingale in Berkeley Square

Kevin Mahogany's sudden prominence in the mid-'90s was a relief to many who felt that male jazz singers under the age of 60 were nonexistent. His swinging style was reminiscent, but not derivative of, Joe Williams. Born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1958, Mahogany played piano, clarinet, and various saxophones while growing up before deciding to specialize in singing. He attended Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas and sang locally in some R&B groups. In the early '90s, Mahogany dedicated himself to jazz and, after two fine albums for Enja, he signed with Warner Bros. for LPs including 1997's Another Time Another Place and 1998's My Romance. In addition, he recorded as a guest on dates by Elvin Jones and arranger Frank Mantooth. In fall 2000, Portrait of Kevin Mahogany was released, followed by the Motown-centric Pride & Joy in 2002, the self-explanatory Big Band in 2005, and 2015's The Vienna Affair, the latter recorded in its namesake city with a quartet of Austrian musicians. Mahogany died in December 2017 at his home in Kansas City; he was 59 years old.~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kevin-mahogany-mn0000070477/biography

Just You and Me

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Massimo Faraò Trio, Giulia Lorvich - The Great Thing in the Sky (50 Years with the Moon)

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:48
Size: 154,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:10) 1. Moon over Bourbon Street
(4:26) 2. Moondance
(7:03) 3. Sister Moon
(4:38) 4. Blue Moon
(6:53) 5. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
(5:08) 6. No Moon at All
(4:11) 7. How High the Moon
(4:48) 8. The Great Gig in the Sky
(3:51) 9. Moonlight Shadows
(3:24) 10. Dancing on the Moonlight
(5:59) 11. Walking on the Moon
(3:30) 12. Goodnight Moon
(3:26) 13. Half Moon
(4:15) 14. Moonlight Drive

Born in Bologna in 1985, she has been interested in music since she was a child, studying classical piano for 3 years. He then began to take an interest in African American music, and later in jazz in particular. In the meantime he studied theater and diction, then working for 2 years with the Living Theater, a theater improvisation workshop led by Gary Brackett. In 2014 she obtained, with a grade of 110 and honors, the Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Singing at the Girolamo Frescobaldi Conservatory in Ferrara, presenting a thesis on the rhythmic and stylistic approach of Anita O'Day, and in 2016 she obtained, with the same vote, the Biennial Degree of specialization in Jazz Singing and Didactics of Singing at the same institute, presenting a thesis on the relationship between music and text and scat vocality. In 2010 he also obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Semiotic Sciences at the Alma Mater Studiorum in Bologna, with a thesis on musical languages.

She studied jazz singing with Tiziana Ghiglioni, Marta Raviglia and Giuppi Paone, and also attended numerous singing and jazz improvisation workshops held by established musicians and teachers, including Maestro Barry Harris, of whom she has been a student since 2010, Sheila Jordan, Kevin Mahogany, Dena DeRose, Michele Hendricks, Rachel Gould, Cinzia Spata, Gorge Garzone, Bob Stoloff, Denise King and others. She has performed regularly in jazz clubs and Italian clubs since 2008, accompanied by different formations, in duo, trio, quartet or quintet depending on current needs and projects. Among others, she has performed at: Bravo Caffè and Cantina Bentivoglio in Bologna, Bologna Jazz Festival, Jazz Club Turin, Vapore (Porto Marghera), Porretta Soul Festival, Gregory's Jazz Club (Rome), Salina Jazz Festival (Messina) Selva In Jazz (Bo), Gezzmatazz Festival (Genoa), Bobby Durham's Jazz Fest (Isola del Cantone, GE), Umbria Jazz, Enosteria (Brescia), Ferrara Jazz Club, Andora Jazz Festival, Valsamoggia Jazz Club, Teatro del Baraccano (BO). Together with the trio composed by Massimo Faraò (piano), Aldo Zunino (double bass) and Marco Tolotti (drums) in the spring of 2014 he recorded his first album as a soloist, containing a selection of jazz standards, and released in May 2015 for the Racing Jazz label.

In April 2015 he made the prestigious collaboration with drummer Jimmy Cobb, recording a double disc of Italian music rearranged according to the jazz language; the disc, in which Faraò and Zunino also play , is published by the prestigious Azzurra Records label. For the same label and with Massimo Faraò in 2019 he released the album The Great Gig In The Sky.On the other hand, the album Minutes of Gold, released on the Velut Luna label in collaboration with Egea Music, is in 2018, in which she is a vocal interpreter and author of the texts in English. Since 2014 he has been teaching vocal technique privately, jazz singing, English language and diction for singing, and since 2015 he has held the chair of singing at the Bentivoglio Music School (BO), the Enzo Suffritti Music School in Finale Emilia (Modena). and the Giovanni Capitano Music School of Ozzano (BO).She also works as an organizer of masterclasses of American artists in Italy, to whom she also acts as an interpreter during the lessons: the most important events she helped organize were the masterclass by Kevin Mahogany in Bologna (October 2013) and Sheila Jordan in Turin (April 2014).

He has collaborated with numerous musicians including: Jimmy Cobb, Massimo Faraò, Paolo Birro, Byron Landham, Aldo Zunino, Andrea Pozza, Steve Williams, Carlo Atti, Alessandro Minetto, Jimmy Villotti, Massimo Manzi, Massimo Tagliata, Luigi Scerra, Giannicola Spezzigu, Andrea Calì, Andrea Grillini, Stefano Dallaporta, Filippo Cassanelli, Oreste Soldano, Domenico LoParco, Luca Pisani, Teo Ciavarella, Massimo Dall'Omo, Alessandro Altarocca, Giancarlo Bianchetti, Jacopo Salieri, Nicola Govoni, Pietro Lussu, Fausto Negrelli, David Muehsam, Guglielmo Pagnozzi, Groove City Soul Band and others. Translate By Google https://giulialorvich.wixsite.com/giulialorvichjazz/about-me

The Great Thing in the Sky (50 Years with the Moon)

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