Antonio Faraò

Amazing Italian pianist Antonio Faraó was created in Rome in 1965. He went to the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan in the ’80s, where he sophisticated his musical presents. Faraó started cultivating his serious like of jazz at night clubs when he was just in his teenagers. Even after that, those around him didn’t skip the organic skill for piano the son have been blessed with. Faraó began touring young, playing celebrations like Lugano, Merano, Lyon, Umbria Jazz, Palermo, and many more. In 1987, of them costing only 22, he earned the New Skill Prize in the X1 Music Review. Four years later on, he was voted Pianist of the entire year, earning the Four Roses Reward. In 1998, he was asked to enter the worldwide competition for the Concours Martial Solal. Faraó arrived aside as the champion. In 1999, he noticed the discharge of his debut recording, Black Inside, within the Enja Information label. Bassist Ira Coleman and drummer Jeff “Tain” W followed Faraó’s piano function. With post-bop paths like “Latin Dance,” “Lovely,” and “My Only Like,” the recording mixed a Mediterranean contact using the African-American jazz design that Faraó became known for. A sophomore work titled Thorn implemented in early 2001. As Faraó’s popularity grew he could attract many jazz heavy-hitters towards the studio, leading to albums with saxophonist Bob Berg (2002’s Considerably Out), bassist Miroslav Vitous (2005’s Assumes Pasolini), and drummer Andre Ceccarelli (2008’s Woman’s Perfume and 2011s Domi). Then matched with saxophonist Joe Lovano, bassist Ira Coleman, and drummer Jack port DeJohnette for 2014’s Evan. A calendar year afterwards, Faraó produced his Verve label debut with Limitations, which featured many of his longtime Italian collaborators including saxophonist/drummer Mauro Negri and bassist Martin Gjakonovski. In 2017, he came back with Eklektik, which highlighted efforts from rapper Snoop Dogg, vocalist Walter Ricci, drummer Manu Katché, guitarist Bireli Lagrene, among others.