Member Since: 14/12/2007
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SOME INFO ABOUT THE TRACKS YOU'RE LISTENING:
1) "SOME JAZZ PLAYING":
This is a collection of short extracts from various studio and live jazz dates.
Musicians featured are, among others: ANTONIO FARAO', ANTONIO ZAMBRINI, MARCO VAGGI, GIANLUCA DI IENNO, MATTIA MAGATELLI, ROBERTO MATTEI, MICHELANGELO MAZZARI, ALEX ORCIARI, etc.
2) "PROJECT & BANDS":
This track feature portions of songs from some of my rock and "mainstream" pop projects, which are: VETRO (originals), GRUPPO ELETTROGENO (originals), THE RITE (originals), MOTHER OF GROOVE (cover) and SAMANTHA IORIO Q.tet (cover).
3) "DEDE'":
This track is a complete song from a gig I've done @ Scimmie Jazz Club with the great pianist Antonio Faraò, one of the best musician and artist I've ever had the chance to play with.
It's a burning up-tempo jazz tune, with a drum solo near the end of the execution. No editing in any part of the tune.
This time, on electric bass, a young talent: Michele Tacchi.
4) "SESSION WORKS", part one:
This track contains a collection of some of my works as a session player in various studios, both in Italy and England.
Different styles are covered, ranging from pop, funk, latin, rock, big band and even metal!!!
5) "SESSION WORKS", part two:
More studio sessions...
6) "SOLOING SKILLS"
This track contains a collection of extracts of myself SOLOING in various contexts: free-structured solos, trades in jazz playing, soloing over a vamp, structured solos, etc.
Fooling around the set in a "Tony vs. Buddy"'s vibe...
Antonio Farao' Trio Live
Influences: 1): Beh, tutti i batteristi e percussionisti che dicano qualcosa, ovunque nel mondo...dal passato, dal presente e dal futuro.
Attualmente (a parte i Giganti che hanno fatto la storia nei vari generi, che ascolto sempre e non mi stancano mai) "most favorites", in ordine sparso:
ERIC HARLAND, MORTEN LUND, NICLAS CAMPAGNOL, DEJAN TERZIC, DANA HAWKINS, JEFF BALLARD, JEFF "Tain" WATTS, BILL STEWART, DAFNIS PRIETO, MATT CHAMBERLAIN, MATT CAMERON, GERALD HEYWARD, MANU’ KATCHE, PACO SERY, BILLY HART, MOKHTAR SAMBA, GIOVANNI HIDALGO, DOMINIC HOWARD, JIM BLACK, JOACHIM RUECKERT, GENE JACKSON, BILLY KILSON, DAN WEISS, JOE HARRIS, VERNELL FOURIER, ADAM DEITCH, ZAKIR HUSSAIN, DANIEL HUMAIR, SUZIE IBARRA, JOEY BARON, FRANCISCO MELA, STANTON MOORE, ARI HOENIG, KEITH CARLOCK, IGNACIO BERROA, LEWIS NASH, CARL ALLEN, USTAD ALLA RAKHA, CLARENCE PENN, DAVE ABBRUZZESE, ADAM NUSSBAUM, CHRIS DAVE, ALI JACKSON, JORGE ROSSY, SEAN REINERT, MARCUS GILMORE, ERIC McPHERSON, DAMION REID, DUDUKA Da FONSECA, GREGORY HUTCHINSON, NATANIEL TOWNSLEY, ANTONIO SANCHEZ, NASHEET WAITS, MATT FLYNN, BRIAN BLADE, OTIS BROWN III, DAVE GROHL, KENDRICK SCOTT, JOSH FREESE, RONALD BRUNER Jr., AARON SPEARS, TAYLOR HAWKINS, ANDRE’ CECCARELLI, HORACIO "El Negro" HERNANDEZ, MARCUS BAYLOR, GENE LAKE, GAVIN HARRISON, MARK MONDESIR, FABRIZIO MORETTI, JULIO BARRETO, GLENN KOTCHE, MARVIN "Smitty" SMITH, JON CHRISTENSEN, MATT JOHNSON and more.
2): Tutti i colleghi ed i musicisti con cui collaboro.
In qualche modo, nel bene e nel male, ascoltando, guardando o semplicemente parlando, c’è sempre scambio e confronto.
E quindi crescita.
3): I miei allievi e i miei maestri.
4): e poi: John Coltrane, Frank Zappa, l’intro sconvolgente di Jarrett su "All the things..." al Blue Note, Sting, il solo splendido di B. Marsalis su "Children’s Crusade" e la coda finale di "Seven Days" (vabbè, che dire...), Bach e Mozart, Glenn Gould, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix & S.R.V., Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Jaco Pastorious, Toscanini e Von Karajan, Tim Rice-Oxley, Ottorino Respighi, Leonard Bernstein, Steve Reich, Police, Chris Martin, Thom Yorke, Jeff Buckley, Pink Floyd, Queen, Peter Weir e "L’Attimo Fuggente" (quasi a memoria), "Alta Fedeltà ", "Will Hunting", Londra-Milano-New York (4 mesi a testa, per iniziare), la pittura e la scultura (un giorno collezionerò, a quanto pare), mio padre e mia madre, i miei gatti.
Sounds Like: "A VOLTE UNA TERZINA NON E' SUFFICIENTE..."
Record Label: EDEL, VENUS, SONY and more
Type of Label: Indie