Antonio Faraò

Antonio Faraò (born 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Awards

• 1998 1st Prize Concours International de Piano-Jazz Martial Solal (Paris)

Discography (selected)

Album as a leader

• Black Inside (1998) with Ira Coleman, Jeff Tain Watts
• Borderlines (1999) with Jean-Jacques Avenel, Daniel Humair
• Thorn (2000) with Jack DeJohnette, Drew Gress, Chris Potter
• Far Out (CAM, 2002) with Bob Berg, Martin Gjakonovski, Dejan Terzic
• Encore, Trio Encore (2004)
• Takes on Pasolini (2005) with Daniel Humair, Miroslav Vitous
• Woman's Perfume (2008) with Dominique di Piazza, André Ceccarelli
• "Domi" (2010) with Darryl Hall, André Ceccarelli
• "Evan" (2013) with Joe Lovano, Ira Coleman, Jack DeJohnette

Album as sideman

• West Side Story André Ceccarelli Quartet (1997) with Sylvain Beuf, Antonio Faraò, Rémi Vignolo, André Ceccarelli, Richard Galliano, Dee Bridgewater, Bireli Lagrene
• Secondo Tempo (2001) with Joe Lovano, Luca Begonia, Antonio Faraò, Giovanni Tommaso, Terri Lyne Carrington
• Jens Winther European Quintet (2005) with Jens Winther, Tomas Franck, Antonio Farao, Palle Danielsson, Dejan Terzic
• Nicolas Folmer meets Bob Mintzer (2010) with Nicolas Folmer, Bob Mintzer, Antonio Faraò, Benjamin Henocq, Jerome Regard

Notes

External links

• Antonio Faraò's website
• Photo of Antonio Faraò in performance