Massimo Farao

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, where he a. a. played with Red Holloway and Albert 'Tootie' Heath . In the 1990s he worked a. a. 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) ; his teammates were u. a. 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 followed (also on Enja), recorded in trio and quartet line-up , 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 Azzrra Music label . In 2003 he performed at the Jazz Piano Festival in 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 .

Lexical entry

• Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-141-02327-9 .

Web links

• Works by and about Massimo Farao in the catalog of the German National Library
• Massimo Farao at Discogs (English)
• Massimo Farao at Allmusic (English)