Tony Petrucciani
Antoine Alexandre Joseph "Tony" Petrucciani (born November 4, 1936 in Toulon ) is a French jazz guitarist .
Live and act
Petrucciani comes from a Neapolitan family; his father was also a guitarist. Influenced by Wes Montgomery , Barney Kessel and Joe Pass , he first worked as a warehouse manager for the American Air Force at Orange and played jazz with friends after work . With his wife Anne he has three sons named Philippe (* 1957), Louis (* 1958) and Michel Petrucciani (1962–1999), all of whom he supported musically and to whom he gave jazz lessons himself . In 1971 he founded a music store in Montélimar . Since the mid-1970s he has performed with his sons in the south of France and from 1982 played several albums with them and changing line-ups. He runs a jazz school in Carnoules and performs with his own quartet.
Discographic notes
- Petrucciani Trio Darn That Dream ( Celluloid 1982, with Michel and Louis Petrucciani)
- Louis Petrucciani Loui's Blues (Disque de Jazz 1989, with Horace Parlan , Sangoma Everett )
- Tony Petrucciani Nuages (Anaîs Record 1991, with Alain Jean-Marie , Louis Petrucciani, Charles Bellonzi )
- Michel Petrucciani & Tony Petrucciani Conversation (Disques Dreyfus 2001, rec. 1992)
- Trio Petrucciani Sarah (Voies Nouvelles 2007 with Philippe and Louis Petrucciani)
literature
- Benjamin Halay: Michel Petrucciani: Life against Time , Hamburg: Edel, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8419-0174-3 .
Web links
- Portrait (french)
- Discography L. Petrucciani
- Tony Petrucciani at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Concert 2015 ( Memento from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Le Café de France program 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petrucciani, Tony |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Petrucciani, Antoine Alexandre Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toulon |