Massimo Farao Trio & Giampaolo Casati - Jazz Trumpet Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (2017)

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, where he among other things, with the first Red Holloway and Albert 'Tootie' Heath played. In the 1990s he worked with Tony Scott, Adrian Mears, John Enders, Jesse Davis, Franco Ambrosetti, at its Enja -albumsGrazie Italia and Light Breeze he participated. He also played in the Nat Adderley Quintet at a European tour. In 1993 he took for Splasc (h) his debut album For Meon; his teammates included the trumpeter Flavio Boltro and bassist Dado Moroni. In 1995 the album Ciao Baby (on Monad).

In Trio with Ira Coleman and Jeff Tain Watts played Farao 1998 Brooklyn for Enja album Black Inside a; 2000 followed (also on Enja) the recorded in trio and quartet album Thorn on which Drew Gress, Jack DeJohnette and saxophonist Chris Potter participated. In 2001, he was (with Wayne Dockery and Bobby Durham)member of the quartet of Archie Shepp; 2001-2005 was the artistic director of the jazz department Farao the label Azzrra Music. In 2003, he stepped on the Jazz Piano Festival in Lucerne. In 2006 he recorded an album with compositions by Ennio Morricone on; In 2007 he toured in a trio with Joey DeFrancesco through Europe and the USA.

TRACKLIST

CD1 Vol. 1:

01. Sandu
02. L'appuntamento
03. A Groovy Kind Of Love
04. Hey Hey My My Into The Black
05. You're So Vain
06. Unchain My Heart
07. Feels So Good
08. Horse With No Name
09. All Blues
10. Sing, Sing, Sing
11. Tiny Capers
12. My Favourite Things
13. Dolphin Dance
14. Watermelon Man
15. Blue In Green
16. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
17. Nightshift
18. Tell Like It Is
19. Cantaloupe Island
20. You Can't Go Home Again
21. Fair Weather
22. Round Midnight
23. The Preacher
24. Easy Living
25. I'll Be Seeing You

CD2 Vol. 2:

01. Compared To What
02. Hallelujah
03. You're The Inspiration
04. Time In A Bottle
05. Leaving On A Jet Plane
06. Midnight Train To Georgia
07. Kiss And Say Goodbye
08. I Got You Baby
09. Da Doo Ron Ron
10. Hard To Say I'm Sorry
11. Wonderful World
12. Wishing On A Star
13. Blue Bayou
14. Rise
15. After The Love Has Gone
16. Halleluja
17. Never Said
18. Unforgettable
19. For Once In My Life
20. Good Morning Heartache
21. This Masquerade
22. The Masquerade Is Over
23. What A Wonderful World
24. I Cover The Waterfront
25. Avalon