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.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.[1]
Awards
- 1998 1st Prize Concours International de Piano-Jazz Martial Solal (Paris)
Discography (selected)
As 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 Jazz, 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
As sideman
- West Side Story André Ceccarelli Quartet (1997) with Sylvain Beuf, Antonio Faraò, Rémi Vignolo, André Ceccarelli, [[Richard
- Galliano]], Dee Dee Bridgewater, Biréli Lagrène
- 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