Massimo Faraò & The Jazz Magicians Orchestra – Magic Swing: Tribute To The Music Of Count Basie (2022)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 00:37:12 minutes | Full Scans included | 1,49 GB
Genre: Jazz | Publisher (label): Venus Records – VHGD 376, Japan
A tribute to the music of Count Basie!
A tribute to the Count Basie Orchestra, the pinnacle of swing jazz big band! The sound of the 18-piece Count Basie Orchestra is recreated by overdubbing the brass sections of the jazz musicians performing here. Just magic!
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Massimo Faraò – Massimo Faraò playing with the Jazz Masters, Vol. 1 (Live Recording) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 03:59:11 minutes | 2,46 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RACING JAZZ
Massimo Faraò studied with Maestro Flavio Crivelli and began his career collaborating with musicians from the Genoa Area, especially with the bassist Piero Leveratto. In 1993, he was invited to the US to play with Red Holloway and Albert “Tootie” Heath on a West Coast tour. In the same year, he founded the “We love Jazz” workshop, now one of the biggest events in Europe for jazz teaching.
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Massimo Faraò – Live in Italy 1993 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 43:55 minutes | 450 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RACING JAZZ
Massimo Faraò studied with Maestro Flavio Crivelli and began his career collaborating with musicians from the Genoa Area, especially with the bassist Piero Leveratto. In 1993, he was invited to the US to play with Red Holloway and Albert “Tootie” Heath on a West Coast tour. In the same year, he founded the “We love Jazz” workshop, now one of the biggest events in Europe for jazz teaching. In 1994, he was hired by “Monad Records” in New York and returned to the United States as the piano player and music director of Shawnn Monteiro’s band, with Keter Betts and Bobby Durham. He has played in several European tours with the Nat Adderley Quintet, composed of Antonio Hart, Walter Booker and Jimmy Cobb. He has recorded more than 200 recordings with many Italian and foreign musicians as leader and sideman for labels like Red Records, Splash, Azzurra music, Concord Records and Venus Records. The Massimo Faraò Quintet feat. Philip Harper, trumpet, Jerry Weldon, tenor sax, Nicola Barbon, bass and Jimmy Cobb, drums performed at the Jazz Forum on Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21 at 7 and 9:30 pm both nights.
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Massimo Faraò – Fingers (Live) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:11:12 minutes | 369 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RACING JAZZ
“The blackest of Italian pianists” was born May 16th, 1965, in Genoa. He studied piano with Maestro Flavio Crivelli and began his career collaborating with musicians from the Genoa Area, especially with the bassist Piero Leveratto.
In 1993 he was invited for the first time in the USA. He plays with Red Holloway and Albert “Tootie” Heath on a tour on the West Coast.
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Massimo Farao’ Double Piano Quartet – The Masquerade Is Over (2017) [Japan]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 56:01 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,27 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,15 GB
Jazz piano masters Massimo Farao’ and George Cables join forces for this Double Piano Quartet, with John Webber on bass, Jimmy Cobb on drums, and bassist Paolo Benedettini performing on the tune “If I Should Lose You”. Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio!
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Massimo Farao’ & Aldo Zunino – Bohemia After Dark (2014) [Japan 2017]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 57:44 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,32 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 604 MB
Italian pianist Massimo Farao’s popularity in Japan and elsewhere has been elevated since he started recording for the independent label Venus Records. Following his successful trio album Luiza comes an interesting piano-bass duo album with his musical partner, Aldo Zunino who has performed and recorded with Andrea Pozza, Francesco Cafiso, Tony Scott and Joey DeFrancesco.
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Jerry Weldon and Massimo Farao’ – What’s New (2017)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 50:19 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,04 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,06 GB
This collaboration between wonderful Italian pianist Massimo Farao’ and veteran of the New York jazz scene, tenor sax man Jerry Weldon features 1930’s & ’40s Standards on SACD.
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