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"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.In the same year he founded "We love Jazz" Workshop, 
now become one of the biggest events in Europe for jazz teaching.
In 1994 he was hired by "Monad Records" in New York and back in the United States as pianoplayer 
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 by Antonio Hart, Walter Booker and Jimmy Cobb.
In 2001 he joined the Archie Shepp's "Just in Time" Quartet with Wayne Dockery and Bobby Durham.
Since 2001 he is the artistic director for the jazz division of AZZURRA MUSIC label.

He has recorded more than 2 hundred recordings with many Italian and foreign musicians as leader 
and sideman for labels like Red Records, Splash, Azzurra music, Concord Records, Venus Records.

A wonderful jazz piano trio teaching the charm of modern jazz 
that revives to the present age! Massimo Pharaoh who got 
the royal road of the golden age of the modern jazz piano 
of the 1950s masterpiece piano trio which made the feeling 
of swing which is the root of jazz with the ten American 
drums master in New York.



Musicians:
Massimo Farao’ - Piano
Aldo Zunino, Bob Cranshaw & Paolo Benedettini - Bass
Carmen Intorre, Kenny Washington, 
Billy Hart, Leroy Williams, Joe Farnsworth, 
Byron Landham, Jimmy Cobb, Louis Hayes, 
Steve Williams & Kyle Poole - Drums

foobar2000 1.3.16 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-12-24 21:19:41
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Analyzed: Massimo Farao’ Trio / Swingin’
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR8       -3.69 dB   -13.83 dB      8:12 01-Moanin’
DR8       -3.71 dB   -13.68 dB      6:22 02-On A Clear Day
DR8       -4.66 dB   -14.22 dB      9:23 03-Almost Like Being In Love
DR8       -4.10 dB   -13.65 dB      7:23 04-Yours Is My Heart Alone
DR8       -4.36 dB   -13.94 dB      4:42 05-I Hear A Rhapsody
DR8       -4.36 dB   -14.53 dB      6:30 06-Just You Just Me
DR7       -4.45 dB   -13.32 dB      8:01 07-Falling In Love With Love
DR8       -4.45 dB   -14.52 dB      6:39 08-Azule Serape
DR8       -4.35 dB   -13.75 dB      9:00 09-A Beautiful Friendship
DR7       -4.00 dB   -12.86 dB      5:51 10-Harlem Blues
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Number of tracks:  10
Official DR value: DR8
Samplerate:        88200 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           3201 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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