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Francesco Cataldo

Francesco Cataldo was recently singled out by Jazzwise as “a musician of great sensitivity, a prolific composer whose work is heavily influenced by life in the Mediterranean.”

In 2012 he recorded “Spaces” (AlfaMusic) at Sear Sound Studios in New York. For this New York session, Cataldo is joined by bassist Scott Colley, alto saxophonist David Binney, pianist Salvatore Bonafede, drummer Clarence Penn, cellist Erik Friedlander, who blend seamlessly into the spirit of the leader’s compositions.

Francesco Cataldo is a triple threat handling guitars, compositions and arrangements. The diversity in Cataldo’s compositions are striking and his artistic voice is one of those rare moments when an artist is playing from somewhere far deeper than their soul.

Album

Amaranto

Label: AlphaMusic
Released: 2024
Track listing: Prologo; Amaranto; Vito raccontami; Empty Hallways; Better Days; Two colours; Pictures; Your Silence; Rimas Mood; Nothing by Chance; Our Journey; So Simple; Epilogo.

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News: Recording

Italian Jazz Luminary Francesco Cataldo To Release First Solo Piano Album - 'Amaranto'

Italian Jazz Luminary Francesco Cataldo To Release First Solo Piano Album - 'Amaranto'

Upcoming solo recording Amaranto marks acclaimed jazz guitarist Francesco Cataldo’s first release focusing on keyboards. Amaranto pays tribute to Cataldo’s friend, mentor and inspiration, humanitarian Giuseppe Agosta. Francesco Cataldo, among the most highly regarded Italian jazz musicians of his generation, has long established a reputation as a triple-threat talent, celebrated for his skills as guitarist, composer ...

Article: Album Review

Francesco Cataldo: Giulia

Read "Giulia" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Sa scegliersi i suoi partner il chitarrista e compositore siciliano Francesco Cataldo: dopo che nel suo primo disco Spaces (Alfa Music 2012) si era fatto affiancare dal conterraneo Salvatore Bonafede e dagli americani Erik Friedlander, David Binney, Scott Colley e Clarence Penn, e dopo aver suonato quel repertorio in un gruppo in cui compariva Kenny Werner, ...

Album

Giulia

Label: Alfa Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: I Tuoi Colori (Prologo); Giulia; Levante; Waltz for Two; Two Ways; Joy and Pain; Two Colours; So Small so Big; Two Ways (Reprise); Circles (Epilogo).

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Vanessa Perica, Immanuel Wilkins, Steve Cardenas & More New Releases

Read "Vanessa Perica, Immanuel Wilkins, Steve Cardenas & More New Releases" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Spectacular debut releases by Vanessa Perica, Immanuel Wilkins and Micah Thomas; international and inter-generataional collaborations between Marcin Wasilewski and Joe Lovano, and among Juhani Aaltonen, Jonas Kullhammar, Christian Meaas Svendsen, Ilmari Heikinheimo; three bands, lead by Michael Wolff, Steve Cardenas and Dave Glasser, revolving around the thick and catchy pulse of Ben Allison's bass and much ...

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Article: Album Review

Francesco Cataldo: Giulia

Read "Giulia" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


There's pure, undiluted beauty emanating from the jewel of an introduction on Francesco Cataldo's Giulia. The Italian guitarist's patient and pristine lines set the scene for “I Tuoi Colori (Prologo)," and his equally graceful band mates—pianist Marc Copland, bassist Pietro Leveratto and drummer Adam Nussbaum—join him, slowly drifting out toward cool blue waters like those spied ...

Album

Spaces

Label: Casa del Jazz
Released: 2013

Article: Album Review

Francesco Cataldo: Spaces

Read "Spaces" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Si compone di soli originali la scaletta di Spaces, l'album firmato da Francesco Cataldo, che nel settembre 2012 ha avuto modo di registrare negli studi Sear Sound di New York con a fianco musicisti del calibro di David Binney, Scott Colley e Clarence Penn. Per ottenere lo spazio espressivo che il titolo richiama, e che lo ...


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