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Francesco Crosara
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Francesco Crosara is a Seattle based Italian jazz pianist, composer and educator, typically performing in a range of formats, from solo, duet, trio, quartet, or more. Originally from Milan, Italy, Crosara’s music melds an impressive mix of jazz improvisation, a romantic vein from his classical training, along with Latin influences. His major piano influences are Chick Corea, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, and Herbie Hancock.
Crosara stands among the European-bred jazz greats, performing over the years with the likes of Lionel Hampton, Freddie Hubbard, Roy Hargrove, Richie Cole, Von Freeman, Bobby Shew, Ira Sullivan, Bruce Forman, Barbara Morrison, Don Menza, Lilian Terry, and more. His recordings have featured a multicultural and international array of musicians.
Circular Motion
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Preludio Flamenco; Longing; Julia's Tango; Gymnopédie No. 4; Circular Motion; Kurama; Passion; Maktoub; One
Day Honey One Day Onions; Sarava.
Circular Motion
Featuring the music of Francesco Crosara
Duration: 3:44
From a lifetime of music creation, pianist & composer Francesco Crosara selected 10 of his compositions from the last 40 years with the idea of highlighting the nexus between early work, with its simplicity and youthful appeal, to later works where he expressed richer harmonic textures and possibilities.
Circular Motion features three distinct rhythm sections that contribute to its rich, diverse soundscapes. It includes tracks influenced by global music traditions, such as flamenco, tango, and jazz samba, demonstrating Crosara’s broad musical palette and classical background.
Francesco Crosara: Jazz Journeys from Rome to Seattle
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines on jazz pianist, composer, and educator Francesco Crosara. Francesco was born and raised in Rome, Italy, where both jazz and classical music came into his life early on, particularly through his mother, the influential jazz singer, broadcaster, and educator Lilian Terry. Lilian presented many of the most important names in ...
Joel Ross, Pat Metheny & Francesco Crosara
by Joe Dimino
From the talented Italian-born, Seattle-based pianist Francesco Crosara, we start the 842nd Episode of Neon Jazz with the title track off his album Circular Motion. From there, we get into an inspiration of his in Chick Corea's Return to Forever. Also, new music from Joel Ross, Doug MacDonald and Mike LeDonne. We close out the hour ...
Julia's Tango
Album: Circular Motion
By Francesco Crosara
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 06:53
Preludio Flamenco
Album: Circular Motion
By Francesco Crosara
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 06:01
Francesco Crosara: Circular Motion
by David Adler
"I refuse to be labeled a 'straight-ahead' player or a 'fusion' player," says Italian-born, Seattle-based pianist Francesco Crosara. It's a sentiment widely shared by jazz musicians, though they follow many different roads to get to that place. Crosara, for his part, plays both acoustic piano and Yamaha MODX-8 synthesizer on this absorbing, varied program of original ...
Lilian Terry: Forever Sisters Of The Soul - Renaissance Jazzwomen
by Kerilie McDowall
I was warmly accepted by a giant such as Duke Ellington during his last seven years. He chose to be my friend, demanding my annual presence during his concert tours in Europe as his “good luck charm," and as his sounding board for all the phrases he would dictate to me, to be used later in ...
Concerto
Label: Crosara Creative (Italian import)
Released: 2011
Track listing: Piano Improvisation/Passion (9:22); Sarava (9:00); Kurama Suite (10:25); Medley: I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good/My Funny
Valentine (8:37); Things Ain’t What They Used To Be (6:35); Tribute to Miles Davis: Blue In Green/In A Silent Way/It’s About
That Time (13:06); Someday My Prince Will Come (6:37); Cantaloupe Island (9:19)
