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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Francesco Cafiso

Jazz Musician of the Day: Francesco Cafiso

All About Jazz is celebrating Francesco Cafiso's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Francesco CafisoOne of the most precocious talents in the history of jazz. When he was barely nine years old Francesco took his first steps, working with internationally famous musicians. First of all... more ...

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Article: Album Review

Francesco Cafiso: Portrait in Black and White

Read "Portrait in Black and White" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


In un'Italia sempre più vecchia e poco incline a far spazio ai giovani, un talento precoce come Francesco Cafiso ha suscitato sorpresa, attenzione (soprattutto dai dai mass media, pronti a etichettare il giovane prodigio di turno) e diffusi riconoscimenti dal pubblico e dalla critica. Non sono mancati atteggiamenti di diffidenza, accentuati dal patronage di Wynton Marsalis, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Cafiso to Perform at Obama's Ceremony

Cafiso to Perform at Obama's Ceremony

Sicilian sax player Francesco Cafiso, one of the most precocious talents in the history of jazz music, is expected in Washington to perform at President Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony. 20-years-old young jazz player from Vittoria (Ragusa, Sicily) will be guest of Wynton Marsalis' “Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra" to play the “Inauguration and Martin Luther King ...

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Happy Time

Label: CAM Jazz
Released: 2007
Track listing: Louisiana (Dedicated To James Williams); She Loves Me; Happy Time; Anabel; Blues For Angel; Sir Charles; Goodbye Elvin; The Bear.

Album

New York Lullaby

Label: Venus Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Lullaby of Birdland; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; What's New; My Old Flame; Willow Weep For Me.

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Article: Album Review

Francesco Cafiso: New York Lullaby

Read "New York Lullaby" reviewed by Samuel Chell


Yes, he is that good. Or was, on the occasion of this 2005 session, which features the fifteen-year-old native Sicilian saxophonist making his American recording debut accompanied by a crack New York rhythm section. Although it's common to hear rueful expressions about what a Charlie Parker or Clifford Brown might have accomplished had they lived longer, ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Francesco Cafiso: Happy Time & Jazz Italiano Live 2006

Read "Francesco Cafiso: Happy Time & Jazz Italiano Live 2006" reviewed by Ken Dryden


Veteran jazz writer Ira Gitler recognized the immense talent of a then 13-year-old alto saxophonist named Francesco Cafiso upon hearing him at the 2002 Pescara Jazz Festival, writing a glowing article for the Jazz Journalist Association newsletter. Cafiso attended the 2004 International Association for Jazz Education conference in New York, jamming nightly with pianist James Williams, ...

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Article: Album Review

Francesco Cafiso Quartet: Happy Time

Read "Happy Time" reviewed by Martin Gladu


Many names come to mind as convenient references for precocious jazz talents: Pat Metheny, Brad Mehldau, the Marsalises, Bireli Lagrène, Roy Hargrove, etc. With Happy Time Sicilian-born Francesco Cafiso (born in 1989) earns his place amongst such once-profiled wunderkinds. Having won, among many competitions, the International Massimo Urbani Award at age eleven and the EuroJazz Competition ...

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A Tribute to Charlie Parker - Francesco Cafiso & Strings

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Released: 2006
Track listing: 01. I’ll Remember April (DePaul - Johnston - Fields) - 3:18 02. What Is This Thing Called Love (Porter) - 2:59 03. Out Of Nowhere (Green - Heyman) - 3:28 04. Everything Happens To Me (Carmichael - Mercer) - 2:53 05. Summertime (Gershwin - Heyward) - 3:35 06. They Can’t Take That Away From Me (Gershwin) - 3:51 07. Dancing in the Dark (Schwartz - Dietz) - 3:35 08. Laura (Raksin - Mercer) - 3:33 09. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (Rodgers - Hart) - 3:12 10. Just Friends (Klenner - Lewis) - 3:28 11. April in Paris (Duke - Harburg) - 3:27 12. Easy to Love (Porter) - 3:50 13. I’m in The Mood for Love (McHugh - Fields) - 3:35 14. Yesterdays (Kern - Harbach) - 2:32 15. I Should Care (Stordhal - Weston - Cahn) - 3:43 16. If I Should Lose You (Rainger - Robin) - 3:09 17. Repetition (Hefti) - 2:39 18. Prayer for Charlie (Cafiso) - 1:59

Album

Jazzitaliano Live 2006

Label: Casa del Jazz
Released: 2006


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