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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 ...
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.
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.
Francesco Cafiso: New York Lullaby
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, ...
Francesco Cafiso: Happy Time & Jazz Italiano Live 2006
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, ...
Francesco Cafiso Quartet: Happy Time
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 ...
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
Happy Time
Label: CAM Jazz
Released: 2006
Track listing: Louisiana (Dedicated To James Williams); She Loves Me; Happy Time;
Anabel; Blues For Angel; Sir Charles; Goodbye Elvin; The Bear.
Francesco Cafiso: A Tribute to Charlie Parker - Francesco Cafiso & Strings
by AAJ Italy Staff
C’è chi dice che suonare bene da piccoli, non vuol dire suonare ancora meglio da grandi. Ed è vero, anzi, è sacrosanto. Per diventare grandi musicisti occorre che il tempo porti con sé una necessaria maturazione, perché arriverà il giorno in cui, purtroppo o per fortuna, non si verrà più considerati dei “fenomeni”, ma si dovrà ...
