Massimo Barezzi

Massimo Farao' is a wonderful Italian pianist who has played and recorded with Red Holloway, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Tony Scott, Franco Ambrosetti, Nat Adderley, Jeff Tain Watts, Jack DeJohnette and Chris Potter, among others. Farao's passionate style and stoic romanticism are very attractive along with the rich harmonies he creates. For this release he is adapts and interprets Ennio Morricone's famous songs such as "Nuovo Cinema Paradiso", "Once Upon A Time In America", "Mission", "Playing Love", and more. Piano, guitars, trumpets blend the moving feelings of jazz and films. Venus's Hyper Magnum Sound is transparent and beautiful.

Massimo Pupillo’s Prayer for the Survival of the North Is a Haunting Ambient Masterpiece. Massimo Pupillo’s Our Forgotten Ancestors takes the Sámi peoples of the Arctic Circle as its theme and inspiration for an instrumental tour-de-force.

Born in Turin, Massimo Polidori completed his first studies with Maestro R. Brancaleon in the Musical Academy of his city, obtaining a diploma as a violoncellist with full marks. Later, he went on to perfect his studies with A. Janigro, M. Brunello and D. Schafran.

This collaboration between wonderful Italian pianist Massimo Farao' and veteran of the New York jazz scene, tenor sax man Jerry Weldon features 1930's & '40s Standards on SACD.