Dado Moroni
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Background
Dado Moroni was born in Genoa, Italy, on October 20, 1962. He has been playing the piano professionally since the age of 14 and has come to be regarded as one of the finest European jazz pianists. He has toured and recorded extensively with many of the finest contemporary American and European jazz musicians. In 1987 he was one of the judges for the First Thelonious Monk Piano Jazz Competition at the Smithsonian Institute. INSIGHTS is the 26th LP/CD on which Dado has appeared. Among the many musicians with whom he has recorded are Clark Terry, Jon Faddis, Ed Thigpen, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, George Robert, Tom Harrell, Lee Konitz, Al Grey, Lewis Nash, Ray Brown and Reggie Johnson.
Albums
Insights
Label: Jazz Focus (JFCD007)
Track Listing: Inside A Silent Tear (6:00) 
All Day Long (5:29) Come Sunday (6:27) Stompin' At The Savoy (piano solo) (4:32) Jamal (piano and bass only) (9:18) Azalea (4:00) If I Should Lose You (5:52) Fair Weather, with Adrienne West, vocal. (4:46) Bluesology (7:35) Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (7:36) Demoiselle (6:16) Cherokee (4:45)
Total time: 71:13
Tracks 3, 6, 11 recorded at Acoustic Sound, Brooklyn, New York on November 18, 1994. The remaining tracks were recorded at Acoustic Sound, Brooklyn, New York on November 20, 1994.
Personnel: The Dado Moroni Trio: Dado Moroni (piano), Peter Washington (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums)
Reviews:
Dado Moroni's "Insights" demonstrated his genius with an authority that is breathtaking. What a piano player! What an improviser!
- Joseph Blake (Victoria Times-Colonist)
His technique is flawless...his knowledge of harmony is boundless. A most spectacular entry.
- The Jazz Report
Tribute
Label: Jazz Focus (JFCD004)
Track Listing: The Village (9:26) Voyage (4:40) Old Folks (6:52) Remembering Henri (7:28) Dedicated To Bird (7:13) One For Thad (5:32) Joan (George Robert and Dado Moroni only) (7:22) With a Song in My Heart (9:16) Upper Manhattan Medical Group (4:25) So Nice (5:33)
Total Time: 68:07
Recorded at Studio Tempo, Montreal, Quebec, Canada on July 3, 1994.
Personnel: The George Robert Quintet: George Robert (alto sax), Oliver Gannon (guitar), Dado Moroni (piano), Reggie Johnson (bass), George Ursan (drums)
Reviews:
The arrangements are tight, the band is relaxed and swinging, and the music is well-rehearsed, yet still fresh.
- Jim Wilke (Jazz After Hours, Public Radio International)
Despite their far-flung origins, these enormously talented musicians complement one another like fingers on a glove, performing with sensitivity and assurance as a unit and adding a high degree of energy and imagination when soloing.
- Jack Bowers (Cadence Magazine)
Recorded at Studio Tempo in Montreal, Tribute bristles with uncompromising energy. Robert is an expressive alto saxophonist in the Phil Woods tradition. From the opening strains of Robert's self-pinned The Village it becomes evident we are in for a glorious ride on bassist Reggie Johnson and drummer Geeorge Ursan.
- The Jazz Report.
...if this is the kind of musicians they have kicking around in Canada, I think the U.S. needs to look into a cultural exchange program.
- A.R. Kettle (5/4 Magazine)
The soloing stays within the harmonies written, but it comes alive with surprising turns and delightful runs that make musical sense.
- Robert Tate (Jazz Now)
Getting exceptional marks for this date is Italian-born pianist Dado Moroni. This guy could hold his own with any of his counterparts on the keyboard. Moroni possesses dazzling technique coupled with an incredible mental library of harmonic possibilities...
- Jazz Report, Winter, 1994.
Links:
Mark Nightingale/Dado Moroni Quartet Biographies
Jazz Focus Records
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