Antonio Forcione is an Italian jazz guitarist. His 2000 album ''Live!'' was recorded at

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in London. He also recorded a duet album with bassist

Charlie Haden Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than 50 years. In the late 1950s, he was an original member of the ground-breaking ...

– ''Heartplay''.

Biography

Forcione grew up on the Adriatic coast of the

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region of southern

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. By the age of 11, he was playing Italian folk music, accompanying two accordion-playing uncles on guitar and mandolin. He toured Italy at the age of 13 in the 1970s. Coming to London in May 1983, he busked in Covent Garden, and won a Time Out busking award.

Influences and Instruments

Charles Alexander, writing in ''

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'', states that Forcione has "influences ranging from flamenco to Balkan and from Arabic to American acoustic guitar styles, but he is thoroughly conversant with the jazz language." Forcione names Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix,

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and Pink Floyd’s Dave Gilmour as his "guitar heroes". Forcione's main instrument is the guitar, both six string and twleve-string. He also created an instrument, the oudan. “I bought an

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but after 40 years of playing the guitar I struggled to adjust my technique to an unfretted instrument with different spacings. So I took some frets off a guitar and put them on the oud – it’s like an entirely new instrument.” He uses this, for instance, on the track Tarifa on ''Sketches of Africa''.

Stylen

Forcione composes and plays in genres such as folk, rock, jazz, Latin, and fusion.

Discography

* ''Light & Shade'' with

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(Sol, 1984) * ''Eurotour'' with Eduardo Niebla (Sol, 1985) * ''Celebration'' with Eduardo Niebla (Venture, 1987) * ''Poema'' with Eduardo Niebla (Jazzpoint, 1992) * ''Dedicato'' (Naim, 1996) * ''Acoustic Revenge'' (Naim, 1997) * ''Ghetto Paradise'' (Naim, 1998) * ''Meet Me in London'' with Sabina Sciubba (Naim, 1998) * ''Vento Del Sud'' with Benito Madonia (Naim, 2000) * ''Live!'' (Naim, 2000) * ''Touch Wood'' (Naim, 2003) * ''Tears of Joy'' (Naim, 2005) * ''

Heartplay ''Heartplay'' is an album by bassist Charlie Haden and guitarist Antonio Forcione recorded in 2006 and released on the Naim label.Charlie Haden Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than 50 years. In the late 1950s, he was an original member of the ground-breaking ...

(Naim, 2006) * ''In Concert'' (Naim, 2007) * ''Sketches of Africa'' (Antastic, 2012) * ''Compared to What'' with Sarah Jane Morris (Fallen Angel/Antastic, 2016) * ''Joy'' with AKA Trio (Bendigedig, 2019)

References

External links

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YouTube channel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Forcione, Antonio Living people Italian jazz guitarists Fingerstyle guitarists Acoustic guitarists 1960 births