Dado Moroni - Jazz Piano (1979) [vinyl]

Edgardo Dado Moroni, born in Genoa, Italy on October 20, 1962, was exposed to jazz music very early, thanks to his parents’ record collection and he started playing piano at age 4. Basically, self-taught, Fats Waller, Earl Hines, Teddy Wilson, Art Tatum and Erroll Garner were his very first influences and Dado tried to learn their solos by ear until, at age 11, he met local pianist Flavio Crivelli who gave him a more formal training, also introducing him to the music of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell and more contemporary pianists such as Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner. From age 14 Dado started playing professionally all throughout Italy with some of the most important Italian players like Franco Cerri, Tullio De Piscopo, Luciano Milanese, Gianni Basso, Sergio Fanni and Massimo Urbani and at 17 he recorded his first album in trio with Tullio De Piscopo and American bassist Julius Farmer. 

Dire Records, FO 354, 1980
Recorded November, 1979 at Studio 7, Fontana S.A.S., Milan, Italy 

Musicians:
Dado Moroni - Piano [Steinway Grand Concerto]
Julius Farmer - Electric Bass
Tullio De Piscopo - Drums 

Tracks:
A1. Straight, No Chaser {Thelonious Monk} (5:16)
A2. Satin Doll {Duke Ellington} (6:23)
A3. Fine And Dandy {Kay Swift} (5:08)
B1. I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You {Duke Ellington} (4:00)
B2. O.P. Blues [For Oscar Peterson] {Dado Moroni} (5:37)
B3. I'll Remember April {Gene De Paul} (8:34) 

Total Time: 34:58 

Credits:
Producer, Artistic Director, Mixing - Tito Fontana
Recording & Mixing Engineer - Luigi Pessani
Mixing Engineer - Claudio Fasoli
Photo - Sergio Pavone
Design - Claudio Rebaudo
Liner Notes - Giorgio Lombardi