Massimo Faraò Trio Meets Sandy Patton at Jazz Club Ferrara

Trained in Washington DC and raised as a performer in the Miami area, Sandy Patton established herself on the American scene by working extensively with Lionel Hampton's band and playing with the greatest masters of the tradition from Dizzy Gillespie to Paquito D'Rivera, Jimmy Woody, Al Grey, Harry “Sweets” Edison and Buddy Tate. For twenty years she has been an esteemed teacher at the Bern Conservatory in Switzerland and has collaborated with several important European musicians, including the pianist Massimo Faraò, sparring partner among others of some of the most important American musicians from Red Holloway to Bobby Durham, Nat Adderley, Jimmy Cobb, Buster Williams, Archie Shepp and Joey De Francesco...

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Trained in Washington DC and raised as a performer in the Miami area, Sandy Patton established herself on the American scene by working extensively with Lionel Hampton's band and playing with the greatest masters of the tradition from Dizzy Gillespie to Paquito D'Rivera, Jimmy Woody, Al Grey, Harry “Sweets” Edison and Buddy Tate. For twenty years she has been an esteemed teacher at the Bern Conservatory in Switzerland and has collaborated with several important European musicians, including the pianist Massimo Faraò, sparring partner among others of some of the most important American musicians from Red Holloway to Bobby Durham, Nat Adderley, Jimmy Cobb, Buster Williams, Archie Shepp and Joey De Francesco. With all the heavyweights just mentioned Faraò has recorded and played on long and repeated tours, demonstrating his talent as a favorite accompaniment of soloists and vocalists such as Shawn Monteiro, Kevin Maoghani, Denis King.

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