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"Perugia Umbria Jazz 1992". Antoine "Tony" Petrucciani, Quartet
Antoine "Tony" Petrucciani Quartet; is a French jazz guitarist and was been father of Michel Petrucciani.
Petrucciani comes from a Neapolitan family; his father was also a guitarist. Influenced by Wes Montgomery , Barney Kessel and Joe Pass , he first worked as a warehouse manager for the American Air Force at Orange and played jazz with friends after work . With his wife Anne he has three sons named Philippe (* 1957), Louis (* 1958) and Michel Petrucciani (1962–1999), all of whom he promoted musically and to whom he gave jazz lessons himself . In 1971 he founded a music store in Montélimar. Since the mid-1970s he performed with his sons in the south of France and from 1982 played several albums with them and changing line-ups. He runs a jazz school in Carnoules [1] and performs with his own quartet. [2]
"Perugia Umbria Jazz 1992". Antoine "Tony" Petrucciani, Quartet
Antoine "Tony" Petrucciani Quartet; is a French jazz guitarist and was been father of Michel Petrucciani.
Petrucciani comes from a Neapolitan family; his father was also a guitarist. Influenced by Wes Montgomery , Barney Kessel and Joe Pass , he first worked as a warehouse manager for the American Air Force at Orange and played jazz with friends after work . With his wife Anne he has three sons named Philippe (* 1957), Louis (* 1958) and Michel Petrucciani (1962–1999), all of whom he promoted musically and to whom he gave jazz lessons himself . In 1971 he founded a music store in Montélimar. Since the mid-1970s he performed with his sons in the south of France and from 1982 played several albums with them and changing line-ups. He runs a jazz school in Carnoules [1] and performs with his own quartet. [2]