Tony Llorens

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Tony Llorens
Birth nameAnthony Sylvan Llorens Jr.
Born (1952-08-02) August 2, 1952 (age 73)
Pineville, Louisiana, U.S.
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Piano, keyboards

Tony Llorens (born August 2, 1952) is an American musician, composer, pianist, and actor, known for the films A Wedding (1978), No God, No Master (2013) and Heavens Fall (2006). [1] [2] [3] He has worked as music director for Chicago-based ETA Creative Arts Foundation theater. He also worked as keyboardist, bandleader, and producer for Albert King and worked with ZZ Top and Stevie Ray Vaughan. [4] [5] Jason Moran is his second cousin. [6]

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Filmography

As musician and composer:

YearFilmsDirector
1978 A Wedding Robert Altman
2006 Heavens Fall Terry Green
2011Imagining MinaAlfredo Bejar
2013 No God, No Master Terry Green
2013AvenuesAaref Rodriguez

As actor:

YearFilmsDirector
1978 A Wedding Robert Altman
1997Dream LandRobert Hein

Discography [7] [8]

YearAlbumArtistInstruments
1983San Francisco '83 (reissued as Crosscut Saw: Albert King in San Francisco with two bonus tracks) Albert King keyboards
1984I'm in a Phone Booth, Baby Albert King producer, keyboards
1991Roadhouse Blues Albert King piano
1993Delmark 40th Anniversary Bluesvarious artistspiano
1993Lay It on 'em Girls Big Time Sarah piano, organ
1993The Ultimate Collection Albert King piano
1996Women of Blue Chicagovarious artistspiano, organ
1999 In Session Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan piano, organ
2000Blues at Sunrise Stevie Ray Vaughan, Double Trouble keyboards
2000SRV Stevie Ray Vaughan piano
2001Introducing MaiaMaiapiano, primary artist
2001Less Sense Than Logic: It's Better to Have a One WLess Sense Than Logickeyboards, orchestration
2006Stax Profiles Albert King organ
2009Ultimate Blues [Decca]various artistsorgan, drums
2011The Definitive Albert King on Stax Albert King piano

See also

References

  1. Altman, Robert (2000). Robert Altman: Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 27. ISBN   9781578061877.
  2. Lopate, Mitchell (2012). Rock 'n' Blues Stew II. Lulu.com. p. 264. ISBN   9780557697007.
  3. Black World/Negro Digest (Vol. 26, No. 6 ed.). Johnson Publishing Company. April 1975. p. 31.
  4. Hammond, Jon (October 4, 2016). "NAMM Show Sunday Morning Blues Session at Hammond Suzuki Stand Boys". SFGate.com.
  5. Beuttler, Bill (February 18, 2005). "For pianist Jason Moran, playing music is all relative". The Boston Globe.
  6. Schudel, Matt (December 27, 2011). "Style". The Washington Post .
  7. "Tony Llorens's Discography". AllMusic.
  8. "Tony Llorens Discography at Discogs". Discogs.