Antonio Forcione

Antonio Forcione is an Italian jazz guitarist. His 2000 album Live! was recorded at The Vortex in London.[1] He also recorded a duet album with bassist Charlie Haden – Heartplay.[2]

Antonio Forcione
Background information
Born2 May 1960
Molise, Italy
GenresJazz
Instrument(s)Guitar
Years active1990s–present
LabelsNaim
Websitewww.antonioforcione.com

Biography

Forcione grew up on the Adriatic coast of the Molise region of southern Italy.[3] By the age of 11, he was playing Italian folk music, accompanying two accordion-playing uncles on guitar and mandolin.[3] He toured Italy at the age of 13 in the 1970s.[4] Coming to London in May 1983, he busked in Covent Garden, and won a Time Out busking award.[5]

Influences and Instruments

Forcione names Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, John McLaughlin and Pink Floyd’s Dave Gilmour as his "guitar heroes".[3]

Forcione's main instrument is the guitar. He also created an instrument, the oudan. “I bought an oud 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.”[3] He uses this, for instance, on the track Tarifa on Sketches of Africa.

Discography
At the IGF London Guitar Summit 2015 Contemporary Acoustic course at Kings Place
  • Light & Shade with Eduardo Niebla (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 with Charlie Haden (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
  1. Ruhlmann, William. "Antonio Forcione: Live!". AllMusic. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  2. Widran, Jonathan. "Antonio Forcione / Charlie Haden: Heartplay". AllMusic. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  3. Williamson, Nigel (December 2013). "Fame and Forcione". Songlines. No. 96.
  4. Fordham, John (12 December 2013). "Antonio Forcione – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  5. Mead, David. "Antonio Forcione". Guitarist Presents: Acoustic (Spring 2016): 64–71.
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