Antonio Breschi

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Antonio Breschi (aka Antóni O’Breskey) (born in Florence, Italy, 1950, with Argentine roots) is a composer, pianist and trumpet player, singer, writer, poet and music educator. His roots are classical music and jazz, but he began to explore many other ethnic traditions. He was also an anticipator of minimalism and many other styles. He founded the Florence Jazz Society at the age of 16, and a few years later the International Folk Group, which became the group Whisky Trail. Between 1970 and 1973 he spent long periods in the USA in Alabama and Louisiana to explore the roots of blues, discovering the strong influence of Irish music in jazz, and performing with old jazz traditional musicians. In Ireland he started a long collaboration and friendship with Ronnie Drew of The Dubliners, who participated in many of Antonio's albums. In 2008 he began a strong collaboration with José Seves, leader of group Inti Illimani, who sings in his album "Nomadic Aura". Currently he is playing in trio with his daughter Consuelo Nerea (singer, fiddle and bodhrán player) and celloist Davide Viterbo (who both participated with the music and production of most of Antonio's albums since 2001) and sometimes in quartet with oboist Enio Marfoli, who participated in the album "Boletus Edulis: Suite For Piano And Oboe". "He is a genius whose music is without frontiers, and whose originality makes him one of the most innovative artists in the varied musical genres of today. He gives us a strong

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Toscana

At the edge of the night

Irish Airs

Viaje Gitano

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Wings of Morpheus

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Al Kamar

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Thistle Radio: An exploration of music from Celtic roots [SomaFM]

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Irish meet the blues

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Ode to Ireland

Songs Of The North

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Mezulari

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Orekan

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