Tony Llorens

Tony Llorens
Born
Anthony Sylvan Llorens Jr.

(1952-08-02) August 2, 1952
Pineville, Louisiana, U.S.
OccupationsMusician, composer
InstrumentsPiano, keyboards

Anthony Sylvan Llorens Jr. (born August 2, 1952) is an American musician, composer, pianist, and actor.

Career

Llorens is 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]

Personal life

Jason Moran is his second cousin.[6]

Filmography

As musician and composer:

Year Films Director
1978 A Wedding Robert Altman
2006 Heavens Fall Terry Green
2011 Imagining Mina Alfredo Bejar
2013 No God, No Master Terry Green
2013 Avenues Aaref Rodriguez

As actor:

Year Films Director
1978 A Wedding Robert Altman
1997 Dream Land Robert Hein

Discography

Year[7][8] Album Artist Instruments
1983 San Francisco '83 (reissued as Crosscut Saw: Albert King in San Francisco with two bonus tracks) Albert King keyboards
1984 I'm in a Phone Booth, Baby Albert King producer, keyboards
1991 Roadhouse Blues Albert King piano
1993 Delmark 40th Anniversary Blues various artists piano
1993 Lay It on 'em Girls Big Time Sarah piano, organ
1993 The Ultimate Collection Albert King piano
1996 Women of Blue Chicago various artists piano, organ
1999 In Session Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan piano, organ
2000 Blues at Sunrise Stevie Ray Vaughan, Double Trouble keyboards
2000 SRV Stevie Ray Vaughan piano
2001 Introducing Maia Maia piano, primary artist
2001 Less Sense Than Logic: It's Better to Have a One W Less Sense Than Logic keyboards, orchestration
2006 Stax Profiles Albert King organ
2009 Ultimate Blues [Decca] various artists organ, drums
2011 The 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.
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