Tony Llorens
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| birth_name = Anthony Sylvan Llorens Jr.
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| birth_place = Pineville, Louisiana, U.S.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|08|02}}
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| instrument = Piano, keyboards
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| occupation = Musician, composer
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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).{{cite book|author1=Altman, Robert|authorlink1=Robert Altman|title=Robert Altman: Interviews|date=2000|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|page=27|isbn=9781578061877|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sxud8G_2dNwC&q=Tony+Llorens&pg=PR27}}{{cite book|author1=Lopate, Mitchell|title=Rock 'n' Blues Stew II|date=2012|publisher=Lulu.com|page=264|isbn=9780557697007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bXbuAQAAQBAJ&q=Tony+Llorens&pg=PA264}}{{cite book|title=Black World/Negro Digest|date=April 1975|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|page=31|edition=Vol. 26, No. 6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dbIDAAAAMBAJ&q=Tony+Llorens&pg=PA31}} 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.{{cite news|last1=Hammond|first1=Jon|title=NAMM Show Sunday Morning Blues Session at Hammond Suzuki Stand Boys|url=http://blog.sfgate.com/jon-hammond/2016/10/04/namm-show-sunday-morning-blues-session-at-hammond-suzuki-stand-boys/|publisher=SFGate.com|date=October 4, 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Beuttler|first1=Bill|title=For pianist Jason Moran, playing music is all relative|url=http://www.billbeuttler.com/for_pianist_jason_moran__playing_music_is_all_relative_111528.htm|publisher=The Boston Globe|date=February 18, 2005}} Jason Moran is his second cousin.{{cite news|last1=Schudel|first1=Matt|title=Style|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/2011/12/13/gIQAkeANLP_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 27, 2011}}
Filmography
As musician and composer:
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Year | Films | Director |
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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:
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Year | Films | Director |
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1978 | A Wedding | Robert Altman |
1997 | Dream Land | Robert Hein |
Discography<ref>{{cite web|title=Tony Llorens's Discography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tony-llorens-mn0001188219/credits|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tony Llorens Discography at Discogs|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/845214-Tony-Llorens?filter_anv=0&type=Credits|publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
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Year | Album | Artist | Instruments |
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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
- "Give Me the Simple Life" from A Wedding (1978)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0515855}}
- {{Allmusic|id=0001188219}}
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Category:20th-century American composers
Category:American blues musicians
Category:20th-century American pianists
Category:American male pianists
Category:American male composers
Category:21st-century American pianists
Category:20th-century American male musicians
Category:21st-century American male musicians
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