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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YearFilmsDirector
1978A WeddingRobert Altman
2006Heavens FallTerry Green
2011Imagining MinaAlfredo Bejar
2013No God, No MasterTerry Green
2013AvenuesAaref Rodriguez

As actor:

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YearFilmsDirector
1978A WeddingRobert Altman
1997Dream LandRobert 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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YearAlbumArtistInstruments
1983San Francisco '83 (reissued as Crosscut Saw: Albert King in San Francisco with two bonus tracks)Albert Kingkeyboards
1984I'm in a Phone Booth, BabyAlbert Kingproducer, keyboards
1991Roadhouse BluesAlbert Kingpiano
1993Delmark 40th Anniversary Bluesvarious artistspiano
1993Lay It on 'em GirlsBig Time Sarahpiano, organ
1993The Ultimate CollectionAlbert Kingpiano
1996Women of Blue Chicagovarious artistspiano, organ
1999In SessionAlbert King, Stevie Ray Vaughanpiano, organ
2000Blues at SunriseStevie Ray Vaughan, Double Troublekeyboards
2000SRVStevie Ray Vaughanpiano
2001Introducing MaiaMaiapiano, primary artist
2001Less Sense Than Logic: It's Better to Have a One WLess Sense Than Logickeyboards, orchestration
2006Stax ProfilesAlbert Kingorgan
2009Ultimate Blues [Decca]various artistsorgan, drums
2011The Definitive Albert King on StaxAlbert Kingpiano

See also

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