KURAMA - (2009)
LIVE IN JAPAN
Live trio performance. Featuring Yasushi Gonjo on bass and Larry Marshall on drums. The title track "Kurama Suite" is a 14-minute original composition inspired by a mystical mountain North of Kyoto. The live performance was entirely recorded as an acoustic trio. During post-production, Francesco added new synthesizer arrangements to the existing tracks resulting in a full orchestral sound.
See the Performance page for a full review of the concert.

Recorded live at Jazz On Top, Osaka, Japan on October 25, 2008
Record Label: Crosara Creative
Recording Engineer: Duane Levi
Cover photo and Art Direction by Julia Crosara
Japan Promotion: Shalestone Music

ALBUM TRACKS
Acoustic Set:
- How Deep Is The Ocean  (7:02)
- All Blues (8:05)
- My Funny Valentine (6:56)
- Solar (7:49)
- Maiden Voyage (10:30)
- Well You Needn’t (7:12)

Electric/Orchestral Set:
- Chant For Peace (7:34)
- Cantaloupe Island (4:28)
- Kurama Suite (14:00)

NOTES (2008)
Piano solo live concert originally recorded in March 2000. Improvisations based on original compositions and a tribute to the music of the greatest pianists-composers of our time: Chick Corea, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Michel Legrand, Thelonious Monk.

Recorded live at the Atherton Performing Arts Center, KHPR National Public Radio in Honolulu, Hawaii
Record Label: Crosara Creative
Mixed at Chick Corea's Mad Hatter Studio.
Recording Engineer: Bernie Kirsch. 

ALBUM TRACKS
- Cantaloupe Island  (5:14)
- Mirror Mirror  (5:03)
- Passion (3:45)
- You Must Believe In Spring  (4:38)
- Memories of Tomorrow  (10:41)
- Hackensack  (5:55)
- Colors   (5:26)
- Together  (6:57)
- Two Lonely People (9:11)
- Someday My Prince Will Come (4:26)
- What a Wonderful World (5:41)

EMOTIONS (2003)
Recorded in Chicago, features Lilian Terry on vocals in a multi-lingual repertoire of songs interpreted in English, French, Brazilian, and Arabic. The album features a diverse international group including Von Freeman on tenor sax, Dave Marr on bass, Rusty Jones on drums, Paulinho Garcia on guitar and vocals, Heitor Garcia on percussions, Adel Fadel on violin, Edward Hanna on tabla. Horn section: Lynn Colwell, Bruce Knepper, Ned Boyd.

Record Label: TCB Montreux Jazz Label
Recorded at Southport Studios in Chicago
Recording Engineer: Joanie Pallatto
Produced & arranged by Francesco Crosara 

ALBUM TRACKS
- God Bless The Child  (11:25)
- Prelude To A Kiss  (4:52)
- A Night In Tunisia(5:50)
- Por Causa De Voce  (6:50)
- What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life  (8:53)
- Easy To Love  (4:14)
- Samba Em Preludio  (3:42)
- Once Upon A Summertime  (3:13)
- Razao De Viver (12:30)
- Passion(4:27)
- A Felicidade(4:27)

COLORS (1999)
Recorded in Chicago and Honolulu, features Von Freeman on tenor sax, Dave Marr on bass, Rusty Jones on drums, Dean Taba on electric bass, Noel Okimoto on drums, David Choy on soprano sax, Souren Baronian on dumbek, and Claudia Perez on vocals.
"Colors" has received enthusiastic reviews from the jazz press: Downbeat Magazine (obtaining a rating of 4 stars), Jazz Times, Jazz Improvisation Magazine, Cadence Music Review, All Music Guide (www.allmusic.com), All About Jazz (www.allaboutjazz.com) and The Jazz Review

Record Label: Southport Records
Recorded at Southport Studios in Chicago and in Honolulu, Hawaii
Recording Engineers: Joanie Pallatto (Chicago), Rick Behrens (Honolulu)

ALBUM TRACKS
- Dolphin Dance  (11:25)
- Colors  (4:52)
- Someday My Prince Will Come (5:50)
- I Loves You Porgy  (-6:50)
- Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most  (8:53)
- Plutonium 239  (4:14)
- Petite Peach  (3:42)
- Say Goodbye  (3:13)
- Suite Venus  (dedicated to Chick Corea) (12:30)
- Passion (Paixao) (4:27)

compilations - other projects

A LA COSTA SUD (2009)
La Musique de la Côte d'Azur
Music compilation presented by Pino Presti.
3 CDs of jazz, latin, and world music from artists with ties to Nice and to the Côte d'Azur.
Features Francesco's songs: Suite Venus (from "Colors"), Easy To Love, God Bless The Child, Por Causa De Voce (from "Emotions" with Lilian Terry).
Read details about this project here.

KANSAI MUSIC CONFERENCE (2009)
Building Bridges With Music - Osaka, Japan
Music compilation presented by Shalestone Music.
Produced by Duane Levi
Performances from 20 artists participating in the Kansai Music Conference festival event in September 2009.
Features Francesco's song: Cantaloupe Island (from "Kurama"), with Yasushi Gonjo (bass), and Larry Marshall (drums)

SERGIO ZEN - LA PITTURA COME PRATICA ESISTENZIALE (2008)
Carte Dipinte 1957-2007Italian painter's 50 year retrospective. Music score for companion DVD.
Read details about Sergio Zen and his artwork here.