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Franco Cerri
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Cerri was born in Milan and learned to play guitar when he was 17. In 1945 he became a member of the group led by Gorni Kramer and joined the orchestra of the television show Buone vacanze. He played double bass in addition to guitar starting in the 1950s, such as with Chet Baker and Buddy Collette. He has also played with Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Griffin, Stéphane Grappelli, Lars Gullin, Billie Holiday, Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan, Lou Bennett, Bud Shank, Tony Scott, Django Reinhardt, Phil Woods, and the Modern Jazz Quartet. He cited as influences Django Reinhardt, Barney Kessell, and René Thomas. Cerri has led quartets and quintets with Tullio De Piscopo, Pino Presti, Gianluigi Trovesi, Flavio Ambrosetti, and Jean-Luc Ponty. In 1980 he formed a duo with pianist Enrico Intra, with whom he founded the "Civica Scuola di Jazz" in Milan. On 1 January 2006, he was knighted by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
Luca Missiti e il Questionario di Proust
by Paolo Peviani
Musicista, arrangiatore, direttore d'orchestra e docente di armonia e arrangiamento presso i Civici Corsi di Jazz di Milano di cui, dallo scorso anno, Luca Missiti è anche Coordinatore didattico. Ha fondato la Monday Orchestra, di cui è anche direttore. Il tratto principale della mia musica Cerco di scrivere musica che ...
Lilian Terry: Forever Sisters Of The Soul - Renaissance Jazzwomen
by Kerilie McDowall
I was warmly accepted by a giant such as Duke Ellington during his last seven years. He chose to be my friend, demanding my annual presence during his concert tours in Europe as his “good luck charm," and as his sounding board for all the phrases he would dictate to me, to be used later in ...
Ayumi Tanaka, Alan Hawkshaw, Leslie Bricusse, Franco Cerri & New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
We open with tributes to three artists that passed in the past few days, Alan Hawkshaw, Leslie Bricusse and Franco Cerri, before delving into new releases ranging from the straight-ahead hard-hitting energy of Pete Rodriguez to the sound (and silence) explorations of Ayumi Tanaka and her Trio.Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme ...
Franco Cerri (1926-2021)
Franco Cerri, one of the world's finest jazz guitarists whose records and reputation have escaped most American jazz aficionados due to his desire to spend his career in Italy, died on October 18. He was 95. Ruggedly handsome with a joyous sense of swing and impeccable taste, Cerri (pronounced “Cherry") made nearly all of his recordings ...
Lee Konitz: Il Ricordo di D'Andrea, Fasoli, Giuliani, Pieranunzi, Rava e Tommaso.
by Paolo Marra
Il sassofonista Lee Konitz è stato una delle figure più influenti del jazz moderno non solo per il suono unico al contralto e un senso dell'improvvisazione senza eguali, ma anche per essere rimasto nell'arco della sua lunga carriera sempre fedele a sé stesso ponendo la musica come protagonista assoluta della sua espressività, senza inutili esibizionismi.
Antonio Onorato & Franco Cerri: Antonio Onorato & Franco Cerri
by Angelo Leonardi
Questo è un disco che non smetteresti mai di ascoltare: un jazz moderno elegante che si rivolge a un pubblico dai gusti ricercati, entro e fuori il jazz. Le chitarre di Franco Cerri e Antonio Onorato interpretano celebri standard, un classico della canzone napoletana e un original in un dialogo ricco di sottigliezze, che ...
Barber Shop 2
By Franco Cerri
Label: Abeat Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Take the "A" Train; Bluesette; Satin Doll; By Bye Blues; Roma nun fa' la stupida
stasera; Cherokee; Pipo; I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart; Copacabana; Isinesi;
There Will Never Be Another You.
Luna di Wuxi / L'opéra
By Franco Cerri
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016
Track listing:
Luna di Wuxi: Grace; Ogni cosa è illuminata; [deja vu:]; Come un libro d'Erri De Luca; Billy the Begue; Il Giorno della Civetta; Miss J: I Wish I Could Be a Melody.
L'opéra: Intro; La buona stella; No Plane No Train; Objets Lumineux; Ph, Blanc cassé.
One, Two, Three, Quartet
By Franco Cerri
Label: Rara Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: My Funny Valentine; Copacabana; Caravan; Just Friends; I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart; Take the "A" Train; One More Twelve Bars; Vico Dice; Beautiful Love; When the Saints Go Marching In.
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