Franco Cerri
Franco Cerri (born January 29, 1926) is an Italian guitarist, born in Milan.
Franco Cerri was considered as “the best Italian guitarist”[1] and “the best guitarist that European jazz has produced” and became popular in Italy thanks to his participation to the television show Buone Vacanze.[2] He was not only one of the world's most popular and the most authoritative Italian guitarists, but was also one of the most important stylists of the European jazz world.
He began his long and prolific career in 1945 with Gorni Kramer and in 1949 he accompanied Django Reinhardt. In the 1950s he was near great jazz masters. Working with musicians from Chet Baker to Gerry Mulligan, and from Billie Holliday to Lee Konitz, and in modern jazz quartet or quintet, with musicians such as Tullio De Piscopo, Pino Presti, Gianluigi Trovesi, Flavio Ambrosetti and Jean-Luc Ponty,[3] he became a leader in the Italian and European jazz world.
On January 1, 2006 he was named "Commendatore della Repubblica" (official title awarded for service to Italy) by President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- 1952 - The Franco Cerri Quintet'
- 1958 - Jazzin' with Cerri
- 1959 - Franco Cerri and his European Jazz Stars
- 1960 - Franco Cerri Quartet
- 1960 - Franco Cerri Quartet and Choristers
- 1961 - Franco Cerri International Jazz Meeting
- 1963 - Bossa nova (Columbia, QPX 8043)
- 1964 - Chitarra, QPX 8059)
- 1966 - 12 bacchette per una chitarra
- 1968 - La sera a casa con te (CGD, POP 73)
- 1970 - Franco Cerri Jazz (Dire, FO 338)
- 1973 - Metti una sera Cerri (Music, LPM 2012)
- 1974 - From Cathetus to Cicero
- 1975 - A Limen
- 1975 - Querce platani e cerri
- 1976 - Nuages (Dischi Ricordi)
- 1977 - Un suo modo di dire (Dire, FO 347)
- 1978 - Noi duero
- 1979 - Demoiselle
- 1981 - Omaggio a Bill Evans (Dire, FO 361; with Enrico Intra)
- 1982 - Effetto Alfa
- 1984 - Franco Cerri Today! (Dire, FO 372)
- 1985 - From Milan to Frankfurt
- 1990 - Jazz in Italy (with Enrico Intra quartet; Ariston Records, ARJ/701)
- 1990 - Di jazz in jazz (Dire FO386)
- 1993 - Cerri & Cerri
- 1995 - A Django, en souvenir de Milan
- 1997 - From Milan to Brussels
- 1998 - Images
- 1999 - Di Jazz in Cerri...di Cerri in Jazz
- 2000 - In punta di Cerri
- 2003 - From Cathetus to Cicero (riedizione in cd)
- 2004 - Ieri & oggi (ried. in cd di Metti una sera Cerri + bonus track)
- 2006 - Just Smile (ospite)
- 2011 - Bossa with Strings (Blue Serge)
[edit] Sources
- ^ Librando, Diego (2004) (in Italian). Il jazz a Napoli: dal dopoguerra agli anni Sessanta. Guida Editori. p. 75.
- ^ "Italian newsnotes". Billboard. August 1, 1960.
- ^ http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2011/aprile/11/Franco_Cerri_co_8_110411020.shtml
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