Franco Cerri

Franco Cerri
Jazz guitarist Franco Cerri in Milan, Italy, September 2008
Background information
Born (1926-01-29) January 29, 1926
Milan, Italy
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Guitar, double bass
Years active 1945–present

Franco Cerri (born January 29, 1926) is an Italian guitarist and double bassist. He is considered one of the most important European jazz musicians.[1]

Career

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.[2] 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 cites as influences Django Reinhardt, Barney Kessell, and René Thomas.[3]

Cerri has led quartets and quintets with Tullio De Piscopo, Pino Presti, Gianluigi Trovesi, Flavio Ambrosetti, and Jean-Luc Ponty.[4]

On January 1, 2006 he was knighted by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.

Discography

The Franco Cerri quintet 1973:
Nando De Luca, Franco Cerri, Giorgio Baiocco, Pino Presti, Tullio De Piscopo

As leader

  • 1952 The Franco Cerri Quintet with Flavio Ambrosetti
  • 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)
  • 1964 Chitarra (Columbia)
  • 1966 12 bacchette per una chitarra
  • 1968 La sera a casa con te (CGD)
  • 1970 Franco Cerri Jazz (Dire)
  • 1973 Metti una sera Cerri, with Pino Presti and Tullio De Piscopo
  • 1974 From Cathetus to Cicero, with Stefano Cerri and Gianluigi Trovesi
  • 1975 A Limen
  • 1975 Querce platani e cerri
  • 1976 Nuages (Dischi Ricordi)
  • 1976 Franco, Tony e Pompeo (Mallobia) with Tony Scott and Bunnie Foy
  • 1977 Un suo modo di dire (Dire)
  • 1978 Noi duero
  • 1979 Demoiselle
  • 1981 Omaggio a Bill Evans (Dire) with Enrico Intra and Lucio Terzano
  • 1982 Effetto Alfa
  • 1984 Franco Cerri Today! (Dire)
  • 1985 From Milan to Frankfurt
  • 1990 Jazz in Italy with Enrico Intra (Ariston)
  • 1990 Di jazz in jazz (Dire)
  • 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
  • 2004 Ieri & oggi (reedit of Metti Una sera Cerri)
  • 2006 Just Smile
  • 2011 Bossa with Strings (Blue Serge)
  • 2012 Cerrimedioatutto (M.A.P. Golden Jazz)

As sideman

References

  1. ↑ Librando, Diego (2004). Il jazz a Napoli: dal dopoguerra agli anni Sessanta (in Italian). Guida Editori. p. 75.
  2. ↑ "Italian newsnotes". Billboard. August 1, 1960.
  3. ↑ Mozzoletti, Adriano; Zenni, Stefano (2002). Kernfeld, Barry, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries. p. 413. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
  4. ↑ "Franco Cerri". Archiviostorico.corriere.it. 2009-12-24. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
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