Name Franco Cerri | Role Guitarist | |
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Albums Cerrimedioatutto, Chitarra, Metti Una Sera Cerri Similar People Stefano Cerri, Tullio De Piscopo, Chet Baker, Giampiero Boneschi, Luciano Milanese | ||
Franco cerri quartet take the a train live blue note milano
Franco Cerri (born January 29, 1926) is an Italian guitarist and double bassist. He is considered one of the most important European jazz musicians.
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- Franco cerri quartet take the a train live blue note milano
- Franco cerri una vita piena di jazz
- Career
- As leader
- As sideman
- References
Franco cerri una vita piena di jazz
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. 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.
Cerri has led quartets and quintets with Tullio De Piscopo, Pino Presti, Gianluigi Trovesi, Flavio Ambrosetti, and Jean-Luc Ponty.
On January 1, 2006 he was knighted by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
As leader
As sideman
