Franco Cerri

Franco Cerri

Franco Cerri (January 29, 1926 – October 18, 2021) was an Italian jazz guitar player.

Cerri was seen as the most authoritative Italian guitarist in the jazz field, and his innate sympathy has meant that many viewers, seeing its shares on TV (especially in the 60s), come close to jazz, and studying guitar.
Much appreciated at the international level, has worked with notable musicians such as Django Reinhardt, Gorni Kramer, Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Billie Holiday, Stéphane Grappelli, Lee Konitz, Dizzy Gillespie, Tullio De Piscopo, Pino Presti, Jean-Luc Ponty.

Cerri died on 18 October 2021 in Milan, Italy, at the age of 95.

Albums

• 1952 - The Franco Cerri Quintet, with Flavio Ambrosetti
• 1958 - Jazzin' with Cerri
• 1959 - Franco Cerri and his European Jazz Stars, with Lars Gullin, Flavio Ambrosetti, George Gruntz, Karl Theodor Geier, Pierre Favre
• 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 (Compagnia Generale del Disco CGD, POP 73)
• 1970 - Franco Cerri Jazz (Dire, FO 338)
• 1973 - Metti una sera Cerri (Music, LPM 2012; with Nando De Luca, 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, LP 003; with Tony Scott and Bunny Foy)
• 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 and Lucio Terzano)
• 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 (re-edit - CD)
• 2004 - Ieri & oggi (re-edit of Metti Una sera Cerri + bonus tracks - CD)
• 2006 - Just Smile (host)
• 2011 - Bossa with Strings (Blue Serge)
• 2012 - Cerrimedioatutto (M.A.P. Golden Jazz)

Franco Cerri Media

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