The world of music is in mourning
Franco Cerri is dead. The world of Italian and international music is in mourning for the grave loss and says goodbye to the great and famous Milanese jazz player, who passed away at the age of 95 years old. The guitarist had founded with Enrico Intra the Civic Jazz School which still today trains many musicians in Milan who owe a lot to the one who will always be remembered as the “gentle jazzman of Milan”.
The announcement of death comes directly from the son, Nicolas Cerri, which gave the sad news of the death of the jazz guitarist who unfortunately passed away at the age of 95.
The seven notes and the three guitars greet with great affection Franco Cerri, a great musician and a great man. Have a good trip, father.
Many i messages of condolences to greet the great artist. Dodi Battaglia speaks of him as one of the greatest:
Certainly the kindest and most helpful man, as well as a musician I have ever met. A credit to all of us Italian guitarists. Guide us from up there.
While Angelo Branduardi adds:
There are artists, even stylistically distant, who end up influencing anyone who approaches music. One of these is certainly Franco Cerri, a champion of the guitar, a number one of world jazz, self-taught who incredibly did (and will do) school.
Who was Franco Cerri, who died at 95
Franco Cerri was born in Milan in 1926. He had always made his passion for music not just a job, but a reason for living. It is no coincidence that he is considered one of the best and most talented Italian jazz guitarists of all time.
In its very long career he has collaborated with giants of Italian and international music: Baker, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gilliepsie and Django Reinhardt, Mina, Enzo Jannacci and Roberto Vecchioni.
With the Franco Cerri Quintet already in the fifties he toured all over Europe, then also performing at the Lincoln Center in New York in 1966. In 1980, however, he formed a duo with Enrico Intra, pianist, which also gave birth to the “Civic School of Jazz” from Milan.
The guitarist has also worked as a dancer and actor, conducting programs dedicated to Jazz for Rai. The spot from the seventies in which he was the soaking man is famous.
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