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.È morto Franco Cerri, grande chitarrista del jazz italiano

 Discography 
 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)

 References 


Category:Italian jazz musicians
Category:Italian guitarists
Category:1926 births
Category:2021 deaths