Gianni Mazza

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Gianni Mazza
Born (1944-10-05) 5 October 1944 (age 81)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Composer, conductor, arranger

Giovanni "Gianni" Mazza (born 5 October 1944) is an Italian composer, conductor, arranger, singer and television personality.

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Career

Born in Rome, Mazza started his career as a musician in the late 1960s. [1] [2] In the 1970s he started composing film and television scores and participated as conductor at the Sanremo Music Festival in 1974 and in 1979. [1] In the 1980s he became a popular television personality thanks to the participation as a conductor and a showman to some variety shows written and hosted by Renzo Arbore. [1] In 1991 he entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival as a singer with the comedy song "Il lazzo". [1] [2] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Anselmi, Eddy (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana (in Italian). Modena: Panini. pp. 931–932. ISBN   978-88-6346-229-6.
  2. 1 2 Gramola, Gianfranco (7 October 2005). "Un maestro del "lazzo"". Interviste Romane (in Italian). Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Calabrese, Christian (2009). "Mazza e il lazzo di Sanremo". Musica leggera (in Italian). No. 7.
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