Gianni Mazza

"Giovanni Mazza" redirects here. For the entertainer, see Giovanni Mazza (entertainer).

Gianni Mazza
Born (1944-10-05) 5 October 1944
Rome, Kingdom of taly
OccupationsComposer, conductor, arranger

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

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. ^ a b c d 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. ^ a b 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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