Basso, Gianni
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| Birthname | Giovanni Giuseppe Basso | ||||
| born on | 24 May 1931 at 01:00 (= 01:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Asti, Italy, 44n54, 8e12 | ||||
| Timezone | MET h1e (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   01°52'   21°09 Asc. 21°48'
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Biography
Italian jazz musician, he played the tenor saxophone. He began his professional music career on the clarinet, playing in post-war Germany and Belgium in the 1940s. In 1954, he partnered with Oscar Valdambrini, a composer/arranger and trumpeter. The pair and their band became the most popular jazz combo in Italy in the 1950s, often accompanying greats like Billie Holiday and Chet Baker and later Sarah Vaughan. His many albums, recorded over six decades, include the 2011 release of "Swiss Radio Days" vol. 24.
Link to Wikipedia biography (Italian)
Relationships
- associate relationship with Baker, Chet (born 23 December 1929)
- associate relationship with Holiday, Billie (born 7 April 1915)
- associate relationship with Vaughan, Sarah (born 27 March 1924)
Events
- Death, Cause unspecified 17 August 2009
chart Placidus Equal_H. - Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 2011 ("Swiss Radio Days" CD, vol. 24)
Source Notes
Steinbrecher has birth certificate in hand
Categories
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Tenor sax)
