Alfio Grasso

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Alfio Grasso (born September 8, 1912 in Lentini ) was an Italian jazz and entertainment musician ( guitar , also violin , tenor saxophone ).

Grasso, who was influenced by Django Reinhardt , founded a tango orchestra with his brother Rosso in 1929. He also played in Rome in 1932 with Herb Flemming in Carlini's Reunion Band (" After You've Gone " / " Sweet Georgia Brown "). During the war years he worked in the German Reich a . a. in the studio orchestras under the direction of Tullio Mobiglia (“A sweet melody” / “Oh, Marie! Oh, Marie!”), Meg Tevelian , Helmut Zacharias (“It was always so nice with you”, Odeon), Benny de Weille and Cesari Galli . During this time, Grasso performed with his own formations in Berlin bars such as Patria; he worked in Germany until the late 1940s. In the field of jazz he was involved in 14 recording sessions between 1932 and 1962, most recently in Rome with his own sextet.

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  1. ↑ Entry (AllAboutJazz)
  2. ↑ Michael Dregni: Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing . 2008
  3. ↑ Adriano Mazzoletti Il jazz in Italia: dalle origini all grandiflora orchestra , P. 251
  4. ↑ Michael H. Kater : Daring game. Jazz under National Socialism . Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 1995, ISBN 3-462-02409-4 . Pp. 220, 302 and 354.
  5. ^ Nuova rivista musicale italiana, Volume 26, Issues 1-2 . Edizioni RAI, Radiotelevisione italiana, 1992, p. 326.
  6. ↑ Tom Lord: Jazz Discography (online)
personal data
SURNAME Grasso, Alfio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian jazz and entertainment musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Lentini
DATE OF DEATH after 1962