Dodo Goya

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Rodolfo "Dodo" Goya (born October 14, 1939 in Livorno ; † March 25, 2017 in Sanremo ) was an Italian jazz musician ( bass , composition).

Goya started playing the double bass at the age of 18 . Since the 1960s he played in the groups of Franco Cerri , Gianni Basso , Renato Sellani, Franco D'Andrea and Tullio De Piscopo . He also accompanied traveling musicians such as Gerry Mulligan / Dave Samuels ( Gerry Mulligan Sextet in Italy 1976 ), Chet Baker , Mal Waldron and Irio De Paula . He can also be heard on albums by Jerry Bergonzi , Eraldo Volonté, Gianni Basso and Renato Sellani. In 2013 the musician, who lives in San Remo, received the Premio Renzo Laurano .

Discographic notes

  • Franco D'Andrea Trio With Dodo Goia & Bruno Biriaco From East to West (Atlantic 1979)
  • Larry Schneider Summertime in Sanremo (Splasc (h) Records 1997, with Sandro Gibellini, Andrea Dulbecco, John Arnold)
  • 1956/2006 Anniversary of the Jazz Festival at the Sanremo Casinò (Splasc (h) Records 2006, with Shirley Bunnie Foy , Sebastien Chaumont, Andrea Pozza , Andrea Dulbecco and others)
  • Nunzio Rotondo The Legend (Twilight Music 2007, with Gato Barbieri , Franco D'Andrea, Mal Waldron, Romano Mussolini , Maurizio Majorana, Franco Mondini, Leo Cancellieri and Amedeo Tommasi )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A Sanremo è morto Dodo Goya, una figura importante del jazz
  2. ↑ October 14, 1939: “Dodo Goya”. In: L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia ..
  3. ^ Jazz on the Screen
  4. ↑ assegnato al jazz ista Dodo Goya il "Premio Renzo Laurano" 2013 La Stampa , July 29, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Goya, dodo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goya, Rodolfo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian jazz musician (bass, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Livorno
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 2017
Place of death Sanremo