Gianni Bedori

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Gianni Bedori 1969

Gianni Bedori (born November 25, 1930 in Mantova , † January 21, 2005 in Milan ) was an Italian musician ( saxophone , flute , bassoon ) in the field of modern jazz , fusion and pop music, who also made a career as Johnny Sax .

Life

Bedori was trained as a clarinetist at the Bologna Conservatory. He formed a quartet with pianist Giuseppe Emmanuele, bassist Alberto Amato and drummer Tony Arco. He also worked with Giorgio Gaslini in the 1960s . Under the pseudonym Johnny Sax he took part in the music film Quelli belli ... siamo noi (1970); under this name he presented some pop and easy listening records from the 1970s . In 1973 he composed a jazz suite dedicated to Pablo Picasso ( Dedicated to Picasso ). In 1974 he played as a bassoonist on Astor Piazzolla's album Libertango . In 1977 the album The Man was released on Atlantic Records . He also played in Giorgio Buratti's quartet ( Jazz Forms for Export ) and in the fusion band Neos ( Indefinita Atmosfera ). At the Umbria Jazz Festival 1994 he performed as a duo. In 2004 the album ControTempo (with Gaslini and Enrico Intra ) was released, on which Bedori used the C-Melody saxophone , followed by Vento D'Africa , which was only released in 2007 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ He was involved in Gaslini's engagement with the songs of Luigi Tenco ( 12 Canzoni d'amore Italiane , 1964) and with the free jazz of Don Cherry's group with Steve Lacy ( Nuovi Sentimenti , 1966) as well as in Gaslini's big band recordings ( Grido , 1968). In 1976 he was also involved as a tenor saxophonist and flutist in Gaslini's album Giorgio Gaslini Meets Jean-Luc Ponty ... (Pausa Records).
  2. ↑ Entry for Johnny Sax at Discogs
  3. ↑ Piazzolla.org
personal data
SURNAME Bedori, Gianni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sax, Johnny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian musician (saxophone, flute, bassoon)
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Mantova
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 2005
Place of death Milan