Pierre Cavalli
Pierre Cavalli (born July 12, 1928 in Zurich ; † March 28, 1985 ibid) was a Swiss jazz and studio musician (guitar, bass).
Live and act
Cavalli had violin lessons as a child, only to switch to the guitar at the age of fifteen . He quickly found modern jazz . With the Swiss All Star Bebop Team he took part in the first international jazz festival in Nice in 1948, and then worked for Fred Böhler , Hazy Osterwald and Kurt Edelhagen . In 1953 he moved to Paris, where he had his own trio, played with Art Simmons and also worked as a studio musician for Quincy Jones ( Et voilà!, 1957) and Michel Legrand . Friedrich Gulda brought him into his Euro Big Band . With his trio Cavalli made guest tours to the USA and the USSR. In the early 1960s he played with Stéphane Grappelli . Then he returned to Switzerland, where he worked as a soloist with the DRS Big Band , but also recorded with Dennis Armitage . He also worked with Hans Koller ( International Jazz Workshop , 1964) and Ingfried Hoffmann and spent a year in Brazil, working in his own small information center and as a studio musician (from 1971 in Zurich). He also composed for French television films. Together with Thomas Moeckel , Markus Plattner and Roberto Bossard he founded the band Guitar Summit in 1983 , which consisted of four guitarists plus a rhythm section .
He was married to Nanda van Bergen, who also appeared as a singer with him.
Discographic notes
- Stephane Grappelli: Django (Barclay 1962)
- Swiss All Stars (Ex Libris 1964)
- Wolfgang Dauner : The Oimels (MPS 1969)
- DRS Big Band: Tour de swing (CH Record 1972-74)
- Emphasis (Pick 1975, with Renato Anselmi , Fernando Vicencio, Nick Liebmann , Curt Treier )
- Bert Campbell : Romantic Melodies, (Pierre Cavalli), (Curt Treier), Corema Records 1983
Lexigraphic entries
- Bruno Spoerri , Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Jazz CD supplement to: B. Spoerri (Hrsg.): Jazz in Switzerland. History and stories. Chronos-Verlag, Zurich 2005; ISBN 3-0340-0739-6
- New Grove Dictionary of Jazz Macmillan, 2002
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cavalli, Pierre |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss jazz musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1928 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1985 |
Place of death | Zurich |