Label: Music Superstereo De Luxe – LPM 2012
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country: Italy
Released: 1973
Genre: Jazz, Latin, Classical
Style: Jazz-Funk, Easy Listening

NTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST SAAR RECORDS’s LABELS : CELSON & MUSIC
Walter Guertler & Ernest Guertler founded CELSON and entrusted the distribution to CGD Messaggerie Musicali. The label was active until 1951 with the exception of a 1959 publication (Chet Baker Sing & Plays). In Italy CELSON has given considerable impetus to the diffusion of Jazz, of all genres: New Orleans, Dixieland, Swing, Revival and Bepop, making known the legendary: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Don Byas, Errol Garner, Dexter Gordon, Coleman Hawkins…
In 1951, Walter and Ernest set up SOC. GURTLER & CO and found the label MUSIC (Via S. Vittore 40 Milan). In addition to the program prepared by CELSON, they produce local jazz groups and have some Italian artists record (Pippo Starnazza, Pier Emilio Bassi, etc,). The same year, MUSIC replaces CELSON with the collaboration of the masters EZIO LEONI and GIULIO LIBANO, Italian jazz artists are promoted and a program of pop music in line with the times is launched.
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Prima ristampa in vinile di un grande classico di Franco Cerri, tra i più importanti jazzisti italiani di sempre!

Edizione limitata in vinile bianco 180gr.!

"Metti una sera Cerri" fu registrato da Guido Lamorgese a Milano nell'aprile 1973 negli studi della SAAR Records; in quell'occasione Franco Cerri (chitarra acustica, elettrica) fu accompagnato da una all-star band composta da Nando De Luca (pianoforte, arrangiatore, direttore), Pino Presti (basso elettrico) e Tullio De Piscopo (batteria), coadiuvati da un'orchestra sinfonica di archi e ottoni.

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Franco Cerri è considerato da molti il miglior chitarrista italiano e uno dei migliori chitarristi e 'stilisti musicali' che il jazz europeo abbia prodotto. Ha iniziato la sua lunga e prolifica carriera nel 1945 con Gorni Kramer e nel 1949 ha accompagnato Django Reinhardt. Negli anni Cinquanta è stato vicino a grandi maestri del jazz. Lavorando con musicisti da Chet Baker a Gerry Mulligan, da Billie Holiday a Lee Konitz, e nel quartetto o quintetto jazz moderno, con musicisti come Tullio De Piscopo, Pino Presti, Gianluigi Trovesi, Flavio Ambrosetti e Jean-Luc Ponty, divenne leader nel mondo del jazz italiano ed europeo.

First LP reissue ever for this great classic by Franco Cerri, one of the most important Italian jazz guitarists ever!
Limited edition on 180gr. white vinyl!

"Metti una sera Cerri" was recorded in April 1973 by Guido Lamorgese at the SAAR Studios in Milan, Italy; in that case, Franco Cerri (acoustic and electric guitar) was joined by an all-star band consisting of Nando De Luca (pianoe, arrangements, music director), Pino Presti (electric bass) and Tullio De Piscopo (drums), with the addition of a string and brass symphonic orchestra.

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Franco Cerri is considered by many the best Italian guitarist and one of the best guitarists and 'music stylists' that European jazz has ever produced. He began his long and prolific career in 1945 with Gorni Kramer and in 1949 he accompanied Django Reinhardt. In the '50s he collaborated with great jazz masters. Working with musicians from Chet Baker to Gerry Mulligan, and from Billie Holiday to Lee Konitz, and in modern jazz quartet or quintet, with musicians such as Tullio De Piscopo, Pino Presti, Gianluigi Trovesi, Flavio Ambrosetti and Jean-Luc Ponty, made Franco Cerri a leader in the Italian and European jazz world.

Arranged By, Directed By – N. De Luca
Cover [Design] – Sergio Balloni
Drums – Tullio De Piscopo
Electric Bass – Pino Presti