Bruno Lauzi
Bruno Lauzi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbruno ˈlauttsi]; 8 August 1937 – 24 October 2006) was an Italian singer-songwriter, poet and writer.
Biography
Bruno Lauzi was born in Asmara, then part of the Italian Eastern Africa, to a Catholic father and a Jewish mother. He wrote songs for Mia Martini, Georges Moustaki, Ornella Vanoni and Lucio Battisti.
Bruno Lauzi was a renowned cantautore (singer-songwriter) of the so-called "Genoa School", with Gino Paoli, Luigi Tenco and Fabrizio De André.[1]
He was a singer ("Ritornerai" (1963),[2] "Amore caro amore bello" (1972),"Onda su onda" (1974), "Genova per noi" (1975))[3] and a poet-composer.[4] His better "Hits" in Italy were done for Lucio Battisti: "E penso a te" and "Amore caro, amore bello".
In the 1980s he started a politician career with the Italian Liberal Party, but without huge success.
Suffering from Parkinson disease, he died at Peschiera Borromeo from liver cancer, aged 69.
He was a football supporter of Unione Calcio Sampdoria.
Discography
Albums
- Lauzi al cabaret (1965)
- Ti ruberò (1965)
- Cara (1968)
- Bruno Lauzi (1970)
- Amore caro amore bello (1971, double)
- Il teatro di Bruno Lauzi (1972)
- Simon (1973)
- Lauzi oggi (1974)
- L'amore sempre (1975)
- Quella gente là (1975)
- Genova per noi (1975)
- Johnny Bassotto, la tartaruga... ed altre storie (1976)
- Persone (1977)
- Alla grande (1978)
- Amici miei (1981, Q-disc)
- Palla al centro (1982)
- Piccolo grande uomo (1985)
- Back to Jazz (1985)
- Ora! (1987)
- La musica del mondo (1988)
- Inventario latino (1989)
- Il dorso della balena (1992)
- 10 Belle canzoni d'amore (1994, collection)
- Una vita in musica (1995, collection)
- Johnny Bassotto e i suoi amici (1996)
- Omaggio alla città di Genova (2001)
- Il manuale del piccolo esploratore (2003)
- Nostaljazz (2003)
- Ciocco Latino (2006)
Selected singles
- "Ritornerai" (1963)
- "Amore caro amore bello" (1972)
- "Onda su onda" (1974, writing by Paolo Conte)
- "Genova per noi" (1975)
- "La Tartaruga" (1976)
- "La buona volontà" (1977)
- "La gallina brasiliana" (2002)
Literary works
Poems
- I mari interni ("Internal Seas", 1994)
- Riapprodi ("Re-Docks", 1994)
- Versi facili ("Easy Verses", 1999)
- Esercizi di sguardo ("Exercises of Glance", 2002)
- Agli immobili cieli ("To the Still Skies", 2010)
Prose work
- Della quieta follia dei piemontesi ("On the Quiet Foolery of the Piedmonteses", 1997)
- Il caso del pompelmo levigato ("The Case of Polished Grapefruit", 2005)
- Tanto domani mi sveglio. Autobiografia in controcanto ("So Tomorrow I Wake Up. Autobiography in Counterpoint", 2006)
Notes
- ↑ Official site
- ↑ Ritornerai-Bruno Lauzi
- ↑ Vídeo of Bruno Lauzi singing in the 1960s on YouTube
- ↑ Video of Bruno Lauzi's "recital" on YouTube
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