Mario Lavezzi
| Mario Lavezzi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
8 May 1948 Milan |
| Occupation | singer-songwriter |
Mario Lavezzi (born 8 May 1948) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and guitarist.
Life and career
Born Bruno Mario Lavezzi in Milan into a bourgeois family, he studied piano and guitar at the Scuola Civica di Milano.[1] He started his career in 1963, as singer and guitarist in the band I Trappers.[2][3] In 1966, following the dissolution of the band, he replaced Riki Maiocchi in the band I Camaleonti, then in 1968 he had to leave the band to fulfill military service.[2][3] In 1969 he debuted as a composer with the Dik Dik hit "L'ultimo giorno di Primavera".[2] In 1970 he co-founded the pop-rock group Flora Fauna e Cemento, then in 1974 he was part of the progressive rock musical project Il Volo.[2][3] In the second half of the 1970s Lavezzi started an intense solo career as singer-songwriter; in the same period he also started collaborating as a composer and a record producer for several albums of Loredana Berté.[2][3] He later wrote songs for many notable artists, including Lucio Dalla, Gianni Morandi, Anna Oxa, Spagna, Marcella Bella, Ornella Vanoni, Fiorella Mannoia.[2][3][4]
Discography
- Album
- 1976 - Iaia
- 1978 - Filobus
- 1979 - Cartolina
- 1983 - Agrodolce
- 1984 - Guardandoti, sfiorandoti
- 1991 - Voci
- 1993 - Voci 2
- 1997 - Voci e chitarre
- 1999 - Senza catene
- 2004 - Passionalità
- 2009 - A più voci
- 2011 - L'amore è quando c'è
References
- ↑ Franco Mondini (5 November 1991). "Mario Lavezzi quel cantante che sente le Voci". La Stampa (247). p. 23.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Franco Mondini (5 November 1991). ""Passionalità", Lavezzi con i versi di Costanzo". La Stampa (247). p. 23.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
- ↑ m.v. (2004-04-23). ""Passionalità", Lavezzi con i versi di Costanzo". La Stampa (112). p. 34.
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