Renato Sellani (8 January 1926 – 31 October 2014) was an Italian jazz pianist and composer.
Life and career
Born in
Senigallia
Senigallia (or Sinigaglia in Old Italian, Romagnol: ''S’nigaja'') is a ''comune'' and port town on Italy's Adriatic coast. It is situated in the province of Ancona in the Marche region and lies approximately 30 kilometers north-west of the pro ...
, Sellani started his professional career in 1954, when he entered the Basso-Valdambrini Quintet.
In 1958 he started a long collaboration with his longtime friend
Franco Cerri
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Biography
Cerri was born in Milan and learned to play guitar when he was 17. In 1945 he became a member of the group led by Gorni Kramer and joined ...
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He was part of the
RAI National Symphony Orchestra
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directed by
Gorni Kramer
Gorni Kramer (22 July 1913 – 26 October 1995) was an Italian songwriter, musician and band leader.
Biography
He was born Francesco Kramer Gorni at Rivarolo Mantovano (Lombardy). Despite the exotic sound of Gorni Kramer in the Italian lang ...
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[ As a pianist, he collaborated with ]Chet Baker
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool".
Baker earned much attention and ...
, Billie Holiday
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, Dizzie Gillespie
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, Lee Konitz
Leon Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American composer and alto saxophonist.
He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's association with the cool jazz ...
, Bill Coleman, Gerry Mulligan
Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing the instrum ...
, Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava (born 20 August 1939), is an Italian jazz trumpeter. He started on trombone, then changed to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis.
Career
He was born in Trieste, Italy.
His first commercial work was as a member of Gato Barbieri's ...
and Tony Scott
Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director and producer. He was known for directing highly successful action and thriller films such as ''Top Gun'' (1986), ''Beverly Hills Cop II'' (1987), ''Day ...
, among others.
Sellani was an incidental music
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composer for stage plays, and his works include several scores for the Piccolo Teatro in Milan and a long collaboration with the stage company of Tino Buazzelli
Agostino "Tino" Buazzelli (13 September 1922 – 20 October 1980) was an Italian stage, television and film actor. He appeared in 46 films between 1948 and 1978.
After a diploma of education, Buazzelli enrolled the Accademia d'Arte Dramma ...
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References
External links
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Renato Sellani
at Discogs
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1926 births
2014 deaths
People from the Province of Ancona
Italian jazz pianists
Italian male pianists
Italian composers
Italian male composers
20th-century pianists
20th-century Italian musicians
20th-century Italian male musicians
Male jazz musicians