Rio de Gregori (22 September 1919, in
Zurich – 22 May 1987, in
Munich) was a Swiss
jazz pianist.
De Gregori first started to play the piano at the age of 7. His parents had aspirations that he would become a classical pianist, but he performed professionally as a jazz musician. He worked with of
Willy Mac Allen (1939–1940),
James Boucher (1940–1941), Jo Grandjean (1942) and
René Weiss (until 1944). During the war he played with
Fred Böhler until 1945 when he founded a big band of his own which included
Flavio Ambrosetti Flavio Ambrosetti (October 8, 1919 in Lugano – August 21, 2012 in Ticino) was a Swiss jazz vibraphonist, saxophonist, and engineer.
Ambrosetti's primary career was in engineering; his acclaim in jazz circles has come entirely from his activities ...
and
Stuff Combe.
When his band broke up, he still worked as both a trio and soloist and he managed a bar in Ascona, Switzerland. He settled, later, in Munich and opened a night club there, Bar Ascona, and called himself Rio Gregory. He composed many songs with the German singer and songwriter
Suzanne Doucet
Suzanne Doucet is a German new-age musician, producer, composer, and singer, best known for being one of the founders of new age music. She was the founder of the first new age music store in Hollywood, California ''Only New Age Music'' in 1987 ...
and they performed together at festivals, radio stations and on German TV. Their song "Bunter Drachen" was featured in the 2015
Guy Ritchie movie
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
References
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Swiss jazz pianists
Swiss jazz bandleaders