Giovanni "Gianni" Mazza (born 5 October 1944) is an Italian composer, conductor, arranger, singer and television personality.
Career
Born in Rome, Mazza started his career as a musician in the late 1960s.[1][2] In the 1970s he started composing film and television scores and participated as conductor at the Sanremo Music Festival in 1974 and in 1979.[1] In the 1980s he became a popular television personality thanks to the participation as a conductor and a showman to some variety shows written and hosted by Renzo Arbore.[1] In 1991 he entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival as a singer with the comedy song "Il lazzo".[1][2][3]
References
^ abcdEddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. pp. 931–932. ISBN978-8863462296.
^ abGianfranco Gramola (7 October 2005). "Un maestro del "lazzo"". Interviste Romane. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
^Christian Calabrese. "Mazza e il lazzo di Sanremo". Musica leggera, n° 7. 2009.
