Lucio Dalla
Lucio Dalla; (4 March 1943 – 1 March 2012) was an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He also played clarinet and keyboards. He is considered one of the most prominent cantautori and collaborated with many others Italian songwriters as Luigi Tenco, Gino Paoli, Francesco De Gregori and international musician as Chet Baker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and many more.
Dalla was born in Bologna, Italy. He began to play the clarinet at an early age, in a jazz band in Bologna, and became a member of a local jazz band called Rheno Dixieland Band, together with future film director Pupi Avati. Avati said that he decided to leave the band after feeling overwhelmed by Dalla's talent. He also acknowledged that his film, Ma quando arrivano le r
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