Bruno Bergonzi
Bruno Bergonzi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 August 1958 |
| Origin | Milan, Italy |
| Genres | Pop, Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, author, poet |
| Instruments | Percussion |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Labels | |
Bruno Bergonzi, born 28 August 1958, is an Italian percussionist.
Biography
He was born in the town of Milan, in Italy, where he still lives.
He studied at Milan Conservatory with the master Franco Campioni. In 1977 he performed as an actor and musician in the comedy La storia della bambola abbandonata, written by Giorgio Strehler (inspired by Alfonso Sastre and Bertolt Brecht) at Piccolo Teatro.[1]
Session man for Mina Mazzini,[2] Adriano Celentano,[3] Eros Ramazzotti, Antonello Venditti, Pierangelo Bertoli - Italian singer-songwriter, Gianna Nannini, Gianni Morandi, Angelo Branduardi, Ornella Vanoni, Renato Zero, Roberto Vecchioni, Franco Battiato, Jair Rodrigues - Brazilian musician and singer, Raul Malo - American singer, Lucio Fabbri - Italian composer, conductor and arranger, Er Piotta - Italian rapper, Afrika Bambaataa - American disc jockey and singer, Mic Murphy, Ky-Mani Marley - Jamaican reggae and hip-hop artist, Giusto Pio - Italian musician and songwriter, Luca Barbarossa, Carla Bissi - Italian singer-songwriter, Franco Godi - Italian composer, conductor and arranger, Garbo - singer-songwriter and record producer, Alberto Camerini - Italian singer-songwriter and musician, Bruno Lauzi, Fabio Treves - Italian blues musician, Gilbert Montagné - French musician, Gianni Togni, Peter Richard - Australian-born singer-songwriter, Lu Colombo - Italian singer, Leano Morelli - Italian singer-songwriter and musician, Enrico Intra - Italian jazz pianist, composer and conductor, Peter Van Wood, Del Newman - orchestral arranger and music producer, P. Lion - Italian disco singer, Firefly - Filipino/English Indie rock band, Kano band, Dragon - New Zealand rock band, Diana Est - Italian singer, Kim & The Cadillacs - Italian rock'n'roll group, Patty Pravo.[4]
He presented in 1984 at Sanremo Music Festival 1984 - Newcomers section - the song "Walkin'", which was sung by the band "Dhuo" (writers: Michael Logan and Bruno Bergonzi).[5] In the same year, 1984, he invented with the singer Michael Logan an international artistic and record project, called Dhuo, that published the album "Overflow", labeled Compagnia Generale del Disco (CGD) in Italy, Scandinavia, Spain; Barclay in Germany, King Records in Japan and Sire Records in France and USA. The mixing of the American version was made by the record producer and disk jockey Mark Kamins, who was dj and producer of Madonna, with the supervision of Seymour Stein, American entrepreneur and music executive.[6]
Prince and a plagiarism case
Bergonzi co-wrote with Michele Vicino the song Takin’ Me to Paradise, published in 1983 by Warner Chappell Italy. The session vocalist was Raynard. J, a pseudonym of Jay Rolandi. The song appeared on some compilations, internationally distributed. An Italian court ruled, in 2003, that Prince's 1994 hit, The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, was not a plagiarism of the song by two Italian musicians and songwriters Vicino and Bergonzi. They appealed, in 2007. The third, final ruling came in 2015, by the Corte di Cassazione of Rome. The court ruled that Bergonzi and Vicino should also receive compensation, for 'moral rights'. Italian collecting society SIAE recognizes that Bergonzi and Vicino are the authors of The Most Beautiful Girl in the World music.[7]
Poetry
Bruno Bergonzi compiled very short forms of poetry: there are certain characteristics that are commonly associated with the genre traditional Japanese haiku.
- Assenza Presenza. Milan: Ed. Bevivino. 2006. Search this book on
- Per niente al mondo (in English, 日本語, and italiano). Milan: La vita Felice. 2010. Search this book on
- Maggio: Poesia per musica immaginata. Milan: La Vita Felice. 2017. Search this book on
References
- ↑ [1], La storia della bambola abbandonata by Giorgio Strehler (it).
- ↑ On Mina's Italiana (album): Per averti qui (Massimiliano Pani, Valentino Alfano) and Sweet Transvestite (John H. Adams, Richard O'Brien) and Mina 25 (album): Devi dirmi di sì (Massimiliano Pani, Valentino Alfano, Piero Cassano) and Giuro di dirti la verità (Cristiano Malgioglio, Corrado Castellari).
- ↑ Songs: Uh... uh... and Jungla di città, for Bingo Bongo, 1982 Italian family comedy film, directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile.
- ↑ Author of music - with Enrico Ruggeri and Michele Vicino - for Strada per un'altra città, (Patty Live '99).
- ↑ Single labeled CGD in Germany, Italy, Finland, Spain; Barclay in France; Sire CGD in USA; Sire in Canada; Seven Seas in Japan. [2] www.discogs.com.
- ↑ Dhuo, Overflow, [3] www.discogs.com.
- ↑ Mark Worden, Prince's Italian Plagiarism Case Drags On, [4], Retrieved 16 April 2019. Prince Roger Nelson, Controversy Music inc., Michele Vicino, Bruno Bergonzi[5], Retrieved 16 April 2019
Bibliography
- Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana (in italiano). Modena: Panini. p. 345. Search this book on
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- Bruno Bergonzi, [6] www.discogs.com
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