Enzo Jannacci
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Enzo Jannacci (3 June 1935 – 29 March 2013) was an Italian singer-songwriter, pianist, actor and comedian. He is regarded as one of the most important artists in the post-war Italian music scene and is known for such songs as "Quelli che..." (1975).
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Overview
Jannacci is widely considered as a master of musical art and cabaret, and in the course of his career has collaborated with many famous Italian musicians, performing artists, journalists, television personalities and comedians. He has written around thirty albums and soundtracks, some of which have since come to be seen as milestones in the history of Italian popular music.
A cardiologist in his day job, he is also regarded as one of the founders of Italian rock and roll music, along with Adriano Celentano, Luigi Tenco and Giorgio Gaber, with whom he collaborated for over forty years.
In 1975 he published the album Quelli che... which eponymous single was one of his most known songs, especially thanks to the variety show Quelli che... il Calcio that had it as the theme song for eight years.
Discography
LP and CD records
Albums
- 1964 – La Milano di Enzo Jannacci (Jolly LPJ 5037)
- 1965 – Enzo Jannacci in teatro (live Jolly LPJ 5043)
- 1966 – Sei minuti all'alba (Jolly LPJ 5071)
- 1968 – Vengo anch'io. No, tu no (ARC ALPS 11007)
- 1968 – Le canzoni di Enzo Jannacci (Dischi Ricordi MRP 9050; collection of single records and unpublished Ricordi and Tavola Rotonda)
- 1970 – La mia gente (ARC ALPS 11021)
- 1972 – Giorgio Gaber e Enzo Jannacci (Family single records from 1959 to 1960 with Giorgio Gaber)
- 1972 – Jannacci Enzo (RCA Italiana, PSL 10539)
- 1975 – Quelli che... (Ultima Spiaggia, ZLUS 55180)
- 1976 – O vivere o ridere (Ultima Spiaggia, ZLUS 55189)
- 1977 – Secondo te...Che gusto c'è? (Ultima Spiaggia, ZPLS 34027)
- 1979 – Fotoricordo (Ultima Spiaggia, ZPLS 34075)
- 1980 – Ci vuole orecchio (Dischi Ricordi SMRL 6266)
- 1980 – Nuove registrazioni (Dischi Ricordi-Orizzonte ORL 8430)
- 1981 – E allora...Concerto (Dischi Ricordi SMRL 6282)
- 1983 – Discogreve (Dischi Ricordi SMRL 6302)
- 1983 – Ja-Ga Brothers (CGD with Giorgio Gaber)
- 1985 – L'importante (DDD)
- 1987 – Parlare con i limoni (DDD)
- 1989 – Se me lo dicevi prima e altri successi (collection with unpublished too, DDD)
- 1989 – 30 anni senza andare fuori tempo (collection: live, DDD)
- 1991 – Guarda la fotografia (DDD)
- 1994 – I soliti accordi (DDD)
- 1998 – Quando un musicista ride (collection with unpublished too)
- 2001 – Come gli aeroplani
- 2003 – L'uomo a metà
- 2005 – Milano 3 June 2005 (collection)
- 2006 – The Best 2006 (collection with unpublished too)
Collaborations
- Mina quasi Jannacci (1977, with Mina)
- Milva la rossa (1980, with Milva)
- Banana à milanesa (2008, with Selton)
Singles
- L'Armando/La forza dell'amore (4 May 1964)
- Sfiorisci bel fiore/Non è vero (30 April 1965)
- Veronica/Soldato Nencini (17 May 1965)
- Per un basin/Ninna nanna per un bambino (9 February 1966)
- Ho visto un re/Bobo Merenda (1968)
- Il terzino d'Olanda/Gli zingari (1969)
- Mexico e nuvole/Pensare che... (1970)
- Brutta gente/Il panettiere (1974)
- Vincenzina e la fabbrica/Vincenzina e la fabbrica (strumentale) (1974)
- El me indiriss/Quelli che... (1975)
- Linea bianca/Moviola (9 September 1983)
- Mi-mi-la-lan!/La bambina lupo (1984)
- Se me lo dicevi prima/Vita e bottoni (March 1989)
Duets
- With Claudio Baglioni: Canzone intelligente, E la vita la vita (in Anime in gioco by Claudio Baglioni, 1997), La forza dell'amore and Vincenzina e la fabbrica
- With Adriano Celentano: Ho visto un re
- With Paolo Conte: Bartali
- With Dario Fo (from 1964 to 1980 he contributed to about forty songs of Dario Fo): Ho visto un re
- With Giorgio Gaber (whom he made two albums above mentioned with): Canzone intelligente, Ho visto un re, La strana famiglia and Una fetta di limone
- With Irene Grandi: Bum bum and Ragazzo padre
- With Ligabue: Ci vuole orecchio
- With Mia Martini: Io e te
- With Renato Pozzetto: Canzone intelligente, E la vita la vita and Ho visto un re
- With Paolo Rossi: Ho visto un re and I soliti accordi
- With Enrico Ruggeri: Ci vuole orecchio
- With Roberto Vecchioni: Luci a San Siro and Veronica
- With Francesco De Gregori: Sfiorisci bel fiore
- With Fabrizio De André : Via del campo
The Italian artists who collaborated with Enzo Jannacci are really a lot. Just few of them: his son Paolo, Beppe Viola, Cochi e Renato, Bruno Lauzi, Loredana Bertè, Lino Toffolo, Umberto Bindi, Giorgio Strehler, Sandro Ciotti, Lina Wertmüller, Massimo Boldi and Pino Donaggio.
Soundtracks
- Come Home and Meet My Wife (directed by Mario Monicelli, 1974)
- Seven Beauties (directed by Lina Wertmüller, 1975)
- Sturmtruppen (directed by Salvatore Samperi, 1976)
- L'Italia s'è rotta (directed by Steno, 1976)
- Black Journal (directed by Mauro Bolognini, 1977)
- Saxofone (directed by Renato Pozzetto, 1978)
- Little Misunderstandings (directed by Ricky Tognazzi, 1988)
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | La vita agra | The Ballad Singer |
| 1967 | Quando dico che ti amo | Ascanio |
| 1970 | Le coppie | Gavino |
| 1972 | L'udienza | Amedeo |
| 1982 | That Night in Varennes (Il mondo nuovo) | Italian Clown |
| 1983 | A Joke of Destiny (Scherzo del destino in agguato dietro l'angolo come un brigante da strada) | Gigi Pedrinelli |
| 1997 | Figurine | Giuseppe Podestà |
| 2010 | Love & Slaps (La bellezza del somaro) | Armando |
