Franco Cerri

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Franco Cerri was an Italian guitarist and teacher, considered one of the greatest and most authoritative Italian guitarists in the field of jazz. Highly regarded internationally, he worked alongside artists such as Django Reinhardt, Gorni Kramer, Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Billie Holiday, Stéphane Grappelli, Lee Konitz, Dizzy Gillespie, Tullio De Piscopo, Pino Presti, and Jean-Luc Ponty. In 1980, he formed a duo with pianist Enrico Intra, with whom he founded the "Civica Scuola di Jazz" in Milan.