In memoriam Tito Russo

 Carlos Franzetti nos informaba ayer en su página de FB que el contrabajista argentino Tito Russo habría fallecido el pasado 11 de junio."Tito era un excelente bajista argentino que tocó y grabó con Bobby Hackett . Tito Russo me dió mi primer trabajo en Nueva York en 1971. Que en paz descanse",nos cuenta .Russo estaba radicado en los EEUU desde los años 60 y fué -junto al trompetista Roberto "Bob" Branca- integrante de los grupos que acompañaron al legendario Bobby Hackett entre fines de los sesenta y principios de los sesenta.

Como testimonio queda un Lp grabado a fines de 1968 para el sello "Project 3"("This is my bag") 

Tambien estuvo vinculado como músico y productor en formaciones de latin-jazz.    

 Bobby Hackett/Vic Dickenson Quintet : Bobby Hackett (tp) Vic Dickenson (tb) Don
Forestieri (p) Tito Russo (cb) Joe Brancato (b)
New York, Noviembre-Diciembre de 1968
St. Louis blues 
Blue turning grey over you 
You've changed
Sister Kate
In a sentimental mood 
The jitterbug waltz 
Sweet Georgia Brown 
Oh, by Jingo 
Yellow days
You're my thrill 
Ida 
Baby won't you please come home

 

Graffitti : 1977

Argentinean-born Carlos Franzetti started attending piano classes at a very young age. He studied composition after moving to Mexico in 1970. After graduating from New York's Juilliard School, Franzetti became a director. During the following years, Carlos Franzetti worked along with Paquito D'Rivera, Joe Farrell, Mercedes Sosa, and Chaka Khan, among other talented artists, composing the soundtracks for Beat Street, Misunderstood, and the Mambo Kings and arranging for the Boston Pops Orchestra, Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, and the American Symphony Orchestra. In 1997, Carlos Franzetti achieved a Grammy award for Portraits of Cuba."

1. Rhumba Dreams 8:38
2. Beatriz 8:42
3. Lady Soho 5:01
4. Romancero 10:05
5. Cocoa Funk 5:29
6. Sweet and Low 4:13
7. Grafitti 6:07
8. Guajira Without Words 6:01

Carlos Franzetti - keyboards
Dick Meza - sax (soprano), flute
Victor Venegas - bass
Chris Hill - drums
Ray Mantilla - congas, percussion



Carlos Alberto Franzetti (born June 3, 1948) is a Latin Grammy Award-winning composer and arranger from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Franzetti started studying music at Buenos Aires' National Conservatory at the age of 6 and later began taking private piano lessons. He began studying music composition after moving to Mexico in 1970. He moved to the United States in 1974, graduating from The Juilliard School in New York City, where he continued his composition studies with Vincent LaSelva.

Throughout his career, Franzetti has composed symphonies, concertos, operas, chamber music, and big band jazz music. His album Tango Fatal won the 2001 Latin Grammy Award for Best Tango Album. In 2003, he received two Grammy Award nominations for his album Poeta de Arrabal in the categories Best Classical Crossover Album and Best Instrumental Arrangement. In addition, he conducted, arranged, and co-produced soloist Paquito D'Rivera's Grammy-winning album Portraits of Cuba. He has also arranged music for The Boston Pop Orchestra, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.

Franzetti has composed a number of film scores, most notably 1992's The Mambo Kings with Robert Kraft. He also composed the 1986 film La Película del Rey and conducted the score for Sidney Lumet's 1990 film, Q & A.

Franzetti is a recipient of two Gold Records, among many other awards.
Discography

* Images Before Dawn: Symphonic Music of Carlos Franzetti (1995)
* Poeta de Arrabal (1997)
* Piano Concerto No. 2/Sinfonia No. 1 (1998)
* Concierto del Plata (1998)
* Remembrances (1999)
* Obsession (1999)
* Tango Fatal (2000)
* Poeta de Arrabal (2002)
* Portraits of Cuba (1997)
* You Must Believe In Spring (2003)
* Corpus Evita (2005)
* The Jazz Kamerata (2005)
* Songs for Lovers (2006)
* Graffiti (2007)
* Film Noir (2008)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Franzetti