Franco Cerri, Dado Moroni, Riccardo Fioravanti, Stefano Bagnoli - Barber Shop, Vol. 2 (Novant'anni suonati) (2016)

Ninety years played ! The subtitle sounds like yet another demonstration, if ever there was a need, that of guitarists like Franco Cerri, in the world, there is only one !
Officially presented on January 29, 2016, the day of completion of the maestrone, as all musicians and professionals like to call it, in a great party organized by the city of Milan , at the Teatro dal Verme, with a parterre of 1400 people and as many outside the hall. A seal of a truly unique career this new record, Barber Shop II, Ninety years played, condenses an entire career.
Franco Cerri the myth that embodies the history of the Italianazz

During the preview presentation of the album, contributions came from all over the world, from ministers to the greats of Italian and non-Italian music history. We like to remember , one of all, among the most moved and participants that of George Benson, who not only expressed words of esteem and recognition for Franco Cerri, but also revealed that it was Franco Cerri who gave him the awareness of his abilities, in short, a part of George's success is also due to our Franco !
Cerri, in the collective imagination is perceived by everyone as a sensitive soul, cultured, refined and at the same time humble and simple, and all this is revered in his music, in his language.
When you think of Franco Cerri you think of a "true gentleman “ with a winning aura that makes him the absolute number one on the national scene, from all points of view. And ' perhaps, the only artist who puts everyone agreement, and in a country like Italy, this says a lot.

Barber Shop II, Ninety years played: a record, as Dado Moroni tells us in the cover lines, where Franco played ONLY the notes that matter !", in which every single note seems to have a very special specific weight, where a whole life dedicated to music is condensed. A background made of meetings, collaborations and experiences that somehow reverberates in every single phrasing, sometimes composed of apparently flbile notes that describe uniqueness of language, charisma, and sing
An unprecedented curriculum: how can we not also remember his role as popularizer and opinion leader, fundamental for art and music in Italy ? In the ' 70s, Cerri conducted a series of historic television broadcasts within the Rai schedule, through which artists such as Gorni Kramer, Basso, Valdambrini , but also Barnie Kessel, Chet Baker, Gerr Mul Mulligan, Billie Holiday Writer and teacher: his guitar method written with Paolo Gangi that has allowed many generations to approach the study of the guitar in a simple and at the same time effective and profound.
He is one of the few Italian musicisti…
His role as a talent scout, among the many citimao: the Italian Dado Moroni that he discovered at the age of 13 and the legendary George Benson to whom he predicted success punctually occurred when he was still a stranger. .. but you could go on and on from liner notes :
I think, and Riccardo and Stefano agree with me, that Franco played in a really incredible way, and that he reached a maximum level of synthesis. If it is true that he has always played the notes that matter most, today he plays only the notes that matter, embellished with unpredictable phrasing that really surprised and moved me, and that pushed me to love him even more.