Gorni Kramer

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Gorni Kramer (22 July 1913 - 26 October 1995) was an Italian songwriter, musician and band leader. He was born Francesco Kramer Gorni at Rivarolo Mantovano (Lombardy). Despite the exotic sound of Gorni Kramer in Italian language, which lead part of his audience to believe he was a foreigner or had adopted a fancy pseudonym, it was his real name. Gorni was in fact his family name, and Kramer his first name, after the US cyclist Frank Kramer who became road race world champion in 1912, who Gorni's father was a fan of. Kramer learnt music at a very young age, thanks to his father, a musician. The first instrument he learned how to play was the accordion, with which he performed as a child in his father's band. He then studied double bass at the Conservatory in Parma and obtained his diploma in 1930. He started working as a musician for dance bands, then in 1933, aged 20, he formed his own jazz group. This new American musical genre was forbidden by the Italian fascist regime, but Gorni Kramer could get to know it thanks to some fellow musicians who worked on board the liners connecting Europe and North America. In the middle of 1930s he became a successful songwriter. He composed the music for "Crapa pelada" - lyrics by Tata Giacobetti - a 1936 hit performed by Alberto Rabagliati. In 1939 he wrote "Pippo non lo sa", one of Trio Lescano's most famous songs. In spite of his songs' popularity, Gorni Kramer and his orchestra were still ignored by the Italian state radio EIAR, who b

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I Grandi Valzer di Gorni Kramer vol.1

Espresso Della Mattina

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La Grande Orchestra Di Gorni Kramer

Jazz in Italy in the 30's

Valzer Viennesi

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Jazz in Italy vol. II (1930's & 1940's)

I Grandi Valzer di Gorni Kramer vol.2

Polvere di Stelle

Buona Sera Avvocato

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Selections from the T.V. Series Breaking Bad

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Jazz in Italy In The '30

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Da Gorni a Strauss

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