Enrico Rava I knew from the time He Went to Argentina to play with saxophonist Steve Lacy. Maybe around 1965. It Was a piano-less quartet, with Johnny Dyani on bass and Louis Moholo on drums, Both from South Africa. Apparently the people who hired the quartet, disappeared without paying the bills and, most important without paying the musicians. As a result to that, Enrico, Steve, Johnny and Louis had to stay in Buenos Aires for over a year, playing gigs where ever they could in order to raise money and be able to leave Argentina. They were playing at a club called Gotan, five nights a week and opposite to Astor Piazzolla's quintet, who was playing at the same venue! Moholo's drums were stolen from the club and Enrico, knowing that I had a set of drums in my house, asked me to lend them to Moholo. I'm a pianist and the set of drums that I had at the time were practically a toy set left by a friend at my place. When Enrico saw them, he was very disappointed. Moholo wound up playing with a set of bongoes INSTEAD of the regular snare drum. Soon after, Steve and Henry left Argentina, But Johnny Dyani and Louis Moholo stayed for a couple of years.The Good Thing That Happened Is that as a result of Henry's stay in Buenos Aires We had the opportunity to jam with HIM.
Carlos Franzetti.
's friend Carlos Franzetti is a pianist, arranger, composer and conductor.
Among the many awards during his career include a nomination for a Grammy Award in 2006 obtained in the category Best Classical Contemporary Composition for his "Corpus Evita" in 2003 the double nomination, always at the Grammys for "Poeta de Arrabal" in the category Best Classical Crossover Album and Best Instrumental arrangement. In 2001 he won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Tango Album thanks to his work entitled "Tango Fatal."
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