Bruno Lauzi

Bruno Lauzi ([ˈbruːno ˈlauttsi]; 8 August 1937 – 24 October 2006) was an Italian singer-songwriter, poet and writer.

Bruno Lauzi was born in Asmara, then part of the Italian Eastern Africa, to a Catholic father and a Jewish mother. In the 1960s he moved to Genoa, where he became part of the local music scene and met Gino Paoli, Luigi Tenco and Fabrizio De André. After a spell as song writer for Mia Martini, Georges Moustaki and Ornella Vanoni,Lauzi established himself as a renowned cantautore (singer-songwriter).

His biggest hits include "Ritornerai" (1963), "Amore caro amore bello" (1972),"Onda su onda" (1974), "Genova per noi" (1975)) and a poet-composer. "E penso a te" and "Amore caro, amore bello".

In the 1980s he started a political career with the Italian Liberal Party, but without huge success.

Suffering from Parkinson disease, he died in Peschiera Borromeo at age 69 from liver cancer.

He was a football supporter of Unione Calcio Sampdoria.

Albums

• Lauzi al cabaret (1965)
• Ti ruberò (1965)
• Cara (1968)
• Bruno Lauzi (1970)
• Amore caro amore bello (1971, double)
• Il teatro di Bruno Lauzi (1972)
• Simon (1973)
• Lauzi oggi (1974)
• L'amore sempre (1975)
• Quella gente là (1975)
• Genova per noi (1975)
• Johnny Bassotto, la tartaruga... ed altre storie (1976)
• Persone (1977)
• Alla grande (1978)
• Amici miei (1981, Q-disc)
• Palla al centro (1982)
• Piccolo grande uomo (1985)
• Back to Jazz (1985)
• Ora!(1987)
• La musica del mondo (1988)
• Inventario latino (1989)
• Il dorso della balena (1992)
• 10 Belle canzoni d'amore (1994, collection)
• Una vita in musica (1995, collection)
• Johnny Bassotto e i suoi amici (1996)
• Omaggio alla città di Genova (2001)
• Il manuale del piccolo esploratore (2003)
• Nostaljazz (2003)
• Ciocco Latino (2006)

Selected singles

• "Ritornerai" (1963)
• "Amore caro amore bello" (1972)
• "Onda su onda" (1974, writing by Paolo Conte)
• "Genova per noi" (1975)
• "La Tartaruga" (1976)
• "La buona volontà" (1977)
• "La gallina brasiliana" (2002)

Poems

• I mari interni ("Internal Seas", 1994)
• Riapprodi ("Re-Docks", 1994)
• Versi facili ("Easy Verses", 1999)
• Esercizi di sguardo ("Exercises of Glance", 2002)
• Agli immobili cieli("To the Still Skies", 2010)

Prose work

• Della quieta follia dei piemontesi ("On the Quiet Foolery of the Piedmonteses", 1997)
• Il caso del pompelmo levigato("The Case of Polished Grapefruit", 2005)
• Tanto domani mi sveglio. Autobiografia in controcanto ("So Tomorrow I Wake Up. Autobiography in Counterpoint", 2006)