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I knew Enrico Rava from the time he went to play to Argentina 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 Enrico 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 Enrico's stay in Buenos Aires we had the opportunity to jam with him.

Carlos Franzetti.


L'amico Carlos Franzetti è pianista, arrangiatore, compositore e direttore d'orchestra.
Fra i molti premi ricevuti nella sua carriera ricordiamo la nomination ottenuta al Grammy Award nel 2006 nella categoria Best Classical Contemporary Composition per la sua opera “Corpus Evita”; nel 2003 la duplice nomination, sempre al Grammy, per “Poeta de Arrabal” nelle categorie Best Classical Crossover Album e Best Instrumental Arrangment. Nel 2001 ha vinto un Latin Grammy Award nella categoria Best Tango Album grazie al suo lavoro intitolato “Tango Fatal”.


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