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Lucio Dalla

Musician
Forfans of italian cantautori, curious newcomers, and anyone into poetic pop with jazz veins.
50 Reviews 61 Definitions 53 Charts
Author's Song Italian Song Singer-Songwriters

The Profile

Lucio Dalla (Bologna, 4 March 1943 – Montreux, 1 March 2012) was an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor. Clarinetist by training, he blended jazz roots with pop and canzone d’autore, rose with the Roversi trilogy (1973–76), and reached a peak with Com’è profondo il mare (1977), Lucio Dalla (1979) and Dalla (1980). He co-led the 1979 Banana Republic tour with Francesco De Gregori and wrote the classic Caruso (1986).

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (clarinet, sax); from Bologna; collaborated with poet Roberto Roversi; backed by Stadio in late-70s/early-80s; major songs include Futura, Anna e Marco, L’anno che verrà, 4/3/1943, Caruso; toured with Francesco De Gregori (Banana Republic, 1979); died in 2012 while on tour in Switzerland.

The reviews hail Dalla’s golden run from Com’è profondo il mare (1977) through Lucio Dalla (1979) and Dalla (1980), while revisiting the earlier Roversi trilogy. Singles like 4/3/1943 and Anna e Marco recur, as do live milestones and Futura. Later albums split opinions, yet Henna, Viaggi organizzati and DallAmeriCaruso earn strong defenses. Overall mood: deep affection with sharp criticism, very Dalla.

Notable Quotes

❝ This is a crucial album. In Dalla’s history and somehow, in the history of Italian song.
❝ This was the best-selling album in Italy in 1980 (then one might say...)
❝ ‘Henna’ did not surpass 300,000 units despite embedding pearls of rare beauty.
❝ When Lucio Dalla used to let us listen to real records.
❝ 1976. “Automobili”. In the aftermath of “Anidride Solforosa,” Lucio Dalla and Roberto Roversi decided to embark on an ambitious musical and theatrical project...
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