Lelio Luttazzi

Lelio Luttazzi (27 April 1923 – 8 July 2010) was an Italian composer, musician, actor, singer, conductor, writer, and television and radio presenter.

[1] After the war, he had from SIAE a gain of 350,000 lire, a considerable sum for the time, so he decided to become a full-time composer and in 1948 he moved to Milan where he began working with fellow Teddy Reno at the record company CGD.

[1] He was among the first composers to place jazz structures in the Italian songs.

[1][2] A multifaceted artist, he worked in revues and cinema as actor and composer of soundtracks.

From then on, he became semi-retired, leading a reserved life and rarely returning to the spotlight.

Luttazzi with Mina ( Ieri e oggi , 1969)