James Senese

Gaetano "James" Senese (born 6 January 1945) is an Italian saxophonist, composer, and singer-songwriter.

James Senese
Background information
Birth nameGaetano Senese
Born (1945-01-06) January 6, 1945
Naples, Italy
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsSaxophone

Life and career

Senese was born in Naples, the son of Anna Senese and James Smith, an American soldier from North Carolina in Italy because of World War II.[1][2] Senese's father moved back to the US eighteen months after Gaetano's birth and never returned.[3] Senese started playing the saxophone at 12 years old.[1] He made his professional debut in the 1960s, as a member of the rhythm and blues band The Showmen (later known as Showmen 2), with whom he won the 1968 edition of Cantagiro.[1][2]

In 1974 Senese co-founded and led the critically acclaimed jazz-rock group Napoli Centrale. After the group disbanded in 1978, he started a long collaboration with Pino Daniele, both in studio and on stage. His first solo album was released in 1983 by Polydor Records.[1][2]

Discography
  • James Senese (Polydor, 1983)
  • Il passo del gigante (Tobacco, 1984)
  • Alhambra (EMI Italiana, 1988)
  • Hey James (Blue Ange1, 1991)
  • Sabato Santo (Polosud, 2000)
  • Passpartù (ITWHY, 2003)
  • Tribù e passione (with Enzo Gragnaniello) (Edel Italia, 2003)
  • E' Fernut' 'o Tiempo (Arealive, 2012)
  • O sanghe (Alabianca/Warner, 2016)
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gollark: We already *have* magic ultra-secure communications available using regular cryptography, it's basically always either poor implementation/use of those or flaws elsewhere which cause security issues.
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gollark: Apparently lockpicks are pretty cheap and most locks are terrible and quite vulnerable to them. Which is worrying.

References
  1. Livio Quagliata (1 May 2016). "James Senese, "O' sanghe" di un nero a metà". La Repubblica. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  2. Enzo Giannelli. "Senese, James". Gino Castaldo (ed.). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990.
  3. http://www.cinquantamila.it/storyTellerThread.php?threadId=SENESE%20James
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