Rio de Gregori, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rio de Gregori

jazz musician (1919-1987)

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1919

Place of Birth: Zürich, canton of Zürich, Switzerland

Date of Death: 22-May-1987

Profession: songwriter, bandleader

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Rio de Gregori (September 22, 1919, Zurich - May 22, 1987, Munich) was a Swiss jazz pianist.de Gregori first started to play the piano at the age of 7.
His parents had aspirations that he would become a classical pianist, but he performed professionally as a jazz musician.
He worked with of Willy Mac Allen (1939-1940), James Boucher (1940-1941), Jo Grandjean (1942) and René Weiss (until 1944).
During the war he played with Fred Böhler until 1945 when he founded a big band of his own which included Flavio Ambrosetti and Stuff Combe.When his band broke up, he still worked as both a trio and soloist and he managed a bar in Ascona, Switzerland.
He settled, later, in Munich and opened a night club there, Bar Ascona, and called himself Rio Gregory.