Person · Male
Gil Cuppini
- From
- Milano, Italy
- Active
- 1924–1996
- Releases
- 2
- jazz
- swing
About
Gilberto "Gil" Cuppini (June 6, 1924, Milan - June 16, 1996, Sarzana) was an Italian jazz drummer and bandleader.
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Cuppini began playing drums around the end of World War II, and by 1949 was playing in Hazy Osterwald's band; he was a sideman for Armando Trovajoli and Gorni Kramer at the inaugural Paris Jazz Fair. He played with Nunzio Rotondo for most of the 1950s, in addition to working with Gianni Basso and Oscar Valdambrini in a six-piece ensemble. He visited the United States and Belgium in 1958, playing in the latter with Teddy Wilson and Arvell Shaw.
He led his own Concert Jazz Band in the mid-1960s, which performed at La Scala, and worked extensively with Joe Venuti in the 1970s, as well as with pianist Franco D'Andrea and double bassist Giorgio Azzolini.
Member of
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Hazy Osterwald Sextett membranophone
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New G. Trio membranophone
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Quintetto Basso-Valdambrini membranophone
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Nunzio Rotondo Quintet membranophone
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Gil Cuppini Quintet eponymous, membranophone
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Gil Cuppini Trio eponymous, membranophone
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Nunzio Rotondo Quartet membranophone
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Sestetto Jazz Moderno membranophone
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Quintetto Glauco Masetti membranophone
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Milano All Stars membranophone
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Concert Jazz Band membranophone
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Dizzy Reece Quintet membranophone
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Gil Cuppini Big Band eponymous, membranophone
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Giorgio Gaslini Octet membranophone
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L'Orchestra di Radio Milano diretta da De Ponti membranophone
Discography
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Also known as
Gilberto Cuppini
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- e6c845f0-bd1f-4507-9499-c8a867f89923
- ISNI
- 0000000072452728
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 10 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.