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Gil Cuppini
Drums — Italian — B: June 6, 1924, Milan, Italy — D: June 1996, Liguria, Italy
Last updated September 28, 2026
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Gil Cuppini at his drum kit, the bass drum lettered "Gilberto Cuppini," pictured on the cover of *Gilberto Cuppini Groups - Jazz In Italy In The 40's And 50's* (Riviera Jazz Records, RJR CD 015, 2008). Not Creative Commons - album cover art, rights held by Riviera Jazz Records. No CC-licensed or public-domain photograph of Gil Cuppini was found on Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata or Wikipedia; this album cover is used as the disclosed non-CC fallback under the album-cover-photo policy. — Cover image on the Jazz Expo product page for the CD, https://www.jazzexpo.it/site/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Cop-15.jpg (page https://www.jazzexpo.it/prodotto/gilberto-cuppini-groups-2/)
Gilberto "Gil" Cuppini was born in Milan on June 6, 1924, the son of Mario Cuppini, a drummer and orchestra conductor. He dropped his medical studies at the end of the Second World War to play music, and by 1945 he was drumming in popular orchestras, among them those of Pippo Barzizza and Armando Trovajoli, after a debut with the violinist Arturo Prestipino. By 1946 he was a regular at the jam sessions of Milan's Hot Club, the room run by Gian Carlo Testoni where the city's first postwar jazz players came up together, among them Oscar Valdambrini, Eraldo Volonté, Gianni Basso and Giorgio Gaslini.
His first records as a leader date from 1947, when the Sestetto Jazz Gil Cuppini cut sides for La Voce del Padrone (Glauco Masetti on alto saxophone, Renato Grimaldi on trumpet, Carlo Donida on piano). In 1948 he turned to bebop and stayed with it. Discogs itemizes three of the June 10, 1948 Sestetto Be-Bop tracks ("Night In Tunisia," "Bop-Bop" and "Drums Be-Bop," the last credited to Cuppini and Gaslini) on Gaslini's own Soul Note anthology L'Integrale: Gaslini, then 18, on piano, Eraldo Volonté on tenor saxophone, Marcello Boschi on alto saxophone, Nino Impallomeni on trumpet and Antonio De Serio on bass. The Riviera Jazz Records CD Gilberto Cuppini Groups collects the 1947 to 1954 sessions and describes them as among the first recordings by Italian musicians who grasped bebop's technique and spirit. In 1949 he played the first Paris Jazz Festival as a sideman for Armando Trovajoli and Gorni Kramer and, per Il Tamburo Parlante, appeared at the Lugano and Brussels festivals with the Swiss bandleader Hazy Osterwald; on October 11, 1949 his All Stars recorded "Perdido" in Milan with Toots Thielemans on harmonica.
Through the 1950s he was a drummer other Milan and Rome bandleaders called. Discogs credits him with Baldo Panfili, Attilio Donadio, Volonté and Gianni Basso on Bruno Canfora's Cole Porter LP (recorded December 1954), on Gaslini's Octet EP Tempo e Relazione Op. 12 (February 11, 1957), on Piero Umiliani's Da Roma a New York (1957), on Nunzio Rotondo's Milan sessions of March 1952 (the sextet's "Embraceable You," with guitarist Carlo Pes and bassist Carlo Loffredo) and 1953, and with the Basso-Valdambrini quintet at the Sanremo Jazz Festival in January 1958. He also accompanied singers, including Nicola Arigliano with Franco Cerri on guitar in 1958. In the 1957 readers' contest to name an Italian Gene Krupa he came second, with 236 votes to Nino D'Adamo's 244.
In 1958 he was chosen from auditions across Europe for the International Youth Band that Marshall Brown assembled for the Newport Jazz Festival; the jazz archive of the Saint Louis College of Music counts 17 players from 15 countries and quotes the critic Leonard Feather praising the sensitivity of his solo on a blues. Discogs credits him on that band's Newport recordings, including "On The Sunny Side Of The Street," on which it also credits Louis Armstrong on vocals (two Armstrong compilations carry the track). Back in Milan, his quintet with Basso and Valdambrini, and later with Volonté and the trumpeter Sergio Fanni, made a run of Astraphon 45s, including a March 15, 1959 session with the Swedish baritone saxophonist Lars Gullin, and in 1960 the Gil Cuppini Quintet (Fanni, Volonté, pianist Ettore Righello, bassist Giorgio Buratti) won the RAI radio competition "La Coppa del Jazz," which also names an RCA Italiana LP. The 1961 quintet LP What's New? Vol. 2 put him with the trumpeter Dusko Goykovich, the tenor saxophonist Barney Wilen, pianist George Gruntz and bassist Karl Theodor Geier.
From 1964 he led a big band, the Concert Jazz Band, modeled on Woody Herman's First Herd. In December 1965 his orchestra played at La Scala; the Siena Jazz study center's summary of Franco Cerri's 1996 Musica Jazz tribute calls it the first jazz to enter the house, and the Discogs notes for the CD Caprice place a recording of "Oh, Lady Be Good!" there that month. The same year he published a drum method, La batteria, and recorded an EP to accompany it. The big band's live document from those years is Sof' Stroke, recorded at the Universal Club in Marina di Carrara in the summer of 1968 with Goykovich as featured trumpet and a section that includes Basso, Volonté, Dino Piana and Emilio Soana; its music was reissued in 1997 as A New Day, and Red Record issued a jazz suite for big band under the same title in 1980.
In 1971 his orchestra backed Joe Venuti on the violinist's first Italian concert tour (per Discogs's notes for The Incredible Joe Venuti, whose credits include tenor saxophonist Giancarlo Barigozzi), and Discogs credits him with Venuti, pianist Lou Stein and bassist Marco Ratti on the MPS sessions recorded in Villingen, Germany, on March 29, 1971. A Gerovijazz remembrance says that in the 1970s he anchored a stable rhythm section at Milan's Capolinea club with pianist Franco D'Andrea and bassist Giorgio Azzolini; no Discogs credit itemizes that pairing. On June 14, 1979 an Italian Jazz Ensemble with Enrico Intra, Basso, Masetti, Fanni and bassist Lucio Terzano recorded a live LP at the Capolinea. In 1985 he received the "Una vita per il jazz" prize. In his last years he played with Lino Patruno's Jazz Stars of Italy alongside pianist Romano Mussolini, Loffredo, clarinetist Gianni Sanjust and vibraphonist Enzo Randisi, and his last credited session on Discogs, Late Nite by David Ng and his group, was made in La Spezia on March 23, 1996.
He died in June 1996, at 72, of complications after surgery, and is buried in the San Lazzaro cemetery in Sarzana. Musica Jazz devoted a monographic issue to him in April 1997 and issued Caprice, a CD of his own sessions from 1958 to 1992, with it. The critic Arrigo Polillo counted him among the best Italian drummers, with Leonello Bionda and Rodolfo Bonetto, and Riviera Jazz Records calls him the best-known Italian jazz drummer of several decades.
Cuppini came from swing and dance-band drumming and switched to bebop in 1948; a Jazzitalia review of the Riviera Jazz Records CD says he took his cues from Max Roach and Kenny Clarke, both of whom he met in Paris in the early 1950s. Discogs tags the 1950s and 1960s quintet records as bop, cool jazz and, for the 1960 LP, modal: sessions of standards ("Bernie's Tune," "There's A Small Hotel," "Lover Man," "Moanin'") and originals with Basso, Valdambrini, Volonté and Fanni. For the Concert Jazz Band he took Woody Herman's First Herd as the model; Discogs credits him as arranger on "Well Said!" and "Move It!" and Ettore Righello and Piero Gosio also arranged for the band, with Piana, Soana, Volonté and Basso in the sections.
He also worked outside jazz: Italian Wikipedia records a late-1950s rock stint with Ghigo Agosti's group, and Discogs credits a rock and roll session with Irving Smiley and His Rockers (1960), bossa nova orchestrations for the vocal group I Vocal Mix (1963) and pop and film-music accompaniment, alongside the jazz sessions that make up most of his catalog of 97 Discogs entries. Bebop remained the center of it: Gerovijazz's remembrance says he stayed loyal to the bebop aesthetic for the rest of his career.
Key Recordings
- Sestetto Jazz and Sestetto Be-Bop sessions, 1947-1954 (Riviera Jazz Records, 2008) - the Gilberto Cuppini Groups CD, twenty-one titles under his own name plus two by Gaslini's trio, with Gaslini, Masetti, Boschi, Volonté and Toots Thielemans. Not found on Spotify; Discogs release.
- Gil Cuppini Quintet (Hollywood, 1960) - the quintet LP with Basso, Valdambrini, Volonté and Fanni; includes "Bernie's Tune," "Moanin'," "Lover Man" and "I'll Remember April." Spotify - Gil Cuppini Quintet Listen · Buy
- What's New? Vol. 2 (Meazzi, 1961) - the quintet with Dusko Goykovich, Barney Wilen, George Gruntz and Karl Theodor Geier. Not found on Spotify; Discogs master. Buy
- Sof' Stroke (Live At The Universal Club) (Meazzi, 1968) - the big band with Goykovich, recorded at Marina di Carrara. Its music is on Spotify under the 1997 reissue title. Spotify - A New Day (feat. Dusko Goykovich) Listen
- A New Day (Red Record, 1980) - the jazz suite for big band, with a Volonté soprano saxophone feature and Sergio Fanni on trumpet. Spotify - A New Day Listen
- Assi In Vacanza (Astraphon, 1959) - the quintet with Lars Gullin, Basso, Valdambrini, Renato Sellani and Giorgio Azzolini. Not found on Spotify; Discogs release. Buy
- Caprice (Musica Jazz, 1997) - fourteen tracks from sessions between 1958 and 1992. Not found on Spotify; Discogs release. Buy
Full Discography
Gil Cuppini: Full Discography
Identity: Discogs artist 1027350, Gil Cuppini (real name Gilberto Cuppini), Italian jazz drummer and bandleader, born June 6, 1924 in Milan and died in June 1996 in Liguria. The list below also carries the releases Discogs files under his group names (Gil Cuppini Quintet, Gil Cuppini Big Band, Gil Cuppini e il suo Complesso, Sestetto Be-Bop Gilberto Cuppini, Gil Cuppini And His All Stars, Gil Cuppini Dance, Orquestra Gil Cuppini and related entries). Every release was fetched individually from the Discogs API for credits; personnel is taken from those credits, and where credits are split by track the personnel shown is the lineup on the tracks where Cuppini plays. Non-musical credits are omitted.
Listen/Buy note: "Listen" links go to a Spotify release page whose title, artist and track count match the release; where none was found the cell reads "not found." "Buy" links are Amazon search links.
As Leader (own name, quintet, big band and sextet releases)
| Album | Year | Label | Personnel | Notes | Listen | Buy |
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| Boogie Drums Woogie / Opus One-Half | 1947 | La Voce Del Padrone | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Glauco Masetti (Alto Saxophone); Beppe Termini (Contrabass); Piero Visani (Guitar); Carlo Donida (Piano); Renato Grimaldi (Trumpet) | Sestetto Jazz Gilberto Cuppini; shellac 78 rpm; per Riviera Jazz Records, the earliest of the sessions collected on its 2008 CD (Milan, June 6, 1947). | not found | Amazon search |
| Perdido | 1949 | La Voce Del Padrone | Not itemized on Discogs | Billed Gil Cuppini And His All Stars; shellac 78 rpm, two-part "Perdido"; per Riviera Jazz Records the session (Milan, October 11, 1949) features Toots Thielemans on harmonica. | not found | Amazon search |
| L'Uomo Dal Braccio D'Oro / Small Hotel | 1958 | Astraphon | Not itemized on Discogs | 7 inch, 45 rpm; Astraphon. | not found | Amazon search |
| Over The Rainbow | 1958 | Fox Record | A1, A2: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Glauco Masetti (Alto Saxophone); Beppe Termini (Contrabass); Antonio De Vita (Piano); Alberto Baldan Bembo (Vibraphone) / B: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Glauco Masetti (Alto Saxophone); Beppe Termini (Contrabass); Antonio De Vita (Piano); Alberto Baldan Bembo (Vibraphone); Josè Montery (Congas) | Billed as Gil Cuppini e il suo Complesso on label and back cover; 7 inch EP, 45 rpm; liner notes by Arrigo Polillo. Italian Wikipedia dates a Fox EP "Over The Rainbow" (EPF 119) to 1965. | not found | Amazon search |
| Assi In Vacanza | 1959 | Astraphon | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Lars Gullin (Baritone Saxophone); Giorgio Azzolini (Contrabass); Renato Sellani (Piano); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet) | Quintet featuring Lars Gullin; recorded in Milan on March 15, 1959; 7 inch, 45 rpm. | not found | Amazon search |
| Gil Cuppini Quintet | 1960 | Hollywood | A1: Gil Cuppini (Drums) / A2: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giorgio Azzolini (Contrabass); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet) / A3, A6, B3, B4: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giorgio Azzolini (Contrabass); Renato Sellani (Piano); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet) / A4, B1, B2, B5, B6: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giorgio Buratti (Contrabass); Ettore Righello (Piano); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone); Sergio Fanni (Trumpet) / A5, B7: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Lars Gullin (Baritone Saxophone) | Quintet LP, Hollywood, 1960; Discogs splits the credits by track (Basso, Valdambrini, Azzolini and Sellani on one set of tracks; Volonte, Fanni, Righello and Buratti on the other; Lars Gullin on two). Won the RAI "Coppa del Jazz" in 1960. | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Per Tutta la Vita / La Luna è Un' Altra Luna | 1960 | Hollywood | Not itemized on Discogs | Billed Gil Cuppini e il suo Complesso; 7 inch, 45 rpm. | not found | Amazon search |
| Bernie's Tune | 1960 | Disques Holiday | Not itemized on Discogs | 7 inch EP, 45 rpm; Disques Holiday, the French edition of Astraphon sessions. | Spotify | Amazon search |
| L'Uomo Dal Braccio D'Oro / Il Nord | 1960 | Hollywood | Not itemized on Discogs | 7 inch, 45 rpm; Hollywood. | not found | Amazon search |
| What's New? Vol. 2 | 1961 | Meazzi Edizioni Discografiche | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Karl Theodor Geier (Contrabass); George Gruntz (Piano); Barney Wilen (Saxophone); Dusko Goykovich (Trumpet) | Quintet LP with Dusko Goykovich, Barney Wilen and George Gruntz, recorded overnight in Milan on September 1, 1961; Italian Wikipedia cites it among his best-known records. | not found | Amazon search |
| La Batteria Interpretata Da Gil Cuppini | 1965 | Edizioni Musicali RADIO RECORD RICORDI | Gil Cuppini (Drums) | 7 inch EP at 33 1/3 rpm; a drum-method companion record (Discogs styles include "Technical"); the printed method book "La batteria" dates from the same year. | not found | Amazon search |
| Sof 'Stroke (Live At The Universal Club) | 1968 | Meazzi Edizioni Discografiche, Hollywood | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Gianni Basso (Alto Saxophone); Sergio Valenti (Alto Saxophone); Giorgio Azzolini (Bass); Ettore Righello (Piano); Glauco Masetti (Saxophone); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone); Sergio Rigon (Tenor Saxophone); Cesare Gagliardi (Trombone); Dino Piana (Trombone); Mario Pezzotta (Trombone); Nicola Castriotta (Trombone); Alberto Corvini (Trumpet); Emilio Soana (Trumpet); Fermo Lini (Trumpet); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet); Dusko Goykovich (Trumpet, Featuring) | Recorded live at the Universal Club, Marina di Carrara, summer 1968; billed Gil Cuppini Big Band featuring Dusko Goykovich; reissued in 1997 as A New Day. | not found | Amazon search |
| A New Day | 1980 | Red Record | A: Gil Cuppini (Arranged By, Drums); Glauco Masetti (Alto Saxophone); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone); Carlo Sola (Bongos); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet) / B1, B2, B3, B4, B5: Gil Cuppini (Arranged By, Drums); Glauco Masetti (Alto Saxophone); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone); Ettore Righello (Piano); Eraldo Volonté (Soprano Saxophone); Leonardo Prete (Tenor Saxophone); Rudy Migliardi (Trombone); Sergio Fanni (Trumpet) | Jazz suite for big band, "A New Day" (side A), plus five tracks on side B; Discogs credits Cuppini on drums and arrangements. | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Gil Cuppini Groups & Big Band | 1984 | Ducale Jazz | A1: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giorgio Azzolini (Bass); Renato Sellani (Piano); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet) / A2: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Lars Gullin (Baritone Saxophone); Giorgio Azzolini (Bass); Renato Sellani (Piano); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet) / A3: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giorgio Buratti (Bass); Ettore Righello (Piano); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone); Sergio Fanni (Trumpet) / A4: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Karl Theodor Geier (Bass); George Gruntz (Piano); Barney Wilen (Tenor Saxophone); Dusko Goykovich (Trumpet) / B1, B2, B3, B4: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Glauco Masetti (Alto Saxophone); Sergio Valenti (Alto Saxophone); Sergio Rigon (Baritone Saxophone, Flute); Giorgio Azzolini (Bass); Ettore Righello (Piano); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone); Cesare Gagliardi (Trombone); Dino Piana (Trombone); Mario Pezzotta (Trombone); Nicola Castriotta (Trombone); Alberto Corvini (Trumpet); Dusko Goykovich (Trumpet); Emilio Soana (Trumpet); Fermo Lini (Trumpet); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet) | LP compilation of quintet studio sides (1958-1960) and the 1968 Marina di Carrara big-band recording; Discogs personnel by track. | not found | Amazon search |
| A New Day | 1997 | Sound Hills Records | Gil Cuppini (Drums, Arranged By); Glauco Masetti (Alto Saxophone); Sergio Valenti (Alto Saxophone); Giorgio Azzolini (Bass); Gianni Basso (Bass Saxophone, Flute); Sergio Rigon (Bass Saxophone, Flute); Ettore Righello (Piano); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone); Cesare Gagliardi (Trombone); Dino Piana (Trombone); Mario Pezzotta (Trombone); Nicola Castriotta (Trombone); Alberto Corvini (Trumpet); Dusko Goykovich (Trumpet); Emilio Soana (Trumpet); Fermo Lini (Trumpet); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet) | CD reissue in Japan (with obi) of the 1967-1969 big-band recordings; recorded November 14, 18 and 22, 1967 and October 27, 1969 per Discogs. | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Caprice | 1997 | Musica Jazz | Varies by track; itemized in the track-by-track list below | CD compilation issued with Musica Jazz, April 1997 (not sold separately); 14 tracks from sessions between 1958 and 1992, including his big band, octet, quintet, the Joe Venuti quintet and the Jazz Class Orchestra. Track-by-track personnel below the tables. | not found | Amazon search |
| Gilberto Cuppini Groups - Jazz In Italy In The 40's And 50's | 2008 | Riviera Jazz Records | Not itemized on Discogs | CD compilation of sessions from 1947 to 1954 (Riviera Jazz Records, RJR CD 015); twenty-one recordings, mostly previously unreleased, per the label. | not found | Amazon search |
| Un Sogno Di Cristallo | undated (Italian Wikipedia: 1970) | Broadway, Meazzi Edizioni Discografiche | Gil Cuppini; Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone); Dino Piana (Trombone); Mario Pezzotta (Trombone); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet) | LP billed Gil Cuppini Dance; Meazzi; a reissue carries a sticker over the catalog number. | not found | Amazon search |
| Lady Bird / How High The Moon | undated | Parlophon | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Flavio Ambrosetti (Alto Saxophone); Berto Pisano (Double Bass); Franco Pisano (Guitar); Gian Stellari (Piano); Giulio Libano (Trumpet) | Billed "Sestetto Bebop"; shellac 78 rpm on Parlophon; the sides reappear on a Riviera Jazz Records anthology under Cuppini's sextet name. | not found | Amazon search |
| Il Vecchio / Bernie's Tune | undated | Astraphon | Not itemized on Discogs | 7 inch, 45 rpm; Astraphon. | not found | Amazon search |
| Hula Hoop Song / Il Nord | undated | Astraphon | Not itemized on Discogs | 7 inch, 45 rpm; Astraphon. | not found | Amazon search |
| Gil Cuppini And His Quintet | undated | Hollywood | Gil Cuppini Quintet with Lars Gullin (baritone saxophone, side B track 2); remaining personnel not itemized on Discogs | 7 inch EP, 45 rpm; the sleeve suggests a 1959 release; Lars Gullin (baritone saxophone) is credited on side B track 2. | not found | Amazon search |
Co-Billed Releases (Cuppini named alongside other leaders)
| Album | Year | Label | Co-billed with | Personnel | Notes | Listen | Buy |
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| L'homme Au Bras D'or | 1959 | Disques Holiday | Gil Cuppini Quintet / Hadry Cella | Side A: Gil Cuppini Quintet (personnel not itemized on Discogs). Side B: Hadry Cella (guitar) | 7 inch EP, 45 rpm; the French Disques Holiday edition of the "L'homme au bras d'or" music. | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Bossa Nova | 1963 | Club | I Vocal Mix (vocal group) | Gil Cuppini (Orchestrated By); I Vocal Mix (Vocals) | 7 inch EP, 45 rpm; Cuppini orchestrated the backing music (credited "Orchestrated By"). | not found | Amazon search |
| Sings | 1964 | Disques Festival | Milt Jackson / Gruppo Enrico Intra | Gil Cuppini (Musician); Franco Cerri (Musician); Giancarlo Barigozzi (Musician); Pallino Salonia (Musician); Milt Jackson (Vocals); Gruppo Enrico Intra | 7 inch EP, 45 rpm, Disques Festival. Jackson sings; Cuppini is one of the credited musicians alongside Franco Cerri, Giancarlo Barigozzi and Pallino Salonia. | not found | Amazon search |
| Inverno Fiory Tentat Percussione Free | 1966 | GTA Records | Enrico Intra / Gil Cuppini / Giorgio Azzolini | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giorgio Azzolini (Bass); Enrico Intra (Piano) | 7 inch at 33 1/3 rpm; a piano, bass and drums trio billed under all three names. | not found | Amazon search |
| Joe Venuti Jazz Group/ Gil Cuppini Big Band | 1972 | Jump Records | Joe Venuti's Jazz Group / Gil Cuppini Big Band | Side A: Joe Venuti's Jazz Group. Side B: Gil Cuppini Big Band; Cuppini is credited as writer and arranger of B1, B4 and B6 and as arranger of B2 and B5; band personnel not itemized on Discogs | Split LP: the Venuti group on one side and the Cuppini big band on the other; Cuppini is credited as arranger on "Blues For Duke" and "Miss Up". Discogs itemizes no personnel. | not found | Amazon search |
| I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 23 | 1981 | Curcio | Joe Venuti / Lou Stein / Marco Ratti / Gil Cuppini | A1, A2, A3, A4, B2, B3, B4: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Marco Ratti (Contrabass); Lou Stein (Piano); Joe Venuti (Violin) / B1: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Marco Ratti (Contrabass); Lou Stein (Piano); Joe Venuti (Violin, Arranged By) | Live recordings, all originally made in 1971; gatefold LP in the Curcio "I Giganti del Jazz" series. | not found | Amazon search |
| Gil Cuppini Big Band Featuring Joe Venuti / Attilio Donadio Swing Orchestra | 1995 | Music Scene | Gil Cuppini Big Band / Attilio Donadio Swing Orchestra | Not itemized on Discogs | Split CD. The Cuppini tracks were recorded at Studio 7, Milan, in May 1972; the Attilio Donadio Swing Orchestra tracks in May 1990. Discogs itemizes no personnel. | not found | Amazon search |
| Epitaph e Josie's theme | undated | Piccolo Teatro Di Milano | Gianni Basso / Renato Sellani / Pallino Salonia / Gil Cuppini | Gianni Basso, Renato Sellani, Pallino Salonia (billed as Pallino Solonia) and Gil Cuppini; instruments not itemized on Discogs | 7 inch, 45 rpm, stereo; Piccolo Teatro di Milano. Discogs itemizes no personnel beyond the four names billed. | not found | Amazon search |
Sideman and Session Credits (albums and singles led by others)
| Album | Year | Label | Billed artist | Personnel (Cuppini on drums unless noted) | Notes | Listen | Buy |
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| Presenta Cole Porter | 1955 | Fonit | Bruno Canfora e la sua Orchestra | Gil Cuppini (Drums, Timpani); Attilio Donadio (Alto Saxophone, Clarinet); Glauco Masetti (Alto Saxophone, Clarinet); Sandro Bagalini (Baritone Saxophone); Ubaldo Beduschi (Bass); Alberto Pizzigoni (Electric Guitar); Bruno Canfora (Piano, Arranged By); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone); Mario Midana (Trombone); Mario Pezzotta (Trombone); Palmiro Mautino (Trombone); Raoul Ceroni (Trombone); Baldo Panfili (Trumpet); Nino Impallomeni (Trumpet); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet) | 10 inch LP, Fonit; recorded in Milan in December 1954. | not found | Amazon search |
| Nino Impallomeni E Il Suo Sestetto (N. 4) | 1956 | Fonit | Nino Impallomeni e il suo Sestetto | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Vittorio Paltrinieri (Accordion); Glauco Masetti (Alto Saxophone); Ubaldo Beduschi (Bass); Alberto Pizzigoni (Electric Guitar); Pino Calvi (Piano); Nino Impallomeni (Trumpet, Arranged By) | 7 inch EP, 45 rpm, Fonit. | not found | Amazon search |
| Da Roma A New York | 1957 | RCA Italiana | Piero Umiliani e i suoi Solisti | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Glauco Masetti (Alto Saxophone); Piero Umiliani (Arranged By, Piano); Sandro Bagalini (Baritone Saxophone); Giovanni Alceo Guatelli (Double Bass); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone); Mario Midana (Trombone); Giulio Libano (Trumpet); Piero Umiliani E I Suoi Solisti | 10 inch LP, RCA Italiana; recorded March 25 and 27, 1957. | not found | Amazon search |
| Tempo E Relazione Op. 12 | 1957 | La Voce Del Padrone | Giorgio Gaslini Octet | Gil Cuppini (Drum); Giovanni Alceo Guatelli (Acoustic Bass); Lorenzo Nardini (Clarinet, Alto Saxophone); Giorgio Gaslini (Directed By, Piano); Gastone Tassinari (Flute); Mario Loschi (Oboe); Raoul Ceroni (Trombone); Giulio Libano (Trumpet) | 7 inch EP, 45 rpm; recorded in Milan on February 11, 1957. | not found | Amazon search |
| Newport 1958 | 1958 | Columbia | The International Youth Band (dir. Marshall Brown) | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Hans Salomon (Alto Saxophone); Vlady Bas (Alto Saxophone); Andy Marsala (Alto Saxophone, Soloist); Ronnie Ross (Baritone Saxophone); Ruud Jacobs (Bass); Marshall Brown (Directed By); Gabor Szabo (Guitar); George Gruntz (Piano); Bernt Rosengren (Tenor Saxophone); Jan Wroblewski (Tenor Saxophone); Albert Mangelsdorff (Trombone); Christian Kellens (Trombone); Erich Kleinschuster (Trombone); Kurt Järnberg (Trombone); Dusko Goykovich (Trumpet); Jose Manuel Magalhaes (Trumpet); Palle Bolvig (Trumpet); Roger Guérin (Trumpet) | Recorded live at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival; Cuppini was the drummer of this European all-star student band. | not found | Amazon search |
| Quartetto Aurelio Ciarallo | 1958 | Fontana | Aurelio Ciarallo | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Franco Cerri (Bass); Aurelio Ciarallo (Clarinet); Salvatore Martirano (Piano) | 7 inch EP, 45 rpm, Fontana. | not found | Amazon search |
| Nicola Arigliano | 1958 | Columbia | Nicola Arigliano (accompanied by Pino Calvi) | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Livio Cerveglieri (Contrabass); Franco Cerri (Guitar); Pino Calvi (Piano) | 10 inch LP; Cuppini is credited on tracks A1 and B3 with the Pino Calvi quartet. | not found | Amazon search |
| Sax-Appeal | 1958 | Fox Record | Complesso Glauco Masetti | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Beppe Termini (Double Bass); Gianfranco Intra (Piano); Glauco Masetti (Tenor Saxophone); Giulio Libano (Trumpet) | 7 inch EP, 45 rpm, Fox. | not found | Amazon search |
| My Funny Valentine | 1958 | Columbia | Nicola Arigliano / Pino Calvi e il suo Quartetto | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Livio Cerveglieri (Contrabass); Franco Cerri (Guitar); Pino Calvi (Piano); Nicola Arigliano | 7 inch EP, 45 rpm, Columbia. | not found | Amazon search |
| Newport Jazz Festival 1958 | 1958 | Philips | The International Youth Band (dir. Marshall Brown) | A1: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Hans Salomon (Alto Saxophone); Vlady Bas (Alto Saxophone); Andy Marsala (Alto Saxophone, Soloist); Ronnie Ross (Baritone Saxophone); Ruud Jacobs (Bass); Marshall Brown (Directed By); Gabor Szabo (Guitar); George Gruntz (Piano); Bernt Rosengren (Tenor Saxophone); Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski (Tenor Saxophone); Albert Mangelsdorff (Trombone); Christian Kellens (Trombone, Soloist, Trombone); Erich Kleinschuster (Trombone); Kurt Järnberg (Trombone); Dusko Goykovich (Trumpet); Jose Manuel Magalhaes (Trumpet); Palle Bolvig (Trumpet); Roger Guérin (Trumpet); Arif Mardin (Arranged By) / A2: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Hans Salomon (Alto Saxophone); Vlady Bas (Alto Saxophone); Andy Marsala (Alto Saxophone, Soloist, Soloist, Trumpet); Ronnie Ross (Baritone Saxophone); Ruud Jacobs (Bass); Marshall Brown (Directed By); Gabor Szabo (Guitar); George Gruntz (Piano); Bernt Rosengren (Tenor Saxophone); Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski (Tenor Saxophone); Albert Mangelsdorff (Trombone); Christian Kellens (Trombone); Erich Kleinschuster (Trombone); Kurt Järnberg (Trombone); Dusko Goykovich (Trumpet); Jose Manuel Magalhaes (Trumpet); Palle Bolvig (Trumpet); Roger Guérin (Trumpet) / B: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Hans Salomon (Alto Saxophone); Vlady Bas (Alto Saxophone); Andy Marsala (Alto Saxophone, Soloist); Ronnie Ross (Baritone Saxophone); Ruud Jacobs (Bass); Marshall Brown (Directed By); Gabor Szabo (Guitar); George Gruntz (Piano); Bernt Rosengren (Tenor Saxophone, Soloist, Tenor Saxophone); Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski (Tenor Saxophone, Soloist, Tenor Saxophone); Albert Mangelsdorff (Trombone, Soloist, Trombone); Christian Kellens (Trombone); Erich Kleinschuster (Trombone); Kurt Järnberg (Trombone, Soloist, Trombone); Dusko Goykovich (Trumpet, Soloist, Trumpet); Jose Manuel Magalhaes (Trumpet); Palle Bolvig (Trumpet); Roger Guérin (Trumpet) | 7 inch, 45 rpm, Philips; Newport Jazz Festival 1958, featuring Christian Kellens, Albert Mangelsdorff, Andy Marsala and Bernt Rosengren. | not found | Amazon search |
| The Artistry Of Nunzio Rotondo | 1959 | Music | Nunzio Rotondo | A1, A2: Gil Cuppini (Drum); Berto Pisano (Contrabass); Gino Marinacci (Flute); Leo Cancellieri (Piano); Nunzio Rotondo (Trumpet) / A3: Gil Cuppini (Drum); Gino Marinacci (Baritone Saxophone); Berto Pisano (Contrabass); Leo Cancellieri (Piano); Nunzio Rotondo (Trumpet) / B1: Gil Cuppini (Drum); Gilbert Rovère (Contrabass); Raymond Fol (Piano); Enzo Scoppa (Tenor Saxophone); Nunzio Rotondo (Trumpet) / B2: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Gilbert Rovère (Contrabass); Raymond Fol (Piano); Enzo Scoppa (Tenor Saxophone); Nunzio Rotondo (Trumpet) / B3: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Gilbert Rovère (Contrabass); Nunzio Rotondo (Trumpet) / B4: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Berto Pisano (Contrabass); Leo Cancellieri (Piano); Nunzio Rotondo (Trumpet) | LP; Cuppini is credited on drums on the tracks listed. | not found | Amazon search |
| Big Fat Mama / Mister Tomcat | 1960 | Dudan | Irving Smiley and his Rockers | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giovanni Alceo Guatelli (Bass); Giuseppe Barenghi (Electric Guitar); Lino Patruno (Guitar); Irving Smiley (Piano, Vocals); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone); Irving Smiley And His Rockers | 7 inch, 45 rpm, Dudan; rock and roll session. | not found | Amazon search |
| Jazz In Italy N.3 | 1960 | Cetra | Sergio Fanni and his All Stars | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giorgio Buratti (Bass); Ettore Righello (Piano); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone); Sergio Fanni (Trumpet) | 7 inch EP, 45 rpm, Cetra "Jazz in Italy" series; recorded in Milan on April 19, 1960. | not found | Amazon search |
| Franco Cerri | 1964 | Columbia | Franco Cerri | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Franco Cerri (Guitar); Pallino Salonia (Contrabass); Giancarlo Barigozzi (Flute) | LP, Columbia; Cuppini is credited on drums on B3 and B4. | not found | Amazon search |
| Jazz | 1967 | Cetra Commenti Musicali | Quintetto Basso-Valdambrini | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giorgio Azzolini (Bass); Giancarlo Pillot (Drums); Ettore Righello (Piano); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet) | LP, promo; Discogs lists Giancarlo Pillot and Cuppini both on drums, without a track split. | not found | Amazon search |
| Nunzio Rotondo Vol.1 | 1967 | Columbia | Nunzio Rotondo | 8: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Franco Raffaelli (Alto Saxophone); Carlo Loffredo (Bass); Carlo Pes (Guitar); Ettore Crisostomi (Piano); Nunzio Rotondo (Trumpet) / 11: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Antonio Ferrelli (Bass); Aurelio Ciarallo (Bass Clarinet); Francesco De Masi (French Horn); Vittorio Paltrinieri (Piano, Organ); Gino Marinacci (Tenor Saxophone) / 13: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Antonio Ferrelli (Bass); Aurelio Ciarallo (Bass Clarinet); Vittorio Paltrinieri (Piano, Organ); Nunzio Rotondo (Trumpet) | LP, Columbia (1967 issue of sessions recorded in Milan in March 1952 and 1953); Cuppini plays on track 8 ("Embraceable You") and tracks 11 and 13, under Rotondo's Hot Club of Rome sextet and Cool Stars names. | not found | Amazon search |
| Jazz Al Centro Pirelli | 1970 | Arcophon | Gianni Basso Quartet | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giorgio Azzolini (Double Bass); Renato Sellani (Piano); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone) | Recorded at the Centro Pirelli, Milan, on June 9, 1970. | not found | Amazon search |
| My Soul In Performances | 1970 | Bentler | Giorgio Buratti | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giorgio Buratti (Contrabass); Claudio Fasoli (Alto Saxophone); Giancarlo Barigozzi (Baritone Saxophone, Flute); Dino Piana (Trombone, Cornet); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet) | Cuppini is credited on drums on one track (B1, "Hog Dog: Dog Blues"), recorded in Milan in February 1966. | not found | Amazon search |
| ...The Daddy Of The Violin | 1973 | MPS Records, BASF | Joe Venuti | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Lou Stein (Piano); Joe Venuti (Violin) | Recorded at the MPS studio in Villingen, Germany, on March 29, 1971; produced by Joachim Ernst Berendt. | not found | Amazon search |
| Violinology | 1974 | Jump Records | Joe Venuti Quartet | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Marco Ratti (Contrabass); Lou Stein (Piano, Celesta, Organ, Arranged By); Joe Venuti (Violin) | LP, Jump Records; recorded April 1971. | not found | Amazon search |
| Welcome Joe! | 1974 | Durium | Joe Venuti / Lino Patruno | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Sergio Rigon (Alto Saxophone); Carlo Bagnoli (Baritone Saxophone); Bruno Longhi (Clarinet); Marco Ratti (Double Bass); Lino Patruno (Guitar, Vocals); Tony Parisi (Guitar); Paolo Tomelleri (Tenor Saxophone); Giorgio Alberti (Trombone); Joe Venuti (Violin) | LP, Durium; Cuppini is credited on drums on A2 and B1. | not found | Amazon search |
| The Incredible Joe Venuti | 1977 | Audiophile | Joe Venuti | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Gino Carcassola (Alto Saxophone); Glauco Masetti (Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone); Athos Poletti (Baritone Saxophone); Beppe Bergamasco (Bass Trombone); Carlo Milano (Bass); Giorgio Vanni (Drums); Alberto Pizzigoni (Electric Guitar); Ettore Righello (Piano); Lou Stein (Piano); Eraldo Volonté (Soprano Saxophone); Ferdinando Nebuloni (Tenor Saxophone); Giancarlo Barigozzi (Tenor Saxophone); Sergio Rigon (Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone); Mario Migliardi (Trombone); Nicola Castriotta (Trombone); Palmiro Mautino (Trombone); Emilio Soana (Trumpet); Fermo Lini (Trumpet); Luciano Biasutti (Trumpet); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet, Flugelhorn); Sergio Fanni (Trumpet, Flugelhorn); Mario Bosi (Vibraphone); Joe Venuti (Violin) | Recorded in 1971 during Venuti's first Italian concert tour, with the Gil Cuppini Orchestra; Cuppini plays drums and also conducts and arranges. | not found | Amazon search |
| Piasa Cavour e dinturn | 1985 | Fonoplay Milano | Peppino Bolzoni / Gianni Dosio | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Marco Zamarian (Accordion); Carlo Milano (Bass); Piero Pollone (Guitar); Ettore Righello (Piano); Gianni Dosio (Saxophone, Keyboards, Flute); Giulio Libano (Vibraphone); Peppino Bolzoni | LP of Piedmontese-dialect songs, outside jazz. | not found | Amazon search |
| From:Milan To:Frankfurt / Main Re: Jazz Twins | 1985 | Dire | Franco Cerri / Enrico Intra | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Marco Vaggi (Bass); Alfredo Golino (Drums); Hugo Heredia (Flute, Tenor Saxophone); Franco Cerri (Guitar); Enrico Intra (Piano); Martin Dietrich (Trombone) | LP, Dire; Discogs lists Alfredo Golino and Cuppini both on drums. | not found | Amazon search |
| L'Altra Fisarmonica | 1985 | Dire | Gianni Coscia | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Gianni Coscia (Accordion, Vocals, Arranged By); Carlo Milano (Cello, Contrabass); Sandro Gibellini (Electric Guitar); Fred Ferrari (Piano, Arranged By); Bruno Mussato (Viola); Bill Rose (Violin); Bruno Moretti (Violin) | LP, Dire. | not found | Amazon search |
| The Big Reunion | 1990 | Jazzitalia | Lino Patruno presents Jazz Stars of Italy | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Carlo Bagnoli (Baritone Saxophone); Carlo Loffredo (Bass); Gianni Sanjust (Clarinet); Lino Patruno (Guitar); Romano Mussolini (Piano); Bruno Longhi (Tenor Saxophone); Marcello Rosa (Trombone); Fabrizio Cattaneo (Trumpet); Jazz Stars Of Italy | LP, Jazzitalia. | not found | Amazon search |
| Live In San Marino | 1995 | Carosello | Lino Patruno & The Jazz Stars of Italy | Gil Cuppini (Drum); Carlo Bagnoli (Baritone Saxophone); Gianni Sanjust (Clarinet); Henghel Gualdi (Clarinet); Carlo Loffredo (Contrabass); Lino Patruno (Guitar); Romano Mussolini (Piano); Bruno Longhi (Tenor Saxophone); Alberto Collatina (Trombone); Guido Pistocchi (Trumpet); Enzo Randisi (Vibraphone); Laura Fedele (Vocals); Nicola Arigliano (Vocals); Lino Patruno & The Jazz Stars Of Italy | CD, Carosello; a live recording made in San Marino. | not found | Amazon search |
| Late Nite | 1996 | PhonoComp | David Ng and his Group | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giorgio Azzolini (Contrabass); David Ng And His Group (Piano); Andrea Imparato (Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute) | CD, PhonoComp; recorded at Toni Studio, La Spezia, on March 23, 1996, about three months before his death. | not found | Amazon search |
| Anniversary | 1996 | Enja Records | Flavio Ambrosetti | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Flavio Ambrosetti (Alto Saxophone); Sunny Lang (Bass); Ernst Höllerhagen (Clarinet); Toots Thielemans (Guitar); Francis Coppieters (Piano); Hazy Osterwald (Trumpet) | CD compilation (Enja); Cuppini plays on track 1-1, "Perdido" (Milan, October 11, 1949). | not found | Amazon search |
| Hello Satch! | 2002 | Platinum | Lino Patruno, Romano Mussolini, Carlo Loffredo with the Jazz Stars of Italy | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Gianni Sanjust (Clarinet); Lino Patruno (Guitar); Romano Mussolini (Piano); Marcello Rosa (Trombone) | CD; tracks 9-13 were recorded at the Teatro Nuovo, Verona, on March 13, 1990, and come from "The Big Reunion". | not found | Amazon search |
| Stella By Starlight | 2009 | Dejavu | Quintetto Basso-Valdambrini | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giorgio Azzolini (Double Bass); Angel "Pocho" Gatti (Piano); Gianni Basso (Saxophone); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet) | CD (Dejavu); recorded in Milan in 1970-1971. | not found | Amazon search |
| Italian Jazz Ensemble | undated | jii | Italian Jazz Ensemble | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Glauco Masetti (Alto Saxophone); Lucio Terzano (Contrabass); Enrico Intra (Piano); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone); Sergio Fanni (Trumpet) | LP recorded live at the Capolinea, Milan, on June 14, 1979. | not found | Amazon search |
| Cry Me A River / What's New? | undated | Hollywood | Monna Lisa | Not itemized on Discogs | 7 inch, 45 rpm, Hollywood; accompanied by the Gil Cuppini Quintet ("Cry Me A River") and Gil Cuppini and His Orchestra ("What's New?"). | not found | Amazon search |
Compilation and Track Appearances
| Album | Year | Label | Billed artist | Personnel on Cuppini tracks | Notes | Listen | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| III Festival Del Jazz - Sanremo | 1958 | Carisch | Various artists | A4, A5: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Berto Pisano (Bass); Gianfranco Intra (Piano); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet) / B4: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Marcello Boschi (Alto Saxophone); Gino Marinacci (Baritone Saxophone); Paolo Pes (Bass); William O. Smith (Bass Clarinet); Leo Cancellieri (Piano); Marco Del Conte (Tenor Saxophone); Ennio Gabbi (Trombone); Beppe Cuccaro (Trumpet); Nunzio Rotondo (Trumpet) | Recorded at the Sanremo Jazz Festival, January 18-19, 1958. | not found | Amazon search |
| 10 Anni Di Jazz In Italia 1949 - 1959 | 1959 | Astraphon | Various artists | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giorgio Azzolini (Bass); Enrico Intra (Piano); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet) | Astraphon anthology; Cuppini plays on B6 ("Il Nord"). | not found | Amazon search |
| Arcobaleno Musicale | 1959 | Astraphon | Various artists | Not itemized on Discogs | Track B5, "Hula Hoop Song", by the Gil Cuppini Quintet; Discogs itemizes no personnel. | not found | Amazon search |
| La Coppa Del Jazz | 1960 | RCA Italiana, RCA | Various artists | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giorgio Buratti (Contrabass); Ettore Righello (Piano); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone); Sergio Fanni (Trumpet) | RCA Italiana LP of the RAI "Coppa del Jazz" competition; the label names the Gil Cuppini Quintet as the winner. | not found | Amazon search |
| Italian Jazz Of The Roaring 50's | 1961 | Columbia | Various artists | Not itemized on Discogs | Track B6, "On The Sunny Side Of The Street", by Gil Cuppini e il suo Complesso; remastered from 78 rpm masters of 1952-1955. | not found | Amazon search |
| Balliamo Insieme | 1963 | Club | Various artists | Gil Cuppini (Orchestrated By) | Cuppini is credited as orchestrator on "Desafinado" and "Maria Ninguem". | not found | Amazon search |
| 40 Anni Di Jazz In Italia (A Cura Di Adriano Mazzoletti) | 1963 | Ricordi | Various artists | B5: Gil Cuppini (Drum); Antonio De Serio (Double Bass); Giampiero Boneschi (Piano); Max Springher (Violin) / B8: Gil Cuppini (Drum); Franco Raffaelli (Alto Saxophone); Carlo Loffredo (Double Bass); Carlo Pes (Guitar); Ettore Crisostomi (Piano); Nunzio Rotondo (Trumpet) | Historical anthology curated by Adriano Mazzoletti; Cuppini plays on B5 and B8. | not found | Amazon search |
| Bailemos Juntos | 1963 | Vergara, Ricordi | Various artists | Not itemized on Discogs | Tracks A2 "Desafinado" and B5 "Maria Niguem" by the Orquestra Gil Cuppini. | not found | Amazon search |
| Sings | 1964 | Disques Festival | Milt Jackson / Gruppo Enrico Intra | Not itemized on Discogs | Second Discogs entry (LP edition) of "Sings", listed under Cuppini as an appearance; no personnel itemized. | not found | Amazon search |
| Пее Лара Сен Пол Една песен, една любов / Lara Saint Paul Is Singing A Song, A Love | 1973 | Балкантон | Lara Saint Paul | Not itemized on Discogs | Bulgarian Balkanton LP by an Italian pop singer; Discogs itemizes no personnel. | not found | Amazon search |
| Il Jazz In Italia I | 1981 | Fabbri Editori | Various artists | Not itemized on Discogs | Track A5, "Sweet Lips", by the Gil Cuppini Big Band. | not found | Amazon search |
| I Grandi Del Jazz Complete Edition | 1981 | I Grandi Del Jazz | Various artists | Not itemized on Discogs | Box set; track A5, "Sweet Lips", by the Gil Cuppini Big Band. | not found | Amazon search |
| Newport Jazz Festival: Live (Unreleased Highlights From 1956, 1958, 1963) | 1982 | Columbia | Various artists | Gil Cuppini (Drums); the International Youth Band directed by Marshall Brown: Andy Marsala, Hans Salomon, Vlady Bas (alto saxophones); Ronnie Ross (baritone saxophone); Bernt Rosengren, Jan Ptaszyn Wroblewski (tenor saxophones); Albert Mangelsdorff, Christian Kellens, Erich Kleinschuster, Kurt Jarnberg (trombones); Dusko Goykovich, Jose Manuel Magalhaes, Palle Bolvig, Roger Guerin (trumpets); George Gruntz (piano); Gabor Szabo (guitar); Ruud Jacobs (bass) | Columbia LP of unreleased Newport highlights; Cuppini plays on A3, "On The Sunny Side Of The Street", with the International Youth Band directed by Marshall Brown. | not found | Amazon search |
| From West Coast To East Coast | 1983 | RCA | Various artists | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Lars Gullin (Baritone Saxophone); Giorgio Azzolini (Bass); Romano Mussolini (Piano) | RCA box set; Cuppini plays on track E4, "Spring Is Here". | not found | Amazon search |
| Rare Performances Of The 50's And 60's | 1985 | CBS | Louis Armstrong | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Louis Armstrong (Vocals); the International Youth Band directed by Marshall Brown: Andy Marsala, Hans Salomon, Vlady Bas (alto saxophones); Ronnie Ross (baritone saxophone); Bernt Rosengren, Jan Ptaszyn Wroblewski (tenor saxophones); Albert Mangelsdorff, Christian Kellens, Erich Kleinschuster, Kurt Jarnberg (trombones); Dusko Goykovich, Jose Manuel Magalhaes, Palle Bolvig, Roger Guerin (trumpets); George Gruntz (piano); Gabor Szabo (guitar); Ruud Jacobs (bass) | CBS compilation; track D2, "On The Sunny Side Of The Street": the International Youth Band directed by Marshall Brown, with Louis Armstrong (Newport, 1958). | not found | Amazon search |
| Italian Jazz Graffiti | 1988 | Musica Jazz | Various artists | A3, A4: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Franco Raffaelli (Alto Saxophone); Carlo Loffredo (Bass); Carlo Pes (Guitar); Ettore Crisostomi (Piano); Nunzio Rotondo (Trumpet) / A6: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Antonio Ferrelli (Bass); Aurelio Ciarallo (Clarinet); Umberto Cesari (Piano) / B2: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Francesco Rapisarda (Baritone Saxophone); Edoardo Rossi (Bass); Giancarlo Barigozzi (Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soloist); Sergio Mandini (Guitar, Soloist); Ettore Ballotta (Piano, Soloist); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone, Soloist) / B3: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Attilio Donadio (Alto Saxophone, Soloist); Roberto Nicolosi (Arranged By); Francesco Rapisarda (Baritone Saxophone); Alberto Pizzigoni (Bass); Adelmo Prandi (Cornet); Franco Cerri (Guitar, Soloist); Giampiero Boneschi (Piano, Soloist); Athos Ceroni (Trombone); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet, Soloist); Mario Pezzotta (Tuba) / B4: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Sandro Bagalini (Baritone Saxophone); Antonio De Serio (Bass); Giancarlo Barigozzi (Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soloist); Enrico Intra (Piano, Soloist); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone, Soloist); Mario Midana (Trombone); Silvio Comensoli (Vibraphone, Soloist) | Musica Jazz supplement of rare recordings from the early 1950s; Cuppini plays on A3, A4, A6 and B2-B4. | not found | Amazon search |
| The Best Of The Jazz Violins | 1989 | Lester Recording Catalog | Various artists | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Marco Ratti (Bass); Lou Stein (Piano); Joe Venuti (Violin) | Joe Venuti quartet tracks 1-7 (recorded in Italy in 1971) share the CD with Stephane Grappelli tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| Jazz-Club • Violin | 1989 | Verve Records | Various artists | Not itemized on Discogs | Verve LP; Discogs itemizes no personnel. | not found | Amazon search |
| Italian Jazz Graffiti 2 | 1989 | Musica Jazz | Various artists | A2: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Franco Cerri (Bass); Romano Mussolini (Piano) / B2: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giovanni Alceo Guatelli (Bass); Lorenzo Nardini (Clarinet); Gastone Tassinari (Flute); Mario Loschi (Oboe); Raoul Ceroni (Trombone); Giulio Libano (Trumpet) | Musica Jazz supplement; Cuppini plays on A2 and B2. | not found | Amazon search |
| Dimensione Jazz | 1995 | Right Tempo Classic Recordings | Various artists | Not itemized on Discogs | Track D2, "Vinnie's Components", by the Gil Cuppini Quintet; Discogs itemizes no personnel. | not found | Amazon search |
| L'Integrale (Antologia Cronologica) CD N° 1 (1948-63), CD N° 2 (1964) | 1997 | Soul Note | Giorgio Gaslini | 1-1: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giorgio Gaslini (Arranged By, Piano); Gino Stefani (Clarinet) / 1-2: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Gino Stefani (Clarinet); Giorgio Gaslini (Piano) / 1-3, 1-4, 1-5: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Marcello Boschi (Alto Saxophone); Giorgio Gaslini (Arranged By, Piano); Antonio De Serio (Bass); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone); Nino Impallomeni (Trumpet) / "Tempo E Relazione": Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giovanni Alceo Guatelli (Bass); Lorenzo Nardini (Clarinet, Alto Saxophone); Gastone Tassinari (Flute); Mario Loschi (Oboe); Giorgio Gaslini (Piano); Raoul Ceroni (Trombone); Giulio Libano (Trumpet) | Soul Note CD anthology (1948-1964); Cuppini plays on the five 1948 bebop-sextet tracks ("Ow!", "Concerto-Riff", "Night In Tunisia", "Bop-Bop", "Drums Be-Bop") and on "Tempo e Relazione" (1957). | not found | Amazon search |
| The Best Of Jazz Violin | 1998 | LaserLight Digital | Joe Venuti / Stephane Grappelli / Jean-Luc Ponty | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Marco Ratti (Bass); Lou Stein (Piano); Joe Venuti (Violin) | Joe Venuti tracks 1-5, recorded in Italy in 1971. | not found | Amazon search |
| Mondi Caldi Di Notte - Italian 60's Mondo Movie Sexy Themes | 1999 | Plastic Records | Armando Sciascia | Not itemized on Discogs | Italian film-music compilation; Discogs itemizes no personnel for Cuppini's tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| Swinging Jazz Violin | 2007 | MPS Records, Universal Music Group | Various artists | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Marco Ratti (Bass); Lou Stein (Piano); Joe Venuti (Violin) | Track 7, "After You've Gone", the Joe Venuti quartet. | not found | Amazon search |
| European Jazz - New Sounds From The Old Continent | 2010 | Membran | Various artists | Sestetto Be-Bop Gilberto Cuppini (billed ensemble); personnel not itemized on Discogs | Tracks 3-14 "Esophagus" and 3-15 "Perdido" by the Sestetto Be-Bop Gilberto Cuppini. | not found | Amazon search |
| Beginnin Of Modern Jazz In Milano | 2013 | Riviera Jazz Records | Various artists | Not itemized on Discogs | Tracks 5-7 ("Euforia", "How High The Moon", "Lady Bird") by the Sestetto Be-Bop Gilberto Cuppini. | not found | Amazon search |
| European Cool Jazz 1951-1959 | 2014 | Frémeaux & Associés | Various artists | Gil Cuppini (Drums, Arranged By); Martin Davies (Adapted By (Text)); Claude Colombini (Concept By); Patrick Frémeaux (Concept By); Augustin Bondoux (Directed By); Giancarlo Barigozzi (Alto Saxophone); Sandro Bagalini (Baritone Saxophone); Antonio De Serio (Bass); Gianfranco Intra (Piano); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone); Mario Midana (Trumpet); Silvio Comensoli (Vibraphone) | Frémeaux & Associés cool-jazz anthology; Cuppini plays drums and is credited with the arrangement on 2-12, "Auld Lang Syne". | not found | Amazon search |
| Columbia And RCA Victor Live Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars | 2014 | Mosaic Records | Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Louis Armstrong (Vocals); the International Youth Band directed by Marshall Brown: Andy Marsala, Bernt Rosengren, Hans Salomon, Jan Ptaszyn Wroblewski, Ronnie Ross, Vlady Bas (reeds); Albert Mangelsdorff, Christian Kellens, Erich Kleinschuster, Kurt Jarnberg (trombones); Dusko Goykovich, Jose Manuel Magalhaes, Palle Bolvig, Roger Guerin (trumpets); George Gruntz (piano); Gabor Szabo (guitar); Ruud Jacobs (bass) | Mosaic box set; track 8-18, "On The Sunny Side Of The Street": the International Youth Band, dir. Marshall Brown, with Louis Armstrong (Newport, 1958). | not found | Amazon search |
| Big Bands / European Jazz | 2017 | S.A.I.F.A.M. | Various artists | Not itemized on Discogs | Track 2-2, "Perdido", by the Sestetto Be-Bop Gilberto Cuppini. | not found | Amazon search |
| Bella Italia | undated | The Intense Media | Various artists | Not itemized on Discogs | Track 6-5, "Opus One-Half", by the Sestetto Be-Bop Gilberto Cuppini. | not found | Amazon search |
| Le Stelle Del Jazz Italiano | undated | S.A.I.F.A.M. | Various artists | Not itemized on Discogs | Track 1-1, "Esophagus", by the Gilberto Cuppini Sextet. | not found | Amazon search |
| Soundtracks | undated | Lino Patruno Jazz Show | Lino Patruno | Gil Cuppini (Drums); Bruno Longhi (Clarinet); Marco Ratti (Contrabass); Lino Patruno (Guitar, Banjo); Sante Palumbo (Piano) | CD of Patruno film and theater music; Cuppini plays drums on the first track ("Lo Zoo di Vetro"). | not found | Amazon search |
| Impressions - By Night 1 (Versioni Originali 1956/1959) | undated | Giallo Records | Various artists | Not itemized on Discogs | Track 25, "Per Tutta La Vita", by Gil Cuppini e il suo Complesso; Discogs itemizes no personnel. | not found | Amazon search |
Caprice (Musica Jazz, 1997): track-by-track personnel
Personnel by track, as itemized on Discogs. Track numbers follow the CD.
- 1. Improvviso: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Sergio Valenti (Alto Saxophone); Fausto Papetti (Baritone Saxophone); Berto Pisano (Bass); Enrico Intra (Piano); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone); Mario Midana (Trombone); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet)
- 2. I'll Remember April: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Lars Gullin (Arranged By, Baritone Saxophone); Giorgio Azzolini (Bass); Renato Sellani (Piano); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet)
- 3. Circeo: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Ettore Righello (Arranged By, Piano); Giorgio Buratti (Bass); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone); Sergio Fanni (Trumpet)
- 4. Confirmation: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Barney Wilen (Arranged By, Tenor Saxophone); Karl Theodor Geier (Bass); George Gruntz (Piano); Dusko Goykovich (Trumpet)
- 5. The Man With The Golden Arm (Main Title Theme): Gil Cuppini (Drums); Mario Codaccu (Vocals); Monna Lisa (Vocals); Paolo Morelli (Vocals); Ruggero Cini (Vocals)
- 6. Well Said!: Gil Cuppini (Drums, Arranged By); Glauco Masetti (Alto Saxophone); Sergio Valenti (Alto Saxophone); Sergio Rigon (Baritone Saxophone, Flute); Giorgio Azzolini (Bass); Ettore Righello (Piano); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone); Cesare Gagliardi (Trombone); Dino Piana (Trombone); Mario Pezzotta (Trombone); Nicola Castriotta (Trombone); Alberto Corvini (Trumpet); Dusko Goykovich (Trumpet); Emilio Soana (Trumpet); Fermo Lini (Trumpet); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet)
- 7. Move It!: Gil Cuppini (Drums, Arranged By); Giancarlo Barigozzi (Alto Saxophone); Glauco Masetti (Alto Saxophone); Sergio Rigon (Baritone Saxophone, Flute); Giorgio Azzolini (Bass); Carlo Sola (Bongos); Ettore Righello (Piano); Cesare Bergonzi (Tenor Saxophone); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone); Beppe Bergamasco (Trombone); Cesare Gagliardi (Trombone); Nicola Castriotta (Trombone); Rudy Migliardi (Trombone); Bruno Moretti (Trumpet); Emilio Soana (Trumpet); Fermo Lini (Trumpet); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet)
- 8. Caravan, 9. Sweet Georgia Brown: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Paolo Tomelleri (Alto Saxophone); Tony Parisi (Bass); Nando De Luca (Piano); Joe Venuti (Violin)
- 10. Caprice: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giancarlo Barigozzi (Alto Saxophone); Athos Poletti (Baritone Saxophone); Sergio Rigon (Baritone Saxophone, Flute); Carlo Milano (Bass); Alberto Pizzigoni (Guitar); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone); Beppe Bergamasco (Trombone); Nicola Castriotta (Trombone); Emilio Soana (Trumpet); Fermo Lini (Trumpet); Luciano Biasutti (Trumpet); Sergio Fanni (Trumpet)
- 11. Bloom: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giancarlo Barigozzi (Alto Saxophone); Athos Poletti (Baritone Saxophone); Tony Parisi (Bass); Alberto Pizzigoni (Guitar); Rudy Peroni (Piano); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone); Nicola Castriotta (Trombone); Fermo Lini (Trumpet)
- 12. Oh, Lady Be Good!: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Giancarlo Barigozzi (Alto Saxophone); Glauco Masetti (Alto Saxophone); Piero Gosio (Arranged By); Athos Poletti (Baritone Saxophone); Giorgio Azzolini (Bass); Alberto Pizzigoni (Guitar); Ettore Righello (Piano); Eraldo Volonté (Tenor Saxophone); Gianni Basso (Tenor Saxophone); Angelo Del Vecchio (Trombone); Cesare Gagliardi (Trombone); Dino Piana (Trombone); Nicola Castriotta (Trombone); Angelo Faglia (Trumpet); Fermo Lini (Trumpet); Oscar Valdambrini (Trumpet); Renato Grimaldi (Trumpet)
- 13. The Skin Stretch: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Riccardo Fioravanti (Bass); Danilo Minotti (Guitar); Paolo Brioschi (Piano); Claudio Alifranchini (Saxophone); Gabriele Comeglio (Saxophone); Giancarlo Porro (Saxophone); Paolo Barbieri (Saxophone); Moreno Fassi (Trombone); Pierluigi Salvi (Trombone); Emilio Soana (Trumpet); Fernando Brusco (Trumpet)
- 14. Black And Blue: Gil Cuppini (Drums); Aldo Zunino (Bass); Kenny Davern (Clarinet); Riccardo Zegna (Piano); Bob Wilber (Soprano Saxophone)
Credits Listed by Wikipedia and Not Itemized on Discogs
Italian Wikipedia's partial discography lists the following 78 rpm records on La Voce del Padrone, which Discogs does not itemize as separate entries (several of the tracks are collected on the 2008 Riviera Jazz Records CD above):
- June 10, 1948: "Night In Tunisia" / "Salt Peanuts" (HN 2328) and "Bop Bop" / "Drums Be-Bop" (HN 2355), as the Sestetto Be-Bop Gil Cuppini.
- February 22, 1949: "Swing Club" / "Nelly Bop" (HN 2464), as Gil Cuppini e il suo Complesso.
- March 25, 1949: "Esophagus" / "Egyptology" (HN 2474), as Gil Cuppini e il suo Complesso.
- September 8, 1954: "Auld Lang Syne" / "Things To Come" (HN 3381) and "You Go To My Head" / "Little George" (HN 3404), as Gil Cuppini e il suo Complesso.
The same list dates the Fox EP Over The Rainbow (EPF 119) to 1965 and the Hollywood 45 "Il Nord" / "L'uomo dal braccio d'oro" (H 1010) to 1959; Discogs dates the Fox EP 1958.
Discogs Entries Without a Personnel Line for Cuppini
- Concert A L'Exposition Universelle De Bruxelles (Collection Sidney Bechet, 1958, Sidney Bechet-Buck Clayton Sextet): Discogs lists this release among Cuppini's appearances, but its personnel credits name Kansas Fields as the drummer and do not itemize Cuppini. English Wikipedia says Cuppini played in Belgium in 1958 with Teddy Wilson and Arvell Shaw; no Discogs credit documents that.
Personnel & Collaborations
Unless noted, every connection below is a credit on the same Discogs release or track as Cuppini.
- Giorgio Gaslini (piano) - on the 1948 bebop-sextet tracks "Ow!," "Concerto-Riff," "Night In Tunisia," "Bop-Bop" and "Drums Be-Bop" (on Gaslini's Soul Note anthology L'Integrale), and on the Giorgio Gaslini Octet EP Tempo e Relazione Op. 12, recorded in Milan on February 11, 1957, on which Cuppini plays drums.
- Enrico Intra (piano) - a piano, bass and drums trio billed with Cuppini and bassist Giorgio Azzolini on Inverno Fiory Tentat Percussione Free (1966); the Italian Jazz Ensemble live LP (Capolinea, June 14, 1979); From:Milan To:Frankfurt / Main Re: Jazz Twins with Franco Cerri (1985); "Il Nord" on 10 Anni Di Jazz In Italia (1959); and the Gruppo Enrico Intra on Milt Jackson's Sings EP (1964).
- Franco Cerri (guitar, bass) - Aurelio Ciarallo's quartet EP (1958), Nicola Arigliano's records with the Pino Calvi quartet (1958), his own 1964 Columbia LP (Cuppini on B3 and B4), Sings with Milt Jackson (1964), the 1985 Intra-Cerri LP, and "Garineipaulus" on Italian Jazz Graffiti 2 (1989).
- Gianni Basso (tenor saxophone) - Cuppini's main horn partner from the Canfora LP (1954) through the quintet records, Sof' Stroke, both A New Day records, Gil Cuppini Groups & Big Band and Caprice, plus the Basso-Valdambrini quintet records; he is billed with Cuppini, Renato Sellani and Pallino Salonia on the 45 Epitaph e Josie's theme.
- Eraldo Volonté (tenor saxophone) - the 1948 Sestetto Be-Bop, the 1960 quintet and La Coppa del Jazz group, Sof' Stroke, both A New Day records, Caprice, and the Venuti tour recordings; Italian Wikipedia dates their working partnership from 1948 into the 1970s.
- Giancarlo Barigozzi (saxophones, flute) - Milt Jackson's Sings EP (1964), Franco Cerri's 1964 LP (flute on B3 and B4), Giorgio Buratti's My Soul In Performances, The Incredible Joe Venuti (1971 tour) and Caprice; Barigozzi's own profile also places him in Cuppini's orchestra at La Scala in December 1965 (not a Discogs credit).
- Dino Piana (trombone) and Emilio Soana (trumpet) - big-band section mates on Sof' Stroke (1968), Gil Cuppini Groups & Big Band (1984), Caprice and the 1997 A New Day (Piana also on Un Sogno Di Cristallo and Buratti's 1966 track; Soana also on The Incredible Joe Venuti).
- Carlo Loffredo (double bass) and Carlo Pes (guitar) - Nunzio Rotondo's Milan sextet session of March 1952 ("Embraceable You" on Nunzio Rotondo Vol.1, "Move" on Ricordi's 40 Anni Di Jazz In Italia) and the same lineup on "Stelle Filanti" and "Move" on Italian Jazz Graffiti; Loffredo is also with Cuppini in Lino Patruno's Jazz Stars of Italy on The Big Reunion (1990), Live In San Marino and Hello Satch!.
- Glauco Masetti (alto saxophone, clarinet) - alto saxophonist on the 1947 Sestetto Be-Bop shellac Boogie Drums Woogie / Opus One-Half, on Nino Impallomeni's 1956 sextet EP, Piero Umiliani's Da Roma A New York (1957), Over The Rainbow (1958) and Bruno Canfora's Cole Porter LP; Cuppini is the drummer on Masetti's own EP Sax-Appeal (1958), and Masetti sits in the saxophone section on Sof' Stroke (1968), Joe Venuti's Italian tour album, both A New Day records, Gil Cuppini Groups & Big Band (tracks B1 to B4), Caprice (tracks 6, 7 and 12, the last recorded at La Scala in December 1965) and the Italian Jazz Ensemble live LP. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com
- Romano Mussolini (piano) - the Jazz Stars of Italy records above, "Spring Is Here" with Lars Gullin and Giorgio Azzolini (on the RCA box From West Coast To East Coast), and "Garineipaulus" on Italian Jazz Graffiti 2.
- Gianni Sanjust (clarinet) and Enzo Randisi (vibraphone) - Lino Patruno's Jazz Stars of Italy (Sanjust on The Big Reunion, Live In San Marino and Hello Satch!; Randisi on Live In San Marino).
- Gabriele Comeglio (saxophone) - track 13 of Caprice, recorded at the Teatro San Fedele in Milan on May 6, 1987.
- Claudio Fasoli (alto saxophone) - "Hog Dog: Dog Blues" on Giorgio Buratti's My Soul In Performances, recorded in Milan in February 1966, with Barigozzi, Piana and Valdambrini.
- Attilio Donadio (alto saxophone) and Baldo Panfili (trumpet) - Bruno Canfora e la sua Orchestra, Presenta Cole Porter (recorded in Milan, December 1954), with Basso and Volonté; Donadio also plays on "Bugle Cool Rag" on Italian Jazz Graffiti.
- Gianni Coscia (accordion) - L'Altra Fisarmonica (Dire, 1985).
- Milt Jackson (vocals) - the EP Sings (Disques Festival, 1964), with the Gruppo Enrico Intra, Barigozzi, Cerri and Pallino Salonia.
- Louis Armstrong (vocals) - the International Youth Band's "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" at Newport in 1958, on which Discogs credits Cuppini on drums and Armstrong on vocals (CBS Rare Performances Of The 50's And 60's; Mosaic Columbia And RCA Victor Live Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars).
- Gino Marinacci (baritone saxophone, flute) - on "The Men Blowin'" (B4) at the 1958 Sanremo Jazz Festival (III Festival Del Jazz - Sanremo, Carisch), on The Artistry Of Nunzio Rotondo (1959, Music, tracks A1 to A3) and on "Cool Feeling" (track 11) of Nunzio Rotondo Vol.1 (1967, Columbia), Discogs-confirmed at the track-credit level. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
- Bio-only connections, not itemized in the credits: English Wikipedia says he worked in the 1970s with Franco D'Andrea and Giorgio Azzolini, and that he played in Belgium in 1958 with Teddy Wilson and Arvell Shaw. Other recurring partners, none with a jazzprofiles.com profile: Nunzio Rotondo, Oscar Valdambrini, Sergio Fanni, Ettore Righello, Giorgio Buratti, Renato Sellani, Lars Gullin, Dusko Goykovich, Joe Venuti, Lino Patruno.
- Giorgio Azzolini (double bass) - bassist on Assi In Vacanza (1959), the Gil Cuppini Quintet LP (1960), the 1966 trio 45 billed to Enrico Intra, Cuppini and Azzolini, Sof' Stroke (1968), Gianni Basso's Jazz Al Centro Pirelli (1970) and David Ng's Late Nite (recorded March 23, 1996); both are also credited on "Spring Is Here" on the RCA box From West Coast To East Coast.
- Henghel Gualdi (clarinet, bandleader) - clarinetist beside Gianni Sanjust on Lino Patruno & The Jazz Stars Of Italy's Live In San Marino (Carosello, 1995), on which Cuppini is the drummer; Discogs-verified.
- Marco Ratti (double bass) - fellow member of Joe Venuti's 1971 Italian touring band, Discogs-credited alongside Cuppini on I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 23 (1981), Violinology (1974) and Welcome Joe! (1974); profiled separately on this site.
- Mario Pezzotta (trombone) - trombonist in Cuppini's big band on Sof' Stroke (1968), Gil Cuppini Groups & Big Band (1984) and A New Day (1997), and on the December 1965 La Scala concert on Caprice; also a fellow credited musician on Bruno Canfora's Presenta Cole Porter (1955). Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
- Maurizio Majorana (bass) - fellow credited musician, with Gianni Basso, Oscar Valdambrini and Renato Sellani, on Franco Cerri's 1964 Columbia LP, on which Cuppini also plays drums. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
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- Saint Louis College of Music jazz archive: Gil Cuppini
- Riviera Jazz Records: Gilberto Cuppini Groups
- Siena Jazz study center: Gil Cuppini, la storia dietro quei tamburi (Franco Cerri, 1996)
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- Discogs API, artist 1027350 ("Gil Cuppini") and its group entities (Gil Cuppini Quintet 1027354, Gil Cuppini Big Band 2558780, Gil Cuppini E Il Suo Complesso 2857055, Sestetto Be-Bop Gilberto Cuppini 2464842, Ottetto Gil Cuppini 8127866, Gil Cuppini Dance 8127867, Orchestra Jazz Gil Cuppini 8127868, and others), with every release fetched for credits.
- Italian Wikipedia: Gil Cuppini - dates, family, early orchestras, 1957 drumming contest, Concert Jazz Band, 1985 prize, death and burial, partial discography; cites Musica Jazz, April 1997, and Guido Michelone, Sincopato tricolore (effequ, 2010).
- English Wikipedia: Gil Cuppini and Wikidata Q978901 - the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz entry it cites, Osterwald, Trovajoli and Kramer, Rotondo, Basso and Valdambrini, Belgium 1958, Venuti, D'Andrea and Azzolini.
- Saint Louis College of Music jazz archive: Gil Cuppini, An Italian drummer in Newport and At the origins of Italian jazz: The Hot Clubs.
- Il Tamburo Parlante: Gil Cuppini, il primo drum hero italiano - Hot Club, 1948 sextet, 1960 Coppa del Jazz, 1965 method book, Lugano and Brussels festivals.
- Gerovijazz: Ricordo di Gil Cuppini - bebop conversion, Lars Gullin, Concert Jazz Band, Capolinea, Jazz Stars of Italy, death and burial.
- Riviera Jazz Records: Gilberto Cuppini Groups and Jazzitalia review of the CD - 1947 to 1954 session dates and personnel; Max Roach and Kenny Clarke.
- Siena Jazz study center: Franco Cerri, "Gil Cuppini: la storia dietro quei tamburi," Musica Jazz, August 1996.