Paul Mazzolini
Paul Mazzolini (born
February 18,
1960,
Beirut,
Lebanon,
stage name Gazebo), is an
Italian musician.
He was born in
Lebanon, the son of an Italian
diplomat and an
American singer. According to legend, he learned to play the guitar aged 10 to impress a
German girl in his class.
As a rather cosmopolitan teenager Mazzolini began a career in a variety of
jazz,
rock and
punk bands before meeting
Rome based producer Pierluigi Giombini [
1]. Both shared a passion for
synthesizers and started working together. The first release,
Masterpiece, was a minor hit in
1982.
His footnote in charts history is his
1983 release
I Like Chopin (popular opinion notwithstanding, the piano motif herein is not a
Chopin composition), which topped continental European charts for weeks. A song written for
Ryan Paris called "Dolce Vita" made it into the German Top 10 and also peaked at number 5 in the
United Kingdom, where Gazebo never charted.
The follow-up song
Lunatic and the eponymous album also entered the Top 20 across Europe, but the
1984 album
Telephone Mama was less successful.
Since then Mazzolini has released more albums. Not counting the occasional hit compilation with yet another "I Like Chopin" remix, the latest work was produced in 1997, an Italian only album called "Viewpoint".
* Gazebo (Baby Records, 1983)
* Telephone Mama (Baby Records, 1984)
* Univision (Carosello, 1986)
* The Rainbow Tales (Carosello, 1988)
* Sweet Life (Carosello, 1989)
* Scenes From The Broadcast (Lunatic, 1991)
* I Like Chopin - Best Of Gazebo (Jimco, 1991) - Japanese Release
* Greatest Hits (Baby Records, 1992)
* Classics (RCA Italiana 1994)
* Portrait (Giungla-BMG Italy, 1994)
* Viewpoint (Softworks, 1997)
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Mazzolini Biography
