Quartetto Egie was a jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 vocal male quartet working in Italy

Italy

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 during 1940s.

It formed in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

 in 1940. The four singers were Tata Giacobetti

Tata Giacobetti

Giovanni "Tata" Giacobetti was one of the singers of Quartetto Cetra, a very famous Italian vocal quartet.-Biography:...

, Iacopo Jacomelli

Iacopo Jacomelli

Iacopo Jacomelli was an Italian singer of 1940s.In 1940 he founded a vocal quartet named Quartetto Egie together with Tata Giacobetti, Enrico Gentile and Enrico De Angelis. They made their debut on 27 May 1940 at the Valle Theatre in Rome...

, Enrico Gentile

Enrico Gentile

Enrico Gentile was an Italian singer of 1940s.In 1940 he founded a vocal quartet named Quartetto Egie together with Tata Giacobetti, Iacopo Jacomelli and Enrico De Angelis. They made their debut on 27 May 1940 at the Valle Theatre in Rome. They performed the song Bambina dall'abito blu...

 e Enrico De Angelis

Enrico De Angelis

Enrico De Angelis was an Italian singer of 1940s.In 1940, he founded a vocal quartet named Quartetto Egie together with Tata Giacobetti, Iacopo Jacomelli and Enrico Gentile. They made their debut on 27 May 1940 at the Valle Theatre in Rome. They performed the song Bambina dall'abito blu...

. The name EGIE came from their initials.

Quartetto Egie made their debut on 27 May 1940 at the Valle Theatre in Rome. They performed the song Bambina dall'abito blu ("little girl in a blue dress").

Some months later, still in 1940, Iacopo Jacomelli left the group. Virgilio Savona

Virgilio Savona

Antonio Virgilio Savona was one of the members of the Italian vocal group, the Quartetto Cetra.-Biography:Antonio Savona was born at Juventus, Italy. His artistic career had a very early start. In 1926, aged 6, he began studying music...

 filled the vacancy, and then new line-up changed its name to Quartetto Ritmo

Quartetto Ritmo

Quartetto Ritmo was a jazz vocal male quartet working in Italy during the 1940s.The group originated from the previous Quartetto Egie, after Iacopo Jacomelli left the formation...

. Then, in 1941, Felice Chiusano

Felice Chiusano

Felice Chiusano was one of the singers of Quartetto Cetra, a popular Italian vocal quartet.-Biography:Chiusano was born in Fondi, in the province of Latina of southern Lazio....

 replaced Enrico Gentile and the group was renamed Quartetto Cetra

Quartetto Cetra

Quartetto Cetra, or simply I Cetra, was an Italian vocal quartet established during the 1940s.The group originated from the previous Quartetto Ritmo following the replacement of one singer. Felice Chiusano filled the vacancy left by Enrico Gentile and joined Tata Giacobetti, Virgilio Savona and...

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