Franco Mondini (drums) Torino (I), 1935. He has played in the bands of Nunzio Rotondo, Chet Baker quartet-sextet, René Thomas e Bobby Jaspar quartet, Mal Waldron trio, Franco D’Andrea.

He has recorded with Jaspar & Thomas, Jacques Pelzer, Conte Candoli, Phil Woods, George Joyner, Franco Ambrosetti, Enrico Rava, Nunzio Rotondo, Franco D'Andrea.

He wrote the books “Sulla strada con Chet Baker e tutti gli altri”, Lindau, Torino, 2003, and “Fuck Fiction”, Pendragon, Bologna, 2006.