Frank Ricotti

Frank Ricotti ( born January 31, 1949 in London ) is a British vibraphonist and percussionist of modern jazz, which is mainly active as a studio musician.

Life and work

Ricotti was as a young member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and studied from 1967 to 1970 at the Trinity College of Music. Already at this time he was involved in projects and recordings by Neil Ardley ( 1968-71 ), Graham Collier and Mike Gibbs ( 1969-72 ) and led by Dave Gelly a combo. He then founded his own quartet and also worked in the field of jazz with Stan Tracey (1970 ), Harry Beckett ( 1970-72 ), Norma Winstone (1971 ), Gordon Beck ( 1973-74 ) and Tony Coe (1978). Together with bassist Mike de Albuquerque, he presented the album First Wind. He was also involved in the studio productions of Rick Wakeman, Peter Frampton, Caravan, Savoy Brown, Curved Air and many pop musicians.

In the 1980s, he worked with John Taylor and Chris Laurence in the band Paragonne; In 1984, he also worked again with Gordon Beck. He then worked almost exclusively as a studio musician. Ricotti participated in recordings of Freddie Mercury / Montserrat Caballé (Barcelona), The Pet Shop Boys, Swing Out ​​Sister, Belle and Sebastian, Clannad, Barclay James Harvest, Meat Loaf, Working Week, Tina Turner, Aztec Camera, Thomas Anders, Alphaville and Mark Knopfler with.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Frank Ricotti Our Point of View (1968, with Chris Spedding, Chris Laurence, Bryan Spring)
  • Frank Ricotti Vibes (1981 )
  • Frank Ricotti & Paul Manning Directions ... Percussive Themes (1983 )
  • Frank Ricotti & Gary Kettel shapes in percussion (1987 )
  • Guy Barker Quintet plus Frank Ricotti Holly J (2006)

Lexigraphic entries

  • Simon Adams, " Frank Ricotti " in: Barry core box (ed.) New Grove Dictionary of Jazz 2002
  • John Chilton, Who's Who of British Jazz Continuum International Publishing Group 2004, ISBN 0826472346
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