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Nicoló Ricci
During my career, I had the chance to play with great musicians such as: Steve Swallow, Adam Nussbaum, Jesper Bodilsen, Gerald Cannon, Paolino Dalla Porta, Antonio Zambrini, Roberto Gatto, Giovanni Falzone, Andrea Dulbecco, Pietro Tonolo, Tino Tracanna, Marco Vaggi, Achille Succi, Bebo Ferra, Giulio Corini, Alfonso Santimone, Francesco Lento, Harris Eisenstadt, Joe Fonda, Roberto Rossi, Roberto Cecchetto, Fausto Beccalossi, Greg Burk, David Binney, Reinier Baas, Ben Van Gelder, Mark Schilders, Bo van der Werf, Clemens van de Feen.
I currently live in Amsterdam, where I originally moved for a master's degree program at Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Now thanks to the international and alive music scene of the city I have the chance to play in The Netherlands and around the world with several bands.
Awards
In 2014 I won the first prize as soloist in the Vittoria Rotary Jazz Awards with a jury led by Francesco Cafiso. In 2018 I won the prestigious Dutch Jazz Competition as part of the band of Sun Mi Hong.
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Etuk Ubong: Africa Today
by Chris May
Lagos-based Etuk Ubong is part of a long line of fiery, Afrobeat-rooted, hard bop-influenced trumpeters which stretches back to Tunde Williams, who was in the 1960s a founder member of Fela Kuti's seminal band, Africa 70. Kuti's legacy figures large in Ubong's music, which he styles “earth music" and which is characterised by urgent tempos, powerful horn charts and highly charged socio-political lyrics. Ubong made his own-name debut in 2017, when he released Tales Of Life (Jazzagression). ...
read moreEtuk Ubong: Purpose Of Creation / Etuk's Ritual
by Chris May
Lagos-based Etuk Ubong is part of a long line of fiery Afrobeat-rooted trumpeters which stretches back to Tunde Williams, a founder member of Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band in the 1960s. The lineage's foundational provenance is centred around players such as Lee Morgan and early period Freddie Hubbard. Ubong made his own-name debut in 2017, when he released the quartet album Tales Of Life (Jazzagression), an excellent post-hard bop outing which made little impact outside Nigeria. At the ...
read moreNicoló Ricci: Pulcino
by Nicholas F. Mondello
With Pulcino saxophonist Nicoló Ricci bravely sets off on a musical excursion with only bassist Giuseppe Romagnoli and drummer Andreu Pitarch along for the adventure. The result is a fascinating portrait of an artist and players willing to forego the keyboard's harmonic support and cast improvisational fate to their own superior creativity. “The Superflourescent Boy" has Ricci and team exploring a brief theme and subsequently moving into a varying-tempoed, swingingly playful track. Ricci's inventiveness, egged on by ...
read moreNicoló Ricci: Pulcino
by Geno Thackara
It takes a confident saxophonist to step out in the classic trio format--no chordal instrument or frontline partner to share the load, just a strong trust in one's own skill and the backing of his bandmates. There's no one to hide behind, and everything is out in the figurative spotlight even when all three are sharing the load. For the Nicolò Ricci Trio, the setting isn't an intimidating one, but stimulating and full of possibilities. Their skill and chemistry are ...
read moreI have played with Nicolò Ricci, and remember the music we made together with great pleasure. He is a thoughtful, expressive jazz musician with a well developed ability to touch his listeners with the message in his music. He deserves a wider audience. Steve Swallow
I think Nicolò is, without any doubts, one of the shiniest stars of his generation, one of the most interesting saxophone players we have today in Italy
Music
Nicoló Ricci
Location: Amsterdam
Instrument: Saxophone, tenor
Born: April 14, 1987
