Riccardo Del Fra, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Riccardo Del Fra

Italian composer

Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1956

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Profession: composer, film score composer, university teacher, jazz musician

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Riccardo Del Fra

  • Riccardo Del Fra (born February 20, 1956, Rome) is an Italian jazz double-bassist, bandleader, composer, and arranger. Del Fra first played guitar, then switched to upright bass when he was sixteen years old.
  • He studied at a conservatory, played in the RAI Orchestra, and did work as a studio musician for film scores in the 1970s.
  • Concomitantly, he began playing as a sideman in jazz venues in Rome for touring musicians, such as Art Blakey, Art Farmer, and Kai Winding.
  • He joined Enrico Pieranunzi's ensemble in the late 1970s and played with Chet Baker; Del Fra and Baker played together frequently thereafter until Baker's death. Del Fra eventually moved to Paris, where he worked in a trio setting with Alain Jean-Marie and Al Levitt and played local clubs as the backing band for visiting Americans.
  • He also worked with Charles Loos, Barney Wilen, Lee Konitz, Joe Diorio, and Bob Brookmeyer in the 1980s and 1990s.

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