Riccardo Ruggieri

Riccardo Ruggieri, pianist, composer and drummer, was born in Turin in 1967. Throughout his professional career, from 1988 to present, he has performed in several concerts in clubs and jazz festivals in Italy and abroad. He was leader of some bands like the quartet with the saxophone player Paolo Porta and the quintet with Carlo Atti and Emanuele Cisi at the saxophones. He has also collaborated with many internationally renowned musicians as Larry Nocella, Steve Grossman, Rachel Gould, Luigi Bonafede, Paula West, George Brown, Emanuele Cisi, Flavio Boltro, Stefano Di Battista, Rosario Bonaccorso, Fabrizio Bosso, Benjamin Henocq, Pietro Tonolo, Aldo Mella,Claudio Chiara, Tito Mangilajo Rantzer, Giulio Capiozzo, Giorgio Li Calzi, Jimmy Owens, Billy Hart, Harold Land, Gianni Cazzola, Sandro Gibellini, Enzo Zirilli, Rossana Casale, Tony Scott, Gary Bartz, Jake Langley, Kellye Gray and many others-