RICCARDO FASSI has already played with such musicians as: Steve Grossman, Kenny Wheeler, Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Gary Smulyan, Eberhard Weber, LeRoy Jenkins, Oliver Lake, Beaver Harris, Don Moye, Billy Cobham, John Mosca, Lew Tabakin, Sal Nistico, Bob Mover, Rufus Reid, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Mark Dresser, Tim Berne, Zeena Parkins, Brian Carrott, Flavio Boltro, Gunther Schuller (Epitaph 91, Palermo and project about Eric Dolphy 97, Pescara), John Riley, Massimo Urbani, Antonello Salis, Bill Elgart, Adam Nussbaum, Dennis Irwin, Peter Kowald, Nihn LeQuann, Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Butch Morris (with Orchestra Regionale Toscana), Logos Ensemble, Luigi Cinque, Massimo Coen, Nick Brignola, Ronnie Cuber, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Larry Schneyder, David Fiuczynski, Enrico Rava, Gianluigi Trovesi, Bob Franceschini, Alex Sipiagin, Andrew Homzy (Epitaph di Mingus at Metastasio theater in Prato 2003), Dan Moretti and many others.
Riccardo Fassi has performed abroad, both in festivals and in concerts in USA, Argentina, Switzerland, Germany, Croazia, Spain, Slovenia. In November 2002 at Festival in Stresa, Riccardo Fassi played with TANKIO USA BAND SPECIAL PROJECT with Jack Walrath, Alex Sipiagin, Ray Anderson, Bob Stewart, Gary Smulyan, Steve Slagle, Lou Marini, Danny Gottlieb e Fima Ephron; the band performed compositions by Riccardo Fassi.
Since 1983, he has formed and conducted his own big band, the Tankio Band, which is one of the most original realities in the Italian music. He has released 20 records as a leader, 6 of them with the Tankio Band. The CD Tankio Band Plays Frank Zappa has been awarded as the 5th Italian Best Jazz Record of the Year by the main Italian jazz magazine "Musica Jazz". The Group Tankio Band was voted as one of the best Italian group of the year in many critics poll.
Riccardo Fassi worked also as pianist and musical director of The National Orchestra of Jazz in Italy.
He teaches jazz in the Conservatory of Florence.
Tankio U.S.A. Band Special Edition
line-up
Jack Walrath - trumpet
Alex Sipiagin - trumpet
Ray Anderson - trombone
Bob Stewart - tuba
Lou Marini - alto sax
Steve Slagle - soprano & alto sax
Gary Smulyan - baritone sax
Riccardo Fassi - piano, keyboards
Fima Ephron - bass
Danny Gottlieb - drums
Collaborations with:
Alex Sipiagin
Andy Gravish
Gary Smulyan (quartet-duo)
Antonello Salis (duo)
DISCOGRAPHY AS A LEADER
1) TANKIO BAND, SPLASCH 1985
2) JOINING, R.FASSI/ANTONELLO SALIS DUO, SPLASCH 1986
3) OUT OF PHASE, FASSI/TERENZI 4TET, PHRASES 1987
4) IL PRINCIPE, TANKIO BAND feat. STEVE GROSSMAN, SPLASCH 1989
5) TOAST MAN, R.FASSI feat. FLAVIO BOLTRO, SPLASCH 1990
6) NOTTE, TANKIO BAND feat. A.SALIS/F.BOLTRO, SPLASCH 1991
7) ONE FOR LEONARDO, R.FASSI feat. FLAVIO BOLTRO, SPLASCH 1992
8) R.FASSI NEW YORK TRIO, with RUFUS REID and MARVIN "SMITTY" SMITH, YVP 1993
9) IN THE FLOW, R.FASSI piano solo, AMIATA 1994
10) TANKIO BAND PLAY THE MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA, feat. A.SALIS/F.BOLTRO, SPLASCH 1995
11) WALKABOUT, R.FASSI TRIO with BILL ELGART and PAOLINO DALLA PORTA, SPLASCH 1996
12) L’AMICO IMMAGINARIO, RICCARDO FASSI with GARY SMULYAN (DUO-4TET), SPLASCH 1998
13) TOTEM, R.FASSI/A.SALIS DUO, SPLASCH 1999
14) BELLEVILLE (SOUNDTRACK MARCO TURCO'S FILM), STRANGE NOISE PROJECT, R.FASSI with S.LACY, A.SALIS, SPLASCH 2000
15) BEMSHA, R.FASSI with ADAM NUSSBAUM, SPLASCH 2001
16) SERIAL KILLER, TANKIO BAND feat. E.RAVA/A.SALIS, SPLASCH 2001
17) R.FASSI NEW YORK QUINTET, feat. GARY SMULYAN, ADAM NUSSBAUM, BRIAN CARROTT, DENNIS IRWIN, YVP 2001
18) DUMMY, STEVE LACY meets the RICCARDO FASSI TRIO, SPLASCH 2002
19) DOUBLE PLUNGE, RICCARDO FASSI with ALEX SIPIAGIN, JOHN ARNOLD and STEVE CANTARANO, YVP 2005
20) RICCARDO FASSI TANKIO BAND PLAYS THE MUSIC OF ERIC DOLPHY, SPLASCH 2005
RICCARDO FASSI DISCOGRAPY AS SIDEMAN
1) COME ERAVAMO BRUTTI DA PICCINI, NEEM TEATRAZZ, MATERIALI SONORI 1979
2) OUT TO DATE, MARIO SCHIANO, SOUNDSTUDIO 1983
3) ISTHAR QUINTET, LIFE SONG, BULL RECORDS 1983
4) FLASHBACK, PAOLO DAMIANI OPUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE, ISMEZ POLIS MUSIC 1983
5) MOON TRAIN, STEVE GROSSMAN feat. F.BOLTRO, PHRASES 1990
6) DO IT, ALDO VIGORITO feat. STEFANO D'ANNA, ARISTON 1990
7) TWELWE CHANGES, RICCARDO LUPPI, MODERN TIMES 1994
8) ISORITMO, GIAMPAOLO ASCOLESE, BEAT RECORDS 1994
9) LUIGI CINQUE ORCHESTRA DI 50 PIANOFORTI, CONDUCTOR: BRUNO TOMMASO feat. R.FASSI, D.REA, R.TRYTHALL, A.SALIS a.o., MULTIRIFRAZIONE REC. 1995
10) BUTCH MORRIS CD COMPILATION VERONA JAZZ (TUNE N°10 "LONG GOODBYE" FROM CONDUCTION N°43 "THE CLOTH" JUNE 1994 feat. R.FASSI, J.A.DEANE, M.MELFORD, Z.PARKINS, B.CARROTT a.o.), MUSICA JAZZ 1996
11) HOLY SEA, BUTCH MORRIS feat. O.YOSHIHIDE, J.A.DEANE and ORCHESTRA REGIONALE TOSCANA, SPLASCH 1999
12) SOME MORE CHANGES, RICCARDO LUPPI ENSEMBLE (feat. LAURO ROSSI, GIAMPAOLO CASATI, GIAMPIERO PRINA a.o.), SPLASCH 2000
13) SOLO TRIO, LEONARDO CESARI, GABRIELE COEN, RICCARDO FASSI, I MOVE RECORDS 2004
14) PETITS VOYAGES, MICHEL AUDISSO ESCAPING STRINGS, DISCHI DELLA QUERCIA/BLACKSAINT RECORDS 2004
15) OPZIONI-IL VIAGGIO, GIAMPAOLO ASCOLESE/RODOLFO ROSSI ISORITMO, ALFAMUSIC 2004
16) A PORTRAIT OF TROMBONE, MASSIMO PIRONE, ISMA RECORDS 2005
