Rita Marcotulli was born in Rome in 1959, and studied piano at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory.
Since the early Eighties she's been performing with relevant European and American artists, such as Chet Baker, Jon Christensen, Palle Danielsson, Peter Erskine, Richard Galliano, Steve Grossman, Joe Henderson, François Jeanneau, Helène La Barrière, Joe Lovano, Charlie Mariano, Marilyn Mazur, Pat Metheny, Sal Nistico, Tony Oxley, Michel Portal, Enrico Rava, Aldo Romano, Kenny Wheeler. In 1987 she was nominated best young talent in the "Musica Jazz" Poll. In 1988 she joined Billy Cobham's band, and toured extensively Europe and the United States. She has composed film soundtracks, and music for dance projects by choreographers Roberta Garrison and Teri J. Weikel.
At present she's performing with various internationally based groups, including a quartet under her own name (featuring Tore Brunborg, Anders Jormin and Anders Kjellberg), a trio with Palle Danielsson and Bob Moses, a quintet co-lead with Maria Pia De Vito, a duo with Pietro Tonolo, a quartet with Dewey Redman, Michel Benita and Aldo Romano, a quartet with Charlie Mariano, Palle Danielsson and Marilyn Mazur, another quartet with Enrico Rava, Richard Galliano and Enzo Pietropaoli, the Palle Danielsson Quintet, the Dewey Redman Quartet, the Pino Daniele Group. She has taken part in several tv broadcasts in Danmark, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Sweden, including the 1996 edition of the Sanremo Festival, where she performed a duet with Pat Metheny. She also took part in a piano trio together with Paul Bley and John Taylor at Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Italy.

DISCOGRAPHY

 

Summer, Rita Marcotulli Quartet with Nicola Stilo, Enzo Pietropaoli, Giampaolo Ascolese, 1984

Things, various groups led by Furio Di Castri, 1984

Un'Altra Galassia, Pietro Tonolo-Rita Marcotulli Quartet w. Enzo Pietropaoli, Roberto Gatto, 1985

Flying, various groups led by Carla Marcotulli, 1986

Notes, Roberto Gatto Group with Michael Brecker, Maurizio Giammarco, Flavio Boltro, etc, 1986

Oslo Party, Rita Marcotulli Trio with Anders Jormin, Anders Kjellberg, 1988

Empty Room, Sal Nistico Quartet, 1988

In Coming, Billy Cobham Band, 1989

Preferences, Michel Benita Quartet with Dewey Redman, Aldo Romano, 1990

Night Caller, Rita Marcotulli Quintet with Tore Brunborg, Niels-Petter Molvaer, Michel Benita, Jon Christensen, 1992

Chanson, Rita Marcotulli-Richard Galliano-Enrico Rava-Enzo Pietropaoli, 1993

Contra post, Palle Danielsson-Joakim Milder-Rita Marcotulli-Anders Kjellberg,1994

Soul, Michel Benita Quartet with Dewey Redman, Aldo Romano, 1994

Nauplìa, with Maria Pia De Vito, Enzo Pietropaoli, Alfio Antico, Arnaldo Vacca, 1995

Fantasts, Rita Marcotulli-Helène La Barrière, 1995

Invito, various groups led by Ambrogio Sparagna with Lucilla Galeazzi, Carlo Rizzo, etc. 1995

Non calpestate fiori nel deserto, Pino Daniele Group with Rita Marcotulli, Jimmy Earl, Manu Katche, Mike Mainieri, Lele Melotti, 1995

Musiques de Cinéma déjouées avec des amis jazzmen, various groups led by Michel Portal, 1995

Simbiosi, varie formazioni dirette da Pietro Tonolo

Fore 'o paese, Gruppo di Maria Pia De Vito, con Paolo Fresu, Daniele Sepe, Enzo Pietropaoli.

In London, Dewey Redman group with Rita Marcotulli, Cameron Brown, Matt Wilson

The woman next door, Rita Marcotulli group with Enrico Rava, Michel Benita, Carlo Rizzo, Stefano Di Battista, Roberto Gatto, Ambrogio Sparagna, Aldo Romano, Aurora Barbatelli, a.o., 1998