Riccardo Del Fra
Riccardo Del Fra 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.
Discography
Mr. B Chet Baker Trio Chet Baker Trio live at Ronnie Scott's Chet Baker Sings Again Chet Baker Quartet La Note Bleue with Barney WilenFrench Ballads with Barney WilenA Sip of Your Touch Sorserez with Jacques PellenParis Suite Bob Brookmeyer New Quartet with Bob BrookmeyerDouble Take with Joe DiorioVoulouz Loar – Velluto di Luna with Annie EbrelSoft Talk with Michel GraillierOvernight with John Taylor and Kenny WheelerEmpreintes with Bruno Angelini, Ichirō OnoeRoses and Roots with Bruno Ruder, Sylvain Rifflet, Joey Baron- John Ruocco: Am I Asking Too Much with John TaylorSky Changes with Dave Liebman, Benjamin von Gutzeit, Manhattan School of Music Chamber Jazz Ensemble & TactusMy Chet My Song with Airelle Besson, Pierrick Pedron, Bruno Ruder, Billy HartMoving People with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Tomasz Dąbrowski, Jan Prax, Rémi Fox, Carl-Henri Morisset, Jason Brown
- ''Chet Visions''