{"id":14988,"date":"2014-12-21T19:19:40","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T18:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.burpenterprise.com\/burp\/?page_id=14988"},"modified":"2014-12-21T19:20:47","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T18:20:47","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.burpenterprise.com\/burp\/units\/edoardo-ricci\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_QKgniq4VuvM\/TDHg5hua_aI\/AAAAAAAAADU\/pR_W0EfgLuE\/s1600\/dado.jpg\" width=\"492\" height=\"347\" \/>Edoardo Ricci <\/strong>is a key figure in the underground music panorama in Italy.<br \/>\nHe\u2019s an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, caustic illustrator and irreverent poet.<br \/>\nFrom Avantgarde Jazz to free improvised music, from experimental rock to primitivist cabaret and noise exploration, his career delineates a unique personality in a forty-year long trip in music from the other side of the fence.<\/p>\n<p>In the late sixties he concentrated on reed instruments. Even if he favors alto saxophone and bass clarinet, over the years Ricci developed his own personal technique on many other wind instruments including\u00a0 trombone.<\/p>\n<p>In the early seventies, he gained notice for playing in <strong>Guido Mazzon<\/strong>\u2018s <strong>Gruppo Contemporaneo<\/strong>. He became a revelation in the Italian avant-garde jazz scene and soon he became interested in radical improvisation and experimental music.<\/p>\n<p>In 1973 together with <strong>Francesco Donnini<\/strong> he founded the legendary pataphysical orchestra<strong> N.E.E.M. <\/strong>based\u00a0 in Florence. A large ensemble that blends composed and improvised music and theatre in its own idiosyncratic way. The Orchestra recorded one cult album in 1978, <strong>Come Eravamo Brutti da Piccini<\/strong> on the Materiali Sonori label and a second one,\u00a0 <strong>Lo Jodel del Segafanciullo<\/strong> in 2002 on Burp Publications under the moniker of <strong>e-N.E.E.M. Projekt.<\/strong> The group is still active.<\/p>\n<p>In the late seventies and early eighties among the many artists he played with, were <strong>Tristan Honsinger<\/strong> and <strong>Sean Bergin<\/strong> and with <strong>Muzic Circo<\/strong> and <strong>Padouk<\/strong>. Also in the late seventies, Ricci started his collaboration with <strong>Eugenio Sanna<\/strong>, later documented by two albums on Burp\u00a0 <strong>Lo Scorfano Miracolato<\/strong> and <strong>Le Sette Premonizioni Ortofrutticole<\/strong>, that were recognized as representing a crucial moment in Italian creative music at that time.<\/p>\n<p>Since the nineties his musical path lead him to encounter a number of international figures among which the heterogenous Florence-based collective Burp Enterprise. In 1996, he joined\u00a0 Mat Pogo and WJ Meatball in <strong>Jealousy Party<\/strong> and founded <strong>Crap<\/strong> with trumpet player<strong> Roy Paci <\/strong>and drummer <strong>Jacopo Andreini<\/strong>. He also played with\u00a0 freeform heavy rockers <strong>Bron Y Aur<\/strong> and in 200? recorded <strong>I Segnali della Ritirata <\/strong>with<strong> Eugenio Sanna<\/strong> and <strong>Roger Turner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013 he contributed to two Jealousy Party albums, Mercato Centrale, just out for Burp, and All Yours soon to be released on Audition. Currently, he plays with the Florence-based new music collective Blutwurst and with the circuit bending project Athanoi together with Stefano Bartolini. He plays on\u00a0 <strong>Morire Per La Patria <\/strong>the most recent album by the Milanese avant rock unit<strong> Fuzz Orchestra.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edoardo Ricci is a key figure in the underground music panorama in Italy. He\u2019s an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, caustic illustrator and irreverent poet. 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