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Rick Cicconetti was born very young, to parents of opposite genders. At an early age, he was exposed to music, in the primitive form of rasping radio static and scratchy vinyl platters, and the course of his future was set. Music was to provide the foundation and structure of his life, as well as its dominant, guiding passion.
As
a teenager, he played drums with youthful neighborhood musicians. Soon,
however, he discovered that the guitar had its
own charms. Turning his
focus to plucking and strumming, he felt
the seductive lure of melody and chords. His life would
never be the same. Though he had brief flirtations with other
instruments, most notably saxophone and piano, the guitar became his
signature instrument.
As
the years passed, Rick turned his back on middle age and elected to
remain young, a decision which allowed him to continue to have fun with
music and sometimes get paid for it, spinning out serious guitar licks
in a succession of bands playing blues, rock, country, swing and
jazz. It was during this time that his
songwriting talent began to emerge.
Meanwhile,
his command of the guitar had reached
a level of proficiency that made him eager for new challenges, and in
the mid-nineties he returned with renewed fire to an instrument with
which he had been pursuing an intermittent affair
for decades: the piano. Rick was determined to develop
a deeper relationship with the piano, in order to open
up the new worlds of sound that lay inside the instrument: richer, more
complex, broader of voice and with a greater musical vocabulary than a
guitar can attain.
With
his combined skills on the piano, guitar and drums, and a wealth of
musical knowledge from his decades as a musician in
multiple genres, Rick now wields a truly impressive musical
palette, as both a performer and a songwriter. He continues to turn
heads with his hot guitar licks in the popular local country band Smokin'
Boots, and is a frequent performer on
piano at the Montavino
Wine Market, where he plays a variety of songs from the classic
composers of the twenties, thirties, forties and fifties. And in
between, Rick continues to write songs, ranging in style from country to
rock to ballad to jazz, which he records in his own studio, playing all
the instruments himself.
If you
love music, there is a great treat awaiting you on the CD Under The
Waterfall, which is available on this site. And if you live in
northeast Ohio, it's worth the trip to Montavino to hear him play.
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Under The Waterfall is Rick's latest album, a collection of melodic jazz compositions in a variety of styles. From the playful, up-tempo Coal Train to the mellow, Latin-influenced Da Groove, to the lighter, catchy title track and the haunting Cause You're Not Here, Rick displays the broad range of his writing talents and the depth of his skill on multiple instruments. This album is available for sale on CD at CD Baby, and is now also available on iTunes*. You can also hear a sample clip of each song by clicking on the title below.
Buy the CD for just $12.97 at CD Baby Buy
individual tracks or the entire album in iTunes* format by clicking here:
*To play or purchase songs on iTunes, you must have the iTunes player installed. If you click on the iTunes link and do not have it installed, you will be redirected to download and install iTunes first. |
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Contact Rick via email: rick@rickcicconetti.com All music and site content is copyright © 2007, 2008 Rick Cicconetti |
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