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 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
Koine Armonia Mundi
I Musicisti
Michele Ascolese: chitarra acustica
Luca Bulgarelli: contrabbasso
Jon Cristensen: batteria
Palle Danielsson: contrabbasso
Anja Garbarek: voce
Roberto Gatto: batteria
Javier Girotto: sassofono
Anders Jormin: contrabbasso
Audun Kleive: batteria
Rita Marcotulli: pianoforte e harmonium
Metaxu: suoni elettronici
Joachim Milder: sassofono
Andy Sheppard: sassofono
Arto Tuncboyaciyan: percussioni e voce
Lena Willemark: voce
Production Pasquale Minieri
The Light Side Of The Moon
Armonia Mundi
