Who Are Those Singers & Musicians? – Vincenzo Restuccia

 

Vincenzo Restuccia was born in Naples, Italy on March 9, 1941 to a Neapolitan mother and a Sicilian father, he began playing the drums and became a pupil of Romeo De Piscopo, the brother of the more famous Tullio. After graduating in percussion at the Conservatory of L'Aquila, he moved to Rome; Restuccia soon began working as a session man for RCA Italiana, often working with Ennio Morricone and for the creation of some 45 r.p.m. records. He married the violist Anna Giordano, and in 1969, he became the father of Marina, who later embarked on a career as a singer with the stage name of Marina Rei.

He then became a drummer in the Rai Orchestra, taking part in television programs and participating, among other things, in eight consecutive editions of the Sanremo Festival (from 1993 to 2000); over the years, he played on many records, for such performers as Sergio Endrigo, Fabrizio De André, Angelo Branduardi, and Claudio Baglioni.

He often collaborated with Nicola Piovani on the albums that the musician records as an arranger at the Ortophonic studios in Rome, the sound engineer was Sergio Marcotulli, father of the jazz pianist Rita. At the same time, he also carried on a career as a jazz drummer, playing in the Marcello Rosa quintet and in the Marcello Rosa Trad Band, and playing with Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Paco de Lucía, among others. In the 1980s, he became a drum teacher at the Perugia Conservatory and at the Saint Louis College of Music. In recent years, he often performed with his daughter, and was busy with the tours of Ennio Morricone, of whose orchestra he was the drummer.

Vincenzo Restuccia died on December 5, 2021, in Rome at the age of 80.

RESTUCCIA,Vincenzo (aka Enzo Restuccia) [3/19/1941, Naples, Campania, Italy – 12/5/2021, Rome, Lazio, Italy] – composer, percussionist (drummer), married to violinist Anna Giordano (1968-2021), father of singer, musician Marina Rei (Marina Retuccia) [1969-    ], Stefano Restuccia [197?-    ], member of the bands Marcello Rosa Quintet, Marcello Rosa Trad Band

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – 1966 [percussion]

My Name is Nobody – 1973 [percussion]