Roberto Ciotti (20 February 1953 – 31 December 2013) was an Italian blues musician, composer and guitarist.
Life and career
Born in
Rome, Ciotti began playing the guitar at the age of 12.
From 1970 to 1972 he was a member of the jazz band Blue Morning, then he started a solo career as a bluesman, a composer and a professional guitarist, collaborating with
Chet Baker
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool".
Baker earned much attention and ...
,
Francesco De Gregori and
Edoardo Bennato, among others.
His debut album was ''Supergasoline Blues'', released in 1978.
In 1980, he opened the Italian concerts of
Bob Marley.
In 1989 he got critical and commercial success with the musical score of ''
Marrakech Express'' by
Gabriele Salvatores, with whom he collaborated again two years later in ''
On Tour''.
After the 2002 album ''Behind the Door'' he devoted himself mainly to the live concerts.
In 2006 he published an autobiography, ''Unplugged'', in which he recounted the difficulty of coherence in doing blues without ever yielding to the lure of show business and easy money.
Ciotti died, aged 60, following a long illness, on December 31, 2013.
Discography
Album
* ''Supergasoline Blues'' (1978, Cramps, 5205 751)
* ''Bluesman'' (1979, Cramps, 5205 752)
* '' Rockin' Blues'' (1982, RCA Italiana)
* '' No More Blue'' (1989)
* '' Road 'n' Rail'' (1992)
* '' Marrakech Express - Turné'' (1992)
* '' King of Nothing'' (1994)
* '' Changes''(1996)
* '' Walking'' (1999, Il Manifesto)
* '' Behind the Door'' (2002)
* '' Troubles & Dreams'' (2010)
* '' Equilibrio Precario'' (2013)
References
External links
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Discogs
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1953 births
Musicians from Rome
2013 deaths
Italian blues guitarists
Italian blues musicians
Italian film score composers
Italian male film score composers
Italian male guitarists
20th-century Italian musicians
20th-century guitarists
20th-century Italian male musicians