Synthetic biography:
* According to a referendum of the italian magazine Guitar Club, Riccardo Zappa results the best Italian acoustic guitarist for five consecutive years, later on he has been declared not more votabile.
* 16 CD .
* 115 concerts with Eros Ramazzotti.
* He has collaborated with famous italian artsits like Antonello Venditti, Eugenio Finardi, Fiorella Mannoia, Mina, Giorgio Gaber, Gino Paoli.
* A tour in the Republic Maldiviana.
* In September 2000 he has represented Italy in a demonstration, happened in ancient Babylon near the temple of Nabucodonosor, that has picked up Artists coming from 56 Countries.

The concert activity of Riccardo Zappa develops both as soloist, both with the acoustic bass player Rino Zurzolo and, primarily, in trio with Rino Zurzolo and Walter Calloni to the drums

Celestion (1977)

Chatka (1978)

Trasparenze (1980)
 
Haermea (La Camera Incantata) (1982)

Riccardo Zappa (1983)

Raccolta (1984)

Minuti (1985)

Prenditi Tempo ... (1986)

Anthakarana Swami (1990)

Santo & Zappa (1991)

Fondali (1993)

Dal Vivo (1994)

Definire Significa Limitare (1996)

Riccardo Zappa interpreta J. S. Bach (1997)

Ikebana (2000)

Patchouly & Vetyver (2000)

Thesaurus Harmonicus (2003)

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Walter Calloni  (drums)
He begins his musical activity very young, in the first years of '70, and when he was 16 plays with famous italian artists like Eugenio Finardi, Lucio Fabbri, Alberto Camerini, Hughie Bullen creating a style defined by the journalists as "Sound from Milano." In that years he participates in the first Italian pop festivals, in 1975 plays with Eugenio Finardi to the "Pop Festival of the Park Lambro".
At 18 age he plays with Lucio Battisti and he begins a long activity in recording studio since to the years ´80 : infact his drums is present in the most representative works of that years: "LA musica ribelle" (E. Finardi), "La batteia il contrabbasso etc." (L. Battisti), "Creuza de But" and "Nuvole" (F. De Andrè), "America" (G. Nannini), "Maledetti" (Area).
In 1977 he moves to England and plays with Hughie Bullen and some members of the Osibisas. In 1978 with the band "Canzoniere of the Lazio" they represents Italy to the "International Festival of the youth" of Cuba.
In 1979 he produces and records with Mauro Paoluzzi in USA a disk with the Cast. In 1980 he start to play with "Premiata Forneria Marconi" (PFM) . In that years he also collaborates with some of the greatest singer songwriters and Italian interpreters (Fabrizio De Andrè, Enzo Jannacci, Ivano Fossati, Roberto Vecchioni, Gianna Nannini, Adriano Celentano, Antonello Venditti, Franco Battiato, Ornella Vanoni, Loredana Bertè, Alice, Ivan Graziani, Mauro Pagani, Enrico Ruggeri, Enzo Avitabile and Alberto Fortis.
In 1983 it begins to devote himself to the didactics in the school C.P.M. of Milan.
In 1986 he founds the group "Chande'" with Stefano Cerri and Candelo Cabesas. In 1988 he participates with Cerri and Cabesas in the tour of Pino Daniele.
Between 1988 and 1990 he participates in the tour of "Franz Di Cioccio Band", Ivano Fossati and he collaborates with Ornella Vanoni and Mia Martini.
In 1992 he founded with Massimo Colombo and Stefano Cerri the group "Linea C" with whom print "Linea di confine", in 1995 "Mappa di un possibile viaggiatore" and, in 1999, "Salti e assalti", disk of jazz inspiration.
In 1994 he participates as Endourser Sonor in the annual "international Meeting of Koblenz." In 1996 it begins an intense collaboration in the concerts with Riccardo Zappa and with the group "Triade". In 1997 he participates as guest in trio with Billy Cobham and Christian Meyer in the first Festival in honor of the great percussionist Naco to Laigueglia.

Rino Zurzolo (Contrabbasso)
Graduated in acoustic bass in the Conservatory S. Pietro Majella in Naples, achieving very soon the fitness to the contest of the Teatro la Scala in Milan, it improves himself with the teacher F. Petracchi, placing side by side classical projects to the experience within the jazz music.
He participates in a lot of record and television sessions and many concerts with famous musicians like Gato Barbieri, Chet Baker, Bob Berg, Mr. Cherry, Bill Cobham, Steve Gadd, Toots Thielemans, Trilok Gurtu, Nanà Vasconcellos.
He collaborates with Pino Daniele since the first disk following him in the most important tour in Italy and to the foreign countries.
In 1984 founds the group "Rino Zurzolo jazz da camera" with whom experiments new sonorities that underline the double classical and jazz aspect of his musical personality.
In classical circle he plays with the orchestra A. Scarlatti of the RAI (Most important italian TV) and as soloist participates to some shows of R. De Simone. He plays with R. Fabbriciani C. Bruno. E. Fisk, Tullio De Piscopo. In 1990 he wins the referendum of "Guitar Club" as best acoustic bass player. Currently he is teacher in the Conservatory of Benevento.
He has written different songs among which "Tiempo" engraved by Roberto Murolo.
Published works:
1990 "Fuorlovado", that gets great consents of public and criticism.
1994 "Rua Catalana"

In 1996 he printed a method for Acoustic bass "Tecnica a dita sciolte" where he expresses his innovative technique.
(source Riccardo Zappa)