Antonio Ciacca Quartet featuring Georgia Mancio
@ the PizzaExpress Jazz Club
22 July 2013

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Antonio Ciacca biography

Pianist & composer Antonio Ciacca was born in Wuppertal Germany to Italian parents. His musical quest began in Italy where he studied classical piano at the age of seven. He graduated at the Bologna Conservatory before moving to Detroit to specialise in jazz piano at Wayne State University. He joined forces with saxophonist Larry Smith touring Europe extensively. Such extensive travel led Ciacca to expand his collaboration possibilities and explore the depths of his instrument further. He later played alongside Art Farmer, James Moody, Eliot Zigmund, Benny Golson and Steve Lacy to name a few. With such positive influences he achieved his first CD release as a bandleader, “Driemoty” in 1995 on C-Jam records. Ciacca’s touring collaborations resume continues to grow. He is now renown for his sessions with Wynton Marsalis and Wess Anderson.