RIP Vincenzo Restucci

 Drummer and percussionist Vincenzo ‘Enzo’ Restuccia died in Rome on December 5, 2021. He was 80. Born in Naples, Italy on March 19, 1941 his mother was a Neapolitan mother and his father was a Sicilian (from Avola ), he began to play the drums becoming a pupil of Romeo De Piscopo , the early dead brother of the more famous Tullio .

After receiving his diploma in percussion obtained at the Conservatory of L'Aquila, he moved to Rome; Restuccia soon began working as a session man activity for Italian RCA , often working with Ennio Morricone and was part of the release of some 45 rpm records (for example for Paul Anka ). He married the violist Anna Giordano, and in 1969 he became the father of Marina, who later embarked on a career as a singer under the stage name ofMarina Rei.

 
He then became a drummer in the Rai orchestra, taking part in countless television broadcasts 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 that have entered the history of our pop music, with names such as Sergio Endrigo, Fabrizio De André, Angelo Branduardi and Claudio Baglioni.

 
He often collaborated with Nicola Piovani, on the albums that the musician recorded as an arranger at the Ortophonic studios in Rome located in Piazza Euclide (now called Music Village; with the sound engineer is Sergio Marcotulli, father of the jazz pianist Rita).

At the same time he also pursued 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 and 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 especially busy with Ennio Morricone's tours, in whose orchestra he was the drummer.

 

RESTUCCI, Enzo (Vincenzo Restucci)

Born: 3/19/1941, Naples, Campania, Italy

Died: 12/5/2021, Rome, Lazio, Italy

 

Enzo Restucci’s westerns – musician:

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

My Name is Nobody – 1973 [percussionist]