Born
in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, RICHIE CANNATA
studied classical piano and clarinet. He also plays
flute and keyboards in addition to tenor, alto, soprano,
and baritone sax, with tenor sax being his forte. RICHIE
was a member of Billy Joel's band from 1975 - 1981,
and has recently played on his last CD and will be
performing with him again on
his new tour in March
of 2005!!
He
has produced albums for: Phoebe Snow, Rita Coolidge,
Corey Hart, and Tommy Shaw. He and Tommy also co-wrote
the theme song for
the Orion Pictures movie: "Remo
Williams - The Adventure Begins". RICHIE also
appeared in the movie "Slaves of New York".
For
the last 10 years Richie has been a member of The Beach Boys, playing on their
recordings as well as all of the world concert tours.
Being
a member of The Beach Boys he has guest starred with them on the shows "Full
House" and
"Bay Watch" as well performing
at "Fanfair" in Nashville. He's
a national jingle writer for Saatchi & Saatchi and Northwest Airlines.
He
wrote the theme music for the Barcelona Olympics,
and he was the musical director for New York's “The
Cutting Room” pro jam for two years. He
has played on Celine Dion and Brian Wilson's
newest C.D. and has been working with Billy Joel
in his classical project. He performed as a guest
soloist on New Years Eve 2000
at Madison Square Garden with Billy for the Millennium show as well as a feature
on the CD that was recorded that night.
He
is the founder and co-owner of the world
class recording studio Cove
City Sound Studios. At the present time he is producing a CD for his son Eren Cannata who is pursuing a record deal as well as studying at The Clive Davis School of Recorded Music at NYU.
Click here to visit Erens Website!
Richie uses Selmer mark VI tenor and alto saxophones and Conn Baritone and Yamaha soprano and endorses Applied Microphone Wireless and Peter Ponzol mouth pieces.
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