Achille Succi

Hi everybody,
It's been a couple of weeks that I opened this Blog, but didn't post my curriculum yet; here it is, I will keep it updated as much as I can.

Achille Succi

Saxophonist, bass clarinetist born in Modena on 1971.
Mainly self-taught, he attended Siena Jazz workshops and David Liebman's Masterclasses.
Together with Fabrizio Puglisi and Alberto Capelli he founded the "Atman" group, with whom he performed with famous guests such as Louis Sclavis, Ab Baars and Ernst Rejiseger.
As sideman he is part of of many musical projects, among those the “Othello Syndrome” of Uri Caine, “Circulez!” of Louis Sclavis, "Belcanto" of Ettore Fioravanti, "Gramelot ensamble" of Simone Guiducci, “Urban Raga” of Paolino Dalla Porta, "Nexus" di T.Tononi e D.Cavallanti, "Dolmen orchestra" of Nicola Pisani, "P.Centauri Orchestra" of Giorgio Gaslini and the "Eleven" of Franco D'Andrea.
Achille Succi took part in many CD and concerts in Europe and in the world with various groups and musicians, italians and foreign.
As winner of the "Pépinières Europeénnes pour jeunes artistes" he had been guested by the Copenhagen rhythmic conservatory, where he began a collaboration with the danish composer Pierre Dorge and his "New Jungle Orchestra", who brought him touring in Scandinavia, Brasil and Australia.
In 2002 Achille Succi released his first cd as leader -“Shiva’s dance”- who got many positive critics from all national newspaper and Jazz magazines.
He is teaching saxophone and clarinet at the civic school of Nonantola (Modena), and held jazz improvisation workshops and masterclasses at the Roccella Jonica Jazz Festival, "Tonelli" musical institute(Carpi), in Tollo (Pescara), Corropoli (Teramo), Lecco and Ferrara.
Since 2001 he is among the teachers of the famous SienaJazz summer workshops.