Frank Ricotti

English jazz vibraphonist and percussionist

Musical artist

With Alphaville

• Afternoons in Utopia (Atlantic, 1986)

With Thomas Anders

• Different (Teldec, 1989)

With Aztec Camera

• Knife (Sire, 1984)

With Madeline Bell

• This is One Girl (Pyre Records, 1976)
• Madeline (Four Corners, 1993)

With Blood, Sweat & Tears

• No Sweat (Columbia, 1973)

With Dee Dee Bridgewater

• Dear Ella (Verve, 1997)

With Elkie Brooks

• Pearls II (A&M Records, 1982)

With Emma Bunton

• Free Me (19, 2004)

With Paul Carrack

• One Good Reason (Chrysalis Records, 1987)
• Blue Views (I.R.S. Records, 1995)
• These Days (Carrack UK, 2018)

With Mary Chapin Carpenter

• Songs from the Movie (Zoe, 2014)

With Charlotte Church

• Enchantment (Columbia Records, 2001)

With Rosemary Clooney

• Nice to be Around (United Artists Records, 1977)

With Stephen Dale Petit

• The Crave (English Records, 2011)

With Roger Daltrey

• McVicar (Polydor Records, 1980)

With Terence Trent D'Arby

• Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (Columbia Records, 1987)

With Sheena Easton

• Take My Time (EMI, 1981)
• You Could Have Been with Me (EMI, 1981)
• Madness, Money & Music (EMI, 1982)

With Bryan Ferry

• As Time Goes By (Virgin Records, 1999)
• Frantic (Virgin Records, 2002)
• Dylanesque (Virgin Records, 2007)
• Olympia (Virgin Records, 2010)
• The Jazz Age (BMG Rights Management, 2012)
• Avonmore (BMG Rights Management, 2014)
• Bitter-Sweet (BMG Rights Management, 2018)

With Julia Fordham

• Swept (Virgin Records, 1991)

With Peter Frampton

• Wind of Change (A&M Records, 1972)

With Gareth Gates

• What My Heart Wants to Say (RCA Records, 2002)
• Go Your Own Way (RCA Records, 2003)

With Clive Griffin

• Clive Griffin (Epic Records, 1993)

With Delta Goodrem

• Mistaken Identity (Epic Records, 2004)

With David Gray

• Life in Slow Motion (Atlantic Records, 2005)

With Josh Groban

• Awake (Reprise Records, 2006)
• Bridges (Reprise Records, 2018)

With Daryl Hall

• Soul Alone (Epic, 1993)

With Geri Halliwell

• Passion (EMI, 2005)

With Albert Hammond

• Albert Louis Hammond (Epic Records, 1978)

With Debbie Harry

• Debravation (Sire Records, 1993)

With Murray Head

• Nigel Lived (Columbia Records, 1972)

With John Illsley

• Glass (Vertigo, 1988)

With Yusuf Islam

• King of a Land (Dark Horse, 2023)

With Elton John

• Ice on Fire (Geffen, 1985)^[9]
• Leather Jackets (Geffen, 1986)^[10]

With Grace Jones

• Slave to the Rhythm (Island Records, 1985)

With Joshua Kadison

• Painted Desert Serenade (Capitol Records, 1993)

With Nick Kamen

• Us (WEA, 1988)

With Beverley Knight

• Affirmation (Parlophone, 2004)

With Mark Knopfler

• Sailing to Philadelphia (Warner Bros. Records, 2000)
• Kill to Get Crimson (Warner Bros. Records, 2007)

With Nick Lachey

• SoulO (Universal, 2003)

With Lighthouse Family

• Ocean Drive (Polydor, 1995)

With Meat Loaf

• Bad Attitude (Arista, 1984)

With Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé

• Barcelona (Polydor Records, 1988)

With Mika

• The Origin of Love (Casablanca Records, 2012)

With John Miles

• Play On (EMI, 1983)

With Joni Mitchell

• Both Sides Now (Reprise Records, 2000)

With Oliver Nelson

• Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags (Flying Dutchman, 1974)

With Robbie Nevil

• Robbie Nevil (Manhattan, 1986)

With Chris Norman

• Different Shades (Hansa, 1987)

With Sally Oldfield

• Water Bearer (Bronze Records, 1978)
• Easy (Bronze Records, 1979)
• Celebration (Bronze Records, 1980)
• Playing in the Flame (Bronze Records, 1981)
• Strange Day in Berlin (Bronze, 1983)

With Pet Shop Boys

• Very (Parlophone, 1993)
• Fundamental (Parlophone, 2006)

With Anthony Phillips

• Sides (Arista, 1979)

With Michel Polnareff

• Bulles (AZ, 1981)

With Gregory Porter

• Nat King Cole & Me (Blue Note, 2017)

With Gerry Rafferty

• Night Owl (United Artists Records, 1979)
• Snakes and Ladders (United Artists Records, 1980)
• Sleepwalking (Liberty Records, 1982)

With Chris Rea

• Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? (Magnet, 1978)

With Cliff Richard

• Every Face Tells a Story (EMI, 1977)
• Together with Cliff Richard (EMI, 1991)

With Rumer

• Boys Don't Cry (Atlantic, 2012)

With Leo Sayer

• Have You Ever Been in Love (Chrysalis Records, 1983)

With Seal

• Soul 2 (Reprise Records, 2011)

With Status Quo

• Rockin' All Over the World (Vertigo, 1977)
• If You Can't Stand the Heat... (Vertigo, 1978)

With Amii Stewart

• Time for Fantasy (RCA Records, 1988)

With Rod Stewart

• A Spanner in the Works (Warner Bros. Records, 1995)

With Tina Turner

• Private Dancer (Capitol Records, 1984)
• Break Every Rule (Capitol Records, 1986)

With Rick Wakeman

• The Six Wives of Henry VIII (A&M, 1973)
• Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record (A&M, 1977)
• 1984 (Charisma, 1981)

With Was (Not Was)

• What Up, Dog? (Chrysalis, 1988)

With Wet Wet Wet

• 10 (Mercury, 1997)

With Robbie Williams

• Swing When You're Winning (Chrysalis Records, 2001)
• Swings Both Ways (Island Records, 2013)

With Amy Winehouse

• Back to Black (Universal, 2006)^[11]

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