Riccardo Tesi

Italy's folk music tradition is merged with jazz, rock, and world influences to create the lively dance music of Tuscany-born melodeon (diatonic accordion) player Riccardo Tesi. In addition to performing as a soloist and with French mandolin player Patrick Vaillant and jazz reeds player Gian-luigi Travesi, Tesi has lent his distinctively smooth, but rhythmic, playing to collaborations with Jean-Marie Carlotti, Justin Vali, Daniel Sepe, and the Tuscany-based group Ritma. While CD Roots proclaimed him as "one of Italy's best musicians," Rootsworld claimed that Tesi has "forged a...