Vito Ricci (born 1947) is a Canadian-born American composer. Early life Ricci was born in Canada and adopted by Italian-American parents. Career Ricci started out as a percussionist, studying with Ornette Coleman and playing with avant-garde jazz musicians like Rashied Ali and Byard Lancaster. In 1985, Ricci self-released the ambient album Music from Memory, which later became the namesake for the Dutch reissue label of the same name. Selections from the album, along with unreleased material, was reissued in 2015 by the aforementioned label, on the compilation album I Was Crossing a Bridge. He wrote Partitas (1988) for the Kronos Quartet. Works Guilty (1977, voice, collaboration with Ann Rover) 12 Tone Violin (1978, violin) Dada Mama (1978, voice, collaboration with Ann Rover) French Customs (1979, voice, collaboration with Ann Rover) Kickin''' (1979, voice, collaboration with Ann Rover) Love Crazy (Why Are All the People I) (1979, voice, collaboration with Ann Rover) Love Makes You Vicious (1979, voice, collaboration with Ann Rover) Made in Japan (1979, voice, collaboration with Ann Rover) Rock 'n Roll Mythology (1979, voice, collaboration with Bob Holman) Modern Love (1980, voice and piano, collaboration with Ann Rover) Placebo (1981, voice, collaboration with Ann Rover) Bad News Lullaby (1982, voice, collaboration with Ann Rover) Whims (1982-1993, piano) All I Want To Do (1983, voice, collaboration with Ann Rover) Cellular Phone (1984, voice, collaboration with Bob Holman) Cross Court (1984, electronics) Ice (1984, electronics) The King Believes in a Just War (1984, prepared wrench guitar) The Ship Was Sailing (1984, electronics) Love Lake (1985, voice, collaboration with Bob Holman) Above (1987, voice, collaboration with Ann Rover) (for T. Sherwood) (1988, string quartet) January (1988, voice, collaboration with Bob Holman) New Hampshire (1988, flute, clarinet, trumpet, french horn, bass clarinet, string section and piano) Partitas (1988, string quartet) Stillife (1988, violin) Fire Dances (1989, string quartet) Montauk (1989, piano and flute) Way Blue (1989, voice, collaboration with Ann Rover) Meditation for Wrench Guitar (1990, wrench guitar) Theme from an Imaginary Movie (1990, electronics) Electronic Dances (1992, electronics) Montauk (1992, voice, collaboration with Ann Rover) Yuko Cycle (1992, voice) Eclipse (1992, electronics) Three Bagatelles (Bag 11, 44, 55) (1992, piano and violin) 6/5 Quartet (1993, string quartet) Harmolodic Q (1993, string quartet) Appetite - (1994, electronics, for video by Terry Ross) Art of the Nimbus Indians (1994, for film by Anita Thatcher) Cam Duck (1994, electronics) Cryin's Too Easy (1994, voice)