Achille Succi

Achille Succi: Saxophonist, clarinettist and Jazz composer has collaborated with several Italian and foreign artists such as Uri Caine, Ralph Alessi, David Liebman, Franco DʼAndrea, Giorgio Gaslini, Ettore Fioravanti, Simone Guiducci and Giancarlo Tossani; with many of these he also took part in the release of numerous recordings, including two leading CDs and one in duo with Salvatore Maiore.

He founded the “Atman” group with Fabrizio Puglisi and Alberto Capelli with whom he released two recordings; with the pianist Christopher Culpo he made the CDs "Fresh Frozen" and the recent "Thawing Mammoth".
Recently also published "Bach in Black", research work on Bach and improvisation in duo with saxophonist Mario Marzi.

Achille Succi has also been active in the field of high musical education since 2006; in addition to several collaboration contracts in the main conservatories in northern Italy, he was in the chair of Jazz saxophone at the Conservatory of Brescia, Cagliari, Rodi Garganico and Pesaro, where he currently teaches; since 2012 he has been a teacher at Siena Jazz University.
He taught many workshops and masterclasses of jazz and improvisation in various Italian and foreign conservatories and musical institutions, including the Siena Jazz summer seminars (since 2001) and the "European Jazz School" in Marburg, Germany, the Poznan and Wroclaw Musikakademie in Poland and the "Uludag University" in Bursa, Turkey.
In 2016 he was a teacher of improvisation techniques at the annual Master of bass clarinet and electronic music at the Milan Conservatory.