Riccardo Del Fra (born February 20, 1956, Rome) is an Italian
jazz double-bassist, bandleader, composer, and arranger.
Del Fra first played guitar, then switched to upright bass when he was sixteen years old. He studied at a conservatory, played in the
RAI Orchestra, and did work as a
studio musician for film scores in the 1970s.[1] Concomitantly, he began playing as a sideman in jazz venues in Rome for touring musicians, such as
Art Blakey,
Art Farmer, and
Kai Winding. He joined
Enrico Pieranunzi's ensemble in the late 1970s and played with
Chet Baker; Del Fra and Baker played together frequently thereafter until Baker's death.