Richie Cannata

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Richie Cannata

bvoc, sax, *1949 US, Brooklyn
Musician / Producer of Electronic, Latin and Pop

Richie Cannata (born March 3, 1949) is an American music producer, multi-instrumentalist and studio owner. He is most notable for playing saxophone in Billy Joel's band alongside Liberty DeVitto, Russell Javors, and Doug Stegmeyer. After leaving the band in 1981, he opened Cove City Sound Studios in Glen Cove, New York. Artists including Celine Dion, Billy Joel, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have recorded in Cannata's studio.Cannata played in Tommy Shaw's band in the mid-80s, performing on Shaw's first three solo albums. He also played for Taylor Dayne in the late 80's/early 90's.

Instruments

Backing Vocals
Saxophone
Tenor sax

Genres

Electronic
Latin
Pop
Hip-Hop/Rap
Dance

Plays With

Al Jardine, Family & Friends

Gizelle D'Cole

Squeaky Clean

Don Gaynor

Moving Dreams

Band Members

External Links

Home Page

Wikipedia

MusicBrainz

Discogs

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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