Francesco Cicci Santucci, trumpet and flugelhorn player, was born in Rome on April 21st, 1939. At the age of 17 he performed in a Jazz Festival in Rome, but his first experiences of any real importance were had a year later in the Modern Jazz Gang; a Roman octet which he is still a member of.
He was forming a serious musical preparation with his trumpet studies and composition under the guidance of private maestros.
In an opinion survey recently done by the readers of the magazine Jazz di ieri e di oggi (yesterday's and today's Jazz) he resulted fourth among the Italian trumpet players.