Mario Schiano (20 July 1933 in
Naples
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– 10 May 2008 in
Rome
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) was an
Italian
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alto saxophonist
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and
soprano saxophonist
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associated with
avant-garde
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free jazz
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.
He was born in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
. A member of the
Italian Instabile Orchestra
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, Schiano recorded with musicians such as
Famoudou Don Moye
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,
Eugenio Colombo,
Ernst Reijseger
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,
Paul Rutherford,
Gianluigi Trovesi
Gianluigi Trovesi (born 1944) is an Italian jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He has won various Italian jazz awards. He also teaches in Italy.
Early life
Trovesi was born in Nembro near Bergamo in Lombardy in 1944. He studied harmony ...
and
Joëlle Léandre
Joëlle Léandre (born 12 September 1951 in Aix-en-Provence, France) is a French double bassist, vocalist, and composer active in new music and free improvisation.
In the field of contemporary music, she has performed with Pierre Boulez's E ...
, among others.
He died in Rome in 2008.
Discography
* ''Sud'' (1973)
* ''On the Waiting List'' (1973)
* ''De Dé'' (1977)
* ''Out of Date'' (1984)
* ''Redland Blue'' (1988)
* ''Benefit Concert to Repurchase the Pendulum for Mr. Foucault'' (1989)
* ''Unlike'' (1990)
* ''Uncaged'' (1991, with
Don Moye
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)
* ''And So On ''(1992, with
Ernst Reijseger
Ernst Reijseger (born 13 November 1954) is a Dutch cellist and composer. He specializes in avant-garde jazz, free jazz, improvised music, and contemporary classical music and often gives solo concerts. He has worked with Louis Sclavis, Dere ...
* ''Original Sins: Unreleased, 1967–1970'' (1992)
* ''Tracks'' (1993)
* ''Blue Memories'' (with
Joëlle Léandre
Joëlle Léandre (born 12 September 1951 in Aix-en-Provence, France) is a French double bassist, vocalist, and composer active in new music and free improvisation.
In the field of contemporary music, she has performed with Pierre Boulez's E ...
)
* ''Meetings'' (1994)
* ''She Was Sitting in the First Row'' (1994)
* ''Used to Be Friends'' (1995)
* ''Social Security '' (Live, 1996)
* ''Friendship of Walnuts'' (1996)
* ''(To Be Continued...)'' (1998)
* ''Trio di Napoli'' (1998)
* ''Fluxus: Instant Soundtrack for a Silent Movie'' (1999)
* ''My Funny Valentine'' (1999, Vocals)
* ''Supposing That'' (2002)
* ''Mario Schiano & His All Stars'' (2007)
As contributor
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Elio Martusciello and Maurizio Martuscielo
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References
1933 births
2008 deaths
Musicians from Naples
Italian jazz saxophonists
Male saxophonists
Jazz alto saxophonists
Jazz soprano saxophonists
Free jazz saxophonists
Avant-garde jazz saxophonists
20th-century Italian musicians
20th-century saxophonists
20th-century Italian male musicians
Male jazz musicians
Italian Instabile Orchestra members
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