Mario Schiano (20 July 1933 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 ...

– 10 May 2008 in

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) was an

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alto saxophonist The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

and

soprano saxophonist The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third-smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists (from smallest to largest) of the soprillo saxop ...

associated with

avant-garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or ' vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical ...

free jazz Free jazz is an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes. Musicians duri ...

. He was born in

. A member of the

Italian Instabile Orchestra The Italian Instabile Orchestra (IIO) is an eighteen piece experimental big band that performs orchestral jazz and avant-garde jazz. Its members include Alberto Mandarini, Bruno Tommaso, Carlo Actis Dato, Daniele Cavallanti, Eugenio Colombo, Gi ...

, Schiano recorded with musicians such as

Famoudou Don Moye Donald Moye, Jr. (born May 23, 1946), known as Famoudou Don Moye, is an American jazz percussionist and drummer. He is most known for his involvement with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and is noted for his mastery of African and Caribbean percuss ...

, Eugenio Colombo,

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 ...

, 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 Donald Moye, Jr. (born May 23, 1946), known as Famoudou Don Moye, is an American jazz percussionist and drummer. He is most known for his involvement with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and is noted for his mastery of African and Caribbean percuss ...

) * ''And So On ''(1992, with

* ''Original Sins: Unreleased, 1967–1970'' (1992) * ''Tracks'' (1993) * ''Blue Memories'' (with

) * ''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

* * * * w/ Elio Martusciello and Maurizio Martuscielo * * *

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 {{jazz-saxophonist-stub