Mario Schiano
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Mario Schiano was an Italian
alto saxophonist and soprano saxophonist associated with avant-garde
/free jazz
.
He was born in Naples
. A member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra
, Schiano recorded with musicians such as Famoudou Don Moye, Eugenio Colombo
, Ernst Reijseger
, Paul Rutherford
, Gianluigi Trovesi
and Joëlle Léandre
, among others.
He died in Rome in 2008.
Original Sins: Unreleased, 1967-1970 (1992)
Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...
alto saxophonist and soprano saxophonist associated with avant-garde
Avant-garde jazz
Avant-garde jazz is a style of music and improvisation that combines avant-garde art music and composition with jazz. Avant-jazz often sounds very similar to free jazz, but differs in that, despite its distinct departure from traditional harmony, it has a predetermined structure over which ...
/free jazz
Free jazz
Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s...
.
He was born in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
. A member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra
Italian Instabile Orchestra
The Italian Instabile Orchestra is an eighteen piece experimental big band that performs orchestral jazz and avant-garde jazz. Its members include Gianluigi Trovesi, Paolo Damiani, Mario Schiano, Pino Minafra, Eugenio Colombo, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Bruno Tommaso, Sebi Tramontana, Umberto Petrin,...
, Schiano recorded with musicians such as Famoudou Don Moye, Eugenio Colombo
Eugenio Colombo
Eugenio Colombo is an Italian saxophonist and flautist most associated with avant-garde jazz. A founding member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Colombo has worked with such musicians as Mario Schiano, Giorgio Gaslini, Steve Lacy, Bruno Tommaso, Maurizio Giammarco, Giancarlo Schiaffini and the...
, Ernst Reijseger
Ernst Reijseger
ERNST REIJSEGER Cellist and composer Ernst Reijseger plays the cello from the age of seven and began as a performing cellist and improviser in 1969. From that time on he developed his own musical vocabulary...
, Paul Rutherford
Paul Rutherford
Paul Rutherford is the former backing vocalist, dancer and occasional keyboardist with 1980s pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood , one of the group's two openly gay singers....
, Gianluigi Trovesi
Gianluigi Trovesi
thumb|200px|Gianluigi Trovesi in 2006.Gianluigi Trovesi is an Italian jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer.A native of Nembro near Bergamo in Lombardy, he studied harmony and counterpoint under Vittorio Fellegara. Since then he has been a major player in the Italian and European jazz scene....
and Joëlle Léandre
Joëlle Léandre
Joëlle Léandre is a double bassist, vocalist, and composer active in new music and free improvisation....
, 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 Famoudou Don Moye)
- And So On (1992, with Ernst ReijsegerErnst ReijsegerERNST REIJSEGER Cellist and composer Ernst Reijseger plays the cello from the age of seven and began as a performing cellist and improviser in 1969. From that time on he developed his own musical vocabulary...
Original Sins: Unreleased, 1967-1970 (1992)
- Tracks (1993)
- Blue Memories (with Joëlle LéandreJoëlle LéandreJoëlle Léandre is a double bassist, vocalist, and composer active in new music and free improvisation....
) - 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)