Giancarlo Schiaffini
Italian jazz trombonist and tubist
Giancarlo Schiaffini is an Italian jazz trombonist and tubist most associated with avant-garde music, free improvisation and free jazz. A member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Schiaffini has worked with such artists as Mario Schiano, Lol Coxhill, Andrea Centazzo and also Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.[1] Also, he has collaborated with the Gruppo di Improvvisazione di Nuova Consonanza.
Discography
As leader
- About Monk. Pentaflowers. 1992. w/ Gianluigi Trovesi, Daniele Cavallanti, Eugenio Colombo, Pasquale Innarella, Rudy Migliardi, Tiziano Tononi
- As a Bird. Pentaflowers. 1994. w/ Sandro Satta & Alberto Mandarini
- The Missing Chainring (L'Aneillo Mancante). Print. 1997.
- L' Anello Mancante (The Missing Chainring). Imprint Records. 2000.
- Free Jazz at the Philharmonic. Splasc(h). 2002. w/ Mario Schiano & Bruno Tommaso
- Rhapsody for Billie. Imprint Records. 2002. w/ Silvia Schiavoni
- My Favorite Standards. Imprint Records. 2004. w/ Giovanni Maier & Michele Rabbia
- Tuba Libre. Random Acoustics.
As sideman
- Mario Schiano (1973). On the Waiting List. Atavistic.
- Lol Coxhill (1978). Moot. Ictus.
- Trovesi Damiani Quintet (1983). Roccellanea. Splasc(h).
- Dino Betti Van Der Noot (1986). They Cannot Know. Soul Note.
- Tiziana Ghiglioni (1987). Well, Actually. Splasc(h).
- Eugenio Colombo (1988). Sorgente Sonora. Jazz Network.
- Riccardo Fassi (1989). Il Principe. Splasc(h).
- Italian Instabile Orchestra (1991). Live In Noci And Rive-De Gier. Leo.
- Nexus Octet (1991). Preacher & The Ghost. Splasc(h).
- Mario Schiano; Famoudou Don Moye; Marcello Melis; Giancarlo Schiaffini (1991). Uncaged. Splasc(h).
- Mario Schiano (1992). Original Sins: Unreleased, 1967-1970. Splasc(h).
- Trovesi, Gianluigi; Giancarlo Schiaffini; Fulvio Maras (1992). Let. Splasc(h).
- Tiziana Ghiglioni (1992). S O N B. Splasc(h).
- Claudio Cojaniz Trio; Giancarlo Schiaffini (1994). Alea. Splasc(h).
- Italian Instabile Orchestra (1997). European Concerts '94-'97. Nel Jazz.
- SIC Trio (1994). Passemmezzo. Splasc(h).
- Italian Instabile Orchestra (1994). Skies of Europe. ECM.
- Daniel Studer (1996). Details.
- Umberto Petrin (1996). Wirrwarr. Splasc(h).
- Mario Schiano; Giancarlo Schiaffini; Bruno Tommaso (1998). (To Be Continued...). Discoteca di Stato.
- Eugenio Colombo (1999). Guida Blu. Splasc(h).
- Italian Instabile Orchestra (2000). Litania Sibilante. Enja.
- Centazzo, Andrea; Lol Coxhill; Franz Koglmann (2000). Situations. Robi Droli/Newtone.
- Thurston Moore (2001). Three Incredible Ideas. Auditorium.
- Peter Fraize; Giancarlo Schiaffini (2002). Post-Deconstruction. Cadence Jazz.
- Italian Instabile Orchestra (2002). Previsioni del Tempo: Forecast. Imprint.
- Nexus (2002). Seize the Time!. Splasc(h).
- Daniel Studer (2004). Ianus. STV/ASM.
- Italian Instabile Orchestra; Cecil Taylor (2004). The Owner of the Riverbank. Enja/Justin Time.
- Daniele Cavallanti (2005). Our Prayer. Splasc(h).