Giancarlo Schiaffini

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).

References

1. Martinelli, Francesco. "Giancarlo Schiaffini Biography". Allmusic.