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. Also, he has collaborated with the Gruppo di Improvvisazione di Nuova Consonanza.
Giancarlo Schiaffini
- Born
- 1942 · Rome.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- composer · music educator · musician
- Languages
- Italian
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Giancarlo Schiaffini, recorded as a composer, jazz musician and musician, was born on 23 October 1942.
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As leader
• w/ Gianluigi Trovesi, Daniele Cavallanti, Eugenio Colombo, Pasquale Innarella, Rudy Migliardi, Tiziano Tononi • w/ Sandro Satta & Alberto Mandarini * * • w/ Mario Schiano & Bruno Tommaso • w/ Silvia Schiavoni • w/ Giovanni Maier & Michele Rabbia *
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