Giancarlo Schiaffini

Giancarlo Schiaffini (* 1942 in Rome ) is an Italian trombonist and composer of the Modern Creative Jazz and new music. Since the 1970s, he is one of the leading musicians of the avant-garde in Italy.

Life and work

Schiaffini studied physics ( university degree ). Self-taught, he played in Mario Schianos Gruppo Romano Free Jazz. In 1970 he studied at the Darmstadt Summer Courses with Karlheinz Stockhausen, György Ligeti and Vinko Globokar and founded the experimental chamber music group Nuove Forme Sonore, but in 1975 the Gruppo Romano di Ottoni, whose repertoire was next to contemporary music and Renaissance music. He also studied electronic music with Franco Evangelisti and entered (up to 1983) with Nuova Consonanza in the field of new music improvisation on. He also led a solo compositions by Luciano Berio and Giacinto Scelsi and worked closely with Luigi Nono together.

He became known in the jazz scene in the 1980s and 1990s through his work in the bands of Claudio Fasoli ( hinterland, 1979), and the Italian version of Misha Mengelberg's ICP Orchestra. Caused a stir his duets with the jazz singer Tiziana Ghiglioni ( Well Actually, 1987). Since the establishment, he is a member of the Italian Unstable Orchestra and was involved in the production of albums Skies of Europe, which was published in 1994 on the ECM label, and the Enja album Litania Sibilanti involved. He also played in the bands of Gianluigi Trovesi ( Roccellana, 1985), Umberto Petrin ( tangle, 1992), Dino Betti van der Noot, involved in the production Bigband Masks (1990/ 91) Giorgio Gaslinis with. In 1991, he starred again with Mario Schiano on his album Uncaged. In addition Schiaffini worked throughout his career along with many Italian and international musicians like Cecil Taylor, Tristan Honsinger, Giacomo Aula, Lucilla Galeazzi and Massimo Urbani.

Is working as a music teacher in a conservatory Schiaffini has written a textbook on contemporary instrumental techniques on the trumpet. In 2000 he was Composer in Residence at the International Composers & Improvisers Forum in Munich.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Mario Schiano: Gruppo Romano Free Jazz 1966/67 - Schiano Trio 1969/70 ( Splasc ( h), 1967-70 )
  • Italy Unstable Orchestra: Skies of Europe (ECM, 1994)
  • Italy Unstable Orchestra: Litania Sibilante ( Enja, 1996)
Franco Evangelisti (composer) Gruppo di Improvvisazione di Nuova Consonanza Italian Instabile Orchestra Enja Records Richard Cook (journalist) Integrated Authority File
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