Biography
Mario Schiano (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmaːrjo ˈskjaːno]; 20 July 1933 in Naples – 10 May 2008 in Rome) was an Italian alto and soprano saxophonist associated with avant-garde/free jazz. 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 is also remembered for one of his only film appearances, playing the role of a disillusioned university teacher in The Best of Youth (2003). Schiano died following a 5-year-long illness at the age of 74.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
112 releases · 19 albums · active 1970–2025
- Performance · 217
- Other credits · 91
- Production · 3
Studios: RCA Studios, Rome · Talos Festival · Downtown Sound Studio, New York · Sciascia Sound Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Italian Instabile Orchestra
- Francesco De Gregori
- Various
- Cecil Taylor
- Marcello Melis
- Guido Mazzon