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Mario Schiano

Italian avant-garde jazz musician

Naples, Italy • 1933-07-20 – 2008-05-10

Mario Schiano is credited on 83 releases across 19 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1970–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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83

Pressings credited

19

Albums

6

Decades active

2

In collections

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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Credited work

83 releases · 19 albums · active 1970–2025

  • Performance · 166
  • Other credits · 52
  • Production · 2

Studios: Controindicazioni · Colosseo Theatre, Roma · Wonderland Rec. Studios, Roma · RAI Studios, Rome

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