Born in Palermo-Sicily Island-Italy-Eu in 1961. Selftaught. Regularly tours Eu, Usa and Japan. Sign: Taurus - Ascendant: Scorpio. Religious Beliefs: Zen Buddhism. Other activities: oil painting- lay monk in the Myoshinji lineage of Rinzai Zen training under Rev. Shodo Harada Roshi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FREELANCE COLLABORATIONS with: Evan Parker, Fred Frith, Louis Sclavis, Gianluigi Trovesi, Lindsay Cooper, Lars Hollmer, Sakis Papadimitriou, André Jaume,Steve Buchanan,Yves Romain, Dominique Regef, Jean Pierre Drouet,Sergey Kuriokhin,Vladimir Tarasov, AnatolyVapirov, Petras Visnaiuskas, Fred Giuliani, Vitas Labutis, Tadashi Endo, Masaki Iwana, Motoharu Yoshizawa, Julie Stanzak, Keiki Midorikawa,Heiner Goebbels, David Moss, Claudio Lo Cascio, Otomo Yoshihide, Antonio Carallo, Raul Ruiz, Noel Akchoté, Benoit Delbecq, Paul Rogers, Thierry Madiot, Guillaume Orti, Christophe Marguet, Hubert Dupont, Ernst Reijsiger, Henri Kaiser, Mari Kimura, Damon Smith, Garth Powell, Phil Gelb, Tim Perkis, Gino Robair, Tom Nunn, William Hooker, Lee Ranaldo, Jim O' Rourke, Elliott Sharp, Mimmo Cuticchio,Toti Garraffa, Antonello Salis, Pino Minafra, Italian Instabile Orchestra, Peter Kowald, Gunther Sommer, Oliver Lake, Glen Velez, Enzo Rao, Miriam Palma, Lelio Giannetto, Vittorio Villa, Eugene Chadbourne, Francesco Cusa, Massimo Simonini, Jim Meneses, Roy Paci, Francesco Cusa, Lukas Ligeti, Xavier Garcia, Nils Wogram, Michael Manring, MarcoFranco, Nuno Rebelo, Vince Vasi, Matt Goodheart, Ramon Lopez, Guillaume Orti, Mederic Collignon, Shinichi Isohata, Kazuo Imai, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, Yoshimitsu Ichiraku, Audrey Chen, Michel Doneda, Butch Morris, Zeno De Rossi, Zu, Guido Chiesa,Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, Masafumi Ezaki.
TEACHING : Musica Insieme jazz School 1995- Lectures at Mill's College Oakland, Sonoma State College California, workshops in Vancouver, Palermo, Kyoto, Gibellina.
AWARDS: TOP JAZZ Italy 1st place 1990 poll by Musica Jazz Magazine Italy
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DISCOGRAPHY
1987 Gianni Gebbia GIANNI GEBBIA lp Soundevent rec. Se001-
1988 Gianni Gebbia Group ARABESQUES feat. P.Minafra lp Splasch
1988 Compilation 2 Top Jazz from Italy -Yvp music 3018 cd 1990 Gianni Gebbia -SOLO, DUETS, TRIO - cd Geb rec. reprint by Il Pontesonoro Pvd 9602.
1990 Gianni Gebbia Trio - OUTLAND - feat. M. Simonini cd splasch rec. H315
1990 Gianni Gebbia Trio - ZERO IN GEOMETRIA - lp Soundevent S003
1990 Enzo Rao -SHAMAL - cd Il pontesonoro PVD 96-03
1992 Enzo Rao -ACQUA DI MARE - cd Il pontesonoro PVD 96S06 reprinted as Ettna by Music ofthe World cd H309 Usa
1993 Gianni Gebbia-Peter Kowald- Gunther Sommer - CAPPUCCINI KLANG - cd Splasch rec. 1993 Glen Velez - PAN EROS - cd CMP rec. cd63
1993 Sicilian jazz Collection vol I & II Splasch rec.
1993 Orselli Apuzzo Lalla 2 Canti di orme, sombreri e voli cd Le Parc music 510.
1993 ANGELICA 93 and 94 cd Cai Cai Music 003,004.
1994 G.Guarrella quartet LIVE at Festival Ibleo . cd CMC 9943-2
1995 Gianni Gebbia ?- SOLOS - cassette Soundevent S004 . 1995 Giorgio Occhipinti Hereo Nonetto The Kaos Legend - LeoLab 012
1995 Compilation LAVORI IN CORSO cd Stile Libero Virgin SL1024
1996 Gianni Gebbia -BODY LIMITS - cd Splasch rec.
1996 Francesco Cusa IMPASSE - cd Splasch rec. 609;2
1996 Gianni Gebbia - TERRA ARSA- cd More Music momus004
1996 Gianni Gebbia - IL LIBRO DEGLI EROI - cd Victo 051 1997 William Hooker, Lee Ranaldo feat. J. O' Rourke, G.Gebbia - CLOUDS - cd Victo 054
1997 Compilation - Tri lete druge godbe - D.Godba Lubjana Cdg002
1998 Gianni Gebbia - H PORTRAITS - cd rastascan rec.
1998 Gianni Gebbia - POSTILLE NEL TEMPO - cd Multirifrazione Mrf
1999 Gianni Gebbia-Damon Smith- Garth Powell - PEOPLE IN MOTION - Rastascan rec.
1999 Trionacria - THE MYSTIC REVELATION - Curva Minore cd CM01
New european saxophone quartet NESQ - cd Ava Bulgaria 05
2001 duets with M.Palma in ISOLE CHE PARLANO cd erosha 0156
2001 Brett Larner - ITADAKIMASU - Spool- Canada Stl 114-
2001 DELUXE IMPROVISATION SERIES Vol. 1 Ase Japan Ase02
Gianni Gebbia - Yousif Latif Jarallà - GIROMIRIGIRO Tarot rec. Gebbia-Casadei-Villa feat. M.EL Badawi - MLUK 2001 Terra Arsa - BEOGRAD - Objet-a Stereo Supremo Gianni Gebbia XXII ARCANA MAIOR theTarot sessions StereoSupremo- Rastascan-
2002 G.Gebbia - N.Wogram - X.Garcia PRONTO ! Intakt rec. cd
2002 Gebbia-Giannetto-Nunn-Palma-Powell-Robair-Smith A NIGHT IN PALERMO Rastascan Brd0041
2002 Gebbia-Agouridakis-Papadimitriou PADIO+ DESEO ept Greece
2002 Fred Frith - Francois Chat/ SETACCIO cd Theatre du Chatelet
2003 HILDEGARD feat. Dr, Phibes and Goebius cd curva Minore
2004- G.Gebbia-G.Powell-M.Goodheart ZEN WIDOW Evander music-
2004 Soundtrack LAVORARE CON LENTEZZA cd Radio Fandango 014-
2005/ Gebbia-Ligeti-Pupillo THE WILLIAMSBURG SONATAS Wallace records
2006 G.Gebbia-D.Camarda DELL'INCERTEZZA Geya Records
2006/ Shatadoo feat.G.Gebbia N'DEISSAN Harpo records 06 -
2006 / Daisuke Fuwa - RADIO - Chirei records Japan-
2006 / Switters THE ANABAPTYST LOOP cd Improvvisatore Involontario
2006 Full Metal Klezmer SHACOR cd el gallo rojo-
2006/ guest in L.Lo Bianco La scomparsa di Maiorana cd Silta rec.
2006 - Gianni Gebbia DARUMA'S CALL cd objet-a -
2006 Piemonte World THE STARS LOOK VERY DIFFERENT TODAY.cd Musica 90 Turin
2007 - G.Gebbia- Stefano Giust DUETS cd Setola di maiale -
2007 Butch Morris - Emyouseeye.it - Bologna Conduction- cd Rai trade -
Gianni Gebbia/ Damon Smith/ Weasel Walter LICHENS exploded records
2007 - Gianni Gebbia-Theresa Wong NIGHT MAPPING
2007 - Riccardo Pittau Congregation - V IV MMV DEATH JAZZ cd Improvvisatore involontario 2008 dr:Leon Switters CURRENT TRENDS IN THE CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN MUSIC DISASTER VOL.III cd improvvisatore involontario 2008 -0011
2008- Zen Widow - QUODLIBET - 9 Winds records Beverly Hill California-
2009 - Gianni Gebbia, Stefano Giust, Xabier Iriondo L'EDERA il COLLE L'ERBA cd setola di maiale - Domenico Sciajno DOVES DAYS IN PALERMO Bowindo rec. BW09
2009 - Gianni Gebbia Solo DARUMA'S CALL Sound Metak split edition LP
2009 - MABOROSHI - Gianni Gebbia -Eiko Ishibashi-Daniele Camarda - FMN Sound factory
2011 - THE MELODY BOOK- Gianni Gebbia-Diego Spitaleri - Terre Sommerse
2012 - CRYING IN DAYTIME - Zen Widow (gebbia-goodhert-powell) feat: Wadada Leo Smith - Pfmentum
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Just out : DARUMA'S CALL Gianni's solo sax audipohile quality vynil ep for Wallace Records Sound Metak Series.----------New piece on the last D.Sciajno cd DOVES DAYS IN PALERMO Bowindo recordings ----------
new cd : L'EDERA IL COLLE LA NEBBIA with Xabier Iriondo and Stefano Giust Setola di Maiale cd-
MABOROSHI with Eiko Ishibashi and Daniele Camarda FMN Sound factory Kyoto------------
ITALIAN Musica Jazz magazine TOP JAZZ POLL 2008 ! 8th place best wind player - 9th best cd Switters Current trends.
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