Per Zanussi
Per Zanussi | |
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.jpg) Zanussi with Håkon Kornstad's Tenor Battle at Oslo Jazzfestival 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1977 Oslo, Norway |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument | Upright bass |
| Member of | Zanussi Five |
| Website | www |
Per Zanussi (born 1977) is an Italian–Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass) and composer, known from several bands and releases such as with Hamid Drake, Louis Moholo, Paal Nilssen-Love, Bobby Bradford, Sabir Mateen, Franklin Kiermyer, Stephen O'Malley, Axel Dörner, Petter Wettre, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Bugge Wesseltoft, Mats Gustafsson, Kjetil Møster, Kevin Norton, Ivar Grydeland, Ernesto Rodrigues, Tetuzi Akiyama, and Håvard Wiik.[1][2]
Career
Zanussi was born in Oslo and was educated on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium and at Norges Musikkhøgskole. He was one of the initiators of the band Wibutee from Trondheim (1996–2004), with Håkon Kornstad and Wetle Holte.[1]
Since 2001 he has led the "Zanussi Five" with saxophone lineup Kjetil Møster, Rolf-Erik Nystrøm and Eirik Hegdal, and percussionist Per Oddvar Johansen, a project that has produced three albums. He also contributes to the "MZN3" with Kjetil Møster and Kjell Nordeson, the "Trespass Trio" with Martin Kuchen and Raymond Strid, the Jazzmob and the "Crimetime Orchestra".[1][2]
Discography
Solo albums
With Zanussi Five
- 2004: Zanussi Five (Moserobie Prod)
- 2007: Alborado (Moserobie Prod)
- 2010: Ghost Dance (Moserobie Prod)
- 2014: Live in Coimbra (Clean Feed)
- 2011: Morning Songs (MNJ)
Collaborations
With Wunderkammer
- 1999: Wunderkammer (Plateselskapet Skarv)
- 2002: Today I Cannot Hear Music (HoneyMilk)
With Petter Wettre
- 2002: Household Name (Household)
- 2004: Hallmark Moments (Household)
With Wibutee
- 2004: Playmachine (Jazzland)
With Frode Gjerstad
- 2005: Born to Collapse (Circulasione Totale), including Anders Hana and Morten Olsen
With the trio 'MZN3' including Kjetil Møster and Kjell Nordeson
- 2005: MZN3 (Jazzaway)
With Jazzmob
- 2005: Infernal Machine (Jazzaway)
- 2006: Flashback (Jazzaway), from Moldejazz
With Jon Eberson Trio
- 2006: Bring It On (Jazzaway)
With Martin Küchen Trio
- 2007: Live at Glenn Miller Café (Ayler)
With Trespass Trio
- 2009: ...Was There to Illuminate the Sight Sky... (Clean Feed)
- 2012: Bruder Beda (Clean Feed)
- 2013: Human Encore (Clean Feed), including with Joe McPhee
With Marilyn Crispell
- 2009: Collaborations (Leo)
With Circulasione Totale Orchestra
- 2009: Bandwidth (Rune Grammofon)
- 2011: PhilaOslo (Circulasione Totale)
With Crimetime Orchestra
- 2009: Atomic Symphony (Jazzaway), featuring Sonny Simmons and KORK
With Jørn Øien Trio
- 2010: Digging in the Dark (Bolage)
With S/S Motsol
- 2011: Parallel Pleasures (Creative Sources)[3]
With Mette Henriette
- 2015: Mette Henriette (ECM)
References
- ^ a b c "Per Zanussi – Bassist / Komponist". Biography. Bransjeregister MIC.no. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Zanussi, Per". Biography (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "Per Zanussi". Discography (in Norwegian). Discogs.com. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
External links
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni
- Musicians from Oslo
- Norwegian jazz composers
- Norwegian jazz upright-bassists
- Male double-bassists
- Italian jazz double-bassists
- Household Records artists
- 21st-century double-bassists
- 21st-century Norwegian male musicians
- Petter Wettre Quartet members
- Trondheim Jazz Orchestra members
- Wibutee members
- Norwegian musician stubs
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