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Emanuele Cisi was born in Turin on May 29, 1964, and taught himself jazz saxophone starting at sixteen. Before he settled into the jazz scene that has now defined his career for four decades, he spent time in the mid-1980s playing in Area II, a later, post-Demetrio Stratos incarnation of the pioneering Italian progressive rock band Area, a detour that puts an unusually direct rock-scene credit at the start of an otherwise straight-ahead jazz biography. Through the late 1980s he worked as a session saxophonist on Italian pop records for artists including Angelo Branduardi, Riccardo Fogli and Sandro Giacobbe, Discogs-documented studio work that predates his emergence as a jazz leader by several years.
That emergence came in 1994, when Cisi recorded his debut album under his own name, Where Are You (Modern Times), billed on the release itself as "Emanuele Cisi Featuring Enrico Rava" - the veteran trumpeter's guest appearance was enough to put the young saxophonist's first record in front of the national jazz press. The connection to Enrico Rava reversed a few years later: Cisi is the tenor saxophonist on two tracks of Rava's own Certi Angoli Segreti (1998, Label Bleu/Musica Jazz), a session that also carries a young Stefano Bollani on piano. In 1995, Cisi won the Top Jazz Award (Italy's annual critics' poll, run by Musica Jazz) in the Best New Talent category, and the same year he appeared, co-billed, on Scalabrun (Queyras Val Pellice), a quintet date led by bassist Furio Di Castri alongside Paolo Fresu on trumpet and Andrea Dulbecco on marimba - a single record that quietly ties together four names now profiled on this site.
As a leader through the 1990s and 2000s, Cisi recorded Mayday (1997) and Hidden Songs (2002) with pianist Paolo Birro, L'Ange Caché (2000, Pygmalion Records), a session that put Aldo Romano on drums and Fresu back on trumpet, and How Deep Is The Ocean (2005, Splasc(h) Records), a trio recording with Slovenian drummer Zlatko Kaučič. He also became a first-call sideman well beyond his own records: he is a Discogs-confirmed arranger and soprano/tenor saxophonist on Aldo Romano's Sidney Bechet tribute Because Of Bechet (2002), alongside fellow reedist Francesco Bearzatti, and he plays tenor saxophone on the early Antonio Faraò Quartet album Viaggio Ignoto (1991), a session that also carries American drummer Billy Hart. In 2003 he turns up on tenor and soprano saxophone on "Gica's Dance," from Nicola Conte and Gerardo Frisina's Two Unreleased Gems From The Freedom Jazz Dance Project (Schema), the same track on which Dulbecco plays vibraphone - the two also share the earlier Scalabrun credit. Cisi is a Discogs-confirmed sideman, alongside pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and altoist Rosario Giuliani, on Jazzitaliano Live 2007 (Casa Del Jazz), a live document credited to Giuliani that also carries trumpeter Flavio Boltro.
Cisi co-led Welcome (2008, Effemusic) as a working trio with Furio Di Castri on bass and Fabrizio Sferra on drums, with Di Castri co-composing two of its tracks, and released his own The Age Of Numbers (2009, AUAND) the same year. He recorded Naked (2009, Effemusic) with pianist Andrea Pozza and Where Or When (2013) for the American label MAXJAZZ, and in 2015 made Clear Days, Windy Nights (Abeat Records) with the American pianist Eric Reed. His 2018 album No Eyes: Looking At Lester Young (Warner Music Italy), a tribute to the tenor saxophonist Lester Young built around a David Meltzer poem, features vocalist Roberta Gambarini alongside pianist Dino Rubino - a connection that would recur: Cisi plays tenor saxophone on two of Rubino's own Tǔk Music leader albums, Where Is The Happiness? (2017, produced by Paolo Fresu) and Time Of Silence (2021).
In 2022 Cisi released Far Away (Warner Music Italy), a multimedia project recorded largely aboard a sailing boat off the Tuscan coast with actor Filippo Timi, featuring guitarist and vocalist Eleonora Strino, bassist Marco Micheli and drummer Enzo Zirilli; the release is not yet indexed on Discogs, so the connection is reported here on label and press sourcing, consistent with how it appears on Strino's own profile. His most recent leader album, Rushin' (2025, Mono Jazz), brought together pianist Dado Moroni, bassist Nicolas Thys and American drummer Jorge Rossy; Moroni also plays grand piano on Cisi's 2026 remix project Pharoah's Message (Joe Claussell Sacred Rhythm Remixes) (Right Tempo), produced with New York remixer Joaquin "Joe" Claussell.
Alongside his performing and recording career, Cisi directs the Jazz Department and teaches saxophone at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Turin, his home city, where the annual Torino Jazz Festival has repeatedly featured his own working quartet.
Cisi's tenor sound sits inside the postwar American mainstream, built on the tradition running from Lester Young and Sonny Rollins through Sonny Stitt and Joe Henderson, but the shape of his catalogue is distinctly Italian: hard-bop and standards-based quartets and quintets, frequently built around a working pianist (Paolo Birro across two albums, Andrea Pozza, Eric Reed, Dino Rubino, Dado Moroni) rather than a fixed working band. His two tribute records make the lineage explicit - No Eyes: Looking At Lester Young (2018) reworks Young's book directly, and Solitary Moon (2016, Philology) does the same for composer Johnny Mandel - while his early sideman work on progressive rock and Italian pop sessions in the 1980s sits outside that mainstream frame entirely and is treated in his own biography as a formative detour rather than a stylistic thread that continues into his leader catalogue.
- Where Are You (1994, Modern Times) - His debut as a leader, billed "Emanuele Cisi Featuring Enrico Rava," which won the 1995 Top Jazz Award for Best New Talent. Not currently on Spotify. Buy
- The Age Of Numbers (2009, AUAND) - A quartet session with guitarist Roberto Cecchetto. Spotify - The Age of Numbers Listen · Buy
- Where Or When (2013, MAXJAZZ) - His self-produced date for the American label MAXJAZZ. Spotify - Where or When Listen · Buy
- Clear Days, Windy Nights (2015, Abeat Records) - A quintet co-led with American pianist Eric Reed. Spotify - Clear Days, Windy Nights Listen · Buy
- No Eyes: Looking At Lester Young (2018, Warner Music Italy) - A tribute to Lester Young with vocalist Roberta Gambarini and pianist Dino Rubino. Not currently on Spotify; available on Deezer and Qobuz.
- Far Away (2022, Warner Music Italy) - A multimedia project recorded aboard a sailing boat, featuring actor Filippo Timi and guitarist Eleonora Strino. Spotify - Far Away Listen · Buy
- Rushin' (2025, Mono Jazz) - His most recent leader album, with pianist Dado Moroni. Spotify - Rushin' Listen · Buy
Emanuele Cisi - Full Discography
Compiled from the Discogs API (artist 319497, "Emanuele Cisi"), resolving 27 leader/co-leader ("Main"-role) releases and 77 further sideman, guest, producer and track-appearance credits. No Amazon Associates tag has been set up for this project yet - Buy links below are plain (non-affiliate) Amazon search links and should have ?tag=<ASSOCIATES_TAG> appended once one is provided.
Leader & Co-Leader Releases
| Album | Year | Label | Personnel | Notes | Listen | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where Are You | 1994 | Modern Times | Emanuele Cisi (tenor/soprano sax), Enrico Rava (trumpet, featured) | Debut as a leader; billed "Emanuele Cisi Featuring Enrico Rava"; won the 1995 Top Jazz Award, Best New Talent | not found | Amazon search |
| Scalabrun | 1995 | Queyras Val Pellice | Furio Di Castri (bass, electronics), Paolo Fresu (trumpet, flugelhorn, electronics), Emanuele Cisi (tenor/soprano sax), Andrea Dulbecco (marimba), Francesco Sotgiu (drums), Loris Bertot (contrabass) | Co-billed quintet led by Di Castri | not found | Amazon search |
| Mayday | 1997 | CDpM LION | Paolo Birro (piano), Emanuele Cisi (tenor sax) | Duo/co-billed session | not found | Amazon search |
| Giochi Di Nuvole | 1998 | Dischi Della Quercia | Emanuele Cisi (tenor/soprano sax), Paolo Birro (piano), Marco Micheli (bass), Francesco Sotgiu (drums) | Leader quartet | not found | Amazon search |
| L'Ange Caché | 2000 | Pygmalion Records | Emanuele Cisi (tenor/soprano sax), Paolo Fresu (trumpet, flugelhorn), Nathalie Loriers (piano), Rémi Vignolo (bass), Aldo Romano (drums) | Leader session with Fresu and Romano | not found | Amazon search |
| Camminando | 2000 | Splasc(h) Records | Emanuele Cisi (soprano/tenor sax), with the Jazzinaria Quartet: Luigi Martinale (piano), Stefano Risso (bass), Paolo Franciscone (drums), Laura Cavallero (vocals) | Co-billed with the Jazzinaria Quartet | not found | Amazon search |
| Hidden Songs | 2002 | Splasc(h) Records | Emanuele Cisi (tenor sax), Paolo Birro (piano) | Duo album | not found | Amazon search |
| Urban Adventures | 2004 | Elabeth | Emanuele Cisi (tenor/soprano sax), Paolo Birro (piano), Jean-Marc Jafet and Simone Monnanni (double bass), Yoann Serra (drums), François Chassagnite (trumpet) | Leader quintet/sextet | not found | Amazon search |
| How Deep Is The Ocean | 2005 | Splasc(h) Records | Emanuele Cisi, Nicola Muresu (double bass), Zlatko Kaučič (drums, percussion) | Co-billed trio | not found | Amazon search |
| Welcome | 2008 | Effemusic | Emanuele Cisi (saxophone), Furio Di Castri (double bass, co-composer), Fabrizio Sferra (drums) | Co-billed trio | not found | Amazon search |
| The Age Of Numbers | 2009 | AUAND | Emanuele Cisi (tenor/soprano sax, producer), Roberto Cecchetto (guitar), Paolo Biasi (electric bass), Emanuele Maniscalco (drums) | Leader quartet | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Naked | 2009 | Effemusic | Massimiliano Rolff (double bass), Emanuele Cisi (tenor/soprano sax), Andrea Pozza (piano), Enzo Zirilli (drums) | Co-billed quartet | not found | Amazon search |
| Plays Metheny | 2010 | Music Center | Michelangelo Decorato (piano), Gianlivio Liberti (drums), Marco Roverato (bass), Emanuele Cisi (tenor/soprano sax) | Co-billed Pat Metheny songbook date | not found | Amazon search |
| Homecoming | 2011 | Albore Jazz | Emanuele Cisi Quartet | Leader album | not found | Amazon search |
| Where Or When | 2013 | MAXJAZZ | Emanuele Cisi (tenor/soprano sax, arranger, producer), Joseph Lepore (bass), Luca Santaniello (drums) | Leader trio on the American MAXJAZZ label | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Clear Days, Windy Nights | 2015 | Abeat Records | Emanuele Cisi (tenor sax), Eric Reed (piano), Vincenzo Florio (bass), Adam Pache (drums), Humberto Amésquita (trombone) | Co-billed with American pianist Eric Reed | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Solitary Moon - Inside The Music Of Johnny Mandel | 2016 | Philology | Emanuele Cisi (sax), Michela Lombardi (vocals), Piero Frassi Trio: Piero Frassi (piano, arrangements), Gabriele Evangelista (bass), Andrea Melani (drums) | Johnny Mandel songbook tribute | not found | Amazon search |
| The City | 2017 | Warner Music | Massimiliano Casacci, Daniele Mana, Emanuele Cisi | Co-billed project | not found | Amazon search |
| No Eyes - Looking At Lester Young | 2018 | Warner Music Italy | Emanuele Cisi (tenor sax), Roberta Gambarini (vocals), Dino Rubino (piano, flugelhorn), Rosario Bonaccorso (bass), Gregory Hutchinson (drums) | Lester Young tribute, built around a David Meltzer poem | not found (Deezer, Qobuz) | Amazon search |
| Looking Beyond | 2018 | Music Center | Carlo Uboldi Trio: Carlo Uboldi (piano), Valerio Della Fonte (bass), Massimo Manzi (drums), with Emanuele Cisi (tenor sax, guest) | Guest artist billing | not found | Amazon search |
| People Time | 2020 | Venus Records | Claudio Chiara, Emanuele Cisi, Massimo Faraò Trio | Co-billed Japanese-label release | not found | Amazon search |
| A Jazz Affair | 2022 | Abeat For Jazz | Fabio Giachino Trio: Fabio Giachino (piano), Davide Liberti (bass), Ruben Bellavia (drums), with Emanuele Cisi (soprano/tenor sax) | Co-billed with the Fabio Giachino Trio | not found | Amazon search |
| Far Away | 2022 | Warner Music Italy | Emanuele Cisi, Filippo Timi (feature), Eleonora Strino (guitar, vocals), Marco Micheli (bass), Enzo Zirilli (drums) | Multimedia project recorded aboard a sailing boat off Tuscany | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Flying Over The Clouds | 2024 | Abeat Records / Abeat For Jazz | Verdi Jazz Orchestra, Pino Jodice, Emanuele Cisi | Big-band co-billing | not found | Amazon search |
| Rushin' | 2025 | Mono Jazz | Emanuele Cisi (tenor/soprano sax, executive producer), Dado Moroni (piano), Nicolas Thys (bass), Jorge Rossy (drums), Cesare Mecca (trumpet) | Most recent leader album | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Pharoah's Message - Phase II (remixes) | 2026 | Right Tempo | Emanuele Cisi, Joe Claussell (remix/arranger), Dado Moroni (grand piano), Daniel Moreno (drums, percussion) | Remix EP | not found | Amazon search |
| Pharoah's Message (Joe Claussell Sacred Rhythm Remixes) | 2026 | Right Tempo | Emanuele Cisi (tenor/soprano sax), Dado Moroni (grand piano), Nicolas Thys (bass), Jorge Rossy and Daniel Moreno (drums, percussion) | Remix single | not found | Amazon search |
Two further titles appear in Cisi's own Italian Wikipedia discography but were not independently located as separate Discogs entries, and are flagged rather than silently folded into the table above: Giochi Di Nuvole (Ddq) and An Homage From Italy (listed on Discogs as an Emanuele Cisi Quartet Appearance credit on Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins - An Homage From Italy, Philology, 2001, rather than a standalone Cisi leader release).
Sideman, Guest, Producer & Compilation Appearances (chronological)
- 1985 - G.G. Cifarelli (Gigi Cifarelli), Coca & Rhum
- 1986 - Area II, Area II° (self-titled) - Cisi's mid-1980s stint in this later, post-Demetrio Stratos incarnation of the progressive rock band Area
- 1986 - Prosperi & Coriasco, Rock'n'Non (Città Nuova Editrice)
- 1986 - Giuni Russo, Giuni
- 1986 - I Ricci, Meno Male
- 1989 - Quartetto Italiano, Cha Cha Chando / Una Giornata Di Sole (Drums Edizioni Musicali)
- 1989 - Giacomo Celentano, Dentro Al Bosco
- 1989 - Luca Genta, Occhi Sinceri
- 1989 - Albino Montisci, Voci Di Libertà
- 1991 - Teo, Pathos (producer and performer)
- 1991 - Antonio Faraò Quartet, Viaggio Ignoto - see Key Recordings/Personnel above
- 1991 - Massimiliano Cattapani, Un'Altra Strada
- 1991 - Leandro Barsotti, Il Caso Barsotti
- 1992 - Sandro Giacobbe, Le Donne
- 1992 - Ivan Cattaneo, Il Cuore È Nudo... E I Pesci Cantano
- 1992 - Riccardo Fogli, Teatrino Meccanico
- 1993 - Gaetano Caruso, Gaetano Caruso (Kir Music)
- 1994 - Angelo Branduardi, Domenica E Lunedì
- 1995 - Claudio Cirimele, En Este Mundo
- 1996 - Kaballà, Lettere Dal Fondo Del Mare
- 1996 - Leandro Barsotti, Bellavita
- 1998 - Enrico Rava, Certi Angoli Segreti (Label Bleu/Musica Jazz) - tenor sax, tracks "Èigua" and "Tango For Vasquez Y Pepita," Discogs-confirmed
- 1998 - Five For Jazz, Soulscape (Dischi Della Quercia) - Cisi is a listed member of this group entity
- 1998 - Various, The Great Naco Orchestra (Symphonia Sgr)
- 1998 - Barbara Raimondi Quartetto, Vita Da Altoparlante
- 1999 - Beppe Aliprandi, Duke, I Love You Madly (Splasc(h) Records)
- 1999 - Fabio Concato, Fabio Concato
- 2001 - Changes, Small Changes (Splasc(H) Records) - Cisi is a listed member of this group entity
- 2001 - Emanuele Cisi Quartet, Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins - An Homage From Italy (Philology) - tenor sax, alongside Luigi Bonafede (drums), Dario Deidda (bass) and Sandro Gibellini (guitar), Discogs-confirmed
- 2001 - Billy Cobham, Drum 'n' Voice - All That Groove
- 2002 - Various, Welcome To Club Jazz 2 (Cinq Etoiles)
- 2002 - Alessandro Di Liberto, Tonalità Naturali (Wide Sound)
- 2002 - Michele Franzini, My Smooth Corner (Abeat Records)
- 2002 - Various, Wave Music Volume Five
- 2002 - Aldo Romano, Because Of Bechet - arranger, soprano and tenor sax, Discogs-confirmed
- 2003 - Gerardo Frisina, Intenso (Schema)
- 2003 - Nicola Conte / Gerardo Frisina, Two Unreleased Gems From The Freedom Jazz Dance Project (Schema) - saxophone on "Gica's Dance," alongside Luigi Bonafede (piano); Conte is credited only on the split single's other track, "Nefertiti," not on "Gica's Dance," Discogs-confirmed at track level
- 2003 - Max Ionata Quartet, Little Hand (Abeat Records)
- 2003 - Various, Iseo Jazz Dieci Anni Di Jazz Italiano (CDpM LION)
- 2003 - Gerardo Frisina, Hi Note
- 2005 - Euro Groove Department, Optical Illusion (DDE Records Ltd)
- 2006 - Billy Cobham, Drum 'N' Voice Vol. 1 + 2 (All That Groove) (Politur)
- 2006 - Zlatko Kaučič, Zlati Čoln 2 = The Golden Boat 2 (Splasc(H) Records)
- 2007 - Rosario Giuliani (special guest Enrico Pieranunzi), Jazzitaliano Live 2007 (Casa Del Jazz) - tenor sax, Discogs-confirmed alongside Pieranunzi (piano), Giuliani (alto sax) and Flavio Boltro (trumpet)
- 2007 - Zlatko Kaučič, Vizionarja (Goga)
- 2007 - Novecento, Novecento Featuring ...
- 2008 - Bart Defoort, Sharing Stories On Our Journey (W.E.R.F.)
- 2008 - Pippo Matino, Third (Wide Sound)
- 2009 - Pippo Matino, Joe Zawinul Tribute (Wide Sound)
- 2009 - Various, Jazztublieft 3
- 2010 - Roberta Mameli, La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina, 'Round M (Monteverdi Meets Jazz) (Glossa)
- 2011 - Emanuele Cisi Quartet, Homecoming (Albore Jazz) - tenor and soprano sax, alongside Luigi Bonafede (piano) and Rosario Bonaccorso (bass), Discogs-confirmed
- 2011 - Various, Raccolta Differenziata - Auand 2001/2011 (AUAND, Musica Jazz)
- 2013 - Frédéric Viale, La Belle Chose
- 2015 - Various, 391 Vol. 2 Piemonte - Voyage Through The Deep 80s Underground In Italy (Spittle Records)
- 2015 - Accordi Disaccordi, Swing Avenue
- 2015 - Filippo Bianchini 4-Tet, Disorder At The Border (September)
- 2015 - Dario Faiella Meets Monday Orchestra, Recurring Dreams (Abeat Skyline)
- 2016 - Giuni Russo, Fonte D'Amore (GiuniRussoArte)
- 2017 - Dino Rubino, Where Is The Happiness? (Tǔk Music) - tenor sax, produced by Paolo Fresu, Discogs-confirmed
- 2018 - Monday Orchestra conducted by Luca Missiti, featuring Randy Brecker, Mike Mainieri, Bob Mintzer, Never Alone (The Music Of Michael Brecker) (Barnum For Art)
- 2018 - Lorenzo Cominoli, 17 Diciassette (Barnum For Art)
- 2018 - Adam Pache featuring Jeremy Pelt, Where You Fly (Abeat Records)
- 2018 - Various, Umbria Jazz 18 (Warner Music Group)
- 2019 - Federico Bonifazi, Autumn Colors Suite (SteepleChase LookOut)
- 2019 - Various, Umbria Jazz 19
- 2020 - Pure Joy, Firedance (Abeat Records) - Cisi is a listed member of this group entity
- 2021 - Dino Rubino, Time Of Silence (Tǔk Music) - saxophone, Discogs-confirmed
- 2021 - Various, Master Superior 2021 (Master Music Ltd)
- 2023 - Alberto Massidda, Irresistibile (Creative Players Music)
- 2023 - Francesco Sotgiu, Passing
- 2026 - Sergio Di Gennaro, Blind Spots Still Looking (Gleam Records)
Group entities Cisi is a Discogs-listed member of, beyond Area II, Five For Jazz, Changes and Pure Joy above: Fassi_Tessarollo Sestetto, Hiroshima, After Moon Generation, Emanuele Cisi Quartet, and Upstream.
Enrico Rava (trumpet) - Rava is the featured artist on Cisi's own debut, Where Are You (1994, Modern Times), billed "Emanuele Cisi Featuring Enrico Rava"; Cisi returns the credit on tenor saxophone on two tracks of Rava's own Certi Angoli Segreti (1998, Label Bleu/Musica Jazz), both confirmed at the Discogs credit level. Already profiled separately on this project.
Furio Di Castri (double bass) - co-billed alongside Cisi, Paolo Fresu and Andrea Dulbecco on Scalabrun (1995, Queyras Val Pellice); Di Castri also co-leads and co-produces Cisi's own trio album Welcome (2008, Effemusic), co-composing two of its tracks. Already profiled separately on this project.
Paolo Fresu (trumpet, flugelhorn) - co-billed on Scalabrun (1995) and trumpet on Cisi's own L'Ange Caché (2000, Pygmalion Records); Fresu also produced Dino Rubino's Where Is The Happiness? (2017), on which Cisi plays tenor saxophone. Already profiled separately on this project.
Andrea Dulbecco (marimba, vibraphone) - co-billed on Scalabrun (1995) and a shared Discogs credit on "Gica's Dance," from Nicola Conte and Gerardo Frisina's Two Unreleased Gems From The Freedom Jazz Dance Project (2003, Schema). Already profiled separately on this project.
Aldo Romano (drums) - drums on Cisi's own L'Ange Caché (2000); Cisi in turn arranges and plays soprano and tenor saxophone on Romano's Sidney Bechet tribute Because Of Bechet (2002), alongside fellow reedist Francesco Bearzatti. Already profiled separately on this project.
Antonio Faraò (piano) - Discogs-confirmed tenor saxophonist on the early Antonio Faraò Quartet album Viaggio Ignoto (1991), alongside American drummer Billy Hart. Already profiled separately on this project.
Enrico Pieranunzi (piano) and Rosario Giuliani (alto saxophone) - fellow credited musicians, tenor saxophone alongside Pieranunzi's piano and Giuliani's alto, on Jazzitaliano Live 2007 (Casa Del Jazz, credited to Giuliani), alongside trumpeter Flavio Boltro. Already profiled separately on this project.
Nicola Conte - shares the 2003 split single Two Unreleased Gems From The Freedom Jazz Dance Project with Cisi, but track-level Discogs credits show Conte produces and arranges the other side, "Nefertiti," while Cisi plays saxophone on "Gica's Dance" alongside pianist Luigi Bonafede and vibraphonist Andrea Dulbecco; the two are on the same release but not the same track, so this is corrected here rather than stated as a direct collaboration. Already profiled separately on this project.
Luigi Bonafede (piano) - fellow credited musician on "Gica's Dance" (2003, with Andrea Dulbecco), and drummer on the Emanuele Cisi Quartet's Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins - An Homage From Italy (2001) and pianist on Homecoming (2011); three Discogs-confirmed sessions in all.
Dino Rubino (piano, flugelhorn) - flugelhorn and piano alongside Cisi's tenor saxophone on Cisi's own No Eyes: Looking At Lester Young (2018); Cisi returns the credit as a Discogs-confirmed tenor saxophonist on two of Rubino's own Tǔk Music leader albums, Where Is The Happiness? (2017) and Time Of Silence (2021). Already profiled separately on this project.
Dado Moroni (piano) - Discogs-confirmed piano on Cisi's own Rushin' (2025, Mono Jazz) and grand piano on the 2026 remix set Pharoah's Message (Joe Claussell Sacred Rhythm Remixes). Already profiled separately on this project.
Eleonora Strino (guitar, vocals) - guitarist and vocalist in Cisi's group for his own Far Away (2022, Warner Music Italy), alongside bassist Marco Micheli and drummer Enzo Zirilli; this release is not yet indexed on Discogs, so the connection is reported here on label and press sourcing, consistent with how it is reported on Strino's own profile. Already profiled separately on this project.
Roberta Gambarini (vocals), Eric Reed (piano), Zlatko Kaučič (drums), Gregory Hutchinson (drums), Rosario Bonaccorso (bass) - non-Italian or not-yet-profiled sidemen and guests across Cisi's own leader catalogue, confirmed at the Discogs release-credit level.
Emilio Soana (trumpet, flugelhorn) - trumpeter alongside Cisi's tenor saxophone on Dario Faiella and the Monday Orchestra's Recurring Dreams (2015). Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Fabio Giachino (piano) - co-billed with his trio (Davide Liberti, bass; Ruben Bellavia, drums) on A Jazz Affair (2022, Abeat For Jazz), six standards with Cisi on soprano and tenor saxophones; Discogs-verified. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Fabrizio Sferra (drums) - co-billed drummer on the trio album Welcome (2008, Effemusic, with bassist Furio Di Castri) and a fellow member of the Changes quartet on Small Changes (2001); also on Jazzitaliano Live 2007. Discogs-confirmed. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Gabriele Evangelista (double bass) - bassist on Michela Lombardi and Piero Frassi's Solitary Moon (2016), with Cisi as featured saxophonist, and on Federico Bonifazi's Autumn Colors Suite (2019).
Giampaolo Casati (trumpet) - credited with Casati on the compilation The Great Naco Orchestra (1998, Symphonia SGR) and on Federico Bonifazi's Autumn Colors Suite (2019, SteepleChase LookOut). Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Gianni Cazzola (drums) - on Lorenzo Cominoli's 17 Diciassette (Barnum For Art, 2018), on which Cisi is also credited; profiled separately on this site.
Gigi Cifarelli (guitar) - Cisi is credited as featured tenor saxophonist on Cifarelli's debut Coca & Rhum (1985, Dire, credited to G.G. Cifarelli), on which Cifarelli plays electric guitar; Discogs-confirmed. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Giovanni Maier (double bass, cello) - credited alongside Emanuele Cisi on Certi Angoli Segreti (1998, Enrico Rava).
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- Emanuele Cisi on All About Jazz
- Emanuele Cisi on Discogs
- Emanuele Cisi's jazzprofiles.com profile
- r/ItalianJazz
- Discogs API: artist 319497 ("Emanuele Cisi"), plus group entities Area II (2597396) and Emanuele Cisi Quartet (5604125); releases 1440318 (Where Are You), 16047352 (Scalabrun), 2853056 (Certi Angoli Segreti), 21035497 (Hidden Songs), 10146915 (L'Ange Caché), 2067527 (Because Of Bechet), 23444519 (Viaggio Ignoto), 15142089 (Welcome), 3687887 (Jazzitaliano Live 2007), 262514 (Two Unreleased Gems From The Freedom Jazz Dance Project), 11354192 (Where Is The Happiness?), 17269597 (Time Of Silence), 13177789 (No Eyes: Looking At Lester Young), 35008058 (Far Away), 33787413 (Rushin'), 37522509 (Pharoah's Message (Joe Claussell Sacred Rhythm Remixes))
- Emanuele Cisi - Italian Wikipedia
- Emanuele Cisi | Jazz Saxophone, tenor - All About Jazz
- Emanuele Cisi - Mack Avenue Music Group
- Musica Jazz: No Eyes - Looking At Lester Young
- Musica Jazz: interview on Far Away