JAZZPROFILES lives in the music 1,572 Jazz Artists fully Profiled! Giorgio Gaslini
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Giorgio Gaslini started early: performing at 13, recording with his own trio at 16, then formal training at the Milan Conservatorio in piano, composition, and conducting. Before any of his own recordings, his early professional credential was a teenage seat in Aldo Rossi's Orchestra del Momento, the Milanese dance orchestra Rossi co-led with Gorni Kramer in the mid-1940s. That classical grounding never left his playing. He built his career on the premise that 20th-century composition technique and jazz improvisation belonged in the same room, not in separate ones, a fusion he named "total music."
The clearest demonstration came on February 4, 1966. Don Cherry had read about Gaslini in Melody Maker and turned up at his home in Milan with Steve Lacy and Gato Barbieri in tow. Gaslini's record label gave him 48 hours and a midnight deadline; he wrote a four-movement suite overnight and recorded it the next day in a single ten-hour session. The lineup also included Gianni Bedori, J.-F. Jenny-Clark, Kent Carter, Aldo Romano, Franco Tonani, and a 26-year-old Enrico Rava on trumpet. Down Beat gave the resulting record, Nuovi Sentimenti, five stars and called it the best Italian work of the year.
Film scoring ran alongside the jazz career from early on. Gaslini scored Michelangelo Antonioni's La Notte in 1961 and won the Nastro d'Argento, Italy's Silver Ribbon award, for it in 1962. He wrote music for Dario Argento's The Five Days in 1973, then attempted a score for Argento's Deep Red in 1975 that was largely replaced by the band Goblin, keeping only three of Gaslini's themes in the theatrical release. Across his career he composed more than 40 film scores, most for Italian cinema.
In 1972, Rome's Santa Cecilia Academy of Music gave Gaslini its first jazz course, the first academic jazz program in Italy, which he held through 1973, a generation before conservatory jazz departments became standard anywhere in Europe. Between 1991 and 1995 he composed for the Italian Instabile Orchestra, the collective whose members included clarinetist and saxophonist Gianluigi Trovesi.
He kept working at the edges of the American avant-garde well into his later decades. In 1990, in his sixties, he recorded Ayler's Wings, solo-piano transcriptions of Albert Ayler. In 2003, in his seventies, he recorded an entire album of Sun Ra compositions, Gaslini Plays Sun Ra, released in 2005. He passed away on July 29, 2014, at 84, in Borgo Val di Taro, in the hills above Parma.
Gaslini called his own style "total music," a direct fusion of 20th-century classical composition techniques (serialism, aleatory writing) with jazz improvisation, rather than keeping the two vocabularies in separate pieces. That instinct shows up across his catalog: solo-piano records built entirely around another composer's material (Monk in 1981, Ayler in 1990, Sun Ra in 2003), large-scale sacred and symphonic works late in his career (Sacred Concert/Jazz Te Deum, 2002), and film scores that treat orchestral and jazz-ensemble writing as the same job. His discography also runs unusually deep into Italian film and library music, both as a credited composer and as a heavily sampled/compiled source for soundtrack anthologies decades after the fact.
- Nuovi Sentimenti (New Feelings) Suite (1966, La Voce Del Padrone) - Written and recorded in under 48 hours with Don Cherry, Steve Lacy, Gato Barbieri, and a 26-year-old Enrico Rava. Five stars from Down Beat. Not currently found on Spotify; full album on YouTube. Listen
- Gaslini Plays Monk (1981, Soul Note) - Solo-piano interpretations of Thelonious Monk, recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan. Spotify - Gaslini Plays Monk
- Gaslini Plays Sun Ra (2005, Soul Note) - Solo-piano Sun Ra interpretations, recorded 2003, in his seventies. Spotify - Gaslini Plays Sun Ra
- Sacred Concert / Jazz Te Deum (2002, Soul Note) - Large-scale sacred/orchestral jazz work with the Orchestra Jazz Della Sardegna; Paolo Fresu credited as trumpet soloist. Spotify - Sacred Concert / Jazz Te Deum
- La Notte (1961 score; 2011 reissue, Quartet Records) - Score for Michelangelo Antonioni's film; won the Nastro d'Argento, 1962. Spotify - "La Notte (Musica Da Ballo)" Listen
Giorgio Gaslini: Full Discography
Compiled via the Discogs API (artist ID 572501), cross-checked against release-level extraartists credits for the albums referenced in final-blog.md.
As Leader — Landmark Recordings
The recordings referenced in this project's spotlight, plus other widely-cited landmark albums, researched in full detail.
| Year | Album | Label | Format | Billing | Notes | Listen | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Nuovi Sentimenti (New Feelings) Suite | La Voce Del Padrone | LP, Album | Giorgio Gaslini Ensemble E Quartet | Written overnight, recorded in a single 10-hour session, Milan, Feb 4 1966, after Don Cherry arrived with Steve Lacy and Gato Barbieri. With Don Cherry, Steve Lacy, Gato Barbieri, a 26-year-old Enrico Rava, Gianni Bedori, J.-F. Jenny-Clark, Kent Carter, Aldo Romano, Franco Tonani. Down Beat gave it five stars. | YouTube (full album) | not found |
| 1969 | Un Quarto Di Vita | Durium | LP, Album | Giorgio Gaslini, Edmonda Aldini, Don Churchill, Gabriella Ravazzi, I Nuovi Angeli | Film tie-in release. | not found | not found |
| 1973 | Le Cinque Giornate (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film) | Cinevox Record | LP, Album, Mono | Giorgio Gaslini | Score for Dario Argento's The Five Days (1973). | Spotify (2010 reissue) | not found |
| 1974 | Jean-Luc Ponty Meets Giorgio Gaslini | Produttori Associati | LP, Album | Jean-Luc Ponty / Giorgio Gaslini | Recorded 1973, issued 1974/1976. With Steve Lacy, Harry Beckett, Paul Rutherford, Tony Oxley, Bruno Tommaso, Gianni Bedori. | not found | not found |
| 1974 | Colloquio Con Malcolm X (Colloquy With Malcolm X) A Musical Action By | PDU | LP, Album | Giorgio Gaslini | Recorded Nov 1973-July 1974, Studio 7, Milan. Musical tribute to Malcolm X blending jazz, blues, gospel, and spoken voice. | not found | not found |
| 1981 | Gaslini Plays Monk | Soul Note | LP, Album | Giorgio Gaslini (solo piano) | Recorded May 19-25, 1981, Barigozzi Studio, Milan. Solo-piano interpretations of Thelonious Monk. | Spotify | not found |
| 1985 | Skies Of China | Dischi Della Quercia | LP, Album | Giorgio Gaslini | Recorded July 6-7 1984, Milan. With Claudio Allifranchini, Piero Leveratto, Paolo Pellegatti. | not found | not found |
| 1989 | Profondo Rosso (The Complete Original Soundtrack Recording) | Cinevox Record | CD, Comp | Giorgio Gaslini | Gaslini's original score for Dario Argento's Deep Red (1975); Argento replaced most of it with music by the band Goblin, retaining only three Gaslini themes in the theatrical release. | not found (subsumed into the Goblin-credited soundtrack on streaming) | not found |
| 1991 | Ayler's Wings | Soul Note | CD, Album | Giorgio Gaslini (solo piano) | Recorded July 25-26, 1990. Solo-piano transcriptions of Albert Ayler compositions. | YouTube (4 tracks) | not found |
| 1992 | Masks | Musica Jazz, Soul Note | CD, Album | Giorgio Gaslini | With Mario Schiano, Gianluigi Trovesi, Roberto Ottaviano, Paolo Damiani, Attilio Zanchi, Bruno Tommaso, Fulvio Maras, and others. | YouTube | not found |
| 2000 | Song Book Vol.I | Agorá | CD, Album | Giorgio Gaslini | Recorded July 2000, TALA Studio, Milan. Vocal jazz with Lucia Minetti, Bernardo Lanzetti, Massimo Pagano. | not found | not found |
| 2002 | Sacred Concert / Jazz Te Deum | Soul Note | CD, Album | Giorgio Gaslini, dir. | With the Orchestra Jazz Della Sardegna; Paolo Fresu credited as trumpet soloist, Alessandro Zolo on bass, Roberto Tola on guitar. | Spotify | not found |
| 2005 | Gaslini Plays Sun Ra | Soul Note | CD, Album | Giorgio Gaslini (solo piano) | Recorded Sept 1-2, 2003 at Next Studio, Milan; released 2005. Solo-piano interpretations of Sun Ra compositions. | Spotify | not found |
| 2006 | Musica Totale | Azzurra Music | CD, Album | Giorgio Gaslini | Named for Gaslini's own term for his style, fusing jazz with 20th-century classical technique. | Spotify | not found |
| 2011 | La Notte (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film Di Michelangelo Antonioni) | Quartet Records | CD, Comp | Giorgio Gaslini | Score for Michelangelo Antonioni's La Notte (1961); won the Nastro d'Argento, 1962. This 2011 release is a reissue/compilation of the original score. | Spotify - "La Notte (Musica Da Ballo)" | not found |
As Leader — Complete Chronological List
All 106 releases Discogs credits to Giorgio Gaslini in the Main role, plus Nuovi Sentimenti (added manually; see note below the table). Listen/Buy links were not individually verified for this full list beyond the landmark table above.
| Year | Album | Label | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | L'Ottava Moglie Di Barbablù | La Voce Del Padrone, La Voce Del Padrone | 7", EP |
| 1962 | Giorgio Gaslini Presenta Alberto Rabagliati | n/a | n/a |
| 1962 | Robin Hood | n/a | n/a |
| 1963 | Oltre | La Voce Del Padrone | LP, Album, Mono |
| 1964 | 12 Canzoni D'Amore Italiane | La Voce Del Padrone | LP, Album, Mono |
| 1965 | Un Amore (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film Omonimo) | n/a | n/a |
| 1965 | Un Amore | n/a | n/a |
| 1966 | Composizioni Cameristiche | n/a | n/a |
| 1968 | Le Sorelle | Cinevox Record | 7" |
| 1968 | Segnali | n/a | n/a |
| 1969 | Un Quarto Di Vita | Durium | LP, Album |
| 1969 | Arialù (Disco Spettacolo) | Columbia | LP, Album |
| 1969 | Cavalcando Il Drago (Guerra E Pace In Cina) | Columbia, Columbia | LP, Album |
| 1970 | Ballate E Canzoni | OFF (2), Produttori Associati | LP, Album |
| 1970 | Banda Originale Du Film Anonimo Veneziano | CBS Records Ltd. (2) | 7", Single |
| 1970 | Le Tue Mani Sul Mio Corpo | n/a | n/a |
| 1970 | Adagio Dal Concerto Per Oboe E Orchestra D'Archi In Do Minore / Anonimo Veneziano | n/a | n/a |
| 1971 | Bali (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film) | n/a | n/a |
| 1971 | La Pacifista (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film) | n/a | n/a |
| 1971 | Un Omicidio Perfetto A Termine Di Legge (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film) | n/a | n/a |
| 1972 | Il Vero E Il Falso | Cinevox Record, Cinevox Record | 7", Promo |
| 1972 | Quando Le Donne Si Chiamavano Madonne | n/a | n/a |
| 1972 | Rivelazioni Di Un Maniaco Sessuale Al Capo Della Squadra Mobile (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film) | n/a | n/a |
| 1973 | Una Porta Sul Buio | Produttori Associati | 7" |
| 1973 | Dal Jazz Al Pop Volume 2 | OFF (2), Produttori Associati | LP, Album |
| 1973 | Dal Jazz Al Pop Volume 1° | OFF (2), Produttori Associati | LP, Album |
| 1973 | Le Cinque Giornate (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film) | Cinevox Record, Cinevox Record | LP, Album, Mono |
| 1973 | Le Cinque Giornate (Colonna Sonora Originale) | Cinevox Record | 7" |
| 1973 | Pilato Sempre | OFF (2) | LP, Album |
| 1973 | Favola Pop Reportage Da "L'Isola Di Utopia" | Produttori Associati | LP, Album |
| 1974 | Jazz A Confronto 8 | Horo Records | LP, Album |
| 1974 | Till Tomorrow / Occupazione Totale | Cinevox Record | 7" |
| 1974 | Colloquio Con Malcolm X (Colloquy With Malcolm X) A Musical Action By | n/a | n/a |
| 1974 | Incontro D'Amore / Smetti Di Piovere (Dalla Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film) | n/a | n/a |
| 1974 | Jean-Luc Ponty Meets Giorgio Gaslini | n/a | n/a |
| 1975 | Il Nuovo Jazz Italiano Degli Anni 70 | PDU | 2xLP, Comp |
| 1976 | Canti Di Popolo In Jazz | PDU | LP, Album |
| 1976 | Drammatici | n/a | n/a |
| 1977 | La Salute Non Si Vende | C.I.C.A. | LP, Album |
| 1977 | Gershwin | I Dischi Dello Zodiaco | LP, Album |
| 1981 | Ecstasy | Dischi Della Quercia | LP, Album |
| 1981 | I Ragazzi Di Celluloide | Cinevox Record | 7" |
| 1981 | Gaslini Plays Monk | n/a | n/a |
| 1982 | Four Pieces | Dischi Della Quercia | LP, Album |
| 1984 | Schumann Reflections | n/a | n/a |
| 1985 | Skies Of China | Dischi Della Quercia | LP, Album |
| 1986 | Percorsi Sonori In Una Notte Di Primavera | n/a | n/a |
| 1989 | Profondo Rosso (The Complete Original Soundtrack Recording) | n/a | n/a |
| 1991 | Ayler's Wings | n/a | n/a |
| 1992 | Masks | Musica Jazz, Soul Note | CD, Album |
| 1995 | Tiziana Ghiglioni Sings Gaslini | Soul Note | CD, Album |
| 1996 | Chamber Music | La Bottega Discantica | CD, Album |
| 1996 | Jelly's Back In Town | Dischi Della Quercia | CD, Album |
| 1996 | Plays Gershwin | Replay Music (2) | CD, Album |
| 1996 | 5 Donne Per L'Assassino (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film) | n/a | n/a |
| 1997 | Le Cinque Giornate / La Porta Sul Buio (Original Motion Picture Soundtracks) | Lucertola Media | CD, Album, Comp, Ltd |
| 1997 | Mister O - Jazz Opera | Soul Note | CD, Album |
| 1997 | L'Integrale (Antologia Cronologica) CD N° 1 (1948-63), CD N° 2 (1964) | Soul Note | 2xCD, Comp |
| 1997 | L'Integrale (Antologia Cronologica) CD N° 3 (1964-65), CD N° 4 (1966-68) | Soul Note | 2xCD, Comp |
| 1997 | Franco D'Andrea & Giorgio Gaslini Milano | Fabbri Editori | CD, Comp |
| 1998 | Storie Di Sto | La Bottega Discantica | CD, Album |
| 1999 | Sprint (Balletto Sinfonico) | La Bottega Discantica | CD, Album |
| 2000 | Cantos | Soul Note | CD, Album |
| 2000 | Lieder Book | Agorá | CD, Album |
| 2000 | Symphonic Works | Agorá | CD, Album |
| 2000 | Duke Ellington Legend | Agorá | CD, Album |
| 2000 | Song Book Vol.I | Agorá | CD, Album |
| 2001 | Song Book Vol.II | Agorá | CD, Album |
| 2002 | Sacred Concert / Jazz Te Deum | Soul Note | CD, Album |
| 2002 | Neve | Rambling Records | CD, Comp |
| 2002 | Luna | Rambling Records | CD, Comp |
| 2003 | La Notte Dei Diavoli (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack From The Movie) | n/a | n/a |
| 2004 | Gaslini Legend | Splasc(H) Records, Splasc(H) Records | 2xCD, Album |
| 2004 | Elle (American Songbook) | n/a | n/a |
| 2005 | Gaslini Sinfonico - Adiantum | Velut Luna | CD, Album |
| 2005 | Gaslini Plays Sun Ra | n/a | n/a |
| 2005 | Il Brutto Anatroccolo | n/a | n/a |
| 2006 | John Coltrane Compositore | Express Your Soul, Express Your Soul, DDE, DDE | CD, Album |
| 2006 | Gaslini Live & Life (Jazz E Sinfonica) | OCL Records, OCL Records | CD, Album |
| 2006 | Sinfonia Delle Valli = Symphony Of The Valleys | World Wind Music, World Wind Music | CD, Album |
| 2006 | Song Book | Velut Luna | 5xCD, Album |
| 2006 | L'Integrale (Antologia Cronologica) CD N° 5 (1968), CD N° 6 (1969-70) | Soul Note | 2xCD, Comp |
| 2006 | Musica Totale | Azzurra Music | CD, Album |
| 2007 | Jazzitaliano Live 2007 | Casa Del Jazz | CD, Album |
| 2007 | Ellaura (Songs) | Velut Luna | SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album |
| 2008 | Fonte Funda Suite - La Notte | Soul Note | CD, Album |
| 2008 | Gaslini Sinfonico - Blue Symphony | Velut Luna | CD, Album |
| 2008 | L'Integrale (Antologia Cronologica) CD N°7 (1973), CD N°8 (1973-74) | Soul Note | 2xCD, Comp |
| 2010 | Piano Sonata Décollage / Interludio: Piano Improvisations / Ritual / Peintres Au Café-Sonnant | La Bottega Discantica | CD, Album |
| 2010 | Gaslini Sinfonico³ | Velut Luna | CD, Album |
| 2010 | Jazz In Blues | Juma Audio Video Productions | DVD-V, Promo |
| 2011 | Piano Solo (Incanti) | C.A.M. Jazz | CD, Album |
| 2011 | La Notte (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film Di Michelangelo Antonioni) | n/a | n/a |
| 2012 | Suite 1994-2008 | Jazzit Records | CD, Comp, Dig |
| 2013 | Piano Works | Stradivarius | CD, Album |
| 2013 | Giorgio Gaslini (The Complete Remastered Recordings On Dischi Della Quercia) | Dischi Della Quercia | CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, |
| 2014 | Flute Works | Tactus | CD, Album |
| 2014 | Gaslini Sinfonico 4 | Velut Luna | CD, Album |
| 2014 | Chansons et Carillons | EMA Vinci | CD, Album |
| 2014 | Il Maestro Giorgio Gaslini | n/a | n/a |
| 2015 | Antonioni Suoni Del Silenzio (L'Avventura / La Notte / L'Eclisse / Il Deserto Rosso) (Complete Original Motion Picture Soundtracks) | Quartet Records, Quartet Records, Quartet Records, Quartet Records, Quartet Records | 4xCD, Album, Comp, Ltd, RM + Box |
| 2016 | Murales Promenade | n/a | n/a |
| 2018 | Michelangelo Antonioni - Colonne Sonore Originali 1957-1962 | Jeanne Dielman | LP, Comp |
| 2020 | Plexiglas: Songs & Guitar Works | Urania Records (4) | CD, Album |
| 2023 | Giorgio Gaslini For Dario Argento | Severin Films | CD |
| n.d. | Cine | Diamond Collection (12) | LP, Comp |
Nuovi Sentimenti (New Feelings) Suite (1966, La Voce Del Padrone) is not in the 106 above; Discogs' artist-releases API files it as an "Appearance" for artist 572501 because the release is billed to two group entities (Giorgio Gaslini Ensemble / Quartet), not the solo name, even though Gaslini is its composer and leader. Added to the Landmark table above on that basis.
Personnel additions (2026-09-21, cross-verified during the Daniele Di Gregorio build): Discogs release-level extraartists credits independently confirm Daniele Di Gregorio on vibraphone/marimba/percussion on Monodrama (1984), Lampi = Lightnings (1994), Ballets (1998), and Enigma (2001), alongside four named Gaslini ensembles (Octet, Globo Quartet, Globo Quartet Plus String Quartet And Wind Quartet, Proxima Centauri Orchestra). On Ballets specifically, the existing Andrea Dulbecco vibraphone credit was accurate but incomplete: that release (a large ensemble of the Globo Quartet plus a string quartet and a wind quartet) carries vibraphone credits for BOTH Dulbecco and Di Gregorio. See Daniele Di Gregorio's full profile and discography-full.md in O-output/135-daniele-di-gregorio-spotlight for the release-by-release detail.
As Sideman / Guest / Compilation Appearance
Full chronological list from the Discogs API (139 entries) begins in 1956; it does not reach back to Gaslini's actual professional start a decade earlier. That earlier credential is added below as its own row, sourced from Aldo Rossi's own Discogs group-membership record (artist 6827635, "Aldo Rossi E La Sua Orchestra Del Momento") and Wikipedia, not from a Gaslini-side Discogs credit, since no individually dated recording under both names together could be verified. "n/a" / "—" means Discogs had no label or format data attached to that entry.
| Year | Title | Billed As | Label | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| c. 1945-48 | Member, Aldo Rossi E La Sua Orchestra Del Momento | Aldo Rossi (co-leader, with Gorni Kramer) | Fonit | Group membership per Discogs artist 6827635; no individually dated recording credit found |
| 1956 | la Musica Moderna E Il Pianoforte | Carlo Pestalozza | La Voce Del Padrone | LP, Album |
| 1957 | Tempo E Relazione Op. 12 | Giorgio Gaslini E Il Suo 'Ottetto Da Camera'* | La Voce Del Padrone | 7", EP |
| 1961 | La Notte | Giorgio Gaslini Quartet | Odeon | 7", EP |
| 1961 | Il Corsaro Nero | Emilio Salgari | La Voce Del Padrone | LP, Album |
| 1962 | I Corsari Delle Bermude | Emilio Salgari | Tavola Rotonda | LP, Album |
| 1962 | I Viaggi Di Gulliver | Jonathan Swift* | Tavola Rotonda | LP |
| 1962 | Piccole Donne | Louise May Alcott* | n/a | — |
| 1963 | C'È Una Casetta Piccina (Sposi) | Alberto Rabagliati | Ricordi | 7" |
| 1963 | Quando Sarò / Vorrei Tanto | Roberto Bi | Columbia | 7" |
| 1963 | Hey! Paula | Egle (2) E Alfredo Sacchetti | Columbia | 7" |
| 1963 | Un Vecchio Clarino | Gianni Sanjust | CBS | 7", S/Edition |
| 1963 | Pullover Bianco E Pantaloni Lunghi / Come Si Trova La Felicità | Egle (2) E Alfredo Sacchetti | n/a | — |
| 1963 | Jazz Forms For Export | Quartetto Di Giorgio Buratti | n/a | — |
| 1964 | Quando Canta Rabagliati | Alberto Rabagliati | Ricordi | 7", EP |
| 1964 | La Tua Vera Personalità / Giovedì Non Mancare | Riky Maiocchi | Columbia | 7" |
| 1964 | Va' Longobardo! / Il Mio Caro Canguro | Roberto Bi | Columbia | 7" |
| 1965 | Dall'Alba All'Alba | Giorgio Gaslini Quartet | n/a | — |
| 1965 | Il Neonato / Va Longobardo | I Gufi | n/a | — |
| 1965 | Un Amore | Pino Donaggio | n/a | — |
| 1966 | Morire D'Amore / Pronto... | Ettore Lombardi | Columbia | 7" |
| 1966 | I Gufi Cantano Due Secoli Di Resistenza | I Gufi | n/a | — |
| 1967 | La Création Du Monde / Piano-Rag-Music / Ragtime | Darius Milhaud, Igor Stravinsky, Alfredo Casella | Fratelli Fabbri Editori | 10", Comp |
| 1967 | Dalla Colonna Sonora Del Film "La Notte" | Giorgio Gaslini Quartet | n/a | — |
| 1968 | Il Fiume Furore | Giorgio Gaslini Big Band* | I Dischi Del Sole | LP, Album |
| 1968 | La Stagione Incantata (Suite) | Giorgio Gaslini Quartet - Giorgio Gaslini E Il Suo Ottetto Da Camera* | La Voce Del Padrone | LP |
| 1968 | Free And Loose | Eraldo Volonté | n/a | — |
| 1968 | Grido | Giorgio Gaslini Bigband "Live"* | n/a | — |
| 1969 | Il Blues Del Quartiere-Sud Da "Un Quarto Di Vita" | Giorgio Gaslini Quartet, Edmonda Aldini | Durium | 7", Single |
| 1969 | Roberto Brivio Presenta 13 Canzoni Di Fantascienza | Roberto Brivio | Columbia, Columbia | LP, Album |
| 1970 | Africa ! Mikrokosmos | Giorgio Gaslini Quartet | n/a | — |
| 1970 | Anonimo Veneziano (Colonna Sonora Originale) | Stelvio Cipriani | n/a | — |
| 1971 | Films In Musica | Various | Cinevox Record | LP, Comp |
| 1971 | Newport In Milan | Giorgio Gaslini Bigband | OFF (2), Produttori Associati | LP, Album |
| 1971 | Adagio / Una Conquista Facile | Santo & Johnny / Fabrizia Vannucci | Produttori Associati, Canadian American, Ricordi | 7", Promo |
| 1971 | Adagio / Sorella Morte | Santo & Johnny / I Salis | Produttori Associati, Canadian American | 7", Promo |
| 1971 | Adagio | Santo & Johnny | n/a | — |
| 1971 | Adagio By Santo & Johnny | Santo & Johnny | n/a | — |
| 1971 | Adagio Du Concerto Pour Hautbois Et Orchestre A Cordes En Do MIneur (Bande Originale Du Film "Anonimo Veneziano") | Stelvio Cipriani | n/a | — |
| 1972 | Un Chimico / Mozartiana | Fabrizio De Andre'* / Santo & Johnny | Produttori Associati | 7", Jukebox |
| 1972 | Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head / Tu Guardi Una Donna | Santo & Johnny / Franchi - Giorgetti - Talamo* | Produttori Associati, Canadian American | 7" |
| 1972 | Una Cosa Nuova | Giorgio Gaslini Piano E Grande Orchestra* | Produttori Associati, Produttori Associati | LP, Album |
| 1972 | Classics By Santo & Johnny | Santo & Johnny | Produttori Associati | 8-Trk, Album |
| 1972 | Famosi Temi Da Films | Santo & Johnny | n/a | — |
| 1972 | Tema D'Amore | Santo & Johnny | n/a | — |
| 1972 | Il Padrino | Santo & Johnny | n/a | — |
| 1973 | Message | Giorgio Gaslini Double | BASF | LP, Album, Gat |
| 1974 | 2º | Giorgio Gaslini Quartet | n/a | — |
| 1974 | Concerto Della Resistenza (Università Statale) | Quartetto di Giorgio Gaslini* | n/a | — |
| 1975 | Io Vi Racconterò ... Dieci Canzoni D'Amore | Marina Pagano | Harmony | LP, Album |
| 1975 | Jazz A Confronto 19 | Mal Waldron | n/a | — |
| 1975 | Concerto Della Libertà / Universo Donna | Quartetto Gaslini* | n/a | — |
| 1975 | Profondo Rosso (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film) | Goblin | n/a | — |
| 1975 | Pietà L'è Morta | Various | n/a | — |
| 1975 | Moderno Beat | Various | n/a | — |
| 1976 | Musica & Sesso | Various | Cinevox Record | LP, Comp |
| 1976 | Nuove Tendenze Del Jazz Italiano Vol 1 | Various | Edizioni Di Cultura Popolare | LP, Comp |
| 1976 | Storico Vol 1 (Historic-Historisch-Historique) | Various | Cinevox Record | LP |
| 1976 | Storico Vol 2 (Historic-Historisch-Historique) | Various | Cinevox Record | LP |
| 1976 | I Misteri Della Giungla Nera | Emilio Salgari | n/a | — |
| 1976 | Profondo Rosso | Goblin | n/a | — |
| 1976 | New Orleans Suite | Giorgio Gaslini Quartet | n/a | — |
| 1976 | Murales | Giorgio Gaslini Quartetto* | n/a | — |
| 1977 | Destination Musicland | Peter Hamilton Orchestra | Phase 6 Super Stereo | LP, Quad |
| 1977 | Free Actions | Sestetto Giorgio Gaslini* | Dischi Della Quercia | LP, Album |
| 1977 | Kleinhoff Hotel (Colonna Sonora Originale) | Quintetto Giorgio Gaslini* | Dischi Della Quercia | 7", Single |
| 1977 | Inti-Illimani 6 | Inti-Illimani* | n/a | — |
| 1978 | Graffiti | Giorgio Gaslini Sestetto | Dischi Della Quercia | 2xLP, Album |
| 1978 | Sharing | Roswell Rudd - Giorgio Gaslini Duo | Dischi Della Quercia | LP, Album |
| 1978 | Musica y Sexo (Banda Sonora Original) | Various | Discophon | LP, Comp |
| 1979 | La Grande Madre Impazzita - Cantata E Sonata | Giovanna Marini | n/a | — |
| 1980 | Mini Jazz Klub 28 | Quintetto Di Giorgio Gaslini* | Panton | 7", EP |
| 1980 | Live At The Public Theater In New York | Giorgio Gaslini Quintet | n/a | — |
| 1983 | Top Jazz In Italy | Various | Musica Jazz | LP, Album |
| 1983 | Francesca Sings The Blues | Francesca Oliveri | Dischi Della Quercia | LP, Album |
| 1983 | Soul Street 4. International Zagreb Jazz Fair | Various | Jugoton | 2xLP, Album, Gat |
| 1984 | Monodrama | Giorgio Gaslini Octet (vibraphone, percussion: Daniele Di Gregorio; trumpet: Fabio Morgera) | Dischi Della Quercia | LP, Album |
| 1985 | Ca' Bianca Show 1 | Various | Ca' Bianca Club | 2xLP, Album, Promo, Gat |
| 1988 | Multipli | Giorgio Gaslini Quintet | n/a | — |
| 1989 | Italian Jazz Graffiti 2 | Various | Musica Jazz | LP, Comp |
| 1989 | Hot Blend | Antonio Scarano Octet | Splasc(h) Records | LP, Album |
| 1989 | La Milano Dei Gufi | I Gufi | n/a | — |
| 1992 | Freedom Jazz Dance | Le Pause Del Silenzio | Soul Note | CD, Album |
| 1992 | Live In Noci And Rive De Gier | Italian Instabile Orchestra | n/a | — |
| 1993 | Due | Claudio Cojaniz, Giovanni Maier | C.M.C. Records | CD, Album |
| 1994 | Meetings | Mario Schiano | Splasc(H) Records, Splasc(H) Records | CD, Album |
| 1994 | Latitudine Est | Mario Fragiacomo | Musicisti Associati Produzioni M.A.P. | CD, Album |
| 1994 | Lampi = Lightnings | Giorgio Gaslini Globo Quartet (vibraphone, marimba, percussion: Daniele Di Gregorio) | n/a | — |
| 1995 | The Horror Films Collection | Various | DRG Records | CD, Comp |
| 1995 | Nuove Musiche Per Clavicembalo | Margherita Porfido | Musicaimmagine Records | CD, Album |
| 1995 | Silent Voices | Roberto Bonati Quartet | Splasc(H) Records | CD, Album |
| 1995 | Skies Of Europe | Italian Instabile Orchestra | n/a | — |
| 1997 | European Concerts '94-'97 | Italian Instabile Orchestra | n/a | — |
| 1998 | Ballets | Giorgio Gaslini Globo Quartet Plus String Quartet And Wind Quartet (vibraphone: Andrea Dulbecco; vibraphone, marimba, percussion: Daniele Di Gregorio) | Soul Note | CD, Album |
| 1998 | Italian Horror Showcase | Various | King Records | CD, Comp |
| 1998 | The Best Of Santo & Johnny Versiones Originales | Santo & Johnny | n/a | — |
| 1999 | Canzoni D'Amore Italiane | Various | Disky | CD, Comp |
| 1999 | Morricone Youth | Morricone Youth | Not On Label | CDr, Promo |
| 2000 | Live | Grande Orchestra Nazionale Di Jazz (A.M.J.) | Soul Note | CD, Album |
| 2000 | Volklore | Xipe Totec | Tingler Records | CDr, Album |
| 2000 | Beat Vol. 2 - Lounge At Cinevox | Various | n/a | — |
| 2000 | Dario Argento Tribute | Dæmonia* | n/a | — |
| 2000 | I Grandi Successi Originali | Santo & Johnny | n/a | — |
| 2001 | Enigma | Giorgio Gaslini Proxima Centauri Orchestra (vibraphone, percussion: Daniele Di Gregorio) | Soul Note | CD, Album |
| 2003 | Urban Griot | Giorgio Gaslini Proxima Centauri Orchestra | Soul Note | CD, Album |
| 2003 | Controtempo - Gianni Bedori Plays "C" Melody Sax | Gianni Bedori | Splasc(h) Records | CD, Album |
| 2004 | Jazz A Cinecittà | Various | Musica Jazz | CD, Comp |
| 2004 | Battisti In Jazz | Various | Sconfini | CD, Comp |
| 2005 | Le Case Di Berio | Enrico Intra | Rai Trade, Alfa Music | CD, Album |
| 2005 | Il Triangolo | Trio Albatros Ensemble* | Stradivarius | CD, Album |
| 2006 | Jazz In Italy - Tra I Classici E Il Free | Various | DeAgostini, DeAgostini | CD, Comp |
| 2006 | Movie Gold | Various | n/a | — |
| 2007 | The Fantastic Voyage Of Goblin The Sweet Sound Of Hell | Goblin | n/a | — |
| 2008 | La Fiamma E Il Cristallo | Livio Minafra | Enja Records | CD, Album |
| 2008 | Then And Now (Time In Jazz 1998 | 2007) | Various | Tàjrà s.r.l. | 2xCD, Comp |
| 2009 | B-Movie Archives | Various | Rhino Records (2), Warner Music France, Wea Music | 8xCD, Comp + Box |
| 2010 | Cani Arrabbiati - "Opening Themes... A Tribute" | Various | Musea | 2xCD, Album, Comp |
| 2011 | Time In Jazz - Della Musica E Dei Luoghi - Paolo Fresu , Berchidda E ... | Various | Musica Jazz | CD, Comp |
| 2012 | The Awakening | Goblin | Bella Casa | 6xCD, Comp, Ltd + Box |
| 2014 | Cine Jazz | Trovaioli, Cipriani, Piccioni And More!* | Rambling Records | CD, Comp |
| 2015 | G(ood)luck | Franz Koglmann, Mario Arcari, Attila Pasztor | Cracked AnEgg Records, Handsemmel Records | CD, Album |
| 2015 | Dove Era Lei A Quell'Ora? (Le Prime Registrazioni Inedite) | Alunni Del Sole*, Paolo Morelli | n/a | — |
| 2016 | Dieci Minuti All'alba (Omaggio A Giorgio Gaslini) | Andrea Monarda | n/a | — |
| 2018 | ZYX Italo Disco Spacesynth Collection 4 | Various | ZYX Music | 2xCD, Comp |
| 2020 | Profondo Rosso (45th Anniversary 1975 / 2020) | Claudio Simonetti's Goblin | n/a | — |
| 2021 | The Horror OSTs | Goblin | Cinevox Record, AMS Records (6), Light In The Attic | Box, Comp, Ltd, Col + LP, Album, RE, Red + LP, Alb |
| 2021 | I Love ZYX Italo Disco Collection 31 | Various | ZYX Music | 3xCD, Comp |
| 2022 | 80s Electro Tracks Volume 7 | Various | ZYX Music | CD, Comp |
| 2022 | The Dark Side Of (ZYX) Italo Disco | Various | n/a | — |
| 2024 | Golden Emotions | Various | Velut Luna | CDr, Comp, Num, Gol |
| 2025 | Profondo Rosso = Deep Red (1975-2025) | Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin | Rustblade, Warner Music Italy | LP, Ltd, Num, Cle |
| n.d. | Vol. 5 "Films No. 2" | Santo & Johnny | Select (2) | LP, Album |
| n.d. | Musica Vocale Da Camera | Kammerquartett | City Record | LP, Album |
| n.d. | Psiu... Psiu... | Various | Giant Records (14) | LP, Comp |
| n.d. | Anonimo Veneziano / Adagio Dal Concerto Per Oboe E Orchestra D'Archi In Do Minore | Orchester Stelvio Cipriani*, Orchester Giorgio Gaslini* | Ariola | 7", Single |
| n.d. | Ecologia | Various | n/a | — |
| n.d. | Ladies | Various | n/a | — |
| n.d. | Il Cabaret De I Gufi N. 2 | I Gufi | n/a | — |
| n.d. | Fasulillo / Preghiera Napulitana | Ettore Lombardi | n/a | — |
Track-Level Appearances (compilations, samplers, soundtrack anthologies)
Discogs "TrackAppearance" role: Gaslini appears on one or more individual tracks, not the release as a whole. Reflects his heavy footprint in Italian film-soundtrack and "library music" compilations.
| Year | Title | Billed As | Label | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | La Musica Moderna Vol. 48 | Various | Fratelli Fabbri Editori | 10", Comp |
| 1972 | Il Cinema In Casa | Various | Cinevox Record | Cass, Album, Comp |
| 1976 | Jazz | Various | Cinevox Record | LP |
| 1976 | Arte- Art- Kunst | Various | n/a | — |
| 1976 | Sonorizzazioni - Panoramici | Various | n/a | — |
| 1981 | Love Theme | Various | Cinevox Record | LP, Comp |
| 1981 | I Grandi Del Jazz Complete Edition | Various | I Grandi Del Jazz | 104xLP, Comp + Box |
| 1981 | Il Jazz In Italia I | Various | n/a | — |
| 1983 | Sonorizzazioni - Disco Sample | Various | Cinevox Record | LP, Comp, Smplr |
| 1983 | Sonorizzazioni - Ecologia | Various | n/a | — |
| 1985 | Ca' Bianca Show 1 | Various | Ca' Bianca Club | 2xLP, Album, Promo, Gat |
| 1991 | Fantafestival Vol. 2 | Various | n/a | — |
| 1992 | Fantafestival Vol. 3 | Various | Cinevox Record | CD, Comp |
| 1993 | Fantafestival Vol. 4 | Various | Cinevox Record, Cinevox Record | CD, Comp |
| 1995 | The Horror Films Collection | Various | DRG Records | CD, Comp |
| 1997 | Le Piu' Belle Musiche Del Cinema Italiano | Various | Disky | CD, Album, Comp |
| 1998 | Italian Horror Showcase | Various | King Records | CD, Comp |
| 1998 | Top Of The Movies - Indimenticabili | Various | PolyGram | 2xCD, Comp |
| 1999 | Canzoni D'Amore Italiane | Various | Disky | CD, Comp |
| 1999 | Beat Vol. 1 - Lounge At Cinevox | Various | n/a | — |
| 2001 | Cinevox - The History Of Soundtrack | Various | Cinevox Record, Count Down TV | 4xCD, Comp, Ltd, Box |
| 2001 | Cinema Top Hits | Various | Universal Classics & Jazz | 2xCD, Comp |
| 2002 | Fiore | Various Musiche Di Ennio Morricone, Stelvio Cipriani, Piero Piccioni, Piero Umiliani | Rambling Records | CD, Comp |
| 2004 | Jazz A Cinecittà | Various | Musica Jazz | CD, Comp |
| 2004 | Battisti In Jazz | Various | Sconfini | CD, Comp |
| 2005 | Cinejazz | Various | GDM | CD, Comp |
| 2005 | Jazz Magazine Vol. 30 | Various | New Sounds 2000 | CD, Comp |
| 2005 | Diva Italiana | Various | n/a | — |
| 2006 | Puro Argento Vivo | Various | Cinevox Record | 2xCD, Comp |
| 2006 | Jazz In Italy - Tra I Classici E Il Free | Various | DeAgostini, DeAgostini | CD, Comp |
| 2006 | Movie Gold | Various | n/a | — |
| 2007 | I Suoni Del Buio | Various | Brioche Edizioni Musicali Snc | CD, Comp |
| 2007 | Jazz Magazine Vol. 54 | Various | New Sounds 2000 | CD, Comp |
| 2007 | Viva! 60's | Various | Rambling Records | CD, Comp |
| 2007 | Jazz Magazine Vol. 56 | Various | New Sounds 2000 | CD, Comp |
| 2008 | Blood Is Red | Ennio Morricone / Goblin / Simonetti*, Pignatelli*, Morante* | Dagored, Dagored, Dagored, Dagored, Dagored | Box, Comp, Ltd + LP, Album, RE + LP, Album, RE + L |
| 2008 | Then And Now (Time In Jazz 1998 | 2007) | Various | Tàjrà s.r.l. | 2xCD, Comp |
| 2008 | A Trip? Just A Little...Beat: A Taste Of Pure Psychedelia In The Italian 60's | Various | Cinevox Record | CD, Comp |
| 2009 | B-Movie Archives | Various | Rhino Records (2), Warner Music France, Wea Music | 8xCD, Comp + Box |
| 2010 | Beat Generation | Various | Atlantis (6) | 3xCD, Comp, Del |
| 2011 | There Is Death In The Pot | Various | Not On Label | Cass, Comp |
| 2013 | Terrordrome (A Trip In Deep Red Horror) | Various | Cinevox Record, La Repubblica XL | CD, Comp |
| 2013 | Bassoon Works (dedicated to Paolo Carlini) | Paolo Carlini | Tactus | CD, Album |
| 2014 | Cine Jazz | Trovaioli, Cipriani, Piccioni And More!* | Rambling Records | CD, Comp |
| 2015 | Library Of Sound Grooves: Obscure Psychedelic Manuscripts From The Italian Cinema (1967-1975) | Various | Semi-Automatic Records | 2xLP, Comp, Ltd |
| 2015 | Library Of Sound Grooves: Jazz Expressions From The Italian Cinema (1963-1975) | Various | Semi-Automatic Records | 2xLP, Comp, Ltd |
| 2015 | The New Wave II | Various | Moochin' About | 8xCD, Comp, RM + Box |
| 2015 | Profondo Rosso | Goblin / Claudio Simonetti's Goblin / Claudio Simonetti | Deep Red, Deep Red, Cinevox Record, Cinevox Record | Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, 40t + 10", EP, Red + 2xCD, Al |
| 2016 | Jazz In Italian Cinema (Spreading New Sounds From The Big Screen 1958-62) | Various | Jazz On Film Records | LP, Album, Comp, RM |
| 2017 | If Music Presents You Need This: A Journey Into Deep Jazz Vol 2 | Jean-Claude* | n/a | — |
| 2020 | Jazz On Film… 'Snaporaz' The Films Of Marcello Mastroianni | Various | Moochin' About | LP, Ltd |
| 2020 | Tidbeats | Various | n/a | — |
| 2024 | Die Aufregendsten Melodien Aus Den Filmen Argentos | Various | Plaion GmbH | CD, Comp |
| n.d. | Ciak Music - Esotico Erotico | Various | The Saifam Group srl | CD, Comp |
| n.d. | Monostrumentali | Various | Cinevox Record | LP |
| n.d. | Folklore (Vol. II) | Various | Cinevox Record | LP |
Other Credits
| Year | Title | Billed As | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Urban Griot | Giorgio Gaslini Proxima Centauri Orchestra | Producer |
| 1984 | Popcorn Music | Various | UnofficialRelease |
| 1997 | Murder For Pleasure - Giallo & Thriller Themes | Various | UnofficialRelease |
| 2001 | Profondo Rosso (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Goblin / G. Gaslini* | UnofficialRelease |
Roberto Ottaviano (alto, soprano saxophone) - plays in the large ensemble on Gaslini's Masks (1992), the session that fed into the Italian Instabile Orchestra; Discogs-confirmed.
Maurizio Giammarco (soprano saxophone) - a student in Gaslini's experimental jazz course at Rome's Conservatorio Santa Cecilia, and a sideman on Message (1973, Giorgio Gaslini Double), Discogs-confirmed.
Maurizio Caldura Núñez (tenor, soprano saxophone) - Discogs-listed member of the Giorgio Gaslini Octet, individually credited on tenor and soprano saxophone on tracks 9-1 to 10-3 of Giorgio Gaslini (The Complete Remastered Recordings On Dischi Della Quercia) (2013); profiled separately on this site.
Massimo Carboni (tenor saxophone) - Discogs-credited in the Orchestra Jazz della Sardegna reed section on both Sacred Concert / Jazz Te Deum (2002) and Il Brutto Anatroccolo (2005), the two OJS recordings Gaslini directed and composed; profiled separately on this site.
Roberto Tola (guitar) - the Orchestra Jazz della Sardegna's guitarist, Discogs-credited on guitar on the same two Gaslini-directed OJS recordings, Sacred Concert / Jazz Te Deum (2002) and Il Brutto Anatroccolo (2005); profiled separately on this site.
Aldo Rossi (alto saxophone, clarinet, bandleader) - Gaslini's early professional home as a teenager, in Rossi's Orchestra del Momento (mid-1940s), years before Gaslini's own recording career began; profiled separately on this site.
Don Cherry, Steve Lacy, Gato Barbieri (trumpet/soprano sax/tenor sax) - the overnight session partners on Nuovi Sentimenti, 1966.
Enrico Rava (trumpet) - played on that same Nuovi Sentimenti session at age 26; profiled separately on this site.
Gianluigi Trovesi (clarinet, saxophone) - Gaslini composed for the Italian Instabile Orchestra (1991-95) alongside Trovesi, a founding member; profiled separately on this site.
Glauco Masetti (soprano and alto saxophones, clarinet) - in the Gaslini Bigband's reed section on Il Fiume Furore and Grido (both 1968) and Newport In Milan (1971) and on the 1968 CD of the L'Integrale anthology; Discogs also credits Masetti on clarinet on a track by Gaslini's orchestra on La Musica Moderna Vol. 48 (1967). Profiled on JazzProfiles.com
Sergio Rigon (baritone saxophone) - in the Gaslini Bigband's reed section alongside Masetti on Il Fiume Furore and Grido (both 1968, the latter with Steve Lacy also in the section) and Newport In Milan (1971); Discogs-confirmed on all three. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com
Jean-Luc Ponty (electric violin) - co-billed on 1974's Jean-Luc Ponty Meets Giorgio Gaslini, with Steve Lacy, Harry Beckett, Paul Rutherford, and Tony Oxley.
Paolo Fresu (trumpet) - credited trumpet soloist on 2002's Sacred Concert / Jazz Te Deum; profiled separately on this site.
Alessandro Zolo (double bass) - bassist on both Sacred Concert / Jazz Te Deum (2002) and Il Brutto Anatroccolo (2005) with the Orchestra Jazz della Sardegna; profiled separately on this site.
Alessandro Sgobbio (piano) - credited piano soloist on "Il Bosco Di Beuys," Roberto Bonati's setting of a Gaslini piece, on the various-artists tribute Gaslini Sinfonico³ (2010, Velut Luna).
Andrea Centazzo (percussion) - held the drum chair in Gaslini's Quartet from 1974 to 1976, appearing on four albums (2°, Concerto Della Resistenza, Concerto Della Libertà / Universo Donna, Murales), confirmed at the Discogs personnel-credit level; profiled separately on this site.
Broader collaborators across his career: Anthony Braxton, Roswell Rudd, Max Roach, and Gato Barbieri, among others; a full chronological list is in
discography-full.md.Andrea Dulbecco (vibraphone) - played vibraphone alongside Gaslini's own piano on Gaslini's Ballets (1998, Soul Note), confirmed at the Discogs credit level.
Attilio Zanchi (double bass) - one of the credited personnel on Masks (1992, Musica Jazz/Soul Note), alongside Gianluigi Trovesi and Paolo Damiani; profiled separately on this site.
Daniele Cavallanti (tenor saxophone) - one of the credited personnel on Masks (1992), alongside Gianluigi Trovesi, Paolo Damiani, Alberto Mandarini and Pino Minafra; a founding member, like several of his Masks colleagues, of the Italian Instabile Orchestra for which Gaslini composed 1991-95.
Bruno Biriaco (drums) - drums on Favola Pop Reportage Da "L'Isola Di Utopia" (1973, Produttori Associati), confirmed at the Discogs credit level; profiled separately on this site.
Daniele Di Gregorio (vibraphone, marimba, percussion) - Gaslini's student from 1979 and then his vibraphonist/marimbist across seven Discogs-credited recordings between 1984 and 2013 and four named ensembles (Octet, Globo Quartet, Globo Quartet Plus String Quartet And Wind Quartet, Proxima Centauri Orchestra); profiled separately on this site.
Dante Casu (alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet) - member of the Orchestra Jazz della Sardegna, credited by name on both Sacred Concert / Jazz Te Deum (2002) and Il Brutto Anatroccolo (2005), confirmed at the Discogs credit level; profiled separately on this site.
Danilo Terenzi (trombone) - trombonist on Giorgio Gaslini Double's Message (1973, BASF), the same session as fellow trombonist Paul Rutherford and trumpeter Enrico Rava, confirmed at the Discogs credit level; profiled separately on this site.
Dino Piana (trombone) - trombonist in the Gaslini Bigband on Newport In Milan (1971, OFF/Produttori Associati), confirmed at the Discogs credit level; profiled separately on this site.
Emilio Soana (trumpet, flugelhorn) - Soana plays in Gaslini's big band on Grido and Il Fiume Furore (both 1968), is trumpet soloist on Cantos (2000) and on a 2006 volume of the L'Integrale anthology, and sits in the trumpet section of the Grande Orchestra Nazionale di Jazz's Live (2000), directed by Gaslini. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Eraldo Volonté (tenor saxophone) - Discogs-credited on tenor saxophone on the Gaslini Quartet's La Notte (1961 EP, 1967 LP), the Bigband's Grido (1968) and Newport In Milan (1971), and on Colloquio Con Malcolm X (1974); Gaslini wrote liner notes for Volonté's own Free And Loose (1968), which includes a piece titled "For Gaslini"; profiled separately on this site.
Eugenio Colombo (saxophone, flute) - credited on saxophone on Gaslini's Favola Pop Reportage Da "L'Isola Di Utopia" (1973) and on soprano saxophone and flute on tracks 6 to 12 of Masks (1992), and a member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra on releases from 1992 to 1997 on which Gaslini plays piano. Discogs-confirmed.
Fabio Morgera (trumpet) - the trumpeter on the Giorgio Gaslini Octet's Monodrama (1984, Dischi Della Quercia), Discogs-verified; Morgera's own biography says Gaslini recruited him for the octet as a teenager. Already profiled separately on this project.
Franco Tonani (drums) - Discogs-credited on Gaslini's Oltre (1963), Dall'Alba All'Alba (1965), Nuovi Sentimenti (1966, one of two drummers), Africa / Mikrokosmos (1970), Newport In Milan (1971), Message (1973), Colloquio Con Malcolm X (1974) and the Un Amore film score. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Gavino Mele (French horn) - horn in Gaslini's Proxima Centauri Orchestra on Enigma (2001), Urban Griot (2003) and Suite 1994-2008 (2012), and in the Orchestra Jazz della Sardegna on Sacred Concert / Jazz Te Deum (2002) and Il Brutto Anatroccolo (2005), all confirmed at the Discogs credit level; profiled separately on this site.
Gianpiero Carta (alto and soprano saxophone, clarinet) - member of the Orchestra Jazz della Sardegna, credited by name on Sacred Concert / Jazz Te Deum (2002), confirmed at the Discogs credit level; profiled separately on this site.
Gaetano Liguori (piano) - co-billed with Gaslini, Gianni Bedori and Guido Mazzon on the PDU double-LP compilation Il Nuovo Jazz Italiano Degli Anni 70 (1975), Discogs-confirmed; Liguori's own biography also places him at Milan's Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory, where he taught piano from 1978 to 2016 and worked alongside Gaslini, and his 1986 album Tetakkon is dedicated in part to Gaslini.
Giampaolo Casati (trumpet) - credited in the trumpet section of the Grande Orchestra Nazionale di Jazz on Live (2000, Soul Note), on which Gaslini is credited on piano. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Giancarlo Barigozzi (saxophone; later recording engineer) - credited as a performer on Colloquio Con Malcolm X (Colloquy With Malcolm X) (PDU, 1974), recorded in Milan from November 1973 to July 1974; Schumann Reflections (Soul Note, 1984) was recorded at his Studio Barigozzi.
Gianni Basso (tenor saxophone) - credited on tenor saxophone on Gaslini's big band Newport in Milan (1971), per Discogs; profiled separately on this site.
Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone, tuba, euphonium) - credited together on Masks (1992), and in the Italian Instabile Orchestra sessions Live In Noci And Rive De Gier (1992) and Skies Of Europe (1995). Discogs-confirmed.
Gianni Cazzola (drums) - on Gaslini's big-band records Grido and Il Fiume Furore (1968) and on the small-group records Free Actions, Kleinhoff Hotel and La Salute Non Si Vende (1977), Graffiti (1978), Mini Jazz Klub 28 and Live at the Public Theater in New York (both 1980; the latter recorded there on April 28, 1980); profiled separately on this site.
Gianni Bedori (tenor, alto and soprano saxophones, flute) - Discogs itemizes his credit on 23 Gaslini-led releases from Oltre (1963) to Cantos (2000), including Nuovi Sentimenti (1966), Newport In Milan (1971) and Free Actions (1977), and Gaslini plays piano on Bedori's own Controtempo (2003). Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Gianni Sanjust (clarinet, vocals) - Gaslini directed the orchestra on Sanjust's 1963 CBS single "Un Vecchio Clarino," per Discogs.
Gil Cuppini (drums) - the drummer on Gaslini's 1948 bebop-sextet tracks "Ow!," "Concerto-Riff," "Night In Tunisia," "Bop-Bop" and "Drums Be-Bop" (collected on his own Soul Note anthology L'Integrale) and on the Giorgio Gaslini Octet EP Tempo e Relazione Op. 12, recorded in Milan on February 11, 1957, confirmed at the Discogs credit level; profiled separately on this site.
Guido Mazzon (trumpet, flugelhorn) - trumpet on Gaslini Double's Message (BASF, 1973), alongside Enrico Rava, and on tracks 10 to 12 of Masks (Musica Jazz / Soul Note, 1992) with the Italian Instabile Orchestra; co-billed with Gaslini on Il Nuovo Jazz Italiano Degli Anni 70 (PDU, 1975); Discogs-confirmed.
Luca Gusella (vibraphone) - plays vibraphone on Gaslini's own Masks (1992, Musica Jazz/Soul Note), track 5, confirmed at the Discogs credit level.
Luca Piana (drums) - drummer in the Orchestra Jazz della Sardegna, credited by name on both Sacred Concert / Jazz Te Deum (2002) and Il Brutto Anatroccolo (2005), confirmed at the Discogs credit level; no relation to Dino Piana, also profiled on this site; profiled separately on this site.
Luca Uras (trumpet) - first trumpet of the Orchestra Jazz della Sardegna, credited by name on both Sacred Concert / Jazz Te Deum (2002) and Il Brutto Anatroccolo (2005), confirmed at the Discogs credit level; profiled separately on this site.
Marco Vaggi (bass) - bassist in Gaslini's quintet on Live At The Public Theater In New York (1980), alongside Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Bedori and Gianni Cazzola; Discogs-verified.
Mariano Tedde (piano) - stable pianist of the Orchestra Jazz della Sardegna, credited on piano on both of Gaslini's OJS-directed recordings, Sacred Concert / Jazz Te Deum (2002) and Il Brutto Anatroccolo (2005), confirmed at the Discogs credit level; profiled separately on this site.
Mario Corvini (trombone) - Discogs-confirmed personnel under Gaslini's direction on Grande Orchestra Nazionale di Jazz's Live (2000, Soul Note, recorded 1992). Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Mario Schiano (alto saxophone) - co-billed with Gaslini on Jazz A Confronto 8 (1974, Horo) and, a generation later, plays piano himself on Schiano's own Meetings (1994, Splasc(H)), alongside Irène Schweizer and Barry Guy. Discogs-confirmed; profiled separately on this site.
Martin Mayes (French horn) - credited Horns together with Gaslini on Masks (1992, Musica Jazz/Soul Note), alongside the Italian Instabile Orchestra personnel. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Oscar Valdambrini (trumpet) - credited on trumpet in the Giorgio Gaslini Bigband's Newport In Milan (1971), alongside Gianni Basso, Glauco Masetti and Eraldo Volonté on saxophones; Discogs-confirmed. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Paolo Pellegatti (drums) - Discogs-confirmed drums and percussion on Monodrama (1984), Skies Of China (1985) and Schumann Reflections (1984), and on the 2013 anthology The Complete Remastered Recordings On Dischi Della Quercia. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Patrizia Scascitelli (piano) - a student in Gaslini's experimental jazz course at Rome's Conservatorio Santa Cecilia (1972-73) and a sideman on two of his own 1973 recordings, Message (Giorgio Gaslini Double, BASF) and Favola Pop Reportage Da "L'Isola Di Utopia" (Produttori Associati), both Discogs-confirmed; profiled separately on this site.
Sebi Tramontana (trombone, euphonium) - credited on trombone and euphonium on Masks (1992, Musica Jazz/Soul Note), the large-ensemble session that fed into the Italian Instabile Orchestra. Discogs-confirmed.
Vincenzo Mazzone (drums) - credited on drums on Masks (1992, Musica Jazz/Soul Note), the large-ensemble session that fed into the Italian Instabile Orchestra, alongside fellow drummers Giampiero Prina and Fulvio Maras. Discogs-confirmed; profiled separately on this site.
