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Giovanni Maier is a double bassist, cellist and composer from Staranzano, in the province of Gorizia at the eastern edge of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, with credits on 291 Discogs entries between 1986 and 2026. He was born on August 26, 1965. His father was an amateur folk musician who played accordion and clarinet, and in a 2021 interview with The New Noise Maier said the first instrument he learned was the accordion; at five he was already sneaking onto a keyboard his father had brought home. He took his double bass diploma at the "G. Tartini" conservatory in Trieste in June 1988.
His professional career began in 1986, at 21, when he co-founded the Transition Jazz Group; its first Discogs-listed record is Mode On (Bull Records, 1986), with pianist Paolo Longo and drummer Sandro Grassi, followed by Richard's Rumba (Splasc(h), 1989) with reedists Bruno Romani and Carlo Actis Dato. In 1989, according to his own biography, he formed his first ensemble to play his own compositions, and the same year he appears on Enten Eller's Cassandra, the first of 16 Discogs entries billed to or co-billed with Massimo Barbiero's group, which runs to Ελπίδα (Elpida) (2026), made with Gianluigi Trovesi. The early 1990s brought his first records under a leader's billing, both with pianist Claudio Cojaniz: the duo Due (C.M.C. Records, 1993, recorded live in Monfalcone in 1991) and Hasta Siempre (1994), a trio with drummer U.T. Gandhi. Masut (Nota, 1995), the earliest of his many records with pianist Giorgio Pacorig, added flutist Massimo De Mattia and Trovesi as guest.
Two large ensembles anchor his sideman career. From 1995 he appears on the records of Enrico Rava's Electric Five, including Electric Five (Soul Note, 1995) and Noir (Label Bleu, 1996) beside guitarists Domenico Caliri and Roberto Cecchetto, and on Rava's Certi Angoli Segreti (1998) and Italian Ballads (Venus Records, 1996). He is also a member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, a large improvising ensemble whose Discogs entries with him include Litania Sibilante (Enja, 2000), Previsioni Del Tempo / Forecast (2002), The Owner Of The River Bank (2003) with Cecil Taylor, Creative Orchestra (Bolzano) 2007 (2008) with Anthony Braxton, Totally Gone (2010) and Plays Ellington (Felmay, 2025). Also in the orchestra on these records are Eugenio Colombo, Pino Minafra, Paolo Damiani, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Alberto Mandarini and Antonello Salis.
A solo double bass project, which he dates to 1994, runs through his own catalog: Polaroid (Nota, 1998), Exposure (2000, recorded live in Trieste and Sesto al Reghena in 1997), Audiosmog (2003, with electronics), The Face Of The Bass (2003, on electric bass), Me, Myself & Monk (2009), Pages (2011), Live At Contemporary Brda (2014), Tramis (2016) and Blu Bamb (2019). Strings Layers (2023) credits him with "all layers" of a multitracked bass, and Cortocircuiti, another multitracked bass record, appeared on Bandcamp's BlueRing-Improvisers label in 2024. Since 2009 he has also been credited on cello, beginning with Odes, a duo with guitarist Claudio Lodati, and later on Kača, Sraka In Lev, Double Layer, Musica Carsica, Passaggi Paralleli and Stories (2025).
Palomar Records is the label behind much of this output. According to his website it has existed since 2000 and has released more than 70 albums; Discogs shows 72 of his 291 entries on Palomar, with catalog numbers running from 01 (Musica Per Pianoforte A Quattro Mani, a piano four-hands piece of his, 2000) to 76 (Mani, 2025). It is recorded largely at his Studio Palomar in Turriaco, near Staranzano, and the label describes its range as free improvisation through fully written music. His own bands on it include the Giovanni Maier Quartet (Inshad, 2001), the Mosaic Orchestra (Vol. 1, 2001, and Vol. 2, 2004, both on Artesuono, with Giorgio Pacorig on the second), which a conservatory biography says placed fifth in a 2001 Musica Jazz poll, and Giovanni Maier Technicolor, whose Featuring Marc Ribot + A Turtle Soup (Long Song Records, 2007) brought in Marc Ribot as featured guest alongside Alfonso Santimone and Pacorig. The Talking Bass (Long Song Records, 2010) is a quartet record with violinist Emanuele Parrini, trumpeter Luca Calabrese and drummer Scott Amendola.
Duos run through the catalog. Discogs lists him in duo billing with trombonist Giancarlo Schiaffini (Cruciverba, 2013), trumpeter Guido Mazzon (Drops, 2005, and Entropia, 2009), tenor saxophonist Daniele Cavallanti (Blues In The Suq, 2013, and Our Standards, 2018), Parrini (Dark Melodies, 2010, and Stories, 2025), percussionist Michele Rabbia (We Are, 2003, and About Us, 2020), pianist Keith Tippett (Two For Joyce, 2013), flutist Massimo De Mattia (Double Layer, 2014, and Passaggi Paralleli, 2024), Pacorig (Incipit, 2018) and pianist Alexander Hawkins (Two For Keith, 2025). With Rabbia and pianist Stefano Battaglia he plays in Triosonic, which appears on Battaglia's ECM album Raccolto (2005) and made Anything Your Little Heart Says (Parco Della Musica Records, 2014). In September 2026 he released Herbarium Sonorum with altoist Nicola Fazzini on nusica.org, eleven improvisations recorded in one day in a stone mountain shelter in Carnia.
Across the Slovenian border he co-conducts, with percussionist Zlatko Kaučič, the binational Orkester Brez Meja / Orchestra Senza Confini (Schengen, 2016, and Live In Nova Gorica, 2020), and records for the Klopotec label. He has taught at the Siena Jazz seminars (2006 to 2009) and has been on the faculty of the Tartini conservatory in Trieste since 2009, where he holds the chair in jazz composition and teaches double bass and jazz electric bass. According to his conservatory biography he placed second in the 2007 Musica Jazz Top Jazz referendum, in a category that groups bassists, drummers and singers. In 2025 he scored the documentary Fiume o morte! (dir. Igor Bezinović), for which he received the best film score prize at the 34th Croatian Film Days.
His site puts his total at over 240 albums as a sideman and more than 80 as a composer, and Discogs documents 291 release and master entries with a credit for him, dated 1986 to 2026.
Maier works across two registers: free improvisation, where the bass is the whole ensemble (the solo records, the multitracked Strings Layers) or one voice in a chamber group (the duos with Rabbia, De Mattia, Schiaffini and Cavallanti), and composed, band-oriented music with written material (the Mosaic Orchestra, Technicolor, the Quartet, the conservatory orchestra records). He told The New Noise that he often begins from a graphic idea and translates what he sees into music, and that improvisation was something he did before he was formally taught, a view he sets against the idea that technique must come first. Discogs credits drawings by Irene Maier on four of his Palomar records, Incroci Obbligati (2004), Un Oscuro Scrutare (2009), Vertigini (2011) and Pages (2011).
The repertoire on his records names his reference points. Me, Myself & Monk (2009) is solo bass on Thelonious Monk, Open Letter To Mingus (1999, with the Stefano Maltese Open Music Orchestra) and Viceversa (The Music Of Charles Mingus) (2022) look at Mingus, the Disorder At The Border project made Disorder At The Border Plays Ornette (2016), and the Roberto Ottaviano project Forgotten Matches. The Worlds Of Steve Lacy (1934 - 2004) (2014) is a Lacy tribute. Discogs styles on his entries are dominated by Contemporary Jazz (158 of 291 entries), Free Jazz (122) and Free Improvisation (113), with Avant-garde Jazz on 28, and 283 of the 291 entries carry the Jazz genre tag. The eight that do not include a classical piano piece of his own, tango and folk records, an electronic-classical album, a project by inmates of the Pordenone prison and a field-recording compilation; none is a rival identity.
- Three Lines (2007, Artesuono, Achille Succi / Giovanni Maier / U.T. Gandhi) - a bass, drums and reeds trio with Achille Succi. Spotify - Three Lines Listen · Buy
- Featuring Marc Ribot + A Turtle Soup (2007, Long Song Records, Giovanni Maier Technicolor) - the electric band with Marc Ribot as featured guest. Bandcamp - Featuring Marc Ribot + A Turtle Soup Listen · Buy
- Raccolto (2005, ECM, Stefano Battaglia) - Battaglia's ECM album, recorded in the period of his Triosonic trio with Maier and Michele Rabbia, with Maier on double bass. Spotify - Raccolto Listen · Buy
- The Talking Bass (2010, Long Song Records) - acoustic quartet with Emanuele Parrini, Luca Calabrese and Scott Amendola, opening with a track where the bass plays with itself. No streaming link located. Buy
- Zarja-Tay (2012, Rudi Records, Saadet Türköz / Giovanni Maier / Zlatko Kaučič) - trio with vocalist Saadet Türköz and Slovenian percussionist Zlatko Kaučič. Spotify - Zarja-Tay Listen · Buy
- Two For Joyce (2013, Long Song Records, Keith Tippett / Giovanni Maier) - duo with the British pianist. Bandcamp - Two For Joyce Listen · Buy
- Cruciverba (2013, Palomar Records, Giovanni Maier / Giancarlo Schiaffini) - bass and trombone duo. Spotify - Cruciverba Listen · Buy
- Floating Lines (2017, CAM Jazz, Giorgio Pacorig / Giovanni Maier / Michele Rabbia) - piano trio with live electronics. CAM Jazz release page Listen · Buy
- About Us (2020, Palomar Records, Giovanni Maier / Michele Rabbia) - duo with the percussionist, twelve tracks. Spotify - About Us Listen · Buy
- Strings Layers (2023, Palomar Records) - solo, all parts by Maier. Spotify - Strings Layers Listen · Buy
- Herbarium Sonorum (2026, nusica.org, Nicola Fazzini / Giovanni Maier) - alto saxophone and bass duo, eleven improvisations. Spotify - Herbarium Sonorum Listen
Giovanni Maier: Full Discography
Discogs artist page 695583 ("Giovanni Maier"), profile text "Italian jazz bassist, born 26 August 1965 in Staranzano, Italy," name variations "G. Maier," "G.Maier," "Giovanni," "Giovanni Majer," "Maier" and "Maier Giovanni Girolamo." Discogs lists 291 release and master entries with a credit for him, dated from 1986 to 2026. The first table holds the 103 entries billed to him or to a duo, trio or group in which he is a named leader; the second holds releases billed to bands he leads; the third holds ensemble, sideman and guest credits and the fourth holds compilations, anthologies and track appearances. Discogs also lists the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Mosaic Orchestra, Transition Jazz Group, Enten Eller, Giovanni Maier Technicolor, Giovanni Maier Quartet, Giovanni Maier Quintet and the U.T. Gandhi Ensemble among his group affiliations. Personnel is taken from each release's Discogs credits; where Discogs itemizes no personnel the cell says so.
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Not on Discogs: Herbarium Sonorum (nusica.org, September 18, 2026), a duo with altoist Nicola Fazzini, is on Spotify; Cortocircuiti (BlueRing-Improvisers, January 16, 2024), a multitracked double bass record, is on Bandcamp.
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| Album | Year | Label | Personnel | Notes | Listen | Buy |
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| Due | 1993 | C.M.C. Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Claudio Cojaniz (piano) | Recorded live DAT October 31st 1991 Teatro Comunale Monfalcone Italy. | not found | Amazon search |
| Hasta Siempre | 1994 | C.M.C. Records | Giovanni Maier (bass); U.T. Gandhi (drums); Claudio Cojaniz (piano) | Recorded Live DAT Sept. 1993 at Bourbon Street Italy. | not found | Amazon search |
| Masut | 1995 | Nota | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Gianluigi Trovesi (alto saxophone, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, piccolo flute); Ermes Ghirardini (drums, percussion); Massimo De Mattia (flute); Giorgio Pacorig (piano) | Recorded in October 1994 at Studio "Hendrix", Radio Koper-Capodistria, Slovenia. | not found | Amazon search |
| Polaroid . Bass Solo . | 1998 | Nota | Giovanni Maier (bass) | Recording time: November '94 + February '97. | not found | Amazon search |
| Exposure . Live Bass Solo . | 2000 | Nota | Giovanni Maier (double bass) | Recorded live at: "Antro Del Jazz" (Trieste) on 5th May 1997 "Ferriera" (Trieste) on 9th May 1997 "Friuli Venezia Giulia JAZZ '97" (Sesto al Reghena) on 11th September 1997. | not found | Amazon search |
| Musica Per Pianoforte A Quattro Mani | 2000 | Palomar Records | Maria Silvana Pavan (piano); Ugo Boscain (piano) | Recorded on 16.4.2000. Maier is credited as composer. | not found | Amazon search |
| Mosaic Orchestra, Vol. 1 | 2001 | Artesuono | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Enrico Sartori (alto saxophone, clarinet); Zeno De Rossi (drums); Umberto Petrin (piano); Lauro Rossi (trombone); Luca Calabrese (trumpet); Saverio Tasca (vibraphone) | not found | Amazon search | |
| Sultry | 2001 | Splasc(h) Records | Giovanni Maier (bass); Stefano Senni (bass); Zeno De Rossi (drums); Chris Speed (tenor saxophone, clarinet) | Spotify (2015 reissue) | Amazon search | |
| Audiosmog | 2003 | GMP | Giovanni Maier (double bass, electronics) | Recorded and mixed at Centro Artistico Musicale; electronic part was realized at Studio Palomar, Turriaco (GO). | not found | Amazon search |
| Slow Mood | 2003 | Artesuono | Giovanni Maier (acoustic bass); Roberto Cecchetto (acoustic guitar, guitar, loops) | Recorded, mixed & mastered at Artesuono Recording Studio. | not found | Amazon search |
| The Face Of The Bass | 2003 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (electric bass) | Recorded in Turriaco, Italy. | not found | Amazon search |
| We Are | 2003 | Symphonia | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Michele Rabbia (percussion, piano) | Recording: 06/10/2002, artesuono, Udine. | not found | Amazon search |
| Cityloops | 2004 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Ermes Ghirardini (drums, percussion); Massimo De Mattia (flute) | Recorded in Verzegnis (Udine, Italy), on 23 May 2004/"Louder This Time". | not found | Amazon search |
| Hic Et Nunc | 2004 | Hoaxhobo | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Paolo Botti (viola); Emanuele Parrini (violin) | Recorded July 17, 2004. | not found | Amazon search |
| Incroci Obbligati | 2004 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Lauro Rossi (trombone) | All tracks recorded in Turriaco@Palomar Studio, 2004. | not found | Amazon search |
| Mosaic Orchestra, Vol. 2 | 2004 | Artesuono | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Enrico Sartori (alto saxophone, clarinet); Zeno De Rossi (drums); Giorgio Pacorig (piano); Lauro Rossi (trombone); Luca Calabrese (trumpet, flugelhorn); Saverio Tasca (vibraphone) | Recorded, mixed and mastered at artesuono recording studios. | not found | Amazon search |
| Drops | 2005 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Guido Mazzon (trumpet) | Recorded in Turriaco on 27th September 2005. | not found | Amazon search |
| Playing With Eric | 2005 | Splasc(h) Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Stefano Franceschini (alto clarinet); Sergio Corbini (piano, accordion, electronics); Rino Adamo (violin) | Recorded at Montervarchi, June 5&6, 2004. | not found | Amazon search |
| Bows' Wind | 2006 | C.A.M. Jazz | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Roberto Bellatalla (double bass); Michele Rabbia (percussion) | Recorded in Cavalicco (Udine) on 23 May 2005 at Artesuono Recording Studio. | not found | Amazon search |
| Graffi | 2006 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Edoardo Marraffa (tenor saxophone, alto saxophone) | All tracks recorded in Turriaco@palomar studio, June 2006. | not found | Amazon search |
| La Mala Afinaciòn | 2006 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Salvatore Maiore (cello); Paolo Botti (viola); Emanuele Parrini (violin) | Recorded on December 13th and 14th 2005, at "Ospedale Dei Battuti", San Vito al Tagliamento (Udine, Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| As It Is | 2007 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (bass); Franco Dal Monego (drums); Riccardo Morpurgo (piano) | Recorded, mixed and mastered at ArteSuono Recording Studio, Cavalicco (Udine, Italy) on 24th October 2006. | not found | Amazon search |
| Blues Connotation | 2007 | Artesuono | Giovanni Maier (double bass, acoustic piccolo bass); Roberto Cecchetto (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, computer) | Recorded & mixed at Artesuono Recording Studio, Cavalicco (Udine) - Italy C&P 2007. | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Moon Extermination | 2007 | Lazzarecords | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Fabrizio Puglisi (synthesizer); Sebi Tramontana (trombone) | Recorded live on March 19, 2006 at Lazzaretto autogestito in Bologna. | not found | Amazon search |
| Pagina Bianca | 2007 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (bass); Franco Dal Monego (drums) | Recorded, mixed and mastered at ArteSuono Recording Studio, Cavalicco (Udine, Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Seeds | 2007 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Tino Tracanna (tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone) | Recorded in Turriaco (Gorizia, Italy) at Palomar Studio on 25th and 26th September 2006. | not found | Amazon search |
| Three Lines | 2007 | Artesuono | Giovanni Maier (double bass); U.T. Gandhi (drums); Achille Succi (tenor saxophone) | Recorded, mixed and mastered at Artesuono Recording Studios. | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Entropia | 2009 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Guido Mazzon (trumpet) | Recorded on May 19th 2008 at Palomar Studios (Turriaco, Gorizia, Italy). | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Me, Myself & Monk | 2009 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (bass) | Recorded live on 17th Of May 2008 at Casa Dal Boter / Povolaro (Comeglians, Udine, Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Odes | 2009 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (cello); Claudio Lodati (acoustic guitar) | Recorded on June 14th 2008 at Palomar Studios (Turriaco, Gorizia, Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Un Oscuro Scrutare | 2009 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Lauro Rossi (trombone) | Recorded in Sarzana (La Spezia, Italy) at Luca's room, on 25 and 26 of february 2008. | not found | Amazon search |
| Dark Melodies | 2010 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (bass); Emanuele Parrini (violin, viola) | Recorded on 11th of December 2007 at Palomar Studio, Turriaco (Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Journeys | 2010 | Artesuono | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Alessandra Franco (voice) | Recorded in September 2009. | not found | Amazon search |
| Kaca, Sraka In Lev | 2010 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (cello); Mimo Cogliandro (bass clarinet); Paolo Pascolo (flute) | Recorded on 28th of january 2009 at Palomar Studio, Turriaco (Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Round About Skrjabin | 2010 | Artesuono | Giovanni Maier (bass); Renato Strukelj (piano); Saverio Tasca (vibraphone) | Spotify | Amazon search | |
| The Talking Bass | 2010 | Long Song Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Scott Amendola (drums); Luca Calabrese (trumpet, flugelhorn); Emanuele Parrini (violin, viola) | Recorded at Officine Meccaniche Recording Studios, Milano, November 16th (no year provided, probably 2009). | not found | Amazon search |
| Code Talkers | 2011 | Monk Records | Giovanni Maier (cello); Massimo Barbiero (drums, percussion) | Recorded on 14 November 2010 and mixed on 7 January 2011 at Il Pollaio - Ronco Biellese (Biella). | not found | Amazon search |
| Coincidences | 2011 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Fulvio Sigurta (trumpet) | Recorded on 10th and 11th of september 2009 at Palazzo Zambelli Sede Banda di Lonato, Lonato (Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Disk Dosk | 2011 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Luca Calabrese (trumpet, flugelhorn) | Recorded on 6th and 7th of May 2008 at Palomar Studio, Turriaco (Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Live At Dobialab | 2011 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Sebi Tramontana (trombone) | Recorded live on 20th of May 2009 at Dobialab, Dobbia, Staranzano (Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| One Day In The Life Of Mr.Quagga | 2011 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (cello); Andrea Gulli (electronics) | Recorded on 1st of October and 26th of November 2010 at Palomar Studio, Turriaco (Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Pages | 2011 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass) | Recorded between the 4th of February 2008 and the 1st of April 2011 at Palomar Studio, Turriaco (Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Soft Wind | 2011 | My Favorite Records | Giovanni Maier (bass); Giovanna Mascetti (booking); US Cooperativa Per L'Arte (booking); Michele Rabbia (drums, percussion, electronics); Roberto Cecchetto (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electronics); Giovanni Guidi (piano) | Recorded and mixed at Artesuono Recording Studio, Cavalicco (UD) and in February 2011. | not found | Amazon search |
| The Jazz Hram Suite | 2011 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (bass); Massimo De Mattia (flute); Zlatko Kaučič (percussion) | Recorded live on 22nd of January 2011 at Jazz Hram, Divača (Slovenia). | not found | Amazon search |
| Vertigini | 2011 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Massimiliano Donninelli (saxophone) | Recorded between September 2010 and January 2011 at Palomar Studio, Turriaco (Italy) except track 1, recorded live on 20th of november 2010 at Museo Nazionale Archeologico, Aquileia (Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Dreiländer Trio | 2012 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Zlatko Kaučič (percussion); Claudio Cojaniz (piano) | Recorded live in San Vito al Tagliamento (Italy), Antico Teatro Sociale Arrigoni (5th of april 2011). | not found | Amazon search |
| Zarja-Tay | 2012 | Rudi Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Zlatko Kaučič (percussion); Saadet Türköz (voice) | Recorded &. | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Blues In The Suq | 2013 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Daniele Cavallanti (tenor saxophone, ney) | Recorded on 21st and 22nd of May 2011 at Palomar Studio (Turriaco, Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Cruciverba | 2013 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone) | Recorded on 6th and 7th of December 2011 at Palomar Studio (Turriaco, Italy). | Spotify | Amazon search |
| E Luce Fu | 2013 | Conservatorio "G. Tartini", Trieste | Marco Trabucco (acoustic bass); Simone Serafini (double bass); Federico Chiarion (drums); Igor Checchini (drums); Francesco De Luisa (fortepiano); Jan Sturiale (guitar); Marko Čepak-Maki (guitar); Marco Germini (keyboards); Alba Nacinovich (vocals); and 1 other | Maier is credited as composer. | not found | Amazon search |
| Quattro Pezzi Lunghi | 2013 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (cello); Franco Dal Monego (drums) | Recorded and mixed on 17th of december 2011 at Attic Studio, Ljubljana (Slovenia). | not found | Amazon search |
| Two For Joyce | 2013 | Long Song Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Keith Tippett (piano) | Recorded live May, 18th 2012 at Teatro Miela, Trieste (Italy), during "Le Nuove Rotte Del Jazz" festival. | Bandcamp | Amazon search |
| Anything Your Little Heart Says | 2014 | Parco Della Musica Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Michele Rabbia (drums); Stefano Battaglia (piano) | All tracks recorded on October 1st 2009 at Artesuono Recording Studio in Cavalicco (UD) Mixing and mastering at Artesuono Recording Studio in Cavalicco (UD). | not found | Amazon search |
| Azure | 2014 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Lauro Rossi (trombone); Luca Calabrese (trumpet); Emanuele Parrini (violin) | Recorded on 18th and 21st of january 2012 at Palomar Studio, Turriaco (Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Cose | 2014 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Ermes Ghirardini (drums); Giuliano Tull (tenor saxophone, alto saxophone); Paolo Bernetti (trumpet) | Recorded 12.10.2013; mixed and mastered between 12.10.2013 and 10.02.2014 at Lipuri Sounds Studio, Trieste (Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Disorder At The Border | 2014 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Zlatko Kaučič (percussion); Daniele D'Agaro (reeds) | Recorded live on 30th of november 2013 at Jazz Hram, Divača (Slovenia). | not found | Amazon search |
| Double Layer | 2014 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (cello); Massimo De Mattia (bass flute) | Recorded on 30th of november 2012 at "Castello di San Vito al Tagliamento" (Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Live At Contemporary Brda | 2014 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass) | Recorded on 14th of september 2013 at contemporary Brda music festival, Šmartno (Slovenia). | not found | Amazon search |
| Naked Songs | 2014 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Matteo Alfonso (piano) | Recorded on 21st of april 2013 at Biblioteca di Fogliano Redipuglia / sala Marizza (Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Trio Benessere | 2014 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Alessandro Mansutti (drums, objects); Filippo Orefice (tenor saxophone, clarinet) | Recorded on 21st and 22nd of december 2013 at Woodhouse Studio, Cividale del Friuli (Italy) Disc 2 Track 1 recorded live on 20th of july 2014 at Tarcento Jazz Festival, Tarcento (Italy) The other tracks of disc two recorded on. | not found | Amazon search |
| Other Elephants | 2015 | Dobialabel | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Andrea Gulli (electronics) | Recorded on the 29th of January 2013 at Palomar Kitchen Studio, Turriaco (Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Impressioni Astratte | 2016 | Not On Label (Marco Colonna Self-released) | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Marco Colonna (clarinet); Zlatko Kaučič (percussion) | Recorded live @ Galleria Pizzinato Pordenone. | not found | Amazon search |
| Tea Time | 2016 | Rudi Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Daniele D'Agaro (clarinet); Massimo De Mattia (flute) | Recorded on February 13th 2016, Udine. | not found | Amazon search |
| Tramis | 2016 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (bass) | Recorded live on 14th of november 2015, during a house concert at "Casa di Anna", Tolmezzo (Udine, Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Floating Lines | 2017 | C.A.M. Jazz | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Michele Rabbia (drums, percussion, electronics); Giorgio Pacorig (piano, electric piano, electronics) | Recorded and mixed in Cavalicco (UD) on 20, 21, 22 December 2016 at Artesuono Recording Studio. | CAM Jazz release page | Amazon search |
| Port To Port To Port | 2017 | Dallas Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Denis Razumović Razz (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, guitar, flute, vocals); Rajko Ergić (drums, soprano saxophone) | Recorded at studio "Studio za Sirotinju" in Rijeka in April 2015. | not found | Amazon search |
| Češnje | 2017 | Klopotec | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Andrea Gulli (electronics); Giorgio Pacorig (synthesizer) | Recorded on BCMF, sept. 2015 in House Of Culture, Šmartno, Slovenia. | not found | Amazon search |
| Desidero Vedere, Sento (The Angelica Concert) | 2018 | Setola Di Maiale | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Stefano Giust (drums, percussion); Massimo De Mattia (flute); Giorgio Pacorig (piano, claviola) | not found | Amazon search | |
| Incipit | 2018 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Giorgio Pacorig (piano) | Recorded on 29th of June 2016 in Villaraspa, Staranzano (Gorizia), Italy. | not found | Amazon search |
| Our Standards | 2018 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Daniele Cavallanti (tenor saxophone) | Recorded on 24th and 25th of May 2016 at Porteal in Lauco (Udine), Italy. | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Verso Il Primo Maggio 2017 | 2018 | Associazione Nuovo Corso | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Michele Rabbia (percussion, electronics); Giorgio Pacorig (piano); Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone) | Recorded live on April 26th 2017 at "il Carso in Corso", Monfalcone (Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| 4G Rate | 2019 | Klopotec | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Gal Furlan (drums); Giorgio Pacorig (electric piano); Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone) | Live and improvised from Klub Štala - Lokavec (SLO) 12.Jul.2019. | not found | Amazon search |
| Blu Bamb | 2019 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass) | Recorded on 3 September 2018 at the Stavolo of Nello Schneider in Curiedi (Fusea, Udine, Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Mesmer | 2019 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Pietro Ricci (drums); Riccardo Morpurgo (piano) | Recorded, mixed and mastered at Urban Recording Studio (Trieste, Italy) On 01st December 2017. | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Quadro Dialogorum | 2019 | Klopotec | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Boštjan Simon (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Gal Furlan (drums); Mimo Cogliandro (soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone) | Live and improvised from Klub Štala - Lokavec (SLO) 16.Apr.2019. | not found | Amazon search |
| About Us | 2020 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Michele Rabbia (percussion) | Spotify | Amazon search | |
| Convergenza Incondizionata | 2020 | Not On Label (Marco Colonna Self-released) | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Marco Colonna (clarinet, alto clarinet, bass clarinet) | Recorded remotely from Rome and Turriaco (Gorizia), April 2020. | Bandcamp | Amazon search |
| Games, Tales And Planets | 2020 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Alessandro Mansutti (drums) | Recorded on 21st of April 2018 at Klopotec Studio, Podnart (Slovenia). | not found | Amazon search |
| Gojn | 2020 | Not On Label (Massimo Barbiero Self-released) | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Massimo Barbiero (marimba, vibraphone, timpani, steel drums, gong, drums) | Recorded on june and july 2020. | not found | Amazon search |
| Little Nothing | 2020 | Not On Label | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Flavio Zanuttini (trumpet) | Includes a live improvisation played during a video call. | not found | Amazon search |
| Naonis Live | 2020 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Massimo De Mattia (flute) | Recorded on december 2nd 2018 at ex-Tipografia Savio Pordenone Italy. | not found | Amazon search |
| Through Eons To Now | 2020 | Setola Di Maiale | Giovanni Maier (cello); Stefano Giust (drums); Cene Resnik (tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone) | not found | Amazon search | |
| Musica Carsica | 2021 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (cello); Flavio Brumat (tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute) | Recorded in Fogliano(GO), Italy on 22nd of september and 17th of october 2019. | not found | Amazon search |
| Porteal | 2021 | Not On Label (Filippo Orefice Self-released) | Giovanni Maier (cello); Filippo Orefice (clarinet) | Recorded on May 19th, 2018 in Porteal (Lauco, UD) at Luigi Pugnetti's family home. | not found | Amazon search |
| Tilt (Improvised Concerto For Flute And Chamber Orchestra) | 2021 | Artesuono | Giovanni Maier (conductor, score); Iva Bobanović (classical guitar); Piercarlo Favro (classical guitar); Simone Lanzi (double bass); Massimo De Mattia (flute); Anna Talbot (harp); Luigi Vitale (vibraphone, marimba); Angelica Groppi (viola); Giovanni Dalle Aste (viola); and 1 other | Recorded live at Museo Revoltella, Trieste, on 19th and 20th of June 2019, during the festival "Le Nuove Rotte del Jazz 2019". | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Traps | 2021 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Efrem Scacco (guitar) | Recorded in Turriaco (GO), Italy, on 31st of july 2019. | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Viceversa (The Music Of Charles Mingus) | 2022 | Slou | Giovanni Maier (bass); Francesco Vattovaz (drums); Gabriele de Leporini (guitar); Riccardo Pitacco (trombone); Flavio Davanzo (trumpet) | Recorded, mixed & mastered @Artesuono Recording Studios, Cavalicco (Udine), Italy on 28th and 29th of March 2022. | not found | Amazon search |
| Live In Pisa | 2023 | Fonterossa Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Tobia Bondesan (alto saxophone) | Recorded live on July 1st, 2022, in Pisa - Teatro S.Andrea during Fonterossa Day #6 (Pisa Jazz). | Bandcamp | Amazon search |
| Live In Trieste | 2023 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Saverio Tasca (vibraphone) | Recorded live on 10th of november 2021 at Sala G. Tartini (Trieste, Italy). | not found | Amazon search |
| Strings Layers | 2023 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass) | Spotify | Amazon search | |
| Darn That Song | 2024 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Francesco Vattovaz (drums); Giorgio Pacorig (piano) | Recorded and mixed by Giorgio Pacorig at Star & Sun Studio (Staranzano, Italy) between October and December 2022. | not found | Amazon search |
| Figure(s) A Due | 2024 | Dodicilune | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Sergio Armaroli (vibraphone) | Recorded 1, 2 May 2023 at Artesuono Recording Studio, Tavagnacco (Ud), Italy. | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Figure(s) A Tre | 2024 | Dodicilune | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Francesca Gemmo (piano); Sergio Armaroli (vibraphone) | Recorded 1, 2 May 2023 at Artesuono Recording Studio, Tavagnacco (Ud), Italy. | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Passaggi Paralleli | 2024 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (cello); Massimo De Mattia (flute) | Recorded at Agostino's house in Staranzano on 15th of november 2023. | not found | Amazon search |
| Scamáche | 2024 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Igor Cecchini (drums); Efrem Scacco (electric guitar) | Recorded at JuStudio in Castions di Zoppola (Pordenone, Italy) on 15th of october 2023. | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Sparks | 2024 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (cello); Boris Janje (double bass); Cene Resnik (saxophone) | Recorded in "Krajevna Skupnost Rožna Dolina", Nova Gorica , 24. May 2023. | not found | Amazon search |
| Gargossa | 2025 | Not On Label (Giovanni Maier Self-released) | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Mimo Cogliandro (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet) | Recorded by the two players at their homes. | Bandcamp | Amazon search |
| Mani | 2025 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Riccardo Morpurgo (piano) | Recorded at Riccardo’s home in Gretta, Trieste, Italy on 18th of january 2025. | not found | Amazon search |
| Mingus Revisited | 2025 | Caligola | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Matteo Alfonso (piano) | not found | Amazon search | |
| Stories | 2025 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier (cello); Emanuele Parrini (viola) | Recorded in Esemon di Sotto, Enemonzo (UD), Italy on 22nd and 23rd of october 2024. palomar@giovannimaier.it emanueleparrini@virgilio.it. | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Two For Keith | 2025 | Long Song Records | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Alexander Hawkins (piano) | Recorded and mixed at Urban Recording Studio in Trieste (Italy) on 21st of June 2023. | Bandcamp | Amazon search |
| Twogetherness | 2025 | Not On Label (Giovanni Maier Self-released) | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Nicola Fazzini (alto saxophone) | Recorded at Palomar Studio on 2nd of July 2025. | Bandcamp | Amazon search |
| The River | 2026 | Not On Label (Žiga Golob Self-released) | Giovanni Maier (double bass); Žiga Golob (double bass) | not found | Amazon search |
Releases Billed to Giovanni Maier Bands
| Album | Year | Label | Billed to | Maier credit | Notes | Listen | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inshad | 2001 | Palomar Records | Giovanni Maier Quartet | double bass | Recorded in Gorizzo (Udine, Italy), on 15 and 21 October 1998. | not found | Amazon search |
| Featuring Marc Ribot + A Turtle Soup | 2007 | Long Song Records | Giovanni Maier Technicolor | cello, electric bass | Recorded at Artesuono Recording Studio, Cavalicco (UD), Italy, June 13th 2007. | Bandcamp | Amazon search |
| Live In Milano | 2017 | Long Song Records | Giovanni Maier Technicolor | electric bass | Recorded in 2008 in Milano at AH-UM Jazz Festival. | not found | Amazon search |
| FourTimesEight Suite (4x8) | 2018 | Associazione Nuovo Corso | Giovanni Maier Quintet | author, double bass | Recorded live the 21st of June 2018 at "Il Carso in Corso" in Monfalcone. | not found | Amazon search |
Ensemble, Sideman and Guest Credits
| Album | Year | Label | Billed to | Maier credit | Other personnel | Listen | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mode On | 1986 | Bull Records | Transition Jazz Group | bass | Sandro Grassi (drums); Paolo Longo (piano) | not found | Amazon search |
| Hanging In The Sky | 1987 | Splasc(h) Records | Stefano Maltese Open Music Orchestra | double bass | Carlo Actis Dato (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet); Enrico Fazio (bass); Antonio Moncada (drums, percussion); Martin Joseph (piano); Umberto Petrin (piano); Eugenio Colombo (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute); and 6 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Tarahumara | 1988 | Tunnel Records | B. Romani / C. Cojaniz | double bass, electric bass | Romano Todesco (accordion); Piero Cozzi (alto saxophone); Bruno Romani (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone); Nevio Zaninotto (baritone saxophone); Umberto Trombetta (drums); Ermes Ghirardini (drums, percussion); and 3 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Cassandra | 1989 | Splasc(h) Records | Enten Eller | bass | Massimo Barbiero (drums, percussion, marimba); Mario Simeoni (flute, tenor saxophone); Maurizio Brunod (guitar); Ugo Boscain (piano); Carlo Actis Dato (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet); Jolanda Romano (vocals) | not found | Amazon search |
| Ramo Ramo (Ypnosisetnomuzik) | 1989 | Fonit Cetra | Claudio Cojaniz | double bass | Romano Todesco (double bass); U.T. Gandhi (drums); Glauco Venier (piano); Claudio Cojaniz (piano, keyboards, percussion); Bruno Romani (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Quartetto D'Archi Di Udine (strings); and 1 other | not found | Amazon search |
| Richard's Rumba | 1989 | Splasc(h) Records | Transition Jazz Group | bass | Bruno Romani (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone); Carlo Actis Dato (baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone); Paolo Nunin (drums); Paolo Longo (piano) | not found | Amazon search |
| Antigone | 1991 | Splasc(h) Records | Enten Eller | bass | Massimo Barbiero (drums, vibraphone, percussion); Maurizio Brunod (electric guitar, acoustic guitar); Ugo Boscain (piano); Mario Simeoni (tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo flute) | not found | Amazon search |
| Corsari | 1991 | Splasc(h) Records | Claudio Lodati Dac'corda Feat. Antonello Salis - Maria Pia De Vito | double bass | Antonello Salis (accordion); Massimo Barbiero (drums, percussion, xylophone); Claudio Lodati (electric guitar); Maurizio Brunod (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, twelve-string guitar); Alex Rolle (percussion); Maria Pia De Vito (voice) | not found | Amazon search |
| Poésie Pour Pasolini | 1993 | Splasc(h) Records | Massimo De Mattia | bass | Massimo De Mattia (flute, alto flute); Glauco Venier (piano) | not found | Amazon search |
| Vocal Desires | 1994 | C.M.C. Records | Claudio Lodati - Ellen Christi | acoustic bass | U.T. Gandhi (drums); Claudio Lodati (guitar); Alex Rolle (percussion); Ellen Christi (vocals) | not found | Amazon search |
| Electric Five | 1995 | Soul Note | Enrico Rava | double bass | Gianluigi Trovesi (alto saxophone, bass clarinet); U.T. Gandhi (drums); Domenico Caliri (electric guitar); Roberto Cecchetto (electric guitar); Enrico Rava (trumpet, flugelhorn) | not found | Amazon search |
| Esprit | 1995 | Modern Times | Sestetto Exit | double bass | Marco Bellini (alto saxophone, clarinet); Paolo Springolo (baritone saxophone, flute); Nello Da Pont (drums); Luciano Caruso (soprano saxophone); Massimo Miglio (tenor saxophone, flute) | not found | Amazon search |
| Ketchup | 1995 | Sensible Records | Tiziano Tononi | double bass | Tiziano Tononi (drums, percussion, mbira, marimba, gong); Roberto Cecchetto (guitar); Alberto Tacchini (piano); Daniele Cavallanti (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Roberta Pettinella (voice) | not found | Amazon search |
| Skydreams | 1995 | Splasc(h) Records, JCH Productions | Jazz Chromatic Ensemble | double bass | Marcello Noia (alto saxophone, clarinet); Daniele Cavallanti (baritone saxophone); Angiolo Tarocchi (conductor, programmed by, double bass, voice); Tiziano Tononi (drums, percussion, gong); Roberto Cecchetto (guitar); Umberto Petrin (piano, voice); and 6 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Suite No. 1 Per Quintetto Doppio | 1995 | Associazione Di Idee | Specchio Ensemble | double bass | Domenico Caliri (conductor); Lelio Giannetto (double bass); Luigi Lullo Mosso (double bass); Francesco Cusa (drums); Mirko Sabatini (drums); Alberto Capelli (guitar); and 5 others | not found | Amazon search |
| The Silent Drama | 1995 | Splasc(h) Records | Massimo De Mattia | bass | Massimo De Mattia (flute); Ermes Ghirardini (percussion); Paolo Parigi (percussion); Glauco Venier (piano); Giulio Angelini (violin) | not found | Amazon search |
| White Illumination | 1995 | Centro Musica Creativa | Bruno Romani Trio | double bass | Bruno Romani (alto saxophone); U.T. Gandhi (drums) | not found | Amazon search |
| Alea | 1996 | Splasc(h) Records | Claudio Cojaniz Trio + Giancarlo Schiaffini | double bass | U.T. Gandhi (drums); Claudio Cojaniz (piano, voice); Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone) | not found | Amazon search |
| Awake Nu (A Tribute To Don Cherry) | 1996 | Splasc(h) Records | Tiziano Tononi & The Society Of Freely Syncopated Organic Pulses | double bass | Renato Geremia (alto saxophone, flute, violin); Tiziano Tononi (congas, drums, percussion, gong, transcription by); Herb Robertson (cornet, trumpet); Piero Leveratto (double bass); Roberto Cecchetto (guitar); Umberto Petrin (piano); and 3 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Corsa A Sud | 1996 | Creativa | Dag Gad | double bass | Giorgio Garofolo (accordion); Gianluigi Carlone (flute, soprano saxophone); Raffaele Scognamiglio (guitar, keyboards, programmed by); U.T. Gandhi (percussion); Nevio Zaninotto (soprano saxophone) | not found | Amazon search |
| Italian Ballads | 1996 | Venus Records | Enrico Rava | double bass | Richard Galliano (accordion); U.T. Gandhi (drums, percussion); Domenico Caliri (guitar); Roberto Cecchetto (guitar); Enrico Rava (trumpet); Barbara Casini (vocals) | not found | Amazon search |
| Noir | 1996 | Label Bleu | Enrico Rava | double bass | Stefano Di Battista (saxophone); Umberto Trombetta (drums); Domenico Caliri (electric guitar); Roberto Cecchetto (electric guitar); Enrico Rava (trumpet) | not found | Amazon search |
| Barbara Errico Jazz Quintet | 1997 | Nota | Barbara Errico Jazz Quintet | double bass | Enrico Sartori (clarinet, alto saxophone); Paolo Dal Sacco (guitar); Mauro Costantini (piano); Barbara Errico (voice) | not found | Amazon search |
| Coltrane's Infinity Train | 1997 | Musica Jazz | Tiziano Tononi & The Society Of Freely Syncopated Organic Pulses | double bass, percussion | Sandro Satta (alto saxophone, conch, percussion); Renato Geremia (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, viola, percussion); Piero Leveratto (double bass, percussion, gong); Tiziano Tononi (drums, congas, drum, udu, percussion, gong); Umberto Petrin (piano, percussion); Daniele Cavallanti (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, ney, bendir, percussion) | not found | Amazon search |
| Certi Angoli Segreti | 1998 | Label Bleu, Musica Jazz | Enrico Rava | double bass | U.T. Gandhi (drums); Gianluca Petrella (trombone); Enrico Rava (trumpet); Domenico Caliri (guitar); Roberto Cecchetto (guitar); Emanuele Cisi (tenor saxophone); and 3 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Cjale Ce Sere | 1998 | Nota | U.T. Gandhi Ensemble | bass, double bass | Sebastiano Zorza (accordion); Gaetano Valli (acoustic guitar); Bruno Romani (alto saxophone); Giuliano Tull (alto saxophone); Piero Cozzi (baritone saxophone); Lorenzo Michelini (bass drum); and 18 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Ragazzi Selvaggi | 1998 | Ricordi | Enrico Rava | double bass | Tony Scott (clarinet); Umberto Trombetta (drums); Roberto Cecchetto (guitar); Orchestra Del Teatro Sociale Di Rovigo (orchestra); Enrico Rava (trumpet, flugelhorn) | not found | Amazon search |
| Trait D'Union | 1998 | Splasc(h) Records | Enten Eller | double bass | Massimo Barbiero (drums, percussion, marimba); Maurizio Brunod (electric guitar); Alberto Mandarini (trumpet, flugelhorn) | not found | Amazon search |
| We Still Have Visions | 1998 | Splasc(h) Records | Nexus | acoustic bass | Gianluigi Trovesi (alto clarinet, alto saxophone); Sandro Satta (alto saxophone); Tiziano Tononi (drums, percussion, gong); Roberto Cecchetto (electric guitar, acoustic guitar); Riccardo Luppi (flute, piccolo flute); Alberto Tacchini (piano); and 4 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Ellissi | 1999 | Splasc(h) Records | Umberto Petrin, Tim Berne | bass | Tim Berne (alto saxophone); Roberto Dani (drums); Umberto Petrin (piano) | not found | Amazon search |
| Melquiades | 1999 | Splasc(h) Records | Enten Eller & Tim Berne | double bass | Tim Berne (alto saxophone); Massimo Barbiero (drums, percussion); Maurizio Brunod (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, loops); Alberto Mandarini (trumpet, flugelhorn) | not found | Amazon search |
| Open Letter To Mingus | 1999 | Musica Jazz | Stefano Maltese Open Music Orchestra | double bass | Stefano Maltese (alto saxophone, bass clarinet); Carlo Actis Dato (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet); Antonio Moncada (drums); Michele Missiato (music consultant); Umberto Petrin (piano); Eugenio Colombo (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute, bass flute); and 4 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Ecosistema | 2000 | Nota | Nello Da Pont | double bass | Nello Da Pont (drums); Luciano Caruso (soprano saxophone); Daniele Cavallanti (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone) | not found | Amazon search |
| Il Satellite | 2000 | Zeromusic, Nota | Menabò Quartet | bass | Zeno de Rossi (drums); Andrea Allione (guitar); Andrea Ayassot (saxophone) | not found | Amazon search |
| Litania Sibilante | 2000 | Enja Records | Italian Instabile Orchestra | bass | Antonello Salis (accordion); Carlo Actis Dato (bass clarinet); Paolo Damiani (cello); Gianluigi Trovesi (clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Tiziano Tononi (drums); Vincenzo Mazzone (drums); and 14 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Auto Da Fé | 2001 | Splasc(h) Records | Enten Eller & Tim Berne | double bass | Tim Berne (alto saxophone); Massimo Barbiero (drums, vibraphone, gamelan, percussion); Maurizio Brunod (electric guitar, classical guitar, loops); Alberto Mandarini (trumpet, flugelhorn) | not found | Amazon search |
| Duos - Short Stories | 2001 | Artesuono | U.T. Gandhi | double bass | U.T. Gandhi (percussion, drums, piano, effects, keyboards, udu, kalimba, flute, marimba, bass, steel drums); Umberto Trombetta (vocoder); Roberto Daris (accordion); Flavio Davanzo (trumpet); Federico Luciani (congas); Mauro Costantini (keyboards, piano, pedalboard); and 6 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Florilegium | 2001 | Splasc(h) Records | Ettore Fioravanti Belcanto | bass | Achille Succi (alto saxophone, bass clarinet); Ettore Fioravanti (drums, percussion); Stefano De Bonis (piano); Tino Tracanna (tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone); Beppe Caruso (trombone, tuba) | not found | Amazon search |
| Holystone | 2001 | Splasc(h) Records | Daniele Cavallanti Quartet | bass | U.T. Gandhi (drums); Daniele Cavallanti (tenor saxophone); Luca Calabrese (trumpet) | not found | Amazon search |
| Piazzolla For Duets | 2001 | Bella Musica | Roberto Daris And Guests | double bass | Roberto Daris (accordion) | not found | Amazon search |
| Titapana | 2001 | Artesuono | Andrea Massaria Quartet | double bass | U.T. Gandhi (drums, percussion); Andrea Massaria (guitar); Francesco Bearzatti (tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet) | not found | Amazon search |
| Voir Loin | 2001 | Splasc(h) Records | Umberto Petrin | bass | Roberto Dani (drums, percussion); Milo De Angelis (voice); Umberto Petrin (piano); Assif Tsahar (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet) | not found | Amazon search |
| La Musica Rubata | 2002 | Onyx JazzClub | Banda Cittá Di Montescaglioso Ospite Ettore Fioravanti & Belcanto Group | credited (role not itemized) | Emilio Ruggiero (alto saxophone); Luigi Lospinuso (alto saxophone); Michele Motola (alto saxophone); Achille Succi (alto saxophone, bass clarinet); Nicola Laterza (baritone saxophone); Giulio Danuzzo (bass clarinet); Giuseppe Laterza (bass drum); and 39 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Previsioni Del Tempo / Forecast | 2002 | Imprint Records | Italian Instabile Orchestra | bass | Achille Succi (alto saxophone); Gianluigi Trovesi (alto saxophone, piccolo flute, alto clarinet, bass clarinet); Paolo Damiani (cello, bass); Tiziano Tononi (drums, percussion); Vincenzo Mazzone (drums, percussion); Antonello Salis (accordion); and 16 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Seize The Time! | 2002 | Splasc(h) Records | The Nexus Orchestra 2001 | double bass | Sandro Satta (alto saxophone); Achille Succi (alto saxophone, bass clarinet); Renato Geremia (alto saxophone, flute, soprano saxophone); Riccardo Luppi (alto saxophone, flute, piccolo flute, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone); Daniele Cavallanti (baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone); Paolino Dalla Porta (double bass); and 22 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Supposing That... (Ammesso E Non Concesso) | 2002 | Splasc(h) Records | Mario Schiano | double bass | Mario Schiano (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone); U.T. Gandhi (drums); Luca Venitucci (piano, accordion) | not found | Amazon search |
| Drops | 2003 | Splasc(h) Records | Alberto Tacchini | double bass | U.T. Gandhi (drums); Roberto Cecchetto (electric guitar, electronics); Alberto Tacchini (piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer, electronics) | not found | Amazon search |
| My Mind Is On The Table | 2003 | Splasc(h) Records | Giorgio Pacorig Trio | bass | Zeno de Rossi (drums); Giorgio Pacorig (piano) | not found | Amazon search |
| Passi Felpati | 2003 | Artesuono | Piero Cozzi | bass | Piero Cozzi (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone); Massimo Manzi (drums); U.T. Gandhi (drums); Paolo Birro (piano); Francesco Lo Cascio (vibraphone) | not found | Amazon search |
| Piú | 2003 | Splasc(h) Records | Belcanto | bass | Achille Succi (alto saxophone, bass clarinet); Claudio Maccagno (camera operator); Mario Riggio (camera operator); Paolo D'Alessio (camera operator); Ettore Fioravanti (drums, percussion); Stefano De Bonis (piano); and 2 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Pow Wow | 2003 | Splasc(h) Records | Roberto Ottaviano | double bass | Roberto Dani (drums, percussion); Mirko Signorile (piano, electric piano, synthesizer); Roberto Ottaviano (soprano saxophone); Beppe Caruso (trombone); Gianluca Petrella (trombone) | not found | Amazon search |
| Schiele (Jazz Oratorio) | 2003 | Splasc(h) Records | Massimo De Mattia | double bass, noises | Massimo De Mattia (flute, piccolo flute, conductor, bass flute, alto flute); Claudia Contin (voice, vocals, noises); Enrico Sartori (alto saxophone, clarinet, noises); U.T. Gandhi (drums, noises); Daniele D'Agaro (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, noises); Fabio Sfregola (trumpet, voice, noises); and 12 others | not found | Amazon search |
| The Owner Of The River Bank | 2003 | Enja Records, Justin Time | Cecil Taylor, Italian Instabile Orchestra | double bass, voice | Gianluigi Trovesi (alto saxophone, voice); Carlo Actis Dato (bass clarinet, voice); Paolo Damiani (cello, voice); Tiziano Tononi (drums, percussion, voice); Vincenzo Mazzone (drums, timpani, voice); Eugenio Colombo (flute, sopranino saxophone, voice); and 12 others | Spotify (Cecil Taylor edition) | Amazon search |
| Viaggio Al Termine Delle Note | 2003 | Setola Di Maiale | Massimo de Mattia | double bass | Massimo de Mattia (flute); Luca Grizzo (voice, percussion) | not found | Amazon search |
| E20 Elettroacustici | 2004 | Palomar Records | Alessandro Gwis, Michele Rabbia | double bass | Alessandro Gwis (effects, keyboards); Michele Rabbia (percussion, cello, effects, psaltery, drums, drum machine, bass drum, cymbal, musical bow); Roberto Cecchetto (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, effects) | not found | Amazon search |
| Euclide | 2004 | Splasc(h) Records | Enten Eller | double bass | Achille Succi (alto saxophone, bass clarinet); Massimo Barbiero (drums, kalimba, percussion); Maurizio Brunod (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, loops); Lauro Rossi (trombone); Alberto Mandarini (trumpet, flugelhorn) | not found | Amazon search |
| Johnny Neel And The Italian Experience | 2004 | Artesuono | Johnny Neel | double bass | Fabio Drusin (bass, vocals); Sandro Bencich (drums); Jimi Barbiani (electric guitar, slide guitar); Johnny Neel (organ, piano, vocals); Achille Succi (alto saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet); U.T. Gandhi (drums); and 8 others | Spotify (9-track edition) | Amazon search |
| My Favorite Standards | 2004 | Imprint Records | Giancarlo Schiaffini Trio | double bass | Michele Rabbia (percussion, electronics); Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone, electronics) | not found | Amazon search |
| Passio | 2004 | Express Your Soul | Alberto Mandarini Quartet | acoustic bass | U.T. Gandhi (drums); Umberto Petrin (piano); Alberto Mandarini (trumpet) | not found | Amazon search |
| Our Prayer | 2005 | Splasc(h) Records | Daniele Cavallanti - Guido Mazzon Gruppo Contemporaneo | bass | Massimo Falascone (alto saxophone); Andrea Di Biase (bass); Tiziano Tononi (drums); Guido Mazzon (flugelhorn, trumpet); Daniele Cavallanti (tenor saxophone); Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone) | not found | Amazon search |
| Peace Warriors - Volume One | 2005 | Black Saint | Tiziano Tononi & The Ornettians | double bass | Achille Succi (alto saxophone); Piero Leveratto (double bass); Tiziano Tononi (drums, percussion, gong); Daniele Cavallanti (tenor saxophone); Emanuele Parrini (violin) | not found | Amazon search |
| Raccolto | 2005 | ECM Records | Stefano Battaglia | double bass | Michele Rabbia (percussion); Stefano Battaglia (piano); Dominique Pifarély (violin) | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Terronia | 2005 | Enja Records | Pino Minafra | double bass | Admir Shkurtaj (accordion); Sandro Satta (alto saxophone); Faraualla (chorus); Pino Minafra (conductor, flugelhorn, voice, trumpet); Giorgio Vendola (double bass); Marcello Magliocchi (drums, percussion, cymbal); and 27 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Achtung! | 2006 | El Gallo Rojo | Wergeld | double bass | Zeno De Rossi (drums); Domenico Caliri (electric guitar, effects) | not found | Amazon search |
| Express | 2006 | Splasc(h) Records | Claudio Lodati Vocal Desires | double bass | Dario Bruna (drums); Claudio Lodati (guitar); Lauro Rossi (trombone); Ellen Christi (vocals); Rossella Cangini (vocals) | not found | Amazon search |
| Extasis | 2006 | Møre Müsic, Folkest Dischi | David Shea & Tullio Angelini with Nuestra Signora Ensemble | bass, vocals | Giorgio Monte (vocals); Sandra Cosatto (vocals); Tullio Angelini (horn, trumpet, tape, handclaps, vocals); Alfonso Coviello (percussion, electronics, bells, whistle); Marino Kranjac (bass, vocals, bagpipes, bells); Carlo Mariani (pipe, handclaps); and 4 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Live In Sant'Anna Arresi | 2006 | Splasc(h) Records | Phantabrass | double bass | Beppe Caruso (bass tuba); Giancarlo Schiaffini (conductor, trombone); U.T. Gandhi (drums); Gianpiero Malfatto (euphonium); Martin Mayes (french horn); Lauro Rossi (trombone); and 4 others | not found | Amazon search |
| No East No West | 2006 | Neo Humanistic Music | Oneness | double bass | Romano Todesco (accordion); Andrea Bressan (bassoon); Aya Shimura (cello); Andrea Bolinelli (classical guitar); Sabrina Agosto (flute); Carlos Da Costa Coelho (guitar, percussion); and 3 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Overgrown Babeling | 2006 | Palomar Records | The Homesweepers | acoustic piccolo bass | Paolo Pascolo (flute); Giorgio Pacorig (piano) | not found | Amazon search |
| Pierino, Il Lupo E Altre Cantastorie | 2006 | Onyx JazzClub | Belcanto, Roberto Spadoni, Francesco Di Giacomo & Gli Ottoni Di Basilicata | double bass | Piero Quarta (alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute); Rosario Liberti (bass trombone, tuba); Achille Succi (clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone); Ettore Fioravanti (drums); Francesco Di Giacomo (narrator, vocals); Stefano De Bonis (piano); and 9 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Settimo Sigillo | 2006 | Splasc(h) Records | Enten Eller | double bass | Fabio Rodda (authoring); Cristina Ruberto (choreography); Erika Martino (choreography); Massimo Barbiero (drums, percussion); Achille Succi (alto saxophone, bass clarinet); Lauro Rossi (trombone); and 2 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Smoke Inside | 2006 | Long Song Records | Daniele Cavallanti Electric Unit With Nels Cline | double bass, electric bass | Simone Massaron (baritone guitar, electric guitar, fretless guitar); Daniele Cavallanti (baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone); Tiziano Tononi (drums); Nels Cline (electric guitar); Ivano Borgazzi (electric piano, keyboards); Pacho (percussion) | not found | Amazon search |
| Basic Blues | 2007 | Penta Flowers | Giancarlo Schiaffini Phantabrass | bass | Beppe Caruso (bass tuba); Giancarlo Schiaffini (conductor, trombone); U.T. Gandhi (drums); Gianpiero Malfatto (euphonium); Martin Mayes (french horn); Lauro Rossi (trombone); and 4 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Downtown | 2007 | Auand | Roberto Cecchetto | double bass | Michele Rabbia (drums, percussion, loops); Roberto Cecchetto (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, loops); www.verdearanciomusica.com (booking) | not found | Amazon search |
| London Hymns (Live At London Jazz Festival) | 2007 | Imprint Records | Italian Instabile Orchestra | double bass | Gianluigi Trovesi (alto saxophone); Carlo Actis Dato (baritone saxophone); Paolo Damiani (cello); Tiziano Tononi (drums); Fiorenzo Sordini (drums, timpani); Martin Mayes (french horn); and 10 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Oasi | 2007 | Velut Luna | Gianni Pirollo | double bass | Gianni Pirollo (clarinet); U.T. Gandhi (drums) | not found | Amazon search |
| Panta Rei | 2007 | Wide Sound | Roberto Spadoni Nine | bass | Daniele Tittarelli (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone); Achille Succi (clarinet, alto saxophone, bass clarinet); Ettore Fioravanti (drums); Gavino Mele (french horn); Roberto Spadoni (guitar, conductor); Max Ionata (tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone); and 2 others | not found | Amazon search |
| As The Crow Flies | 2008 | Ictus Records | Guido Mazzon | double bass | Guido Mazzon (piano, trumpet); Roberto Ottaviano (saxophone); Alberto Mandarini (trumpet) | not found | Amazon search |
| Atlantide | 2008 | Splasc(h) Records | Enten Eller | double bass | Massimo Barbiero (drums, percussion); Maurizio Brunod (electric guitar, classical guitar, acoustic guitar); Alberto Mandarini (trumpet, flugelhorn) | not found | Amazon search |
| Boastful Speeches | 2008 | Terre Sommerse | Enzo Lanzo | double bass | Giorgio Vendola (double bass); Vincenzo Lanzo (drums, percussion, djembe, whistle, voice, megaphone); Roberto Ottaviano (noises, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, voice); Lauro Rossi (trombone) | not found | Amazon search |
| Creative Orchestra (Bolzano) 2007 | 2008 | Rai Trade | Anthony Braxton + Italian Instabile Orchestra | bass | Gianluigi Trovesi (alto saxophone, clarinet); Eugenio Colombo (alto saxophone, flute, bass flute); Anthony Braxton (alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone, conductor); Carlo Actis Dato (baritone saxophone); Paolo Damiani (cello); Tiziano Tononi (drums, percussion); and 11 others | not found | Amazon search |
| MiKiRi | 2008 | Splasc(h) Records | Massimo De Mattia Quartet | credited (role not itemized) | Massimo De Mattia (flute); Denis Biason (guitar); Zlatko Kaučič (percussion); Bruno Cesselli (piano) | not found | Amazon search |
| Play George & Ira Gershwin | 2008 | Imprint Records | Silvia Schiavoni & Phantabrass | double bass | Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone); Beppe Caruso (bass tuba); U.T. Gandhi (drums); Gianpiero Malfatto (euphonium); Martin Mayes (horn); Lauro Rossi (trombone); and 5 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Rings Of Fire | 2008 | Long Song Records | Daniele Cavallanti & Tiziano Tononi | double bass, electric bass | Achille Succi (bass clarinet, alto saxophone); Tiziano Tononi (drums, percussion, udu, kalimba); Massimo Mariani (electric guitar); Pacho (percussion, gong, congas); Daniele Cavallanti (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Emanuele Parrini (viola); and 1 other | not found | Amazon search |
| Suite 24 | 2008 | Dodicilune | Giacomo Mongelli | bass | Giacomo Mongelli (drums, percussion); Gianni Lenoci (piano, flute, percussion); Gaetano Partipilo (saxophone) | not found | Amazon search |
| Memories | 2009 | Parco Della Musica Records | Roberto Cecchetto Downtown3 | double bass, electric bass | Michele Rabbia (drums, percussion, computer); Antonello Salis (piano, electric piano, electric organ); Roberto Cecchetto (guitar, electronics) | not found | Amazon search |
| The Unknown Rebel Band | 2009 | C.A.M. Jazz | Giovanni Guidi | double bass | João Lobo (drums); Michele Rabbia (percussion); Giovanni Guidi (piano); Dan Kinzelman (reeds); Daniele Tittarelli (reeds); David Brutti (reeds); and 3 others | not found | Amazon search |
| A Cento Metri Comincia Il Bosco: Guerra Memoria Natura | 2010 | Imprint Records | Giancarlo Schiaffini, Silvia Schiavoni | double bass | Beppe Caruso (bass tuba); Daniela Dal Sasso (cinematographer); Gil Carli Paris (cinematographer); Giovanni Rigoni Schirat (cinematographer); Sergio Dalle Ave (cinematographer); VideoLoch Asiago (cinematographer); and 10 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Ecuba | 2010 | Splasc(h) Records | Enten Eller & Javier Girotto | double bass | Massimo Barbiero (drums, percussion); Maurizio Brunod (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, loops); Javier Girotto (soprano saxophone, quena); Alberto Mandarini (trumpet, flugelhorn) | not found | Amazon search |
| Il Sogno E Il Volo | 2010 | Palomar Records | Saverio Tasca Trio | double bass | Franco Dal Monego (drums, percussion); Saverio Tasca (vibraphone) | not found | Amazon search |
| Il Suono Instabile Della Libertà (On The Road With The Italian Instabile Orchestra) | 2010 | Filmalbatros, Hobo Film | Italian Instabile Orchestra | double bass | Gianluigi Trovesi (alto saxophone, piccolo flute, alto clarinet, bass clarinet); Paolo Damiani (cello, double bass); Tiziano Tononi (drums, percussion); Martin Mayes (french horn); Vincenzo Mazzone (percussion, timpani); Umberto Petrin (piano); and 11 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Koncerti Ob 30-Letnici = 30th Anniversary Concerts | 2010 | Splasc(h) Records | Zlatko Kaučič | bass | Salvatore Maiore (acoustic bass); Robert Vrčon (baritone vocals); Zlatko Kaučič (drums, percussion); Javier Girotto (soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone); Peter Brötzmann (tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet); Saadet Türköz (voice) | not found | Amazon search |
| Tageskarte | 2010 | Palomar Records | D.O.B. Orchestra | double bass | Gian Agresti (alto saxophone); Mimo Cogliandro (bass clarinet); Ugo Boscain (double bass clarinet); Michele Spanghero (double bass); Giorgio Pacorig (electric piano); Andrea Gulli (electronics); and 3 others | not found | Amazon search |
| The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note | 2010 | Black Saint, Soul Note | Enrico Rava | double bass | Gianluigi Trovesi (alto saxophone, bass clarinet); Naná Vasconcelos (berimbau, gong, percussion, voice); Bernardino Penazzi (cello); Furio Di Castri (double bass); Giovanni Tommaso (double bass, electric bass); Marcello Melis (double bass); and 16 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Totally Gone | 2010 | Rai Trade | Italian Instabile Orchestra | double bass | Gianluigi Trovesi (alto saxophone, clarinet); Carlo Actis Dato (baritone saxophone); Paolo Damiani (cello); Tiziano Tononi (drums, percussion); Vincenzo Mazzone (drums, percussion); Martin Mayes (french horn); and 10 others | not found | Amazon search |
| U.T.Gandhi Plays Weather Report Music (40th Anniversary) | 2010 | Artesuono, Mahatmamusic | U.T.Gandhi | double bass | U.T. Gandhi (drums, percussion, vocals, keyboards, bass, electric piano, vocoder); Giorgio Pacorig (electric piano, keyboards); Nevio Zaninotto (tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone); Nicola Fazzini (alto saxophone); Daniele D'Agaro (bass clarinet); Danilo Gallo (double bass); and 19 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Whispers Voices Echoes (Šepeti Glasovi Odmevi) | 2010 | Tilene | Irene Peljhan Quintet | bass | Luca Colussi (drums); Filippo Massa (guitar synthesizer); Emanuele Diego Primosi (percussion); Irene Peljhan (voice) | not found | Amazon search |
| Boparte | 2011 | Rudi Records | Giuliano Tull Quartet | double bass | Giuliano Tull (alto saxophone); Luca Colussi (drums); Lauro Rossi (trombone) | not found | Amazon search |
| Live At Knulp | 2011 | Palomar Records | Wood Ensemble | cello | Mimo Cogliandro (bass clarinet); Simone Serafini (double bass) | not found | Amazon search |
| Where The West Begins: Voicing Ornette Coleman | 2011 | Dodicilune | Lisa Manosperti | double bass | Zeno De Rossi (drums); Domenico Caliri (electric guitar); Roberto Ottaviano (saxophone); Lisa Manosperti (vocals) | not found | Amazon search |
| 25th Anniversary | 2012 | Jazzit Records | Enten Eller | bass | Tim Berne (alto saxophone); Massimo Barbiero (drums, percussion, vibraphone, gamelan); Maurizio Brunod (electric guitar, classical guitar, loops); Alberto Mandarini (trumpet, flugelhorn) | not found | Amazon search |
| E(x)stinzione | 2012 | Splasc(h) Records | Enten Eller Orkestra E(x)stinzione | double bass | Alberto Fabi (cello); Paola Mosca (cello); Bernardino Gallo (double bass); Massimo Barbiero (drums, percussion); Maurizio Brunod (electric guitar); Marcella Carboni (harp); and 17 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Invisible Town | 2012 | Palomar Records | Giacomo Mongelli Quartet | bass | Gaetano Partipilo (alto saxophone); Giacomo Mongelli (drums); Gianni Lenoci (piano) | not found | Amazon search |
| Joyful Spontaneity | 2012 | Založba Radia Študent | Cene Resnik | acoustic bass | Aljoša Jerič (drums); Cene Resnik (tenor saxophone); Emanuele Parrini (violin) | not found | Amazon search |
| Arcthetics - Soffio Primitivo | 2013 | Dodicilune | Roberto Ottaviano | double bass | Roberto Dani (drums); Roberto Ottaviano (soprano saxophone); Paolo Botti (viola); Emanuele Parrini (violin); Salvatore Maiore (violoncello) | not found | Amazon search |
| Dove È Il Nord | 2013 | Caligola | Riccardo Morpurgo | credited (role not itemized) | Riccardo Morpurgo (piano) | not found | Amazon search |
| Entanglement | 2013 | Tilene | Irene Peljhan Quintet | acoustic bass | Luca Colussi (drums, percussion); Filippo Massa (guitar); Flavio Davanzo (trumpet, flugelhorn); Irene Peljhan (voice) | not found | Amazon search |
| EXP4SVJ2014 (Live A San Vito Al Tagliamento) | 2014 | Palomar Records | EXP Quartet | double bass | Clarissa Durizzotto (clarinet); Marco D'Orlando (drums); Mirko Cisilino (trumpet) | not found | Amazon search |
| Forgotten Matches. The Worlds Of Steve Lacy (1934 - 2004) | 2014 | Dodicilune | Roberto Ottaviano | double bass | Cristiano Calcagnile (drums); Alexander Hawkins (piano); Roberto Ottaviano (soprano saxophone); Glenn Ferris (trombone) | Spotify (23-track edition) | Amazon search |
| From The Sky | 2014 | Clean Feed | Cene Resnik Quartet Live | double bass | Aljoša Jerič (drums); Cene Resnik (tenor saxophone); Emanuele Parrini (violin) | not found | Amazon search |
| Hypermodern | 2014 | Rudi Records | Massimo De Mattia Quartet | double bass | Alessandro Mansutti (drums, percussion); Massimo De Mattia (flute); Luigi Vitale (vibraphone, marimba, percussion) | not found | Amazon search |
| Pietas | 2014 | Splasc(h) Records | Enten Eller | double bass | Massimo Barbiero (drums, percussion); Maurizio Brunod (electric guitar, loops); Javier Girotto (soprano saxophone, flute); Alberto Mandarini (trumpet, flugelhorn) | not found | Amazon search |
| Orkester Brez Meja / Orchestra Senza Confini | 2015 | Dobialabel | Orkester Brez Meja / Orchestra Senza Confini | conductor | Gian Agresti (alto saxophone); Mimo Cogliandro (bass clarinet); Mariano Bulligan (cello); Zlatko Kaučič (conductor); Carlo Franceschinis (double bass); Costanzo Tortorelli (double bass); and 12 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Skin | 2015 | Caligola | Massimo De Mattia | double bass | Alessandro Turchet (double bass); Massimo De Mattia (flute); Luca Grizzo (voice); Zlatko Kaučič (drums, percussion); Bruno Cesselli (piano); Daniele D'Agaro (clarinet); and 6 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Disorder At The Border Plays Ornette | 2016 | Not Two Records | Disorder At The Border | double bass | Daniele D'Agaro (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet); Zlatko Kaučič (drums, percussion) | not found | Amazon search |
| Schengen | 2016 | Dobialabel | Orchestra Senza Confini / Orkester Brez Meja | conductor | Gian Agresti (alto saxophone); Luka Vrbanec (alto saxophone); Mimo Cogliandro (bass clarinet); Clarissa Durizzotto (clarinet, alto saxophone); Zlatko Kaučič (conductor); Gabriele Cancelli (cornet); and 19 others | not found | Amazon search |
| The Blessed Prince | 2016 | Long Song Records | Emanuele Parrini | double bass | Dimitri Grechi Espinoza (alto saxophone); Andrea Melani (drums); Emanuele Parrini (violin) | not found | Amazon search |
| The Labour Suite | 2016 | Associazione Nuovo Corso | Kača, Sraka In Lev Quintet | double bass | Mimo Cogliandro (bass clarinet); Gabriele Cancelli (cornet); Marko Lasič (drums); Paolo Pascolo (flute) | not found | Amazon search |
| Tiresia | 2016 | Not On Label (Massimo Barbiero Self-released) | Enten Eller | double bass | Massimo Barbiero (drums, percussion); Maurizio Brunod (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, effects); Emanuele Parrini (violin); Alberto Mandarini (trumpet, flugelhorn, effects) | not found | Amazon search |
| Zvočni Sejalec | 2016 | Klopotec | Zlatko Kaučič Cerkno Jubileum Orchestra | double bass | Boštjan Simon (alto saxophone); Mimo Coliandro (bass clarinet); Zlatko Kaučič (conductor); Jošt Drašler (double bass); Marko Lasič (drums, percussion); Vid Drašler (drums, percussion); and 6 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Shades Of Colors | 2017 | Not Two Records | Cene Resnik Trio ›Watch For Dogs‹ | double bass | Zlatko Kaučič (drums, cymbal); Cene Resnik (tenor saxophone) | not found | Amazon search |
| Eternal Love | 2018 | Dodicilune | Roberto Ottaviano | double bass | Marco Colonna (clarinet, bass clarinet); Zeno De Rossi (drums); Alexander Hawkins (piano); Roberto Ottaviano (soprano saxophone) | not found | Amazon search |
| Minótauros | 2018 | Not On Label (Massimo Barbiero Self-released) | Enten Eller | double bass | Massimo Barbiero (drums, percussion); Maurizio Brunod (electric guitar, effects); Alberto Mandarini (trumpet, flugelhorn, effects) | not found | Amazon search |
| Shreds | 2018 | Palomar Records | EXP Quintet | cello, voice | Clarissa Durizzotto (clarinet, voice); Marco D'Orlando (drums, voice); Roberto Fabrizio (electric guitar, voice); Mirko Cisilino (trumpet, trombone, voice) | not found | Amazon search |
| Contradanza | 2019 | Abeat Records | Vanessa Tagliabue Yorke | double bass | Paolo Tomelleri (clarinet); Alfonso (drums); Enrico Terragnoli (electric guitar, banjo); Paolo Garzillo (electric guitar, electric bass); Mauro Costantini (electric organ); Roberto De Nittis (electric organ, harmonium, piano); and 7 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Cycles And Lullabies | 2019 | Palomar Records | Jaz, Drevo | cello | Boris Janje (double bass); Cene Resnik (tenor saxophone) | not found | Amazon search |
| Digging (Reflections On Jazz And Blues) | 2020 | Felmay | Emanuele Parrini Quintet Feat. Taylor Ho Bynum | double bass | Dimitri Grechi Espinoza (alto saxophone); Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet); Andrea Melani (drums); Emanuele Parrini (violin) | not found | Amazon search |
| Diverso Lontano Incomprensibile | 2020 | Artesuono | Vanessa Tagliabue Yorke | double bass | Francesco Bearzatti (clarinet); Michele Rabbia (drums, percussion, violin, electronics); Enrico Terragnoli (electric guitar, banjo); Stefano Menato (clarinet, c melody saxophone); Eva Impellizzeri (viola); Laura Masotto (violin); and 5 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Early Abstractions | 2020 | Palomar Records | Triiis | cello | Matjaž Bajc (double bass); Žiga Ipavec (drums, percussion) | not found | Amazon search |
| Live In Nova Gorica | 2020 | Klopotec | Orkester Brez Meja / Orchestra Senza Confini | conductor | Gian Agresti (alto saxophone); Jure Boršič (alto saxophone); Mimo Cogliandro (bass clarinet); Mariano Bulligan (cello, voice); Clarissa Durizzotto (clarinet, alto saxophone); Zlatko Kaučič (conductor); and 15 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Resonance & Rhapsodies | 2020 | Dodicilune | Roberto Ottaviano Extended Love & Eternal Love | double bass | Marco Colonna (clarinet); Danilo Gallo (double bass, acoustic bass); Hamid Drake (drums); Zeno De Rossi (drums); Alexander Hawkins (piano); Giorgio Pacorig (piano); and 1 other | Spotify | Amazon search |
| Live At Achteckstadl | 2021 | Klopotec | Disorder At The Border Plus | double bass | Ewald Oberleitner (double bass); Zlatko Kaučič (drums, percussion); Daniele D'Agaro (tenor saxophone, clarinet) | not found | Amazon search |
| Livestories | 2021 | Palomar Records | Bizarre Trio | double bass | Jacopo Zanette (drums); Francesco De Luisa (piano) | not found | Amazon search |
| Look For The Difference (Live At 25th Jazz Cerkno Festival) | 2021 | Jazz Cerkno Records | Ombak Trio | cello | Stefano Giust (drums); Cene Resnik (saxophone) | not found | Amazon search |
| Kataklisma | 2022 | Fundacja Słuchaj! | Disorder At The Border Plus Tobias Delius | bass | Zlatko Kaučič (drums, percussion); Daniele D'Agaro (saxophone, clarinet); Tobias Delius (tenor saxophone, clarinet) | not found | Amazon search |
| Monkish ('Round About Thelonious) | 2022 | Dodicilune | Armaroli - Schiaffini 4tet | double bass | Urban Kušar (drums, percussion); Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone); Sergio Armaroli (vibraphone, balafon) | not found | Amazon search |
| Under The Ocean Is The Place | 2022 | Jazz Cerkno Records | More Low Than Low Quintet | double bass | Marco Colonna (bass clarinet); Mimo Cogliandro (bass clarinet); Matjaž Bajc (double bass); Žiga Golob (double bass) | not found | Amazon search |
| Moebius | 2023 | Palomar Records | මුmudu | double bass | Mattia Piani (drums, electronics); Paolo Bernetti (trumpet) | not found | Amazon search |
| Pathology Of Nature | 2023 | Palomar Records | Kača, Sraka In Lev | cello | Paolo Pascolo (flute, bass flute); Mimo Cogliandro (soprano saxophone) | not found | Amazon search |
| People | 2024 | Dodicilune | Roberto Ottaviano Eternal Love | double bass | Marco Colonna (bass clarinet); Roberto Ottaviano (sopranino saxophone, vocals); Zeno De Rossi (drums); Alexander Hawkins (piano) | not found | Amazon search |
| Lisistrata | 2024 | Not On Label (Massimo Barbiero Self-released) | Enten Eller & Iva Bittová | double bass | Massimo Barbiero (drums, percussion); Maurizio Brunod (electric guitar, effects); Danilo Gallo (double bass); Iva Bittová (voice, violin); Alberto Mandarini (trumpet, flugelhorn) | not found | Amazon search |
| My Second Home | 2024 | Klopotec | In Memoriam Mauro Bardusco | double bass | Timi Vremec (bass); Gian Agresti (saxophone); Francesco Ivone (trumpet); Robi Erzetič (drums); Anton Lorenzutti (guitar); Alípio Carvalho Neto (saxophone); and 10 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Stringsland | 2024 | Dodicilune | Francesca Gemmo | double bass | Francesca Gemmo (piano) | not found | Amazon search |
| Everything We Love | 2025 | Palomar Records | Bizarre Trio | double bass | Jacopo Zanette (drums); Francesco De Luisa (piano) | not found | Amazon search |
| Plays Ellington | 2025 | Felmay | Italian Instabile Orchestra | acoustic bass | Roberto Ottaviano (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone); Giancarlo Schiaffini (conductor); Carlo Actis Dato (baritone saxophone); Paolo Damiani (cello); Tiziano Tononi (drums); Vincenzo Mazzone (drums, timpani); and 11 others | not found | Amazon search |
| Monkian Florilegio | 2026 | Dodicilune | Armaroli - Schiaffini 6tet | double bass | Urban Kušar (drums); Francesca Gemmo (piano); Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone); Sergio Armaroli (vibraphone); Emanuele Parrini (violin); Giulia Cianca (vocals) | not found | Amazon search |
| My Second Home II | 2026 | Klopotec | In Memoriam Mauro Bardusco | double bass | Gal Furlan (drums, percussion); Zlatko Kaučič (drums, percussion); Giorgio Pacorig (keyboards); Alípio Carvalho Neto (saxophone); Daniele D'Agaro (saxophone) | not found | Amazon search |
| Ελπίδα (Elpida) | 2026 | Dodicilune | Enten Eller + Gianluigi Trovesi | double bass | Massimo Barbiero (drums, percussion); Gianluigi Trovesi (alto saxophone, alto clarinet); Maurizio Brunod (guitar); Alberto Mandarini (trumpet, flugelhorn) | not found | Amazon search |
Compilations, Anthologies and Track Appearances
| Album | Year | Label | Billed to | Maier credit | Notes | Listen | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dentro La Musica, La Musica Dentro | unknown | Aua Records | Detenuti Della Casa Circondariale Di Pordenone | double bass | Anthology or single-artist release on which Maier appears on selected tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| No East No West | unknown | VideoRadio | Oneness | double bass | Anthology or single-artist release on which Maier appears on selected tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| Ritmi Urbani | 1988 | Not On Label | Various | bass | Multi-artist release; Maier appears on one or more tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| La Dolce Vita | 1995 | Discordia | Data Direct | acoustic bass | Anthology or single-artist release on which Maier appears on selected tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| Zattere Alla Deriva | 1996 | Møre Müsic | Various | bass | Multi-artist release; Maier appears on one or more tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| Canzoni Di Confine 2002 | 2002 | D'Autore | Various | credited (role not itemized) | Multi-artist release; Maier appears on one or more tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| Marco Anzovino | 2003 | HK-Media | Marco Anzovino | double bass | Anthology or single-artist release on which Maier appears on selected tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| Top Jazz 2002 | 2003 | Musica Jazz | Various | bass | Multi-artist release; Maier appears on one or more tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| Note Necessarie | 2004 | Minimum Fax | Enrico Rava | bass | Anthology or single-artist release on which Maier appears on selected tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| The Letters - An Unconventional Italian Guide To King Crimson | 2004 | Mellow Records | Various | double bass | Multi-artist release; Maier appears on one or more tracks. Also credited as producer. | not found | Amazon search |
| Vrnitev 112_video_minuti | 2005 | Stazione di Topolò Postaja Topolove | Various | credited (role not itemized) | Multi-artist release; Maier appears on one or more tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| CamJazz | 2006 | Musica Jazz | Various | credited (role not itemized) | Multi-artist release; Maier appears on one or more tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| So Right! | 2006 | C.A.M. Jazz | Various | double bass | Multi-artist release; Maier appears on one or more tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| Giancarlo Schiaffini | 2007 | Musica Jazz | Giancarlo Schiaffini | double bass | Anthology or single-artist release on which Maier appears on selected tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| Top Jazz 2007 | 2008 | Musica Jazz | Various | double bass | Multi-artist release; Maier appears on one or more tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| A_Frames | 2011 | Dobialabel | Various Artists | double bass | Multi-artist release; Maier appears on one or more tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| Top Jazz 2010 | 2011 | Musica Jazz | Various | bass | Multi-artist release; Maier appears on one or more tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| Schiaffini | 2012 | Auditorium Edizioni | Giancarlo Schiaffini | double bass | Anthology or single-artist release on which Maier appears on selected tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| Jazz In Friuli Venezia Giulia Vol.1 | 2014 | Artesuono | Various | credited (role not itemized) | Multi-artist release; Maier appears on one or more tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| Jazz Slovenia 2015: Čas Za Improvizacijo / Time To Improvise | 2015 | SIGIC | Various | double bass | Multi-artist release; Maier appears on one or more tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| Mingus' Grooves | 2016 | Palomar Records | Orchestra Laboratorio 3.0 | credited (role not itemized) | No instrument is itemized for Maier. Also credited as producer. Also credited with mixing. | not found | Amazon search |
| Connessioni/Povezave | 2017 | Klopotec | Various | double bass | Multi-artist release; Maier appears on one or more tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| Note Necessarie | 2017 | CG Entertainment | Enrico Rava | bass | Anthology or single-artist release on which Maier appears on selected tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| Music Slovenia - Jazz 2019 | 2019 | SIGIC, MusicSlovenia | Various | double bass | Multi-artist release; Maier appears on one or more tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
| Oltre Il Kaos Dei Telai Silenti | 2021 | Palomar Records | Various | double bass | Multi-artist release; Maier appears on one or more tracks. | not found | Amazon search |
Michele Rabbia (percussion, electronics) - his most frequent duo/trio partner outside the Stefano Battaglia axis, Discogs-verified across seven releases: We Are (2003), Bows' Wind (2006), Soft Wind (2011), the Triosonic trio (2014), Floating Lines (2017), Verso Il Primo Maggio 2017 (2018) and About Us (2020).
Giorgio Pacorig (piano, Fender Rhodes) - a recurring partner since 1995: the two are credited on 27 of the same Discogs entries, from Masut (1995) and My Mind Is On The Table (2003) to the duo Incipit (2018), the trio Floating Lines (2017) with Michele Rabbia, Darn That Song (2024) and My Second Home II (2026). Pacorig's own profile lists the same catalog from his side.
Alberto Mandarini (trumpet, flugelhorn) - credited alongside him on 30 releases, among them Trait D'Union (1998, Enten Eller), Melquiades (1999, Enten Eller & Tim Berne), Open Letter To Mingus (1999, Stefano Maltese Open Music Orchestra), Passio (2004).
Daniele Cavallanti (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone) - credited alongside him on 22 releases, among them Holystone (2001), Our Prayer (2005), Smoke Inside (2006), Rings Of Fire (2008).
Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone, conductor) - credited alongside him on 22 releases, among them Alea (1996), My Favorite Standards (2004), Basic Blues (2007), A Cento Metri Comincia Il Bosco: Guerra Memoria Natura (2010).
Emanuele Parrini (violin, viola) - credited alongside him on 20 releases, among them Hic Et Nunc (2004), La Mala Afinaciòn (2006), Dark Melodies (2010), The Talking Bass (2010).
Carlo Actis Dato (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet) - credited alongside him on 14 releases, among them Cassandra (1989, Enten Eller), Richard's Rumba (1989, Transition Jazz Group), Open Letter To Mingus (1999, Stefano Maltese Open Music Orchestra), Litania Sibilante (2000, Italian Instabile Orchestra).
Achille Succi (alto saxophone, bass clarinet) - credited alongside him on 13 releases, among them Florilegium (2001, Ettore Fioravanti Belcanto), La Musica Rubata (2002, Banda Cittá Di Montescaglioso Ospite Ettore Fioravanti & Belcanto Group), Previsioni Del Tempo / Forecast (2002, Italian Instabile Orchestra), Three Lines (2007).
Gianluigi Trovesi (alto saxophone, alto clarinet) - credited alongside him on 11 releases, among them Masut (1995), Electric Five (1995, Enrico Rava), We Still Have Visions (1998, Nexus), Ελπίδα (Elpida) (2026).
Eugenio Colombo (flute, soprano saxophone) - credited alongside him on 9 releases, among them Open Letter To Mingus (1999, Stefano Maltese Open Music Orchestra), Litania Sibilante (2000, Italian Instabile Orchestra), The Owner Of The River Bank (2003, Cecil Taylor, Italian Instabile Orchestra).
Daniele D'Agaro (clarinet, tenor saxophone) - credited alongside him on 8 releases, among them Cjale Ce Sere (1998, U.T. Gandhi Ensemble), Disorder At The Border (2014), Tea Time (2016).
Enrico Rava (trumpet, flugelhorn) - credited alongside him on 8 releases, among them Electric Five (1995), Noir (1996), Cjale Ce Sere (1998, U.T. Gandhi Ensemble).
Paolo Damiani (cello, bass) - credited alongside him on 8 releases, among them Litania Sibilante (2000, Italian Instabile Orchestra), The Owner Of The River Bank (2003, Cecil Taylor, Italian Instabile Orchestra), Creative Orchestra (Bolzano) 2007 (2008, Anthony Braxton + Italian Instabile Orchestra).
Pino Minafra (trumpet, flugelhorn) - credited alongside him on 8 releases, among them Litania Sibilante (2000, Italian Instabile Orchestra), Terronia (2005), Creative Orchestra (Bolzano) 2007 (2008, Anthony Braxton + Italian Instabile Orchestra).
Claudio Cojaniz (piano, keyboards) - credited alongside him on 6 releases, among them Tarahumara (1988), Ramo Ramo (Ypnosisetnomuzik) (1989), Due (1993).
Domenico Caliri (electric guitar, guitar) - credited alongside him on 6 releases, among them Electric Five (1995, Enrico Rava), Noir (1996, Enrico Rava), Achtung! (2006, Wergeld).
Marco Colonna (clarinet, bass clarinet) - credited alongside him on 6 releases: Impressioni Astratte (2016, trio with Zlatko Kaučič), Eternal Love (2018), Convergenza Incondizionata (2020, duo), Resonance & Rhapsodies (2020), Under The Ocean Is The Place (2022) and People (2024).
Bruno Romani (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone) - credited alongside him on 5 releases, among them Tarahumara (1988), Ramo Ramo (Ypnosisetnomuzik) (1989, Claudio Cojaniz), White Illumination (1995).
Ettore Fioravanti (drums, percussion) - credited alongside him on 5 releases, among them Florilegium (2001), La Musica Rubata (2002), Piú (2003, Belcanto).
Alberto Tacchini (piano, electric piano) - credited alongside him on 4 releases, among them Ketchup (1995, Tiziano Tononi), We Still Have Visions (1998, Nexus), Drops (2003).
Antonello Salis (accordion, piano) - credited alongside him on 4 releases, among them Corsari (1991), Litania Sibilante (2000, Italian Instabile Orchestra), Memories (2009, Roberto Cecchetto Downtown3).
Luciano Caruso (soprano saxophone) - three Discogs-verified releases: Sestetto Exit'''s Esprit (1995), Nello Da Pont'''s Ecosistema (2000) and Massimo De Mattia'''s Schiele ensemble track "Città Morta / Dead City" (2003).
Claudio Lodati (guitar, electric guitar) - credited alongside him on 4 releases, among them Corsari (1991), Vocal Desires (1994), Express (2006).
Fabrizio Puglisi (piano, synthesizer) - credited alongside him on 4 releases, among them Suite No. 1 Per Quintetto Doppio (1995, Specchio Ensemble), Moon Extermination (2007), Totally Gone (2010, Italian Instabile Orchestra).
Gaetano Partipilo (saxophone, alto saxophone) - credited alongside him on 3 releases, among them Terronia (2005, Pino Minafra), Suite 24 (2008, Giacomo Mongelli), Invisible Town (2012, Giacomo Mongelli Quartet).
Gianluca Petrella (trombone) - credited alongside him on 3 releases, among them Certi Angoli Segreti (1998, Enrico Rava), Pow Wow (2003, Roberto Ottaviano), U.T.Gandhi Plays Weather Report Music (40th Anniversary) (2010, U.T.Gandhi).
Gianni Lenoci (piano, flute) - credited alongside him on 3 releases, among them Terronia (2005, Pino Minafra), Suite 24 (2008, Giacomo Mongelli), Invisible Town (2012, Giacomo Mongelli Quartet).
Javier Girotto (soprano saxophone, quena) - credited alongside him on 3 releases, among them Ecuba (2010), Koncerti Ob 30-Letnici = 30th Anniversary Concerts (2010, Zlatko Kaučič), Pietas (2014, Enten Eller).
Maurizio Brunod (guitar) - credited alongside him on 17 Discogs entries, mostly as fellow Enten Eller personnel, among them Ecuba (2010, alongside Javier Girotto and Alberto Mandarini); profiled separately on this site.
Daniele Tittarelli (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone) - credited alongside him on 2 releases, among them Panta Rei (2007, Roberto Spadoni Nine), The Unknown Rebel Band (2009, Giovanni Guidi).
Danilo Gallo (double bass, acoustic bass) - credited alongside him on 2 releases, among them Resonance & Rhapsodies (2020), Lisistrata (2024, Enten Eller & Iva Bittová).
Dimitri Grechi Espinoza (alto saxophone) - credited alongside him on 2 releases, among them The Blessed Prince (2016, Emanuele Parrini), Digging (Reflections On Jazz And Blues) (2020, Emanuele Parrini Quintet Feat. Taylor Ho Bynum).
Enrico Terragnoli (electric guitar, banjo) - credited alongside him on 2 releases, among them Contradanza (2019, Vanessa Tagliabue Yorke), Diverso Lontano Incomprensibile (2020, Vanessa Tagliabue Yorke).
Francesco Bearzatti (clarinet, tenor saxophone) - credited alongside him on 2 releases, among them Titapana (2001, Andrea Massaria Quartet), Diverso Lontano Incomprensibile (2020, Vanessa Tagliabue Yorke).
Fulvio Sigurtà (trumpet) - credited alongside him on 2 releases, among them The Unknown Rebel Band (2009, Giovanni Guidi), Coincidences (2011).
Giovanni Guidi (piano) - credited alongside him on 2 releases, among them The Unknown Rebel Band (2009), Soft Wind (2011).
Stefano Battaglia (piano) - credited alongside him on 2 releases, among them Raccolto (2005), Anything Your Little Heart Says (2014).
Alfonso Santimone (keyboards, computer) - credited alongside him on Featuring Marc Ribot + A Turtle Soup (2007).
Anthony Braxton (alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone) - credited alongside him on Creative Orchestra (Bolzano) 2007 (2008).
Assif Tsahar (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet) - credited alongside him on Voir Loin (2001, Umberto Petrin).
Barbara Casini (vocals) - credited alongside him on Italian Ballads (1996, Enrico Rava).
Bruno Tommaso (bass) - credited alongside him on Previsioni Del Tempo / Forecast (2002, Italian Instabile Orchestra).
Cecil Taylor (piano, voice) - credited alongside him on The Owner Of The River Bank (2003).
Cristiano Calcagnile (drums) - credited alongside him on Forgotten Matches. The Worlds Of Steve Lacy (1934 - 2004) (2014, Roberto Ottaviano).
Emanuele Cisi (tenor saxophone) - credited alongside him on Certi Angoli Segreti (1998, Enrico Rava).
Francesco Cusa (drums) - credited alongside him on Suite No. 1 Per Quintetto Doppio (1995, Specchio Ensemble).
Francesco Lo Cascio (vibraphone) - credited alongside him on Passi Felpati (2003, Piero Cozzi).
Gavino Mele (french horn) - credited alongside him on Panta Rei (2007, Roberto Spadoni Nine).
Guglielmo Pagnozzi (reeds) - credited alongside Maier on the Specchio Ensemble's Suite No. 1 Per Quintetto Doppio (1995). Discogs-verified.
Hamid Drake (drums) - credited alongside him on Resonance & Rhapsodies (2020).
Marc Ribot (electric guitar) - credited alongside him on Featuring Marc Ribot + A Turtle Soup (2007).
Maria Pia De Vito (voice) - credited alongside him on Corsari (1991).
Massimo Manzi (drums) - credited alongside him on Passi Felpati (2003, Piero Cozzi).
Richard Galliano (accordion) - credited alongside him on Italian Ballads (1996, Enrico Rava).
Roswell Rudd (euphonium, conductor) - credited alongside him on Seize The Time! (2002, The Nexus Orchestra 2001).
Stefano Bollani (piano) - credited alongside him on Certi Angoli Segreti (1998, Enrico Rava).
Stefano Di Battista (saxophone) - credited alongside him on Noir (1996, Enrico Rava).
Also frequent: Lauro Rossi (28 Discogs entries), U.T. Gandhi (22), Luca Calabrese (19), Massimo Barbiero (19), Tiziano Tononi (18), Maurizio Brunod (17), Roberto Cecchetto (16), Zlatko Kaučič (16), Umberto Petrin (15), Sebi Tramontana (15), Massimo De Mattia (14), Michele Rabbia (13), Roberto Ottaviano (12), Guido Mazzon (11), Mimo Cogliandro (11), Cene Resnik (11), Zeno De Rossi (8), Nicola Fazzini and Alexander Hawkins.
Glauco Venier (piano) - pianist on Massimo De Mattia's Poésie Pour Pasolini (1993) and The Silent Drama (1995), on both of which Maier plays bass, and a fellow member of the U.T. Gandhi Ensemble on Cjale Ce Sere (1998); both are also credited on Claudio Cojaniz's Ramo Ramo (1989). Discogs-confirmed.
Guido Mazzon (trumpet, flugelhorn) - duo partner on Drops (Palomar, 2005) and Entropia (Palomar, 2009); Mazzon is credited as composer of all the pieces on Maier and Edoardo Marraffa's Graffi (2006), and the two are on Awake Nu (A Tribute To Don Cherry) (1996), Our Prayer (2005) and the Italian Instabile Orchestra records from 2000; Discogs-confirmed.
Lelio Giannetto (double bass) - the other double bassist, with Luigi Lullo Mosso, in the Specchio Ensemble on Suite No. 1 Per Quintetto Doppio (1995). Discogs-verified.
Luigi Vitale (vibraphone, marimba) - credited alongside him on 2 releases: Hypermodern (2014, Massimo De Mattia Quartet) and Tilt (Improvised Concerto For Flute And Chamber Orchestra) (2021), which Maier conducts and co-leads.
Massimo Barbiero (drums, percussion) - co-led two duo albums with Maier, Code Talkers (2011) and Gojn (2020); profiled separately on this site.
Massimo De Mattia (flute) - his longest-running collaborator, credited together on roughly 15 Discogs entries from Poésie Pour Pasolini (1993) to Passaggi Paralleli (2024), including the duo albums Double Layer (2014) and Naonis Live (2020), and the featured soloist on Maier's own conducted work Tilt (2021).
Mirco Rubegni (trumpet) - fellow member of Giovanni Guidi's Unknown Rebel Band on The Unknown Rebel Band (2009); Discogs-confirmed.
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- Giovanni Maier - official site
- Palomar Records
- Bandcamp
- Spotify
- Discogs
- All About Jazz
- Conservatorio di Trieste biography
- Wikipedia (German)
- Giovanni Maier on jazzprofiles.com
- r/ItalianJazz
- Discogs API, artist 695583 ("Giovanni Maier"), for identity, birth date and place, group affiliations and the full release list; each release fetched individually for personnel credits and recording notes.
- Giovanni Maier - biography and Palomar Records, his official site, for the 1986 start, the 1989 ensemble, the Palomar founding year and catalog, the 2025 film score and his own totals.
- Giovanni Maier - Conservatorio di Trieste, for the 1988 diploma, the solo project since 1994, the Mosaic Orchestra poll placing, the Top Jazz 2007 placing, the Siena seminars and the Tartini faculty post.
- Giovanni Maier: gesti a mani sporche, Nazim Comunale, The New Noise, February 9, 2021, for his early musical life and working method.
- Giovanni Maier, Wikipedia (German) and Wikidata item Q1526220, for the birth date and Staranzano birthplace.
- Herbarium Sonorum: il nuovo disco di Fazzini e Maier, Zarabazà, September 17, 2026, for the label, release date and recording details of the duo album.
- Giovanni Maier: The Talking Bass, Mark Corroto, All About Jazz, and the Free Jazz Collective review, for the acoustic quartet record.
- Spotify oEmbed endpoint and album and track pages, for verification of each Spotify album link against artist, title, year and track list; Bandcamp pages for the Bandcamp links.