Gianni Gebbia: soprano alto & sopranino saxophones

Born in Palermo - Italy- May 1st - 1961

STUDIES

Selftaught. In in 1979-80 frequented the sessions at the University of the Streets in NYC lower east side guided by the charismatic alto sax player and social animator Muhameed Salahudeen. He also followed briefly some courses at C.I.M in Paris under the guidance of Jean Claude Forenbach.

FREELANCE COLLABORATIONS

Ernst Reijsiger, Heiner Goebbels, Zabuski Lucien,Miya Masaoka, Evan Parker,Fred Frith, Louis Sclavis, Lindsay Cooper, Lars Hollmer, Sakis Papadimitriou, André Jaume, Steve Buchanan, Yves Romain, Dominique Regef, Jean Pierre Drouet, Sergey Kuriokhin, Vladimir Tarasov, Anatoly Vapirov, Petras Visnaiuskas,Jerome Savary, Fred Giuliani, Vitas Labutis, Tadashi Endo, Masaki Iwana, Motoharu Yoshizawa, Julie Stanzak, Keiki Miridokawa, Heiner Goebbels, David Moss, Claudio Lo Cascio, Otomo Yoshihide, Antonio Carallo, Raul Ruiz, Noel Akchoté, Benoit Delbeq, Paul Rogers, Thierry Madiot, Guillaume Orti, Christophe Marguet, Hubert Dupont, Ernst Reijsiger, Henri Kaiser, Mari Kimura, Damon Smith, Garth Powell, Phil Gelb, Tim Perkis, Gino Robair, Tom Nunn, William Hooker, Lee Ranaldo, Jim O' Rourke, Mimmo Cuticchio, Toti Garraffa, Floros Floridis, Lefteris Agouridakis, Antonello Salis, , Italian Instabile Orchestra, Peter Kowald, Gunther Sommer, Oliver Lake, Glen Velez, Enzo Rao, Tiziano Popoli, Miriam Palma, Lelio Giannetto, Vittorio Villa, Francesco Cusa, Massimo Simonini, Jim Meneses, Jean Marc Montera, Roy Paci, Francesco Cusa, Lukas Ligeti, Xavier Garcia, Nils Wogram, Michael Manring, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Carl Stone, Shinichi Isohata, Ramon Lopez, Jon Raskin, Weasel Walter, Wu Ming 1, Ishibashi Eiko, Yamamoto Tatsuhisa, Yoshihide Otomo, Daniele Camarda, Ichiraku Yoshimitsu, Charles Hayward, Zeena Parkins, Suga Dairo, Isobe Jun, Carl Stone, Alfred Spirli, ARFI Lyon, Barre Phillips, Frank Gratkowski, Koyano Tetsuro, Satoko Fuji, Mederic Collignon, Camille Emaille, Nicolas Perrin, Cecile Lartigau, Jerome Fouquet, Giovanni Verga, Zeno De Rossi, Massimo Pupillo, Vincenzo Vasi, William Winant, Tony Buck, Bob Rutman, Aurelien Bory.FESTIVALS

Imola Jazz at the Rock, International Jazz festival Sofia Bulgaria, Palermo Fusion Time, Gibellina Etnojazz, Varna Jazz festival Bulgaria, Roccella Ionica Rumori Mediterranei, Total Music Meeting Berlin FMP 1990, Sibiu International Jazz Festival Romania, Wuppertal Jazzspektakel, B.I.D; Berlin, The importance of return tickets-Podewil Berlin, Faenza Folkfestival, S.Arcangelo dei Teatri, Noci Europa Jazz festival, Clusone Jazz, BolzanoJazz Summer, Metastasio Jazz 99, Mulhouse Jazz festival 96-98, Rive De Gier, Angelica Bologna, Jazz Bo-Bologna, Ayler Festival Roma, Concentus Musicus Firenze, Verona Jazzitalia, Macchina dei Rumori Palermo, Curva Minore 97-98, Dreamin' California Palermo 98, Suoni del 900 Teatro Massimo-Palermo, Festival Internazionale sul Novecento Palermo 98, Sord- Nud-Palermo 96, Palermo di Scena 96-97-98, Sicilia Jazzestate Catania, Festival Ibleo del Jazz Ragusa 93-94-95-96, Jazz aux Pyramides Welkenraedt- Belgium, Obiettivo Giappone Roma Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Europa Jazz Festival Le Mans-France, Jazz e interferenze Schio, Link Bologna, Druga Godba Lubjana-Slovenia, Ring Ring Beograd 98, Butoh Festial London 96, Theater X Tokyo, Contemporary Sicily-The New School New York, The Red RoomBaltimore,TimeFlies-Vancouver-Canada, Brooklyn College N.Y. Beanbender's Berkeley-California, Fimav 97 Victoriaville Quebéc- Canada, Les Inaccottoumés Paris- Menagerie de verre, International Jazz festival Saalfelden 1999, Controindicazioni 99 Rome, Icebreaker festival Wien 99. Japan tour March 2000, Usa West Coast April 2000 Portland, Munchen 2000, Noci fest. 2000, Womad in Palermo, Rive De Gier October 2000,Groningen Zomer Jazz festival, Butoh festival Palermo 2000, Curva Minore 2000 pa, Akut Mainz 2000, Rive De Gier 2001, Dansem Marseille 2001. Northsea Jazz Festival 2003. Le trois Jours Groningen. Jazz Nomades Paris,Mulhouse jazz 2004, Beyond the Innocence 2005-2006- Osaka, Mediawave Gyior Hungary 2007, Klara festival 2008 Bruxelles, Yokohama Impro Meeting 2008, Castellammare Jazz 2012, Jazz on Bike Groningen 2014, Ruhr Triennale 2014- Essen, Siracusa Jazz Festival 2014, Angelica 2015 Bologna, Novara Jazz 2015.Manchester Festival 2018, Ruhr Triennale 2019, Acireale Jazz Festival 2019, Theater Olympics St.Petrsburg Russia-Budapest Hungary, Huddersfield Festival UK 2019, Wall of Sounds Palermo 2019-2020, Ortigia Sound System 2021, Jazz is Dead Torino 2021, Unerhorth Zurich Festival, Magdeburg Jazz Festival 2022, Improdimensija Vilnius 2023, Tempo Reale Festival Firenze, Salzburger Festspiele 2024.AWARDS (premi e riconoscimenti):

4rth place 1988 Top Jazz poll " Musica Jazz " magazine 3rd place 1989 Top Jazz poll " Musica Jazz " magazine 1st place 1990 Top Jazz poll " Musica Jazz "6th place best italian sax player Top jazz Musica Jazz 2008. Premio Enzo Randisi alla carriera 2022 Enzo Randisi Price for the career in jazz.