★Pentaflowers

Giancarlo Schiaffini composes, arranges and conducts a brass-heavy ensemble from the trombone, recorded at Trafalgar Studios in March 2007. With Giovanni Maier on bass, Beppe Caruso on tuba, Gianpiero Malfatto on euphonium, Martin Mayes on French hor…

Solo piano by Franco D'Andrea, recorded live at Teatro Morlacchi in Perugia on 12 July 1994. Six pieces in about fifty minutes, including the Adagietto from Mahler's Fifth Symphony alongside D'Andrea's own Sketch in Blue, Air Waves and Lychees. Relea…

Bassist Nello Toscano with Enrico Rava on trumpet and flugelhorn, recorded at Ciminiera Studio in Catania on 6 and 7 January 1994. With Mauro Negri on clarinet and tenor sax, Alberto Alibrandi and Giuseppe Emmanuele on piano and Mimmo Cafiero on drum…

About Monk is Giancarlo Schiaffini's album named after Thelonious Monk, recorded in April 1992 at Regson Studio in Milan. All compositions are Schiaffini's own. The band includes Gianluigi Trovesi on alto sax and clarinets, Eugenio Colombo on flute a…