Guido Mazzon

Guido Mazzon (* 1946 in Milan ) is an Italian jazz trumpeter , flugelhorn player and composer .

Guido Mazzon became known on the Italian jazz scene in the 1970s; His solo album, released in 1975, caused a sensation; Another he recorded in 1979 in a duo with the singer Marco Magrini . During this time he also wrote duets with the drummer Andrea Centazzo , in which Mazzon also played the clarinet and piano. Outside Italy, Mazzon first became aware of his album Other Line , which he recorded for the Splasc (h) label with pianist Umberto Petrin and drummer Tiziano Tononi . In addition, Mazzon played from the 1990s in the Italian Unabile Orchestra and in Giorgio Gaslini's big band production Masks in 1990/1991 and 1992 on Umberto Petrin's album Ooze . In 1993 Mazzon recorded the composition Flights of Fancy with Paul Rutherford , which was released after his death in 2007 with the subtitle Suite in 5 Movements in Memory of Paul Rutherford on Ictus Records . Then came the album Trumpet 'Buzz' Duo with Alberto Mandarini in 1994 and in 1997 the chamber music work If with the tuba player Michel Godard and the singer Maria Elena Moro . The anthology As the Crow Flies , published in 2008, brings together Mazzon's works from various creative phases, including a a duet with Lester Bowie . Mazzon also worked with Evan Parker and Anthony Braxton .

literature

• Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
• Bielefeld catalog jazz. 2001.

Web links

• Interview (italian)
• Information on As the Crow Flies from All About Jazz
• Discographic information on Mazzon's early work on the L'Orchestra label
• Guido Mazzon at Allmusic (English)
• Guido Mazzon at Discogs (English)