Gianni Coscia (born January 23, 1931, in
Alessandria) is an Italian
jazzaccordionist. Originally a
lawyer, Coscia began focusing full-time on jazz music. Expresses an interest in developing "the remote values of cultural and popular tradition through the language of jazz." Has toured widely on the international jazz circuit. Of interest: the liner notes to his first CD were written by his former classmate
Umberto Eco[1] and he collaborated with
Luciano Berio in the writing of the music of a stage show against
antisemitism. Since 1995 he has collaborated with wood-player
Gianluigi Trovesi mainly on the label
ECM Records and since 2006 he has been a member of the Council of the
Chigiana Music Academy in
Siena.
^Zenni, Stefano (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 519.
ISBN1-56159-284-6.