Per Zanussi


Per Zanussi is an Italian–Norwegian jazz musician and composer, known from several bands and releases such as with Hamid Drake, Louis Moholo, Paal Nilssen-Love, Bobby Bradford, Sabir Mateen, Franklin Kiermyer, Stephen O'Malley, Axel Dörner, Petter Wettre, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Bugge Wesseltoft, Mats Gustafsson, Kjetil Møster, Kevin Norton, Ivar Grydeland, Ernesto Rodrigues, Tetuzi Akiyama, and Håvard Wiik.

Career

Zanussi was born in Oslo and was educated on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium and at Norges Musikkhøgskole. He was one of the initiators of the band Wibutee from Trondheim, with Håkon Kornstad and Wetle Holte.
Since 2001 he has led the "Zanussi Five" with saxophone lineup Kjetil Møster, Rolf-Erik Nystrøm and Eirik Hegdal, and percussionist Per Oddvar Johansen, a project that has produced three albums. He also contributes to the "MZN3" with Kjetil Møster and Kjell Nordeson, the "Trespass Trio" with Martin Kuchen and Raymond Strid, the Jazzmob and the "Crimetime Orchestra".

Discography

Solo albums

With Zanussi Five
With Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
With Wunderkammer
With Petter Wettre
With Wibutee
With Frode Gjerstad
With the trio 'MZN3' including Kjetil Møster and Kjell Nordeson
With Jazzmob
With Jon Eberson Trio
With Martin Küchen Trio
With Trespass Trio
With Marilyn Crispell
With Circulasione Totale Orchestra
With Crimetime Orchestra
With Jørn Øien Trio
With S/S Motsol
With Mette Henriette