Gabriele Mirabassi Explained

Gabriele Mirabassi
Background:	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth Place:	Perugia, Italy
Genre:	Jazz, classical
Occupation:	Musician
Instrument:	Clarinet
Years Active:	1980s–present
Label:	Egea

Gabriele Mirabassi is an Italian jazz clarinetist.

Career

He was born in Perugia and is a graduate of the Morlacchi Conservatory.^[1] His teacher told him avoid playing jazz because it would damage his technique, so at home he learned jazz on the piano, playing along to his father's records.^[2] In his teens he performed locally on piano. He has been a member of the Rabih Abou-Khalil group. In 2013, he performed with harpist Edmar Castañeda at festivals in France and at a choro event in Brazil.

Discography

• Fiabe (Egea, 1995)
• Cambaluc (Egea, 1997)
• Velho Retrato (Egea, 1999)
• Lo Stortino (Egea, 2000)
• Luna Park (Egea, 2000)
• 1–0 (Una a Zero) (Egea, 2001)
• Fuori le Mura, (Egea, 2003)
• Graffiando Vento (Dunya, 2007)
• Canto di Ebano (Egea, 2008)
• Chamber Songs (CAM Jazz, 2019)

With Rabih Abou-Khalil

• The Cactus of Knowledge (Enja, 2001)
• Morton's Foot (Enja, 2003)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Huey . Steve . Gabriele Mirabassi . AllMusic . 14 April 2020.
2. Panken . Ted . January 2014 . Gabriele Mirabassi: Dancing Clarinetist. DownBeat . 81 . 1 . 25=.