Gabriele Mirabassi
{{Short description|Italian jazz clarinetist}}
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| name = Gabriele Mirabassi
| image = Gabriele Mirabassi-25.jpg
| caption =Gabriele Mirabassi at the TFF Rudolstadt in 2013
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name =
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| birth_place =Perugia, Italy
| genre = Jazz, classical
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Clarinet
| years_active =1980s–present
| label = Egea
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Gabriele Mirabassi is an Italian jazz clarinetist.
Career
He was born in Perugia and is a graduate of the Morlacchi Conservatory.{{cite web |last1=Huey |first1=Steve |title=Gabriele Mirabassi |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gabriele-mirabassi-mn0000745718/biography |website=AllMusic |accessdate=14 April 2020}} 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.{{cite magazine |last=Panken |first=Ted |date=January 2014 |title=Gabriele Mirabassi: Dancing Clarinetist|magazine=DownBeat |volume=81 |issue=1 |page=25=}} 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)
References
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Category:Musicians from Perugia
Category:21st-century Italian clarinetists
Category:Italian jazz clarinetists
Category:Italian male jazz musicians
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