Per Zanussi

Per Zanussi
260px Zanussi with Håkon Kornstad's Tenor Battle in Vangskyrkja at Vossajazz 2016.
Background information
Born	(1977-01-31) 31 January 1977 Oslo
Origin	Norway
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instruments	Upright bass
Associated acts	Zanussi Five
Website	www.perzanussi.com

Per Zanussi (born 31 January 1977) is an Italians–Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass) 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 (1996–2004), 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'

• 2004: Zanussi Five (Moserobie Prod)
• 2007: Alborado (Moserobie Prod)
• 2010: Ghost Dance (Moserobie Prod)
• 2014: Live in Coimbra (Clean Feed)

With Trondheim Jazz Orchestra

• 2011: Morning Songs (MNJ Records)

Collaborations

With 'Wunderkammer'

• 1999: Wunderkammer (Plateselskapet Skarv)
• 2002: Today I Cannot Hear Music (HoneyMilk Records)

With Petter Wettre

• 2002: Household Name (Household Records)
• 2004: Hallmark Moments (Household Records)

With Wibutee

• 2004: Playmachine (Jazzland Recordings)

With Frode Gjerstad

• 2005: Born To Collapse (Circulasione Totale), including Anders Hana and Morten Olsen

With the trio 'MZN3' including Kjetil Møster and Kjell Nordeson

• 2005: MZN3 (Jazzaway Records)

With 'Jazzmob'

• 2005: Infernal Machine (Jazzaway Records)
• 2006: Flashback (Jazzaway Records), from Moldejazz

With Jon Eberson Trio

• 2006: Bring It On (Jazzaway Records)

With Martin Küchen Trio

• 2007: Live at Glenn Miller Café (Ayler Records)

With 'Trespass Trio'

• 2009: ... Was There To Illuminate The Sight Sky.. (Clean Feed)
• 2012: "Bruder Beda" (Clean Feed)
• 2013: Human Encore (Clean Feed), including with Joe McPhee

With Marilyn Crispell

• 2009: Collaborations (Leo Records)

With 'Circulasione Totale Orchestra'

• 2009: Bandwidth (Rune Grammofon)
• 2011: PhilaOslo (Circulasione Totale)

With 'Crimetime Orchestra'

• 2009: Atomic Symphony (Jazzaway Records), featuring Sonny Simmons and 'KORK'

With Jørn Øien Trio

• 2010: Digging in the Dark (Bolage Records)

With 'S/S Motsol'

• 2011: Parallel Pleasures (Creative Sources)

With Mette Henriette

• 2015: Mette Henriette (ECM Records)