Projects
Bass Solo
Giovanni Maier, bass solo
discographic releases:
“Polaroid” (1998 – Nota CD 2.60);
“Exposure” (2000 – Nota CD 3.22);
“Domino 02” (2001 – Palomar records 02);
“The face of the bass – electric bass solo” (2003 – Palomar records 05);
“Me, Myself & Monk” (2009 – Palomar Records 017);
“Pages” (2011 – palomar records 37);
“Live at Brda Contemporary” (2015 – palomar records 46);
“Tramis” (2016 – palomar records 51);
“Blu Bamb” (2019 – Palomar records 57)
Giovanni Maier quintet
Francesco Ivone, trumpet
Flavio Brumat, tenor and alto sax, flute
Giancarlo Schiaffini, trombone
Giovanni Maier, double bass
Urban Kušar, drumsdiscographic releases:
Giovanni Maier quintet: “FourTimesEight Suite” (2018, Associazione Nuovo Corso)
Pacorig / Maier / Rabbia trio
Giorgio Pacorig, piano
Giovanni Maier, double bass
Michele Rabbia, percussions and electronicsdiscographic releases:
Giorgio Pacorig, Giovanni Maier, Michele Rabbia: “Floating Lines” (2017 – CAM Jazz CAMJ7921-2)
Giovanni Maier / Giancarlo Schiaffini duo
Giancarlo Schiaffini, trombone
Giovanni Maier, double bassdiscographic releases:
“Cruciverba” (2013 – palomar records 41)
Giovanni Maier / Daniele Cavallanti duo
Daniele Cavallanti, tenor sax
Giovanni Maier, double bassdiscographic releases:
“Blues in the Suq” (2013 – palomar records 40)
“Our standards” (2017 – Palomar records 53 – 2 CD set)
Giovanni Maier / Massimo De Mattia duo
Massimo De Mattia, flutes
Giovanni Maier, double bassdiscographic releases:
“Poésie pour Pasolini” (1993 – Splasch H 405-2)
“Double Layer” (2015 – palomar records 44)
“Naonis Live” (2019 – palomar records 61)
Giovanni Maier / Giorgio Pacorig duo
Giorgio Pacorig, piano
Giovanni Maier, double bassdiscographic releases:
“Češnje” (2017 – Klopotec IZK CD 068)
“Incipit” (2017 – Palomar records 54)
Giovanni Maier / Alessandro Mansutti duo
Alessandro Mansutti, drums and percussions
Giovanni Maier, double bassdiscographic releases:
“Games, tales and planets” (2019 – palomar records 59)
Giovanni Maier / Flavio Zanuttini duo
Flavio Zanuttini, trumpet
Giovanni Maier, double bassdiscographic releases:
Trio Benessere
Filippo Orefice, tenor sax and clarinet
Giovanni Maier, double bass
Alessandro Mansutti, drumsdiscographic releases:
“Trio Benessere” (2015 – palomar records 47 – 2 cd set)
OMBAK
Cene Resnik, tenor and soprano sax
Giovanni Maier, cello
Stefano Giust, drums and cymbalsdiscographic releases:
“Through eons to now” (2020 – setola di maiale SM4070)
Wood Ensemble
Mimo Cogliandro, bass clarinet
Giovanni Maier, cello
Matjaž Bajc, double bassdiscographic releases:
“Live at Knulp” (2011 – palomar records 35)
TRIIIS
Giovanni Maier, cello
Matjaž Bajc, double bass
Žiga Ipavec, percussionsdiscographic releases:
TRIIIS – “Early Abstractions” (2019 – palomar records 60)
Kača, Sraka in Lev quintet
Gabriele Cancelli, cornet
Paolo Pascolo, flute
Mimo Cogliandro, bass clarinet
Giovanni Maier, double bass
Marko Lasič, drums and percussiondiscographic releases:
“The Labour Suite” (2016 – Associazione Nuovo Corso)
Kača, Sraka in Lev trio
Paolo Pascolo, flute
Mimo Cogliandro, soprano sax
Giovanni Maier, cellodiscographic releases:
“Kaca, Sraka in Lev” (2010 – Palomar records 29)
Jaz, Drevo
Cene Resnik, tenor sax
Giovanni Maier, cello
Boris Janje, double bassdiscographic releases:
“Cycles and Lullabies” (2019 – Palomar records 56)
Maier / Morpurgo / Ricci trio
Riccardo Morpurgo, piano
Giovanni Maier, double bass
Pietro Ricci, drumsdiscographic releases:
“Mesmer” (2019 – Palomar records 58)
TILT
Giovanni Maier, conduction
Massimo De Mattia, flutes
Luigi Vitale, vibraphone and marimbaAngelica Groppi, viola
Rachele Castellano, viola
Giovanni Dalle Aste, viola
Simone Lanzi, double bass
Anna Talbot, harp
Iva Bobanović, classical guitar
Piercarlo Favro, classical guitardiscographic releases:
“TILT – Improvised Concerto for flute and chamber orchestra” (2020 – Artesuono art 200)
Maier / Cogliandro duo
Mimo Cogliandro, bass clarinet
Giovanni Maier, double bassMaier / Brumat duo
Flavio Brumat, tenor and alto sax, flute
Giovanni Maier, celloMaier / Kušar duo
Giovanni Maier, double bass
Urban Kušar, drumsmingus low_res
Giovanni Maier, double bass
Matteo Alfonso, pianoMaier / Scacco duo
Giovanni Maier, double bass
Efrem Scacco, guitarLe Città Invisibili
Giulio Morgan, narration (based on Italo Calvino “Le Città Invisibili”)
Giovanni Maier, double bass
Alessandro Mansutti, drumsBizarre
Francesco De Luisa, piano
Giovanni Maier, double bass
Jacopo Zanette, drumsElasticmen
Mimo Cogliandro, tenor sax
Giovanni Maier, double bass
Marko Lasič, drumsමුmudu
Paolo Bernetti, trumpet
Giovanni Maier, double bass
Mattia Piani, drums and electronicsAtlanti
Clarissa Durizzotto, clarinet
Giovanni Maier, cello and double bass
Roberto Fabrizio, guitar