Gianni Coscia

Gianni Coscia (born January 23, 1931, in Alessandria) is an Italian jazz accordionist.

Originally a lawyer, Coscia began focusing full-time on jazz music.

Expresses an interest in developing "the remote values of cultural and popular tradition through the language of jazz."

Of interest: the liner notes to his first CD were written by his former classmate Umberto Eco[1] and he collaborated with Luciano Berio in the writing of the music of a stage show against antisemitism.

Since 1995 he has collaborated with wood-player Gianluigi Trovesi mainly on the label ECM Records and since 2006 he has been a member of the Council of the Chigiana Music Academy in Siena.