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Guido Spannocchi

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Guido Spannocchi is a Vienna/Austria born London based woodwind instrumentalist specializing in Alto and Baritone saxophone. He studied Jazz Saxophone and classical flute at the Conservatoire of Vienna as well as musicology at the University of Vienna & Paris VIII. His collaborations range from straight ahead jazz to trip hop and electronic beats as well as pop and funk whilst his original projects focus on contemporary jazz, improvisations and interplay. Spannocchi's sold out debut Album "Ahead Only" was published in May 2017 and recorded as well as mixed and mastered entirely analogue on tape, released on a limited vinyl record featuring Jason Simpson on double bass and Marco Quarantotto on drums. Follow up album "Terms & Conditions" published in spring 2018 is influenced by Brazilian Music and feautres some works by Rashaan Roland Kirk played by Spannocchi with Matheus Nova on electric bass alternating with Mao Yamada on double bass and Cyro Zuzi on drums. Published in 2019 the double album "All The Above" features renowned saxophonists Tony Kofi on Baritone sax alternating with New York based Jure Pukl on tenor sax with a rhythm section of Gina Schwarz on bass and Saleem Raman on drums alternating with JJ Stillwell on bass and Filippo Galli on drums.

Spannocchi's most succesful album to date is his 2021 release "Perihelion" which features Jay Phelps on trumpet, Sylvie Leys on tenor sax, Robert Mitchell on Wurlitzer, Michelangelo Scandroglio on double bass alongside Spannocchi on alto sax, all composition and arrangements are his originals.

2023 saw the release of "Live at Porgy & Bess Vienna" which features Danny Keane on piano and Rhodes, Ruth Goller on electric bass and Pete Hill on drums. Recorded without the bands knowledge of the recording taking place the group decided afterwards to publish this album as a testimony to live music and club culture and showcases the quartet's focus on interplay. Later in 2023 Spannocchi published "Live at London Jazz Festival" a bootleg of a show which features solely spontenous compositions of the band (Danny Keane keyboards, Ruth Goller electric bass, Pete Hill drums), it's in many ways a follow up album to "Live at Porgy & Bess Vienna" as it showcases the band's chemistry and agility in improvisation.

April 2026 will see the release of "Kammermusik" Spannocchi's first studio album since "Perihelion" (2021), this album focuses on chamber music and Jazz in the unconventional setting of vibraphone/tubular bells played by London Philharmonia soloist James Larter, cello played by Danny Keane and double bass played by Andrea Di Biase.