Mario Schiano (20 July 1933 in Naples – 10 May 2008 in Rome) was an Italian alto saxophonist and soprano saxophonist associated with avant-garde/free jazz.

He was born in Naples. A member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Schiano recorded with musicians such as Famoudou Don Moye, Eugenio Colombo, Ernst Reijseger, Paul Rutherford, Gianluigi Trovesi and Joëlle Léandre, among others.^[1]

He died in Rome in 2008.

Discography

• Sud (Tomorrow, 1973)
• On the Waiting List (King Universal, 1974) – rec. 1973
• Jazz a confronto 8 (Horo, 1974)
• De Dé (1977)
• Out of Date (1984)
• Redland Blue (1988)
• Benefit Concert to Repurchase the Pendulum for Mr. Foucault (1989)
• Unlike (1990)
• Uncaged with Don Moye (1991)
• And So On with Ernst Reijseger (1992)
• Original Sins: Unreleased, 1967–1970 (1992)
• Tracks (1993)
• Blue Memories with Joëlle Léandre
• Meetings (1994)
• She Was Sitting in the First Row (1994)
• Used to Be Friends (1995)
• Social Security (Live, 1996)
• Friendship of Walnuts (1996)
• (To Be Continued...) (1998)
• Trio di Napoli (1998)
• Fluxus: Instant Soundtrack for a Silent Movie (1999)
• My Funny Valentine (1999, Vocals)
• Supposing That (2002)
• Mario Schiano & His All Stars (2007)

As contributor

• Italian Instabile Orchestra (1991). Live in Noci and Rive-De Gier. Leo.
• Italian Instabile Orchestra (1994). Skies of Europe. ECM.
• Italian Instabile Orchestra (1997). European Concerts '94-'97. Nel Jazz.
• Trio Di Napoli (1998). Trio Di Napoli. Discoteca Di Stato. w/ Elio Martusciello and Maurizio Martuscielo
• Mario Schiano; Giancarlo Schiaffini; Bruno Tommaso; Sebi Tramontana (2002). Free Jazz at the Philharmonic. Splasc(h).
• Italian Instabile Orchestra (2002). Previsioni del Tempo: Forecast. Imprint.
• Italian Instabile Orchestra; Cecil Taylor (2004). The Owner of the Riverbank. Enja/Justin Time.