Per Zanussi

Per Zanussi is a Norwegian bassist, composer and bandleader born in 1977 and raised in Stavanger. He began playing bass in rock bands before moving into jazz and double bass, later studying at NTNU in Trondheim and the Norwegian Academy of Music. In 2017 he completed the artistic research project Natural Patterns — Music Making with an Ensemble of Improvisers at the University of Stavanger, investigating the interplay of composition and improvisation.

He co-founded the jazz-electronica group Wibutee in 1996 and leads ensembles including Zanussi 5 and Zanussi 13. His work also includes Trespass Trio and compositions for theatre, dance, film and commissioned ensembles. Across these settings he moves between acoustic bass, electric bass, original composition and the flexibility of freely improvised group interaction.

On Creative Sources, Per Zanussi is credited on parallel pleasures (CS198). His bass participates in an improvising ensemble setting.