Giancarlo Schiaffini has been played on NTS in shows including The Early Bird Show w/ Jack Rollo, featured first on 4 April 2025. Songs played include Under The Fig Tree.

Giancarlo Schiaffini is an Italian jazz trombonist and tubist most associated with avant-garde music, free improvisation and free jazz. A member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Schiaffini has worked with such artists as Mario Schiano, Lol Coxhill, Andrea Centazzo and also Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. Also, he has collaborated with the Gruppo di Improvvisazione di Nuova Consonanza.