Biography
Like many trumpet players I startet playing in a brass band.
At my home village in black forest (
Schenkenzell)
I startet playing at the age of 11 with
Musikverein Schenkenzell.
I never had a teacher and so I learned for myself until today.
After playing brass band and Rockjazz I startet working as a trumpet teacher at
the "Städtische Schülerkapelle Karlsruhe" while studying electrical engineering at University of Karlsruhe. I
played in the bands
Moritz
, Magnitubel Pödes Bigband (Giga Brunner), CAPBAND (Funk) and different helps
where I met and played with some pro
musicians like
Klaus Graf,
Ekkard Baur, Josef Herzog,
Ingolf Burkhardt, Thomas Vogel,
Peter Lehel
, Thilo Wagner.
I also met the great trombone player and bandleader Bobby Burgess (please see
Bobby Burgess Big Band Explosion).
While working as an engineer near Heidelberg I played in the bands
LA Reed Bigband
(unter
Uli Preiß
und
Rainer Heute
)
Jocke Nerz Bigband
little BIG Rhythm&Brass
(Karl-Heinz Schäfer)
Bigband70
Galapagos Bigband
Fat Cat
Helps in different (big)bands and salsa bands (e.g. Sonando, Combo Latino),
also studio work.
Workshops and concerts with
Bobby Burgess
Bobby Shew
Nils Landgren
Emil Mangelsdorff
Benny Golson
Wilson de Oliveira
Tony Lakatos
Thomas Siffling
Axel Schlosser
Actual projects are:
Moritz-Band
Galapagos Bigband
Capband - Funkomatic Music
Fat Cat - (Fusion)