Alexander Sputh
Alexander Sputh (born May 16, 1953 ) is a German jazz musician (guitar, vocals) and mountain guide.
Live and act
Sputh, whose father was a jazz violinist, learned to play the guitar as a child. In July 1978 he was one of the founders of the Kölner Jazz Haus initiative with Reiner Michalke and Achim Fink ; In the same year he performed together with Paul S. Haltod at the first Cologne Jazz House Festival in Cologne-Holweide . He was first known nationwide as a member of the jazz rock- oriented Ocean Orchestra , which performed with Herbert Grönemeyer . In addition, he has been teaching at the Open Jazz House School since 1979 . He recorded the duo album A New Way of Living (EGO 1980) with Sigi Busch . At the 1985 Jazz Festival in Bratislava he performed with Emil Viklický's quartet . As a studio musician, he also worked with Frank Duval .
Since 1987 he has lived mainly on the Canary Island of La Palma , where he works as a tour guide and mountain guide and continues to work as a musician. With the flamenco jazz group Ziriab , which he leads together with Pedro Sanz, he has toured the Spanish mainland several times. In 2010 he played with his trio at the Jazz Festival in Rheine.
Discographic notes
- Ocean Orchestra (with Herbert Grönemeyer, Bernt Laukamp , Markus Stockhausen , Heiner Wiberny , Johannes Wawersik, Helmut Kandlberger , Jürgen Flimm 1979)
- Alexander Sputh / Paul S. Haltod Dialogue ( JazzHausMusik 1980)
- Ziriab La magia del momento (with Pedro Sanz, Eremiot Rodriguez, Kike Perdomo , Rafael Navarro, Miguel Valdés 2008)
- Ziriab El camenito de estrellas (with Pedro Sanz, Kike Perdomo, Rafael Navarro, Jorge Pardo and Carles Benavent 2010)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Current program - Kulturzentrum Schlachthof eV Kassel. Accessed May 1, 2019 .
- ^ Robert von Zahn: Jazz in Cologne since 1945. Concert culture and cellar art . Emons-Verlag, Cologne 1998, pp. 200f.
- ^ Robert von Zahn: Jazz in Cologne since 1945 , p. 203
- ↑ See Bratislava Jazz Days '85
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| SURNAME | Sputh, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician and mountain guide |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1953 |