Andreas Böttcher
Andreas "Scotty" Böttcher (born April 4, 1962 in Lutherstadt Eisleben ) is a German fusion and jazz musician ( piano , synthesizer , vibraphone , also electric bass, drums, church organ and guitar; composition).
Act
From 1979 to 1984 Böttcher studied jazz piano with Günter Hörig and composition with Rainer Lischka at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden . As an autodidact he learned the vibraphone and other instruments. Between 1982 and 1987 he was a vibraphonist in the quintet of Friwi Sternberg . Since 1982 he has played with the cellist Ulrich Thiem in the chamber music project "Between Bach and Blues." From 1984 to 1989 he played as a keyboardist with the Dresden rock and pop band Syncopators (with a two-year break). He also founded the fusion band Frühlingsstrasse 15 . In 1990 his rock musical Felix was premiered by the state theaters of Saxony . He also composed for television.
Since 1992 he has devoted himself to freely improvised music in different constellations, for example in a duo with Lou Grassi , Mack Goldsbury , Andrzej Cudzich, Kazimierz Jonkisz or Thomas Friedlaender ; he also gives improvisation concerts on the church organ.
Concert tours have taken him through Germany, Poland, Switzerland and the USA. In 1990 he received a special prize at the International Improvisation Competition in Katowice.
Discographic notes
- Blue Pipes (cross stand 1996)
- Andreas Böttcher & Jörg Ritter Crazy Tubes: Duo Jazz Improvisations (MEP 1997)
- Pictures of a Daydream (Kamprad 2000)
- Blue Hornet (Querstand 2006)
Lexical entries
- Jürgen Wölfer : Jazz in Germany. The encyclopedia. All musicians and record companies from 1920 until today. Hannibal, Höfen 2008, ISBN 978-3-85445-274-4 .
Web links
- resume
- Andreas Böttcher at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Böttcher, Andreas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cooper, Scotty |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German fusion and jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4th 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lutherstadt Eisleben |