Andreas Schickentanz
Andreas Schickentanz (* 1961 in Dortmund ) is a German jazz and improvisation musician ( trombone ).
Live and act
Schickentanz only turned to the trombone at the age of 18. In parallel to classical lessons, he initially dealt with jazz as an autodidact . After two solo prizes at Jugend jazzt (1982, 1984), he was accepted into the NRW Youth Jazz Orchestra . He studied with Jiggs Whigham at the Cologne University of Music and Dance .
His debut album Flat Earth News was created in 1999 with the Schickentanz Quintett . Between 2005 and 2009 he lived in Brussels, where he directed the Schickentanz New Quintet and performed with Belgian musicians such as Michel Paré, Fred Delplancq, Eve Beuvens, Unit 7 and the JazzStation Big Band .
In 2010 he founded his formation Andreas Schickentanz & Refugium , with which he recorded the CD Chimera for JazzHausMusik in 2013 ; His solo CD Axiom was released on the same label in 2015 .
Schickentanz also worked with the WDR Big Band Cologne , the NDR Big Band and the hr Big Band . He performed with Slide Hampton , Claudius Valk , Matthias Nadolny , David Friesen , Lee Konitz , David Liebman , Norbert Stein , Markus Stockhausen , Darcy James Argue , Pedro Giraudo , Gwilym Simcock and Nils Wogram . He can also be heard on albums with Paul Heller , the Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra , the Frank Reinshagen Big Band, the King of Swing Orchestra and the RTL Big Band .
Web links
- Web presence
- Andreas Schickentanz at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait (Lundis d 'Hortense)
- ↑ Tom Lord ( The Jazz Discography ) recorded eight recordings for the period from 1984 to 2002 alone.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schickentanz, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz and improvisation musician (trombone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dortmund |