Andreas Willers
Andreas Willers (born December 5, 1957 in Rendsburg ) is a German jazz musician (guitar and composition).
Live and act
Willers, who had started in blues bands like the Charly Schreckschuss Band and in avant-garde groups, initially studied at the Guitar Institute of Technology in Los Angeles in 1979/1980 in order to complete his studies at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater with Harry Pepl and in master classes in Banff to continue at John Abercrombie . At Free Music Production he presented a solo album Hier & als Auch , and began to work in a duo with the wind player Gebhard Ullmann . In 1983 he moved to Berlin , where he founded the quartet Out to Lunch with Ullmann, Martin Lillich and Niko Schäuble , which went on international tours, played at major festivals and toured and recorded with Enrico Rava . In 1987, Willers and Ullmann played as Minimal Kids with Trilok Gurtu , later they appeared with Steve Argüelles and recorded with Bob Stewart and Marvin Smitty Smith .
He has expanded his trio Blue Collar to a quartet with Claudio Puntin and to a quintet (and also an octet) with Matthias Schubert and Dominique Pifarély . He also plays in a quartet with Paul Bley and Yves Robert . From 1991 to 1996 he taught at the "Hanns Eisler" University of Music in Berlin . In the mid-1990s Willers played in the Theo Jörgensmann / Petras Vyšniauskas Quintet with Kent Carter and Klaus Kugel . He forms the Grid Mesh formation with Frank Paul Schubert , Christof Thewes and Willi Kellers .
Willers also worked with Gerry Hemingway , Hans Lüdemann , David Murray , Paul Bley , Marc Ducret , Warnfried Altmann , Bobby Previte , Uwe Kropinski , Elvira Plenar , Dirk Raulf and the Acoustic Guitar Orchestra .
Together with Ullmann, he received the German Phono Academy Prize (1983) and the SWF Jazz Prize (1987).
Discographic notes
- Andreas Willers, Jan Roder , Christian Marien Derek Plays Eric (Jazzwerkstatt 2017)
- Dörner / Willers / Kaufmann .AAA. live (Creative Sources Recordings 2012)
- Drowning Migrant ( Leo Records 2009; solo)
- Montauk (BTL 2004; with Dominique Pifarély , Alain Grange , Michael Griener )
- The Ground Music ( Enja 1998, ed. 2000; with Tom Rainey , Dieter Ilg , Jörg Huke , Arkady Shilkloper , Matthias Schubert , Claudio Puntin , Dominique Pifarély)
- The Private Ear ( Sound Aspects 1989; with Louis Sclavis , Gabriele Hasler , Martin Lillich)
literature
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 2: M – Z (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16513). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16513-9 .
Web links
- Andreas Willers
- Works by and about Andreas Willers in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Willers, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th December 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rendsburg |