Bajazzo (band)

Bajazzo
	General information
Genre (s)	Latin jazz , fusion
founding	1978, 2012
Website	www.bajazzo.org
Founding members
guitar	Jürgen Heckel
Electric bass	Gerhard Kubach
Drums	Peter Beck
percussion	Rolando Garcia
Current occupation
guitar	Jürgen Heckel
Drums	Christin Neddens
Tenor saxophone , soprano saxophone , bass clarinet , transverse flute	Falk Breitkreuz
Electric bass	Max Hughes
Keyboard	Rolf Zielke
percussion	Topo Goia
former members
Keyboard	Frank Nicolovius
Drums	Jörg Knobloch
Alto saxophone , flute	Peter Lorenz
Tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone	Lothar Hartig
singing	Jacqueline Jacob
Drums	Michael Behm
Tenor saxophone	Helmut Forsthoff
Keyboard, vibraphone	Volker Grewe
Keyboard	Joe Dorff
percussion	Topo Gioia
percussion	Micha yoke
Keyboard	Julia Hülsmann
Electric bass	Alfredo Hechevarria
Singing, flute	José Miguel Marquez
Keyboard	Juwe Andrees
percussion	Dudu Tucci
Alto saxophone	Volker Schlott
Electric bass	Gerhard Kubach
Trumpet	Ferry Grott
Trumpet, flugelhorn	Joachim "Herrmann" Hesse
Tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone	Frank "Fratsch" Fritsch
Electric bass	Thomy Jordi
Drums	Peter Mikhailov
singing	Pascal von Wroblewsky

Bajazzo is a Berlin jazz rock band that was founded in East Berlin in 1978 . The name was chosen because “Bajazzo” contains the letters “jazz”. " Bajazzo " is also the name of an Italian clown figure.

Band history

The band was founded by Jürgen Heckel (guitar), Gerhard Kubach (electric bass), the drummer Peter Beck and the percussionist Rolando Garcia as a Latin jazz rock formation. In 1980 Beck and Garcia left the band. For them came the keyboardist Frank Nicolovius, the drummer Jörg Knobloch, Peter Lorenz (alto saxophone, flute) and Lothar Hartig (tenor and soprano saxophone). In 1981 the band members received their professional ID. Lorenz left the band in 1982. 1983 some instrumental titles were produced by the radio of the GDR ; A concert recording was produced for GDR television . In the same year, the singer Jacqueline Jacob joined the band. In 1984 drummer Michael Behm (formerly with Stern-Combo Meißen and Neue Generation ) joined the band and replaced Knobloch. 1985 came the singer Pascal von Wroblewsky and replaced Jacqueline Jacob. At the same time, Helmut Forsthoff (saxophone) became a member of the band; he had previously played with Modern Soul Band and SOK and was replaced in 1988 by Falk Breitkreuz .

In 1987 the band recorded their only LP on the Amiga record label , Fasten Seat Belts! . The album was released in 1988. In 1991 von Wroblewsky left the band and from then on Bajazzo only played instrumental titles. In 2000 the band consisted of Heckel, Kubach and Breitkreuz from Volker Grewe (keyboard, vibraphone), Joe Dorff (keyboard), Peter Michailow (drums), Topo Gioia (percussion) and Micha Joch (percussion). From 2001 von Wroblewsky sang again with Bajazzo and from 2006 Julia Hülsmann played keyboard and Alfredo Hechevarria played the electric bass. Many of the musicians also played in other projects at the same time. Nicolovius and Jacob also appeared as a duo.

From 2009 to 2011 the guitarist Jürgen Heckel recorded the album Pascal - Seventies Songbook together with Pascal von Wroblewsky, Peter Michailow and the double bass player Pepe Berns .

Bajazzo has been active again since 2012. Rolf Zielke on keyboard and Max Hughes on bass were new members. Since 2018 the line-up has been: Jürgen Heckel (guitar, synthesizer), Falk Breitkreuz (tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet), Rolf Zielke (piano, keyboard), Max Hughes (bass), Topo Gioa (percussion) and Christin Neddens (drums).

Discography

Albums

1988: Fasten Seat Belts! with Pascal von Wroblewsky ( Amiga )
1994: Caminos (Edition Collage / GLM)
1999: Harlequin Galaxy (Edition Collage / GLM)
2019: Ten Wishes (self-distribution)

Pieces on compilations

1983: Monbijou and Latin Waltz on Kleeblatt No. 8 (Amiga)
1988: Brass Dance on Das Album - Rock Bilanz 1988 (Amiga)

literature

Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR. 2nd edition, Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-303-9

Web links

Official website
Official website (copy from http://www.bajazzo.org/ )
Bajazzo at deutsche-mugge.de
Portrait at ostbeat.de ( Memento from October 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (archive version)

Individual evidence

↑ Portrait at deutsche-mugge.de , accessed on June 30, 2011
^ Website of the band in the cache, as of 2006 ( Memento of May 17, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 30, 2011

[mugge-1] Portrait at deutsche-mugge.de , accessed on June 30, 2011

[2] Website of the band in the cache, as of 2006 ( Memento of May 17, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 30, 2011