Charly Antolini
Charly Antolini (* 24. May 1937 in Zurich ) is a Swiss jazz - drummer who with Dixieland and Swing started and oriented in the 1960s and 70s to hard bop and fusion (Jazz Rock). He is considered to be one of the best handicraft and technical drummers in Europe.
Life
Antolini began his training on the traditional Basel drum in one of the drum schools in his hometown. In 1956 he began playing as a professional jazz musician in Paris. His role model is Louie Bellson . In Paris he played a. a. with Sidney Bechet , Bill Coleman and Albert Nicholas , followed by festival appearances across Europe. He became known in the 1950s for playing in the old-time jazz band "The Tremble Kids" (with trumpeter Oscar Klein and clarinetist Werner Keller ), with whom he still played occasionally in the 1990s. In 1962 he settled in Germany (Stuttgart), where he formed the rhythmic backbone of the SWR Bigband under Erwin Lehn for five years together with bassist Peter Witte and pianist Horst Jankowski . He also played in the big bands of Kurt Edelhagen (1974/75, also took part in the orchestra's tour of the Soviet Union in 1974), Peter Herbolzheimer and Max Greger as well as in the NDR big band .
With Max Greger junior and Milan Pilar he formed the fusion trio Catch Up in 1972 , which recorded several albums. Since 1976 he has been leading his own band with changing line- ups , "Charly Antolini's Jazz Power", in which he worked for a long time with Charly Augschöll or Steve Hooks (tenor saxophone), David Gazarov (piano), Rocky Knauer (bass) and well-known international ones Accompanied jazz musician. He also played u. a. with Wolfgang Dauner , Benny Goodman (1981/2 for his tour in Germany and Italy, a concert in Copenhagen was televised), Lionel Hampton (in the 1980s for appearances in Sylt and Copenhagen ), Barbara Dennerlein , Albert Mangelsdorff , Earl Hines , Roy Eldridge , Jimmy Giuffre , Art Farmer , Oliver Nelson , Art Van Damme , Fatty George , Stuff Smith , Baden Powell . His direct cut album Knock Out (1979) became famous and was sold out within a few days. It is still considered a stress test for hi-fi boxes to this day.
In 1994 Antolini founded the super trio with pianist Dirk Raufeisen and bassist Jimmy Woode .
Antolini is the artistic director of the Moosach swingt jazz series , organized by the Munich cultural association Die Linie 1 .
Discography (excerpt)
- 1966 Drum Beat (with, among others, Joki Freund , Conny Jackel , Dieter Reith , Peter Witte) - BASF MPS CRM 620 D
- 1967 From Sticksland With Love , with George Gruntz , Daniel Humair , Mani Neumeier , Pierre Favre
- 1967 Soul Beat (with Jiggs Whigham , Shake Keane , Wilton Gaynair , Francis Coppieters, etc. ) SABA
- 1972 In the Groove (with, among others, Ack van Rooyen , Dusko Goykovich , Sigi Schwab , Jean Warland ) - BASF MPS 21 21333-1
- 1978 Live (with Ack van Rooyen, Lee Harper, Bob Burgess , Sal Nistico , Bertil Strandberg, Hermann Breuer , Rob Franken, Garry Todd) - Plans Jazz G 0040
- 1979 Special Delivery (with Dieter Reith, Wolfgang Schmid , Heinz von Hermann , Klaus Osterloh , Lee Harper, among others ) MPS
- 1979 Knock Out (with Wolfgang Schmid and Nippy Noya ) - Jeton Direct-To-Disc (notorious as "box killer")
- 1980 Countdown (with Wolfgang Schmid, Nippy Noya, Andreas Witte , Andreas Gramm, Alfred Sacher) Jeton Direct-To-Disc
- 1981 Crash (with Andreas Witte, Wolfgang Schmid, Freddy Santiago, Guillermo Marchena) - Jeton Direct-To-Disc
- 1982 Menu (with Wolfgang Schmid, Nippy Noya , Geoff Stradling ) - Jeton Direct-To-Disc
- 1983 Finale (with Wolfgang Schmid, Trilok Gurtu , Leszek Zadlo ) - Jeton Direct-To-Disc
- 1985 Thunderball (with Max Neissendorfer )
- 1988 Charly Antolini & Danny Moss : The Drivers - Skinfire Records (LeiCom)
- 1989 Cookin ' (with Dick Morrissey )
- 1992 Charly Antolini, Charly Augschöll, Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen , Fritz Pauer On the Beat (Bell Records 1993)
- 1993 Right On! (with Dick Morrissey , Brian Dee , Len Skeat )
- 1996 The "Jubilee" - Skinfire Records (LeiCom)
- 1997 Live in Concert - Skinfire Records (LeiCom)
- 1998 Super Knock Out (Double Version) Jeton (rec. 1976)
- 1999 Knock Out 2000 (with Wolfgang Schmid, Nippy Noya)
- 1999 Love to Play - Skinfire Records (LeiCom, with David Gazarov, Rocky Knauer, Charly Augschöll, Martin Schrack , Karsten Gnettner, Sebastian Studnitzky )
- 2001 Loose and Easy - Skinfire Records (LeiCom)
- 2003 The 65th Birthday Concert - Live at Europapark Rust 2002 - Inakustik DVD-Video (with Andrej Lebanov , David Gazarov, Rocky Knauer, Steve Hooks)
- 2005 Herman Rarebell / Pete York / Charly Antolini Drum Legends
- 2012 Charly Antolini and the Ladies of Jazz: One More (with Stephanie Lottermoser , Andrea Hermenau , Lindy Huppertsberg )
- 2015 Groove Merchant - Skinfire Records (with Florian Trübsbach , Jan Eschke , Andy Kurz )
Web links
- Own web presence
- Charly Antolini at drummerworld.com ( English )
- Charly Antolini at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Moosach Swingt: CHARLY ANTOLINI MEETS THE JAZZ LADIES - Die Linie 1 - Kulturverein München-Moosach eV Accessed on March 22, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Antolini, Charly |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss jazz drummer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1937 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |