Christian Diener (musician)
Christian Diener (born March 9, 1964 in Nuremberg ) is a German jazz musician ( double bass , electric bass ).
Act
Diener began studying classical double bass in 1985 with Christoph Möhle at the Munich Music Academy and in 1987 moved to the Berklee College of Music in Boston; there he graduated Magna cum laude in 1990 . In 1991 he returned to Germany, where he has been working as a freelance musician ever since, initially with Norbert Nagel and Thilo Wolf . Since 1983 he has been a member of various Wolfgang Haffner bands . From 1999 to 2002 he was a member of the RIAS Big Band . With the Munich DJ and producer Chris Prommer and his “Drumlesson” band, he followed the fusion of electronic club sounds and acoustic instrumentation. He also played with Billy Cobham (1995), Pee Wee Ellis (since 1997), Chuck Loeb and Chuck Leavell , but also with the JuNo ensemble , with Max Herre and Georg Ringsgwandl . He can also be heard on albums by Lisa Wahlandt & Mulo Francel , Sabina Hank , Melanie Bong , Christian Doepke , Andreas Dombert and Nana Mouskouri .
Diener has been teaching double bass and electric bass as a university professor at the Nuremberg University of Music since 1999, as well as improvisation and jazz theory.
Web links
- biography
- Christian Diener at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brochure for the 10th international youth big band workshop (PDF file, p. 16)
- ↑ Entry (RadioSwissJazz)
- ↑ Directory of persons (University of Music)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Servant, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician (bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |