Christof May
Christof May (* 1970 in Radolfzell ) is a German clarinetist and saxophonist .
Live and act
May studied at the “ Royal Conservatory ” of The Hague from 1992 to 1998 jazz saxophone with John Ruocco and from 1998 to 2002 classical clarinet with Ab Vos. He completed his studies with a Masters Degree .
From 1995 he worked as a sideman a. a. with Susanne Abbuehl , Michel Portal , David Liebman , Jarmo Hoogendijk , Claudio Puntin , Samuel Rohrer , Florian Zenker , Amina Figarova , Eric Ineke and Trygve Seim .
He can be heard with Susanne Abbuehl on the albums “April” and “Compass” released by ECM . He toured Europe, Africa and North America and played a. a. in Cape Town, Maputo, Montreal, Portland, Oslo, Paris, Rome and other European cities. As a guest musician with the Dutch radio orchestra Metropole Orkest , he worked a. a. with Kenny Werner and Bob Malach and recorded CDs with a. a. Terry Bozzio and Yuri Honing . May u. a. as a guest musician with the symphony orchestras of Krefeld-Mönchengladbach, Aachen and Duisburg.
His own project Maygus is inspired by Miles Davis' music from the 1970s. The name of the project refers to the 1974 record "Dark Magus". The debut CD was released in November 2007 as Vol. 20 of the series “Jazzthing Next Generation”.
Selection discography
- Ugly Beauty , 1994, The Jazzmeteors
- April , 2000, with Susanne Abbuehl, Wolfert Brederode and Samuel Rohrer
- Far Enough , 2000, Nimbus, with Wolfert Brederode and Eric Ineke
- Festina Lente , 2003, Nimbus, with Wolfert Brederode, Erik Ineke featuring David Liebman
- Chamber Works , 2005, Terry Bozzio & Metropole Orkest
- Compass , 2006, with Susanne Abbuehl, Wolfert Brederode and Lucas Niggli
- Maygus , 2007, Jazzthing Next Generation Vol.20
- Earthing , 2013, with The Hague Ethospheric Orchestra, Laika Records
- Headbanger , 2015, with Mezcolanza, OAP records
- Deeper Green , 2015, challenge records, featuring Nils Petter Molvaer and Susanne Abbuehl
Web links
- Web presence
- MAYGUS
- Article in Jazzthing magazine
- Review on All_About_Jazz (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | May, Christof |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Radolfzell |