Christof singer

Christof Sänger (born July 28, 1962 in Wiesbaden ) is a German jazz musician (pianist, composer, lecturer).

Life

Singer studied music from 1984 to 1989 at the University of Mainz . He played early on in jazz combos and in the State Youth Jazz Orchestra of Hesse , but also in chamber music formations. In 1989 he made a name for himself as a finalist in the Concours International de Piano Jazz Martial Solal . From 1990 he worked with musicians as diverse as Dusko Goykovich , Sunny Murray , Daniel Guggenheim and Hermeto Pascoal . With his regular trio (with bassist Christian von Kaphengst and drummer Heinrich Köbberling ) he played a. a. the album "Chorinho" (1992), which was awarded the German Record Critics' Prize. He also performed with Richie Cole , Bill Saxton and Allan Praskin . Since 1996, he has an international edition of his trio with George Mraz and Al Foster , with whom he also in the jazz clubs of the Big Apple a guest.

In 1996 he was the German contributor to the concert of the European Broadcasting Union . A solo album was recorded at the Montreal International Jazz Festival . He also worked with Keith Copeland , Tom Nicholas , Peter Less and Peter Fessler , introduced his group Cuban Fantasy with Sandro and Giovanni Gulino in 1998 and joined Ernie Watts’s group in 1999 , with whom he released records in 2001 and 2003. He also played with Paquito D'Rivera and the hr jazz ensemble . After giving solo concerts in Japan in 2003, he put on a Japanese edition of his trio for another tour in 2004. Since 2010 he has also been active as a pianist in the Barrelhouse Jazz Band . He also plays in the trio Classic Affairs with Lindy Huppertsberg and Tobias Schirmer .

Barry Kernfeld (Ed.): New Grove Dictionary of Jazz , Vol. 3 . Macmillan, London 1988, ISBN 0-333-39846-7 , p. 499.
Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 2: M – Z (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16513). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16513-9 , pp. 1151f.
Jürgen Wölfer : Jazz in Germany. The encyclopedia. All musicians and record companies from 1920 until today. Hannibal, Höfen 2008, ISBN 978-3-85445-274-4 .