Claude Sifferlen

Claude David Sifferlen (born August 29, 1940 in Indianapolis ; † March 18, 2010 ibid) was an American jazz pianist .

Live and act

Sifferlen already played piano at the age of five and then had classical piano and violin lessons. Under the influence of Fats Waller's music he came to jazz; after his military service, where he played in an army band, he began to perform in well-known jazz clubs in his hometown of Indianapolis. His professional career began in the big bands of Woody Herman (1967) and Stan Kenton (1971), where he briefly took over from the sick Kenton at the piano. He was then a member of the John Von Ohlen Quartet . He has also performed with Milt Jackson , Buddy Tate , Cleanhead Vinson , Eddie Lockjaw Davis and Richard Davis .

In 1970 he founded the Claude Sifferlen Trio with bassist Paul Imm and drummer Greg Corn . He was also a member of the Zebra Quartet of pianists Steve Corn and Steve Allee , where he played vibraphone . He was a long-time member of the band of saxophonist Frank Glover , with whom he performed in New York's Carnegie Hall in 1997 and recorded the album Siamese Twins .

Sifferlen was a protagonist of the Minneapolis jazz scene ; he appeared frequently in the jazz clubs Chatterbox and Jazz Kitchen , u. a. with Bill Moring . In 2003 he recorded the duo album Take the Mitsu (OA2Records) with flugelhornist Mark Buselli . Sifferlin died of prostate cancer in March 2010 .

The intensive collaboration between Frank Glover and Claude Sifferlen was captured in a documentary for the broadcaster WFYI, which was made shortly before his death.

Discographic notes

• Chuck Carter John Von Ohlen Downtown Blues (Seal Breeze, 1977)
• Mark Buseli Through the Eyes of a Child (1997)

Web links

• Portrait at Oa2records

Individual evidence

1. ^ Information at Tributes.com