Elmar Frey
Elmar Frey (born December 28, 1964 in Männedorf ) is a Swiss drummer and composer of modern jazz .
Live and act
Frey started playing drums at the age of 16. Between 1988 and 1992 he studied at the Swiss Jazz School with Billy Brooks , Joe Haider and Frank Sikora . He has been working as a professional musician since the early 1990s, initially in groups like True Blue or with Herbie Kopf . In 1998 he founded his Organ-x project with Roland von Flüe , Marcel Thomi and Roberto Bossard . He also composes and arranges for his own group, the Elmar Frey Sextet .
As a sideman he played in the bands of Vince Benedetti , Regula Schneider, Roberto Bossard, Jochen Baldes , Christoph Grab , Daniel Schenker , Stefan Schlegel , Hugo Helfenstein , Bruno Spoerri , Patrick Tompert, Alessandro d'Episcopo and others as well as with the Zurich Jazz Orchestra . Frey also performed with jazz greats such as Horace Parlan , Benny Golson , Greg Osby , George Gruntz , Franco Ambrosetti and Kurt Rosenwinkel . After 2000 he toured internationally with the New York Voices , with the Organ Trio by James Carter and with the Quartet by Mark Soskin . He can also be heard on albums by Peggy Chew, Mark Hauser and Chris Wiesendanger .
Discographic notes
- Herbie Kopf / Elmar Frey Inviting (1997)
- Organ-x A Time to Talk (2000)
- Soskin Bossard Free Frey Atlantic Crossing (2003)
- Elmar Frey Sextet News from the Past (2004)
- Soskin-Bossard-Boclé-Frey Atlantic Crossing - Another One (2013)
- Gutfleisch-Schürmann-Frey Jazz People ( Unit Records 2018, with Christian Gutfleisch , Dominik Schürmann )
Web links
- Web presence with discography
- Brief portrait
- 'The swinging morning grouch (SRF)
- Elmar Frey at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to Radio Swiss Jazz Newsletter of October 14, 2010 October 28, 1964
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frey, Elmar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss jazz musician (drums) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Männedorf |