Emil Krištof

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Emil Krištof (born December 10, 1957 in Hof / Dvor ) is an Austrian drummer and composer of creative jazz .

Krištof was first heard at numerous jazz concerts with the Kundalini group he founded , which existed from 1980 to 1992 and combined South Slavic folk music and jazz. Between 1986 and 1989 he studied jazz and popular music up to a diploma at the State Conservatory in Klagenfurt. Since 1987 he has been the artistic co-director of the Unikum university cultural center in Klagenfurt. There he organized, e.g. T. conceived and composed concerts with Fred Frith , Uli Scherer , Matthieu Michel , Klaus Dickbauer , Herbert Joos , Wolfgang Puschnig , Wolfgang Reisinger , Radu Malfatti and others. In 1997, Krištof toured Mexico with The minimal trio (Uli Scherer, Ali Gaggl ). He also worked on Puschnig's Roots & Fruits with the Stage Band of the Vienna Art Orchestra . He also set poems by Jani Oswald to music . With his colleagues from Carinthian Connection (Puschnig, Gaggl, Andreas Mayerhofer and Karl Sayer ) he is participating in the long -standing jazz vocal workshop at the Musikforum Viktring . He can also be heard on albums by Herbert Joos and Lorenz Raab .

Discographic notes

  • buhštabenzupe (Drava 2007, in a package with the volume of poetry »Frakturen« by Jani Oswald)
  • Nature Way (PAO 2000, with W. Puschnig, K. Dickbauer, H. Joos)
  • Alberta G. vocalize (PG Records 2000, with Wolfgang Puschnig, Uli Scherer, Rudi Melcher, Karl Sayer, Georg Breinschmid , Laurinho Bandeira)
  • Wolfgang Puschnig Roots & Fruits ( Polygram 1997)
  • Kundalini Grenz-Jazz / Obmejni-Jazz ( extra plate 1988, with Pauli Tatschl, Luka Antičevič, Ali Gaggl)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview (mica, 2007)
  2. ^ Carinthian Connection
personal data
SURNAME Krištof, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian jazz musician (drummer, composer)
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Hof / Dvor