Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky (born December 10, 1933 in Güstrow , often called Luten Petrowsky ) is a German jazz musician. In addition to his work as a saxophonist, clarinetist and on the flute, he is also active as a composer and author.
Live and act
The autodidact Petrowsky is considered one of the forefathers of jazz in the GDR . He has played in various formations since the mid-1950s; later he became a founding member of the Manfred Ludwig Sextet, which was important for GDR jazz, and played with Joachim Kühn , Dorothy Ellison and Ruth Hohmann, among others . In 1971 he founded the jazz rock band SOK with Ulrich Gumpert and in 1973 was one of the founders of the free jazz formation Synopsis . Since 1972 he has worked in various formations with bassist Klaus Koch .
Luten Petrowsky played in the various Gumpert Workshop bands and from 1984 with the Synopsis successor, the Zentralquartett . He also interpreted compositions by Hans Rempel , Paul-Heinz Dittrich , Georg Katzer and Friedrich Schenker , with whom he also improvised. In 1981 he performed with Harry Miller , Heinz Becker , Joe Sachse and Tony Oxley as part of the Peitz Jazz Workshop (CD: An afternoon in Peitz ). He became particularly popular since 1983 through his joint concerts with the singer Uschi Brüning .
Petrowsky played regularly with the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band in Europe and the United States. He was a member of the European Jazz Ensemble , Günter Lenz Springtime and the Tony Oxley Celebration Orchestra . He has also been active in the Globe Unity Orchestra for many years .
From 2006 to 2016 Petrowsky performed with Christian Lillinger and Oliver Schwerdt alias Elan Pauer as the New Old Luten Trio , at times supported by the two double bass players Robert Landfermann and John Edwards as the New Old Luten Quintet . Several albums by these groups were created, including Tumult! , Riot! and Rabatz! . Rabatz! , the one from the title Luten's last Rabatz! was awarded the German Record Critics' Prize for the first quarter of 2018 . Juror Bert Noglik emphasized the “eruptive power, bubbling creativity and excessive energy” of Petrowsky and called the three albums a “miracle of late work”.
On the occasion of his 80th birthday that acknowledged JazzFest Berlin Petrovsky with a Jubilee -Evening with three of his his major groups, the central quartet , which has existed since 1992 Group call of home (with Thomas Borgmann , Christoph Winckel and Willi Kellers ) and the Ensemble Ornette et cetera (with Brüning, Jeanfrançois Prins , Michael Griener )
Petrowsky received the GDR Art Prize in 1982 and was awarded the GDR National Prize . In 1997 he was awarded the German Jazz Prize. Petrowsky is one of the most important German musicians of modern jazz. Between 1963 and 2008 he was involved in 116 recordings of albums and other phonograms.
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky is married to the singer Uschi Brüning .
Discographic notes
- Petrowsky Quartet: Just for Fun (LP; FMP , 1973)
- Synopsis: A pink crocodile swims on the Elbe (LP; FMP, 1974)
- Synopsis: Synopsis (LP; Amiga , 1974)
- Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky (LP; Amiga, 1978)
- Petrowsky Quartet: Selb-Viert (LP; FMP, 1980)
- Petrowsky Trio: Self-Third (LP; FMP, 1982)
- Uschi Brüning & Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky Kontraste (LP / CD; Amiga, 1988)
- Call of Home: Machine Kaput ( Konnex Records , 1996)
- White Power Blues with Oliver Schwerdt and Christian Lillinger (CD; Euphorium, 2008)
- Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky / Uschi Brüning / Jeanfrançois Prins / Michael Griener Ornette et cetera (CD; jazz workshop, 2012)
- Rabatz! with Elan Pauer, John Edwards , Robert Landfermann , Christian Lillinger (CD; Euphorium, 2017; quarterly list 1/2018 German Record Award )
literature
- Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky: But Montreux was terrible . In R. Bratfisch (ed.): Free tones. The GDR jazz scene . Berlin 2005, ISBN 978-3-86153-370-2 , pp. 125-136
- Rainer Bratfisch: Petrowsky, Ernst-Ludwig ("Luten") . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Oliver Schwerdt: Schwerdt's comment on Lutens, Baby's Baby ' . In O. Schwerdt (Ed.): Jubelheft für Baby. Festschrift for Günter Sommer's 70th birthday . Leipzig 2013, ISBN 978-3-944301-28-0 , pp. 74-94
Web links
- Literature on Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky in the state bibliography MV
- Petrovsky's FMP activities
- Works by and about Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky in the catalog of the German National Library
- Portrait at ostbeat.de ( Memento from March 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article in the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung ; see. also Mathias Wöbking: Because of age tired in Leipziger Volkszeitung, 118th year, No. 2, p. 10
- ^ Prize of the German Record Critics
- ↑ JazzFest 2013 program
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of December 7, 2015; P. 19
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petrowsky, Ernst-Ludwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Petrowsky, Luten (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, flutist, composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guestrow |