Fabian Kuratli
Fabian "Fab" Kuratli (* 1970 ; † August 6, 2008 in Bern ) was a Swiss jazz musician ( drums , composition).
Life
Kuratli grew up with techno and experimented early on with pumping house , elastic dub and fragmented breakbeats . Between 1986 and 1992 he played on Talk About . In the mid-1990s he led the quartet Fab Four , which with its mixture of jazz, world music and dance floor has toured several times and released the album Most in 1997 . Kuratli tours through Europe, USA, Canada, Asia, Africa.
In 1998, Fab Four evolved into Christy Doran's New Bag . Kuratli also formed the rhythm section with bassist Wolfgang Zwiauer in other bands, such as Don Li (“Out of Body Experience”) and Giancarlo Nicolai ( La sorvegliante del tempo ). He also played in Heiri Känzig Acoustic Strings (with Dominique Pifarély ), Trio Mir (with Hans Koch and Michael Stauffer ), Kaspar Ewald's Exorbitantes Kabinett , Pierre Favres Drummers , the Antonello Messina Trio, George Gruntz ( Expo Triangle ) and Swiss Jazz Orchestra . He also performed in a world music context with bands such as Kol Simcha , the harpist Asita Hamidi and the singer Shirley Grimes.
He taught drums at the Lucerne School of Music . Kuratli died of cancer.
Web links
- Fabian Kuratli at Discogs (English)
- Obituary (Drummerworld)
- Obituary , Der Bund August 12, 2008
- Entry (jazz index)
- Discography by Kuratli (Fonoteca Nazionale Svizzera)
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary by Nik Rechsteiner ( Memento from July 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuratli, Fabian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kuratli, Fab (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss jazz musician (drums, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1970 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 2008 |
| Place of death | Bern |