Felix Wahnschaffe (musician)
Felix Wahnschaffe (born December 24, 1964 in Bonn ) is a German alto saxophonist and composer of creative jazz . At times he also appeared as Felix Wahnshuffle .
Live and act
Wahnschaffe completed a music degree at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin with David Friedman , Sigi Busch and Dave Liebman . In the following years he worked a. a. with Ronnie Burrage , Miroslav Vitouš , Alexander von Schlippenbach's Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra , Aki Takase , John Tchicai , Simon Nabatov , Matthias Schubert , Sam Rivers and Steve Lacy . In 1997 he stayed in New York on a composition scholarship. He led groups of different styles, from bebop to free jazz to modern creative. He directed various ensembles for which he also composed contemporary chamber music jazz. The focus has been on the band Das Rosa Rauschen since 1997 , initially with John Schröder on guitar, since 2010 with Achim Kaufmann on piano and Oliver Potratz and Eric Schaefer , with whom he has released three albums so far. He also maintains an organ trio orgonauts with Wolfgang Roggenkamp on the Hammond B3 organ and Ray Kaczynski on drums. He also recorded with Association Urbanetique , Twana Rhodes, Florian Ross , Helen Schneider and Geoff Goodman .
Discographic notes
- Association Urbanetique Don't Look Back (with Felix Wahnshuffle, Rainer Brennecke, Horst Nonnenmacher , Rainer Robben; Enja 1990)
- Felix Wahnshuffle Trio Blues Against Racism (with Ed Schuller , Ernst Bier ; Enja 1998 and L + R Records 1993)
- The pink noise in the realm of tone poetry (with Felix Wahnschaffe, John Schröder, Jochen Rückert , Dietmar Fuhr ; Konnex Records 1998)
- Now & After (with Hermann Martlreiter , Ed Schuller, John Betsch ; Jazztown records 2000).
- The pink noise sound and madness (JazzWerkstatt 2006)
Lexical entries
- Jürgen Wölfer : Jazz in Germany. The encyclopedia. All musicians and record companies from 1920 until today. Hannibal, Höfen 2008, ISBN 978-3-85445-274-4 .
Web links
- Web presence with discography
- Untitled for free play (2014) ( Memento from September 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) in Darmstädter Echo
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wahnschaffe, Felix |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wahnshuffle, Felix (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German alto saxophonist and composer of creative jazz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bonn |