Frank Itt

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Frank Itt

Frank Itt (* 1960 in Gedern , Hessen ) is a German bass player , music producer, author and lecturer.

Life

Frank Itt started playing the bass at the age of 18 and as an autodidact. He got his first professional engagement (as the successor to Kai Eckhardt-Karpeh ) with the Frankfurt jazz-rock formation "Leaf" under the direction of Georg Crostewitz. At the same time his band The Touch with the singer Terence Trent D'Arby developed very successfully (first prize of the German Phono Academy, 1983). He gave up his degree in electrical engineering at the TH Darmstadt in favor of a career as a musician. An offer from Jennifer Rush (1986) was the start of a career. Tours with u. a. Howard Carpendale , Al Bano & Romina Power, Michael Sagmeister Quartet, Jasper van't Hofs Pili Pili, Till Brönner , Matthias Reim , Lotto King Karl , Grooveminister , Jule Neigel Band , Marcus Deml 's Errorhead, The Real Groove Band, Electric Outlet , 3-bed room, Takashi's Penta Blue.

He was and is also a producer with bands such as Lotto King Karl, Jasper van't Hofs Pili Pili, Marcus Deml's Errorhead, Electric Outlet, The Real Groove Band, Der Bote or This Way Up.

Another musical field of activity is his work as a lecturer and band coach. He has been a lecturer and Chief of Department in the “Bass” department since the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg was founded in Mannheim (2003). In addition to working as a lecturer in many workshops and band camps, especially in promoting young musicians.

Publications

  • Thumbgames, AMA-Verlag, Brühl 1995
Frank Itt in Howard Carpendale's band in February 2016 on bass

CD publications (excerpt)

The touch

  • 1983: Get Up and Run (single, additional releases 1984 and 1985)
  • 1984: Love on Time (EP)
  • 1989: Early Works (album, Polydor)

Jennifer Rush

  • 1984 Ring of Ice (CBS)

The doctors

  • 1985 Too Late - Maxi Version (CBS)

Michael Sagmeister Quartet

  • 1993 Motions and Emotions (Bell Records)

Pili pili

Lotto King Karl

  • 1998 I like trash (title on the sampler Ernie, Bert, Hip Hop & Co.)
  • 1999 The old S-Class (album)
  • 2000 Bier her now (album)
  • 2001 Dieter B.'s secret diary (album)
  • 2001 Back in possession (EP)
  • 2001 The HSV Album (Album)
  • 2001 Redshift (album)
  • 2002 Nothing but Truth (Modern System / Single)
  • 2004 For the Love of Game (Album)
  • 2004 No Limits - No Fences (Maxi-CD, from a commercial for Berentzen)
  • 2006 Icarus (album)

Howard Carpendale

Frank Itt in the band of Howard Carpendale in February 2016
  • 2001 Alles OK - Live in Concert (Polydor)
  • 2004 The Finale - Live (Koch Records)
  • 2008 20:10 - Live (Koch-Records)

Jule Neigel

  • 1998 Everything (BMG)

Errorhead

  • 2004 ErrorRhythm (Nepomuk-Music)
  • 2008 Modern Hippie (Lion Music)
  • 2010 Live (Nepomuk-Music)
  • 2012 Organic Pill (Rock the Earth)
  • 2014 Evolution (Lighthouse Records)

Electric outlet

  • 2006 On! (Lion Music)

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Itt, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bass player, music producer, author and lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Gedern , Hesse