Fusion (jazz band)

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fusion
General information
Genre (s) Fusion , jazz
founding 1977
resolution 1987
Founding members
Wolfgang Fiedler
Jürgen Kratzenberg
Detlef Kessler
Charlie Eitner
Volker Schlott
Mathias Pflugbeil
Trumpet, percussion
Claus-Dieter Knispel
Trumpet, flugelhorn
Signor Rothbart
Bernd Swoboda
Last occupation
Keyboards
 Wolfgang Fiedler
Bass guitar
 Jens Saleh
Drums
 Peter Mikhailov
guitar
 Wolfgang Schmiedt
Volker Schlott
Trumpet
 Joachim "Hermann" Hesse
Thomas Klemm
trombone
 Iven Hausmann
percussion
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Fusion , which emerged from the Klaus Lenz Band , is a German jazz formation . The name stands for the musical concept of the band. Their sound is based on the characteristic big band jazz of Klaus Lenz , in which free jazz was combined with rock , folk and blues elements . The band, which had a high musical standard, represented a novelty in the GDR jazz scene because of its unique style, characterized by the five-part brass section .

Band history

After Klaus "Bulle" Lenz left the GDR in 1977, Wolfgang Fiedler continued the band, which essentially consisted of the Klaus Lenz Band and the singers Regine Dobberschütz and Hansi Klemm , under the name Fusion .

As guest musicians, Joachim Graswurm (flugelhorn), Rainer Gäbler (flute, saxophone) and Hubert Katzenbeier (trombone) performed regularly with fusion . The performances at the international concert series Jazzbühne Berlin in March 1978 and the “Blues Party” on youth radio DT 64 were convincing of the high musical quality of the musicians . In this concert on May 25, 1978, the band stood together with Stefan Diestelmann and Memphis Slim on the stage in the Palast der Republik . An excerpt from this concert was published by Amiga (see discography). Nevertheless, the band had a difficult time in the former GDR jazz scene, which was mainly characterized by free jazz. It was completely different abroad, especially in Eastern Europe. The band celebrated their first international successes in November 1977 at the International Jazz Festival in Poznań (Poland) and in 1978 in Debrecen (Hungary). In 1978 she made a guest appearance in West Berlin's Latin Quarter .

From 1980 there were numerous personnel changes. The group dwindled to a quintet around Fiedler and Schlott. In 1981 Fusion toured the Soviet Union for seven weeks and was enthusiastically celebrated.

After a long break, the band came back to the public as a nonet in 1984, significantly younger, with a lot of electronics and characterized by their closeness to pop music . Especially with jazzy arrangements of Beatles titles she drew attention again. Two years later, Fusion went on tour with the singer Angelika Weiz . Another appearance on the “Jazzbühne Berlin” marked the temporary end of the band.

Founding member and saxophonist Volker Schlott brought the band back on stage in the spring of 2003, with an almost "old" line-up. What was initially intended as a serenade for Fiedler's 50th birthday under the name F-BO (Fusion-Birthday Orchestra) meant a new beginning for the band, henceforth as ~ TEMP. In 2013 the band reunited with a different line-up with Volker Schlott, Falk Breitkreuz , Nikolaus Neuser , Iven Hausmann, Werner Neumann , Wolfgang Fiedler, Matthias Bätzel , Peter Inagawa, Christian Tschuggnall and Topo Gioia .

Discography

LPs

  • 1978: Metamorphoses on Pop-Jazz International (Amiga 855474)
  • 1978: Rockin 'The House on Stefan Diestelmann Folk Blues Band (Amiga 855633)

literature

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