Gerhard Graml

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Gerhard Graml (born April 16, 1963 in Linz , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian jazz bassist, band leader, composer and music teacher.

Gerhard Graml

Life

Graml received piano and bass lessons in his youth. He studied double bass at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz and jazz bass at the Vienna Conservatory. From 2000 to 2004 he taught at the Portland Conservatory of Music and Bowdoin College. He lives with his family in Vienna and Maine / USA.

Since 1995, Graml has led the Lunapark jazz formation . He was a member of the jungle orchestra and worked with the musicians Don Preston , Gary Wittner, Lena Rothstein, Louie Austen, Wolfgang Fadi Dorninger, Pro Brass, Open Art Band, Herb Pomeroy , Brad Terry , Tom Snow, Christian Mühlbacher's Nouvelle Cuisine , Uli Scherer , Marios & Julie, Dhafer Youssef , Herwig Gradischnig and Andy Manndorff together. His Three Dances for Very Fine Music Ensemble, Samples and Low Budget Jazz Band were premiered by the ensemble . He gave concerts with the beat poet Ruth Weiss at the JazzFest Berlin . He has performed on tours and concerts in Europe, the USA, North Africa, Israel and Indonesia.

Since 2005 he has presented the Ö1 Jazz Night and various jazz programs such as Milestones , On stage and Spielraum on Austrian radio for ORF .

In addition, he has been at the German International School Washington DC since January 2018 . active where he teaches music and German.

Discographic notes

  • The Jungle Orchestra (LP EX 134 Extraplatte ), 1991
  • Gerhard Graml's Lunapark (CD EX 250-2 extra plate), 1995
  • Gerhard Graml's Lunapark plays Homemoviescores (CD EX 385-2 Extraplatte), 1999
  • Ensemble die reihe: World premieres by Michael Amann, Gerhard Graml, Friedrich Cerha , Daniel Oberegger and Christoph Cech (ORF CD 232), 1999
  • Phone 3 Phone: We Think You Know (CD EX 506-2 Extraplatte), 2001
  • Carol Jackson: The Dream's On Me , 2001
  • Josephine Cameron / Gerhard Graml: Every Night when the Sun Goes In (CD Modo Records), 2003
  • Coup De Bam: Coup De Bam (Couch Records), 2006
  • Gerhard Graml / Thomas Snow: Always Look Back (ATS-Records), 2007
  • Freemotion: Moving Offroad (Extraplatte), 2007
  • Alexander Fisher: Childhood Samba (ATS Records), 2007
  • Gerhard Graml's Lunapark: Upright Acoustic (ATS Records ATS 677), 2009
  • Phone 3 Phone: Calling 4 (CD EX 826-2 extra plate), 2011
  • Allen Lowe et al. a .: Field Recordings (Music and Arts), 2013
  • Andy Bartosh: Wilderness (LBA Records), 2015
  • Harry Kucera: Kalinichta, Guade Nocht (Star Records), 2015
  • Freemotion: Taking Off (artdialogue), 2017

Participation in film music

  • Ene Mene Muh (Director: Houchang Allahyari), 1999
  • Rocco (Director: Houchang Allahyari) 2001
  • Bock for President (Direction: Houchang Allahyari) 2010

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gerhard Graml - LinkedIn profile. In: LinkedIn. Retrieved December 14, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Teachers of the German International School Washington DC Retrieved December 14, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Graml, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian jazz bassist, band leader, composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz , Upper Austria