Gerwin Eisenhauer

Gerwin Eisenhauer performing with the trio ELF (2012)

Gerwin "Geff" Eisenhauer (* 1967 in Weiden in the Upper Palatinate ) is a German jazz musician ( drums ).

Live and act

Eisenhauer attended the Augustinus-Gymnasium Weiden from 1979 to 1986 and then the Erasmus-Gymnasium Amberg until 1989 . During the entire high school he took private drum lessons with Ulli Knod (* 1958), Nic France and Werner Schmitt from Mainz. From 1990 to 1993 he studied at the New York Drummers Collective with Dave Weckl , Kim Plainfield , Duduka da Fonseca , Mike Clerk and others. He lives in Regensburg .

With Agnes Lazar and Mario Suetel he released the album Consumotionality in 2003 in the Regensburg formation Lazar . Since 2005 he has been playing with the pianist Walter Lang and the double bass player Sven Faller as the Trio ELF , which has released several recordings. He works with Lang and Uli Zenner Wolkenstein on bass under the band name Gerwin Eisenhauer's Booom . His book Welcome to the Jungle - Drum'n'Bass-Workbook For Drummers , published in 2005, was named "Book of the Month" by Sticks magazine . At the Regensburg Theater he is the musical director for the play The Summer Night Nightmare on St. Emmeram (2014/2015 season), for which he had the idea. As a result of Intuition in Togetherness in the television series On the Trail of Intuition , it was documented in 2010 alongside other personalities.

Eisenhauer also lectures in schools and gives workshops and seminars. His brother is the producer and guitarist Rüdiger Eisenhauer. His son David Fink-Eisenhauer is also active as a musician.

Prizes and awards

In 2005, Eisenhauer was awarded a prize by the Goethe Institute for his setting (with Lisa Wahlandt and Bernd Meyer) of the song of the spirits over the waters . In 2008 he received the culture award of the Upper Palatinate district in the percussion category, and in 2012 he was awarded the culture award of the city of Regensburg .

Discographic notes

Solo albums

• 2004: Boomclack Diggyboom Clack (Caramelle)

with Lisa Wahlandt, Walter Lang and Sven Faller and Christian Diener

• 2003: Marlene ( Enja )
• 2009: Stay a While (Enja)

with trio ELF

• 2006: Elf (Enja)
• 2008: 746 (Enja)
• 2010: Elfland (Enja)
• 2013: Amsterdam (Enja)
• 2013: Rmxd (180g) (Enja)

with Marina Trost, Rüdiger Eisenhauer, Christian Diener, Bastian Jütte and Peter Tuscher

• 2010: Closer ( GLM )

with Gerwin Eisenhauer's Booom

• 2014: Music from Videogames (Enja)

with Gerwin Eisenhauer's The Gäff

• 2014: Favorite Tunes (GLM)

Music prints

• Welcome to the Jungle - Drum'n'Bass-Workbook For Drummers (incl. CD), Edition DUX, Manching, 2005. ISBN 978-3-93495-831-9
• Bum bum tschack 1 - The new comprehensive drum method for beginners (incl. CD), Edition DUX, Manching, 2008. ISBN 978-3-86849-000-8
• The Christmas Drum Book (with CD), Edition DUX, Manching, 2010. ISBN 978-3-86849-186-9
• Bum bum tschack 2 - The new comprehensive drum method for advanced players (incl. 2 CDs), Edition DUX, Manching, 2013. ISBN 978-3-86849-202-6

Fonts

• Fucksimile two musician stories , music boox Verlag, 2010. ISBN 978-3-98133-502-6

Web links

• Literature and sound carriers by Gerwin Eisenhauer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Gerwin Eisenhauer at Discogs (English)
• Gerwin Eisenhauer at Allmusic (English)

• Artist website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Trio ELF at laut.de .
2. ↑ Members ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Gerwin Eisenhauer's Booom.  
3. ^ Gerwin Eisenhauer , Music Academy.
4. ↑ Gerwin Eisenhauer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
5. ↑ On the father's heels: David Fink-Eisenhauer , Regensburger Nachrichten, May 25, 2014.
6. ↑ "Song of the Spirits" becomes a hit
7. ↑ Culture Prize of the Upper Palatinate District: The Prize Winners 2000–… ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Upper Palatinate district.