Hans Deyssenroth

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Hans Deyssenroth (born January 29, 1937 in Lörrach ) is a German jazz musician (piano, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion) and physicist. He is one of the European pioneers of computer jazz.

Life

Deyssenroth received classical piano training before he discovered jazz at the age of 18. During his studies in Karlsruhe and Basel he played jam sessions with musicians like Clark Terry . In 1962 he appeared in the jazz clubs of Lörrach and Reutlingen. He won several prizes at jazz festivals in Baden-Württemberg and Basel. In the following years he giggged with Oscar and Miriam Klein and Isla Eckinger ; later he met Makaya Ntshoko and developed in the direction of free jazz. Working full-time as a computer scientist and biometrician in industry, he developed a computer program in 1979 that performs music variations according to the principle of DNA repair . This program was used in Joël Vandroogenbroeck's group “ Brainticket ”, where he also worked with Bruno Spoerri and gave concerts in Basel, Zurich and Tübingen. He also set science films to music. He then played acoustic jazz again with the Patchwork group. In 1995, his in-depth study of Afro-Cuban rhythms resulted in the group "Allgorhythm", which linked jazz improvisations with the different rules of this rhythm; The successor to this band is the “RitmoJazzGroup”. He also wrote meditation music (“Logobiotik”, 1997). He currently plays with Thomas Belmont in the group "Salamuja"; furthermore it belongs to the "horn flakes".

Prizes and awards

In 1982 Deyssenroth received third prize in the computer music category at Ars Electronica .

Discographic notes

  • Brainticket Adventure (1980)
  • Brainticket Voyage (1981)
  • Allgeorhythm Clave + Jazz (1998)

literature

  • Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Jazz (CD supplement to: Spoerri, Bruno (Ed.): Jazz in Switzerland. History and stories . Chronos-Verlag, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0739-6 )

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personal data
SURNAME Deyssenroth, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz musician and physicist
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Loerrach