Hans Rettenbacher

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Johann-Anton (Hans) Rettenbacher (born September 16, 1939 in Vienna , † December 19, 1989 ) was an Austrian jazz bassist and cellist.

Live and act

Hans Rettenbacher studied musicology and attended the Berklee School of Music in Boston . In the late 1950s he played with Gerd Dudek and Manfred Schoof , then with Stan Getz in Scandinavia (1960) and with Friedrich Gulda .

After attending the Oscar Peterson School in Toronto , he played with the Hans Koller Quartet, Eric Dolphy , Fatty George , Rolf Kühn , Erwin Lehn , Don Ellis ( JazzFest Berlin 1968) and from 1968 in the Dave Pike Set and then with Volker Kriegel . In addition, he also accompanied Eugen Cicero , Jonny Teupen and Thelonious Monk (1969) .

In 1972 he experimented with Paul and Limpe Fuchs and Gulda in the group Anima .

He then played with Heinz von Hermann and Ronnie Stephenson in a trio and led his own quartet with u. a. Joe Nay . Rettenbacher also worked as a producer and arranger - for example, he contributed a piano part to Koller's polyphonic solo project from 1966.

In the years before his death, he took on the young Salzburg music scene and founded the Hans Rettenbacher Quintet with Christoph Wundrak (trp), Gottfried Stöger (sax), Christian Junger (bass), Robert Kainar (drums) and himself on the piano .

Works

  • Plates with u. a. Vienna Jazz Workshop , Eugen Cicero , Leo Wright , Oscar Klein , Friedrich Gulda, the Dave Pike Set, Volker Kriegel ( Spectrum ) and the group Anima .

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SURNAME Rettenbacher, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rettenbacher, Johann-Anton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian jazz bassist and cellist
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1989