Heiner Stadler (musician)
Heiner Stadler (born April 9, 1942 in Danzig-West Prussia ; † February 18, 2018 in Silver Spring , Maryland ) was a German-American composer and music producer who also emerged as a jazz pianist .
Stadler grew up in Hamburg and moved to New York City in 1965 . There he worked as a music producer; initially he recorded albums by John Cage and Meredith Monk for Wergo . He has also organized concerts by Albert King , John Lee Hooker , Lightnin 'Hopkins , Pete Seeger , Arlo Guthrie and the Harlem Spiritual Ensemble . He is also responsible, for example, for the re-release and first release of recordings by pianist Grete Sultan and blues harp player Peg Leg Sam and the complete recording of Bach's piano works by Joâo Carlos Martin on the cross-genre label Labor Records , which he founded . He has also written complex jazz compositions and presented extraordinary arrangements of classical jazz pieces by Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk , which have received strong critical acclaim.
Discographic notes
- As a musician
- Retrospection (with Jimmy Owens , Joe Farrell , Don Friedman , Barre Phillips , Joe Chambers , Albert Mangelsdorff , Manfred Schoof , Dee Dee Bridgewater and others, 1966–1976)
- A Tribute to Bird and Monk (with Thad Jones , George Adams , George Lewis et al., 1978)
- Jazz Alchemy - Six Pieces For Trumpet, Bass and Drums (with Charles McGhee , Richard Davis , Marilyn Crispell et al .; 1974–1988)
- As a producer
- John Cage: Etudes Australes (Grete Sultan, piano) {Wergo WER 61522, 3 CDs}
- Grete Sultan The Legacy, Vol. 1 : Bach ( Goldberg Variations ), Debussy , Schönberg and Cage {Concord 42030}
- Grete Sultan The Legacy, Vol. 2 : Beethoven ( Diabelli Variations ), Copland , Wolpe , Hovhaness , Cage u. a. {Labor 7038-2}
Web links
- Works by Heiner Stadler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Heiner Stadler at Allmusic (English)
Single receipts
- ↑ Heiner Stadler 1942-2018. Legacy.com, February 25, 2018, accessed February 25, 2018 .
- ↑ September 4
- ↑ Jean-Claude Kuner: Manuscript of a WDR broadcast about Grete Sultan (PDF file; 195 kB)
- ↑ cf. also The Martins Passion , Der Spiegel , May 27, 2002
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stadler, Heiner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American music producer and jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gdansk West Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 2018 |
| Place of death | Silver Spring , Maryland |