Johannes Lemke
Johannes Lemke (* 1966 in Cologne ) is a German jazz saxophonist.
Live and act
Lemke first played the clarinet before switching to the saxophone. He studied at the music academies in Arnhem, Rotterdam and Cologne. His teachers included Willie Thomas , Clark Terry , Bob Mintzer, and Herb Geller .
Lemke founded the group lirico with the guitarist Mario Mammone . After releasing the album Terra incognita with bassist André Nendza and drummer Christoph Hillmann as well as with Andreas Wildenhain and Charlie Mariano as a guest in 2003 , he founded the trio Lemke / Nendza / Hillmann , whose debut CD El Arte was made in 2004.
In 2006 he recorded the album Live with the pianist Thomas Rückert . Lemke also worked with musicians such as Rajeeb Chokroborty , Rob van den Broeck , Ramesh Shotham and Dave Liebman .
With Dominique Pifarély and Zoltán Lantos he toured together with Lemke / Nendza / Hillmann in 2009 and 2011 with two of the most renowned jazz violinists in Europe. He has been a member of Ensemble Mizard since 2011. With the tenor Ulrich Cordes and the pianist Laia Genc they interpret psalm texts in the field of tension between new music and jazz. In the Duo Shatabdi he works with the pianist Jarry Singla .
Discographic notes
- Trio Grande: Return (with Andreas Gerbig , Jens Foltynowicz , Ulf Seiffert , Christian Doepke ), 1993
- Lirico: Miniatura (with Mario Mammone, Jens Foltynowicz). 1995
- Lirico: Balli (with Mario Mammone, André Nendza). 1997
- Catch me Kate: Point of View (with Andreas Schleicher , Andreas Recktenwald , Mike Holland , Ralf Girnus , Susanne Strobel , Serge Corteyn and the Indigo String Quartet), 1998
- Bajo la Mesa: Tableaux de Provence ( Histoires by Jacques Ibert with pianist Monika Miller ), 1999
- Lirico: Tre (with Jan Flubacher ), 2001
- Lirico: Sussurro (with Jan Flubacher, André Nendza, Inga Lühning ), 2003
- Andreas Wildenhain + Terra incognita (with Christoph Hillmann and André Nendza), 2003
- Lemke / Nendza / Hillmann: El Arte , 2005
- Lemke / Nendza / Hillmann: Kyrillis (with Dominique Pifarély ), 2007
- Thomas Rückert & Johannes Lemke: Jnana , 2008
- Lemke / Nendza / Hillmann: Tria Lingvo , 2009 (with Marc Bassey and Zoltán Lantos )
- Ensemble Mizard: Mizard , 2011
- tria lingvo (formerly: Lemke / Nendza / Hillmann): At Its Purest , 2012
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lemke, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz saxophonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |