Joris Dudli

Joris Dudli (born March 8, 1957 in Frauenfeld ) is a Swiss jazz drummer.

Dudli came to Vienna at the age of seven, where he had piano lessons and learned to play the drums by himself . From the age of seventeen he worked as a studio musician a. a. with Rainhard Fendrich , Wolfgang Ambros and Georg Danzer . He was also a member of the Vienna Art Orchestra from 1977 to 1986 (with interruptions) , of the Art Farmer Quintet from 1979 to 1986 and of the Roman Schwaller Jazz Quartet from 1983 to 1986 .

Between 1986 and 1999 Dudli lived in New York, where he a. a. has performed with Art Farmer, Clifford Jordan and Jimmy Heath , Geoff Keezer and Kenny Davis . He then worked in Europe and the USA with Vincent Herring (from 1999), Joe Zawinul (2002), Andy McGhee and Alex Foster , Myron Walden and the Fritz Pauer Trio (2003), Sheila Jordan , Benny Golson (2005) and others.

Since 1993 Dudli has been teaching at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz. He has been a member of Vincent Herrings Earth Jazz Agents since 1999 . With Ralph Reichert , Christian Havel , Oliver Kent and Joschi Schneeberger he founded the Yours Truly Quintet ; He also leads a trio (with Heinz Jäger and Erwin Schmidt ) and a quartet (with Christian Havel, Erwin Schmidt and Joschi Schneeberger).

Web links

• Joris Dudli's homepage
• Joris Dudli at Allmusic (English)