Karl Ratzer
Karl Ratzer (born July 4, 1950 in Vienna ) is an Austrian jazz guitarist, singer and composer. His father is the well-known artist and Porajmos survivor from the Roma ethnic group Karl Stojka . The Viennese jazz musician Harri Stojka is his cousin.
Live and act
Ratzer played 1962-63 with Rudi Biber in the formation The Teenbeats . This was followed by appearances in the HVZ ( Hernalser entertainment center ) and other localities such as the Chattanooga am Graben . His career began in 1964, the first time as an autodidact, later supported by friends like Richard Schönherz or Hans Salomon , he taught himself harmony and music theory . At the beginning of his career, Ratzer played with Hannes Pater and Lippy Behrends in the Vienna Beatles , a rock and roll band (1964–1965). Then he was a member of an R&B band, Slaves , with Lippy Behrends, Ernst Lauscher, Padhi Frieberger , Herbert Radakovics. It continued with Charles Ryders Corporation , a beat band from 1967–1968, with Georg Hieblinger, Steve Embrow, Wolfgang Meinhardt, Ernst Brüll. The next band (1969 to June 1971) was C - Department , a rock band, with Richard Schönherz , George Dogette, Manuel Rigoni. This was followed by the band Gipsy Love , to which he belonged from June 1971 to 1972 ( Kurt Hauenstein , Peter Wolf , Jano Stojka). In 1971 he also wrote the musical Gorilla Gorilla with Peter Wolf . After Gipsy Love followed Schönherz, Ratzer, Dogette, Rigoni with Richard Schönherz, Karl Ratzer, George Dogette, Manuel Rigoni.
In 1972 he went to the USA , where he gained a foothold in the American music scene. He was immediately involved in a project called "High Voltage" (later known as " Rufus & Chaka Khan "). For some time he lived in Atlanta . In 1977 he formed a band in New York with Jeremy Steig , Dan Wall , Eddie Gomez , Joe Chambers and Ray Mantilla . He made recordings with musicians such as Chet Baker , Bob Mintzer , Tom Harrell , Bob Berg , Joe Farrell and Steve Grossman .
In 1980 he returned to Vienna, but continued to work with international jazz musicians such as Art Farmer , Clark Terry , Lee Konitz , Chaka Khan and Eddie Lockjaw Davis . From 1999 to 2003 he was a visiting professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. In 2004 he moved to the Vienna Music Institute (VMI), where he works as a lecturer. He also appears with his own formations.
Awards
On January 23, 2002, he was awarded the Medal of Honor by the Federal Capital of Vienna for his services to music .
Discographic notes
- 1971 - Gipsy Love
- 1972 - Here We Come
- 1978 - In Search of the Ghost
- 1979 Street Talk
- 1979 - fingerprints
- 1979 - Dancing on a String
- 1981 - A Fool for Your Sake
- 1982 - Electric Finger
- 1982 - Guitar (Genius & Stories)
- 1982 - Land of Dreams (with Eddie Lockjaw Davis )
- 1985 - guitar fire
- 1986 - serenade
- 1991 - A Man and His Guitar
- 1991 - Gumbo Dive
- 1993 - Waltz for Ann
- 1993 - bayou
- 1994 - Happy Floating
- 1995 - Coasting
- 1998 - Telecats I (with Frank Diez and Tom Principato)
- 2002 - Saturn Returning
- 2002 - Moon Dancer
- 2004 - All the Way
- 2011 - You've Changed
- 2014 - Underground System
- 2016 - My Time
- 2019 - Lover Man
Web links
literature
- Thomas Mießgang: "You have to go in a purple coat" , in: weekly newspaper Die Zeit , Hamburg, No. 24, June 7, 2018, Austria edition, p. 30
Individual evidence
- ↑ In addition a quote from Karl Ratzer himself: "Before that I played and I didn't know how!"
- ↑ On the first record, the cast was Richard Schönherz, George Dogette, Kurt Hauenstein, Jano Stojka, Peter Wolf and Karl Ratzer. The cast of the second record, Here We Come , consisted of Jano Stojka, Harry Stojka , Richard Schönherz, George Dogette and Karl Ratzer.
- ↑ Press release of the agency OTS from January 24, 2002, accessed on August 11, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ratzer, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian guitarist, singer and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |