Lömsch Lehmann

Lömsch Lehmann (2014 in Marburg)

Lömsch Lehmann (civil: Bernd Lehmann, born January 17, 1966 in Dudenhofen ) is a German jazz musician and composer whose main instruments are clarinet, tenor saxophone and baritone saxophone.

Live and act

In the music scene in the Palatinate and North Baden , Lömsch Lehmann began training as a classical clarinetist with Hans Pfeiffer at the Heidelberg / Mannheim University of Music. When Young Musicians he won several times and was a member of the chamber music ensemble Rhineland-Palatinate and the Jazz Orchestra Rhineland-Palatinate .

As early as 1982 he was also occupied with the tenor saxophone and since 2001 with the baritone saxophone . Lömsch Lehmann particularly influenced improvised music . In 1986 he founded the group Gray Eminence , with which, in cooperation with the director Heinz von Cramer , award-winning sound art works for the radio program were created.

The musician has played with Underkarl , a band founded in 1993 by bassist Sebastian Gramss from Cologne , since it was founded. This pursues the goal of making humor an integral part of their music, which overcomes the boundaries of jazz, rock and dance music. More than 500 appearances have been recorded with Underkarl . Sebastian Gramss and Lömsch Lehmann have also been performing as the duo knoM.t since 1999 . Lömsch Lehmann also attracted attention with his duos and occasional trios with Erwin Ditzner and Markus Faller. They are also looking for a connection to contemporary art through appropriate collaboration.

With clarinet and saxophone Lehmann from 2001 to 2008 Mardi Gras.bb to hear an internationally renowned Blues / Brass Band ..

Lehmann is one of the representatives of modern jazz improvisation. In addition to tours and concerts in North America and Africa, he is represented at numerous festivals in Europe.

Web links

• Official website
• Web presence of the Combo Underkarl
• Lömsch Lehmann at Discogs (English)
• Lömsch Lehmann at fixelrecords