Marc Half Army

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Marc Halbheer (born July 10, 1965 in Zurich ) is a Swiss jazz drummer .

Live and act

Halbheer, who grew up in Zollikon , started singing songs with the ukulele Mani Matter as a young boy. He then played guitar and piano and switched to drums at the age of fourteen (initially under the guidance of Dölf Aebersold and Reed St. Claire). After graduating from high school in 1985, he first studied law , but then presented his first own band and LP with the Insects - Odd Meter Jazz Inspired by Steve Coleman's Five Elements - played fast hardcore with Calhoun Conquer and countless jazz gigs with well-known musicians from the Zurich scene, in particular in the jazz club Bazillus. In 1988 he moved to Los Angeles , where he studied with Ralph Humphrey, Ed Mann and John Bergamo . There the band founded Exit with Lior Yekutieli and Yiotis Kiourtsoglou and moved through the clubs with jazz, rock and Latin bands. In 1991 he returned to Switzerland, where he was commissioned to set up the drum and rhythm department at the Lucerne Jazz School in 1992 and has been a professor there to this day. In 1992 he became a member of the Vienna Art Orchestra and was involved in its albums Fe and Males, European Songbook and VAO Plays for Jean Cocteau . He also performed with Heiri Känzig , Christy Doran, Christoph Baumann , the Tien Shan Switzerland Express and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich. Since 2012 he lives partly in Madrid (Sp) and started to deal with the flamenco tradition. He founded the band Madrid Edition with whom he has played in Spain, England and Switzerland so far. He has toured all over the world and performed at numerous festivals. In his career he has had the opportunity to work with many legendary musicians. Milcho Leviev, David Angel, Frank Strazzeri, Stacy Rowles, Arild Andersen, Martin Tillman, Satnam Ramgotra, Alex Wilson, Jorge Pardo or Pepe Habichuela are just a few on this long list.

Discographic notes

  • The Insects: Insects (insecticide records 1988)
  • Vienna Art Special: Fe & Males (Amadeo / Polygram 1992)
  • Max Lässers Ark: A Different Kind of Blue (Impact Music 1992)
  • Vienna Art Orchestra: European Songbook (Verve Records 1995)
  • Vienna Art Orchestra Plays for Jean Cocteau (Amadeo 1995)
  • Exit: Out Of Noises (Texit Music 1995)
  • Ambient Groove Artists: Lingo (musica helvetica 1997)
  • Exit: In Between Times (Legend Recordings 2000)
  • Tien Shan Suisse Express (EMI / Virgine 2002)
  • The Ring / The Ring 2 (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
  • Kaama: Secrets (with Katja Mair, Christy Doran , Peter Grossweiler, Plamen Blagoev; Unit Records 2005)
  • Marc Halbheer's LA-Edition Mood Swings (Texit Music 2009)
  • Eastern Eye: Live at Moods in Zurich (Texit Music 2011)
  • Marc Halbheer's 5th Edition (Texit Music 2012)
  • Kaama: Silence (Unit Records 2013)
  • Gudimir: Sacred Script (Dom 2016)

Lexigraphic entries

  • Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Jazz. CD supplement to: Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): Jazz in Switzerland. History and stories. Chronos-Verlag, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0739-6 .

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personal data
SURNAME Half Army, Marc
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich