Matthias Dörsam
Matthias Dörsam (* 1960 in Mannheim ) is a German musician ( saxophone , clarinet , flute ) of modern jazz and composer.
Live and act
Dörsam, who comes from a musical family (the musician Adax Dörsam is his brother), studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim and the Swiss Jazz School in Bern. He worked with Woody Shaw , Art Farmer , the Big Band of Thilo Wolf and the hr-Bigband . He presented the CD “Live In Strasbourg” with his own quartet and the album “Don't Tell My Mother” with the Frankfurt City Blues Band . He was a member of the Mardi Gras bb , with which he recorded the albums "Live Im Capitol", "Movement" and "Big Brass Bed", and is a member of the Rodgau Monotones and Dirik Schilgens Jazz Grooves . He has also worked on albums from Jens Bunge , Pe Werner , DePhazz , Lydie Auvray , Joana , Schramml'n'Slide and Sydney Youngblood . As a composer he also wrote a “Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra” and “Old World New World”, a concerto for Marching Band and Symphonic Wind Orchestra .
Lexigraphic entries
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 1: A – L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16512). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16512-0 .
Web links
- Web presence with discography and list of compositions
- Matthias Dörsam in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dörsam, Matthias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German modern jazz musician (saxophone, clarinet, flute) and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |