Matthias Nadolny
Matthias Nadolny (born February 28, 1957 in Hamburg ) is a German jazz musician ( tenor saxophone ), composer and university professor.
Live and act
Nadolny began playing the saxophone in 1972 and continued his education as an autodidact . First he played in local groups before touring with Stefan Bauer and in the late 1970s with Toto Blanke's "Electric Circus" ( Friends ). He was also a member of Reinhard Glöder's quartet before performing in his own trio in 1982. He also played in Frank Wunsch's quartet , but also with Adelhard Roidinger , Eje Thelin , Michel Herr , Trilok Gurtu and Bob Degen . He has performed with Uli Beckerhoff since 1990 and soon afterwards founded his duo with Gunnar Plümer , with whom he presented the album You'll Never Walk Alone and performed at JazzFest Berlin in 1996 . He also worked in a duo with John Taylor , but also with Thomas Hufschmidt , John Abercrombie , John Surman , Lee Konitz , Maria de Fátima and Silvia Droste . He also played with tenor Paul Heller , but also with Gerd Dudek and Claudius Valk . In the Skoda Workshop Band he also tours with Maria Pia De Vito and Norma Winstone . The album You're My Everything , recorded with Bob Degen, received the quarterly award of the Deutsche Schallplattenkritik in 2016 .
Since 1989 he has been teaching at the Folkwang University in Essen . "His adaptable, yet always identifiable, virile tone and his melodic fantasy highlight Matthias Nadolny among the German tenor saxophonists."
Nadolny lives in Dortmund's Kreuzviertel .
Lexigraphic entries
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 2: M – Z (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16513). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16513-9 .
Remarks
- ↑ Best list 2nd quarter 2016
- ↑ M. Kunzler, Jazz-Lexikon, p. 919
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nadolny, Matthias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |