Matthias Schubert
Matthias Schubert (born April 18, 1960 in Kassel ) is a German jazz musician (tenor saxophone, oboe and composition).
life and career
Schubert had oboe lessons as a teenager. The saxophonists Allan Praskin and Melvin Phillips introduced him to jazz. From 1979 to 1983 he studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg with Andy Scherrer , Herb Geller and Walter Norris . He played for a long time in the Euro Jazz Band , the Graham Collier Band and the Marty Cook Group , but also with the groups of Albert Mangelsdorff , Manfred Bründl and others.
He played in a quartet with Simon Nabatov , Lindsey Horner and Tom Rainey during the 1990s. He forms a trio with Carl Ludwig Hübsch and Wolter Wierbos . Together with Hübsch, Frank Gratkowski and Norbert Stein he founded the James Choice Orchestra in 2003 , which has been working as a Multiple Joy (ce) Orchestra since 2008 . He also played with Karl Berger , Klaus König , Kathrin Lemke , Jeanne Lee , Joachim Ullrich , Andreas Willers , Xu Fengxia , Scott Fields , Uwe Oberg , Uli Böttcher , Peter Eisheuer and Alois Kott . In 2001 he was appointed lecturer at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media .
Awards
In 1980 he was a prizewinner at the De Meervart Jazz Festival in Amsterdam and in 1982 at the International Jazz Federation competition . In 1995 he was awarded the Südwestfunk Jazz Prize. In 1996 he took second place at the International Music Competition for Young Culture in Düsseldorf. In 2018 he was awarded the Hessian Jazz Prize.
Discography (selection)
- For Thieves and Lovers (Network 1991, with Simon Nabatov, Lindsey Horner, Tom Rainey)
- Momentum (Jazzline, 1999, with Simon Nabatov, Lindsey Horner, Tom Rainey)
- Duo Total ( Konnex 2002, with Holger Mantey )
- Carl Ludwig Hübsch's Longrun Development of the Universe 2 - Is This Our Music? (2005)
- Scott Fields / Matthias Schubert - Minaret Minuets ( Clean Feed 2011)
- 9 Compositions for The Multiple Joy [ce] Ensemble (Red Toucan 2014)
Lexical 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 .
Web links
- Works by Matthias Schubert in the catalog of the German National Library
- Matthias Schubert on jazzpages.com
- interview
- Matthias Schubert at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schubert, Matthias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |