Michael Gustorff

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Michael Gustorff (* 1958 in Leverkusen ) is a German jazz musician who first emerged as a violinist and then switched to the electric bass .

Gustorff studied classical music at the music academy in Duisburg and jazz at the music academies in Amsterdam and Arnhem . He has lived in the Netherlands since 1983.

After Gustorff had played folk, country and rock music in the 1970s, he came to jazz in 1983 as a member of the Rigo Winterstein Swingtett and Uli Wewelsiep's band Blue Voice . With the Vania Hot Swing Quartet he won the 1986 international jazz competition in Breda, the Netherlands . In the same year he toured Europe with Tiny Moore . In 1987 he became a member of the Dick de Graaf Septet . The following year he made his debut with his own quartet at the North Sea Jazz Festival .

In the following years he toured all over Europe, Canada and India and worked as a soloist with various big bands such as the RIAS Big Band Berlin , the Millennium Jazz Orchestra and the Guus Tangelder Big Band . Since 2005 he has formed the Trio Nuevo with saxophonist Dick de Graaf , accordionist Hans Sparla and singer Sandra Coelers .

Gustorff taught as a lecturer at the Cologne University of Music and the Arnhem University of the Arts . In 2004 he self-published the book Practicing without Problems - Mental Training for (Jazz) musicians ; Creativity & Everyday Life: A Mental Guide not only for Artists & Musicians followed in 2010 .

Discography

  • Dick de Graaf Septet: November , 1988
  • Mexico Lindo: La Ultima Noche , 1990
  • Uli Wewelsiep: My Favorite Stories , 1991
  • Dick de Graaf Septet: Polder , 1991
  • European Danzón Orchestra: Rompiendo La Rutina , 1991
  • Casual Balance: Kindred Natures , 1991
  • Four String Affair , solo album, 1993
  • Dick de Graaf Septet: Heartbeat , 1994
  • Dick de Graaf Septet: Butterfly Blues , 1994
  • Cor Mutsers & Patrick van Gerwen : We are not alone , 1995
  • Basta Band: It would be better , 1996
  • Cor Mutser & Patrick van Gerwen: If only we could sing , 1997
  • Dick de Graaf Septet: The Burning of the Midnight Lamp , 1998
  • Nice Beaver: Oregon , 2004
  • Panhandle Swing: Panhandle Swing play the Hits of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys , 2005
  • Trio Nuevo: Jazz meets Tango , 2006
  • Panhandle Swing: Panhandle Swing featuring the Panhandle Playgirls , 2007

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