Michael Sell (musician)
Michael Sell (born August 20, 1942 in Königstein im Taunus ) is a German jazz trumpeter and composer .
Life
Michael Sell first studied political science and chemistry. Together with saxophonist Dieter Scherf , guitarist Gerhard König and drummer Wolfgang Schlick, he played in the Free Jazz Group Wiesbaden between 1968 and 1972 . In 1973 he founded his own trio with Jacek Bednarek (bass) and Thomas Cremer (drums), which played free jazz, but also participated in an early synthesis of hot jazz and free music with the Barrelhouse Jazzband and Heinz Sauer and in 1974 with other trumpeters such as Manfred Schoof , Frédéric Rabold and Herbert Joos was expanded to the Trumpet Workshop. In 1976 he presented the album "Burning Flowers" with Joos, Bernd Konrad , Heiner Wiberny and Adelhard Roidinger . He recorded the result of a tour through what was then Yugoslavia in his work “Yugoslavian Quartets”. Since the late 1970s he has been writing compositions in the border area between free jazz and new music. He carried out these works a. a. with Bernd Konrad, Theo Jörgensmann , Willem van Manen , Michael Riessler , Friedemann Graef , Manfred Niehaus , Malte Burba , Hannes Zerbe , Buschi Niebergall and Albrecht Riermeier . In 1988 the “Six Proverbs” for solos, choir and orchestra performed at the Donaueschinger Musiktage were created . During the 1980s he also worked as a freelancer for WDR radio. Since 1992 Sell has only appeared as a composer and conductor, but no longer as an instrumentalist. He also arranged Georg Philipp Telemann's Suite in B flat major “La Bourse” in a contemporary manner.
Sells' work has been published on 22 records or CDs.
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| SURNAME | Sell, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königstein im Taunus |