Michael Thieke

Michael Thieke (* 1971 in Düsseldorf ) is a German jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist.

Act

Thieke went to Berlin in 1993 , where he studied at the Hochschule der Künste with Denney Goodhew , Kirk Nurock and Jerry Granelli . During this time he performed with the Swiss clarinetist Gregor Hotz and the band Billy Bang 's BOBBI .

In 1999 he founded the band Nickendes Perlgras with Eric Schaefer and Michael Anderson , with whom he performed numerous concerts and recorded two albums. Further bands were founded: Dok Wallach (with Daniel Erdmann , Johannes Fink and Heinrich Köbberling ), TGW (with Michael Griener and Christian Weber ), hotel guests (with bassist Derek Shirley and guitarist Dave Bennett ), Rupp / Thieke / Jennessen (with Olaf Rupp and Uli Jenneßen ), Eric Schaefer Demontage (with Michael Anderson, Daniel Erdmann, Schaefer and Johannes Fink ). He led the Michael Thieke Unununium (with Luca Venitucci , Derek Shirley and Schaefer) and was a member of the clarinet duo The International Nothing with Kai Fagaschinski . He is also a member of Gebhard Ullmann's The Clarinet Trio and has released a CD with the band Schwimmer (with Alessandro Bosetti , Sabine Vogel and Michael Griener).

Since 1999 Thieke has also lived in Rome, where he works with musicians such as Luca Venitucci , Fabrizio Spera , Roberto Bellatalla , Antonio Borghini and Alberto Braida .

Discography (excerpt)

• Nodding Perlgrass The Rear Vase , 2000
• Eric Schaefer dismantling , 2003
• The International Nothing Labor Berlin , 2003
• Float 7X4X7 , 2004
• Gebhard Ullmann The Clarinet Trio Ballads and Related Objects , 2004
• Nodding Perlgrass Meat Hat , 2005
• Circle (with Ernesto Rodrigues , Guilherme Rodrigues and Carlos Santos ), 2005
• Leuchten (solo album), 2005
• Eric Schaefer Demontage Cut + Paste Poetry , 2005
• Hotel guests Flowers You Can Eat , 2005
• Unununium Where Shall I Fly not to Be Sad, My Dear? , 2006
• The Double Trio de Clarinettes: Itinéraire bis ( Between the Lines ), 2013, with Jean-Marc Foltz , Sylvain Kassap , Armand Angster , Jürgen Kupke , Gebhard Ullmann
• The Clarinet Trio plus Alexey Kruglov: Live in Moscow ( Leo Records ), 2017

Web links

• Works by and about Michael Thieke in the catalog of the German National Library
• Michael Thieke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Michael Thieke's website
• Michael Thieke at Discogs (English)