Nick Liebmann

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Nick Liebmann (born December 27, 1950 in Zurich ; † December 28, 2006 in São Paulo ) was a Swiss jazz musician , journalist and social scientist.

Live and act

As a teenager, Liebmann took drum lessons from Alex Kuhn, Stu Martin and others, as well as guitar lessons from Bodo Suss. In addition, he completed a classic percussion training. He first played swing and dixieland before Remo Rau brought him into his formations in 1966 , where he worked as a drummer and played with Jürg Grau , Thomas Moeckel and KT Geier . There was also collaboration with Peter Frei . He also accompanied American guest soloists such as Benny Bailey , Charlie Shavers and Albert Nicholas as part of various rhythm groups . While studying social psychology and musicology in Zurich and New York, he also worked as a studio musician. From 1975 he worked as a professional musician in the trio of Angel Sucheras and Pierre Cavalli as well as in the groups Emphasis (with Cavalli, Renato Anselmi , Fernando Vicencio and Curt Treier ) and Revenge (with Kurt Weil and Ulle Holmquist). He was involved in numerous radio and TV productions, but also played in musicals and crossover productions ( report by Remo Rau). In Jesus Franco's feature film Jack the Ripper (1976) he was also seen as a playing musician. He performed at the Jazz Festival Zurich and the Jazz Festival Montreux , among others .

Liebmann has been a full-time market researcher and journalist since the mid-1980s ; in particular, he was a music critic for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung . He also wrote many specialist articles on jazz and culture as well as the liner notes for The Complete Miles Davis at Montreux 1973-1991 . Since it was founded, he has been a member of the Rex Rhythm Section (with Heiri Känzig or Kalli Gerhards and Thomas Moeckel ), which has performed with soloists such as Franco Ambrosetti , Andy Scherrer , Roman Schwaller and Sandy Patton . He was also a member of the Klaus Koenig Trio and the group Magog Zwei .

Discographic notes

  • Emphasis (Pick 1975)
  • Remo Rau: Universal Jazz, Cosmic Classics (MGB 1994)
  • Kurt Weil & Vibes Revisited: Late - But not too Late (Columbia 1997)
  • Rex Rhythm Section: Blues March (Brambus 1999, with Stefan Schlegel, Raymond Droz , Robert Morgenthaler , Mario Schneeberger , Domenic Landolf , Roman Schwaller, Thomas Moeckel, Heiri Känzig)
  • Thomas Moeckel: Seasons (Brambus)

Lexigraphic entries

  • Bruno Spoerri , Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Jazz CD supplement to: B. Spoerri (Hrsg.): Jazz in Switzerland. History and stories. Chronos-Verlag, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0739-6

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personal data
SURNAME Liebmann, Nick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss jazz musician, journalist and social scientist
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 2006
Place of death São Paulo