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Oliver Strauch (* 16th March 1966 in Saarbrücken ) is a jazz - drummer , composer and music producer .

Live and act

Oliver Strauch is the son of the caricaturist Bob Strauch and the art teacher and ceramist Beate Strauch. From 1990 Strauch received instrumental lessons from Billy Higgins , Janusz Stefański and Allan Jones. Since 1991 he has given concerts at home and abroad, a. a. with Lee Konitz , Martial Solal , Philip Catherine , Kenny Wheeler , Biréli Lagrène , Bobby Shew , René Urtreger , Nils Landgren , Paul Kuhn , Barbara Dennerlein and Jimmy Woode . From 1995 he had international engagements in the big band Europool Jazz Orchestra and the combos of Tony Lakatos and Michel Hausser . Since 1999 he has been on concert tours for the Goethe Institute through Hungary , Russia and France . He received composition commissions for the Trier Theater (“ Oedipus ”) and the Völklinger Hütte World Heritage Site ( sound installation ).

From 2000 onwards he tours with the trumpeter Ernie Hammes to Vietnam , Canada , USA , Italy and a masterclass in Fortaleza , Brazil (2003). Since 2005 “Oliver Strauch's Groovin 'High” has been working closely with Randy Brecker . In 2007 the artist ensemble Die Redner was founded , which set itself the task of translating political-visionary rhetoric into music and images (“EuroVision: Brandt de Gaulle”).

In 2009 there was a release on Blue Note Records (Jazz X Change: Walk Tall , Tribute to Joe Zawinul ) as well as a collaboration in New York with Kenny Werner and Matt Penman . In the same year he was appointed professor for jazz drums at the Saar University of Music .

Honourings and prices

  • 1990 cultural grant from the city of Saarbrücken
  • 1995 Grant from the Franco-German Cultural Council , Paris
  • In 2007 the Ensemble Die Redner , including Oliver Strauch, received the Saarland Broadcasting Media Art Prize for its "JFK SHOW"
  • 2011 JTI-Jazz Award of the Trier Jazz Club "EuroCore"
  • 2016 State Prize for University Teaching (Saarland)

Discography (selection)

  • 1997: Friendlee , Oliver Strauch Group with Lee Konitz and Peter Decker
  • 2000: Short Stories , Oliver Strauch Trio with Philip Catherine
  • 2003: Organic , Oliver Strauch Trio with Tony Lakatos
  • 2005: Joana's Waltz , Wunsch-Strauch Sextet with Kenny Wheeler, Jazz'n'Arts
  • 2005: Anatomy of a Trio , with Jimmy Woode (Laika)
  • 2006: A music named Rilke , with Hans Mittermüller ( JazzHausMusik )
  • 2009: Oliver Strauch's Groovin High - Live . with Randy Brecker (Jazz'n'Arts)
  • 2010: Oliver Strauch Trio: New York Album (Jazz'N'Arts)
  • 2013 Oliver Strauch's Trio Duende "España" (Jazz'N'Arts)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jazz Prize for Oliver Strauch. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung (Culture) of May 12, 2011, accessed on May 12, 2011

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personal data
SURNAME Bush, Oliver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz drummer, composer and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarbrücken