Paul Vincent
Paul Vincent Gunia (born December 1, 1950 in Bergheim / Erft ; † October 25, 2016 in Augsburg ) was a German musician, composer and arranger.
Life
Vincent Gunia, who mostly called himself Paul Vincent as a musician, played during his school days until the late 1960s a. a. in the beat bands Park Lane and Missus Beastly . After leaving high school, he moved to Munich with the aim of making a name for himself in the local music scene. Vincent met Olaf Kübler , jazz saxophonist and manager of the band Amon Düül II , through his musician friend Keith Forsey . In 1970 he produced the album Hallelujah Babe with Forsey in the formation Hallelujah , which was recorded in London's Tangerine Studio . At the same time, he worked in Munich with producer and musician Klaus Doldinger and was guitarist in his jazz rock band Motherhood .
Through his collaboration with Doldinger and Kübler, Paul Vincent was also booked as a studio musician for numerous rock, pop and hit productions between 1970 and 1985 ; so he played u. a. for artists like Peter Maffay , Peter Alexander , Michael Holm , Rex Gildo , Gitte , Joy Fleming , Roberto Blanco , Ulla Meinecke , Stefan Waggershausen , Mireille Mathieu , Katja Ebstein , Edo Zanki , Niagara and Nicole .
Since many international artists were also recording in Munich studios at the time, Paul Vincent also played as a guest musician a. a. for Freddie Mercury , Sting , Eric Burdon , Meat Loaf and Gianna Nannini .
From 1975 he was a partner of the Swabian singer Wolle Kriwanek for decades . Gunia composed, arranged and produced almost all of the Swabian songs . Since the late 1970s, both have appeared together as Wolle Kriwanek & Schulz Bros. and later as the Wolle Kriwanek Band . After Kriwanek's death in 2003 Gunia was the band leader of the successor band Vincent Rocks .
Between 1976 and 1980 he was a. a. Guitarist, co-producer, composer and arranger for Udo Lindenberg and member of his panic orchestra .
Since 1979 Gunia has composed and produced music for German television series and films . For example, he wrote the dramaturgical music of some Tatort episodes, almost all of the music for the television series Doppelter Einsatz , the title melodies and the soundtracks for Aufachse , Mission Eureka and Ein Haus in der Toscana, as well as the dramaturgical music of all previous seasons of In All Friendship ( ARD / MDR ). Gunia also composed for predominantly German film productions, including African Timber , Der Schneemann and Die Sturzflieger .
He also published The Rock Guitar Book in 1993 and published regularly as a columnist in the music journal Soundcheck from 1987 to 2005 .
After multiple nominations in previous years, Gunia received the German Television Award in 2001 together with Tito Larriva , Sema Mutlu and Derya Mutlu in the category of best film music for the music for the TV movie The Scream of the Butterfly ( ZDF / arte ).
His label Luxus Musik markets Gunias own sound carriers, but also those of other artists such as the Wolle Kriwanek Band or the guitar duo Morscheck & Burgmann .
Paul Vincent was married to the musician and author Mono Gunia, who had recorded an album with the band Drosselbart in 1970 under the name Jemima . He died unexpectedly on October 25, 2016 as a result of a serious heart attack.
Discography (selection)
Solo:
- 1974: Vincent's flying rock 'n' roll circus (Ariola 88752 IT)
- 1982: Sternreiter (Philips 6435152) u. on: David Hanselmann , Wolle Kriwanek
- 2010: Congratulations
- 2011: My Beatles Songbook
- 2012: Electric Hippie Music
- 2015: LOVE
As a guitarist:
- 1984: Meat Loaf - Bad Attitude
- 1985: Freddie Mercury - Mr. Bad Guy
- 1981: Frank Duval - Angel of Mine
- 2000: Rockin Bach (with Frank Diez , Colin Hodgkinson , Ken Taylor and others)
Film and TV music (selection)
- 1982: trauma
- 1982: Rendezvous in Paris
- 1984: the snowman
- 1985: Gambit
- 1988: Tatort - Deadly Meeting
- 1980, 1986: On the move (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1990: Police call 110 / Tatort - Among Brothers
- 1990–1994: A house in Tuscany
- 1991: Police call 110 - death in the park
- 1994–2006: Double use (TV series, 64 episodes)
- 1998: The Men from K3 (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1998–2001: All my daughters (TV series, 25 episodes)
- 1998-2016: In all friendship (TV series, 699 episodes)
- 1998: Tatort - Princely students
- 1999: The cry of the butterfly
- 1999–2000: Medicopter 117 - Every life counts (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2002: Tatort - The Dark Spot
- 2002–2003: The Rosenheim Cops (TV series, 27 episodes)
- 2003: A strong team - colleague murderer
- 2004: Tatort - betrayed and sold
- 2004: my bride's children
- 2005: A strong team - living goals
- 2005: The Airlift - Only the sky was free
- 2005: Wilsberg - excavated
- 2006: Wilsberg - Wrong game
- 2008: Police call 110 - nobody yells
Works
- Paul Vincent: The Rock Guitar Book. 1st edition. Presse Project Verlags GmbH (PPV), Bergkirchen 1993, ISBN 3-9802124-4-0 .
Web links
- Official website of the artist and his music publisher
- Vincent Rocks
- Obituary "My father Paul Vincent Gunia"
- Obituary (rocktimes.de)
- Paul Vincent at Discogs (English)
- Paul Vincent in theInternet Movie Database(English)
literature
- Philip Roser: Hallelujah, he's back! In: GoodTimes . June / July, 2010, p. 26 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Vincent Rocks. In: www.vincentrocks.de. Retrieved October 27, 2016 .
- ↑ longhairmusic.de (accessed: July 6, 2010, 1:23 p.m.)
- ↑ Philipp Roser: Hallelujah, he's back! In: GoodTimes. No. 3, 2010, p. 26.
- ↑ luxusmusikverlag.de (accessed: July 6, 2010, 1:38 p.m.; PDF; 121 kB)
- ↑ luxusmusikverlag.de (accessed: July 6, 2010, 1:23 p.m.)
- ↑ discogs.com
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Vincent, Paul |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gunia, Paul Vincent (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1950 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bergheim , North Rhine-Westphalia , Federal Republic of Germany |
DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 2016 |