Peter Back
Peter Back (* 1962 in Gelnhausen ) is a German jazz musician ( tenor and soprano saxophone , electronics, arrangement , composition ).
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Back initially received clarinet lessons from the age of nine ; when he was twelve he switched to the saxophone. He played first in the local music association Lützelhausen , then in a dance band. He was enthusiastic about jazz and studied at the Arnhem Conservatory and the Cologne University of Music with a focus on jazz and popular music, including pedagogical training.
Back is co-founder of the Main-Kinzig-Jazz-Quartet; he founded the big band 17m . As an instrumentalist he worked with Heinz Sauer , Emil Mangelsdorff , Günter Lenz , Michael Wollny , Chaka Khan , Uli Partheil / Ack van Rooyen and the hr big band . Albert Mangelsdorff brought him to the Frankfurt Radio Jazz Ensemble in 1999 , with whom he has presented two albums in addition to many radio productions. He was also part of the Soul Jazz Dynamiters with Martin Lejeune , with whom he released an album of the same name in 2009.
He is also head of the jazz and popular music department at the Main-Kinzig music school. In 2016 he was awarded the Culture Prize of the Main-Kinzig District .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Back, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician (saxophone, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gelnhausen |