Ralf Böcker

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Ralf Böcker (2017) at Jazz'n Roses

Ralf Böcker (born April 4, 1962 in Hagen ), artist name Damian Maria Rabe , is a German saxophonist and clarinetist of ancient and modern jazz as well as composer and arranger .

Live and act

Ralf Böcker, as composer and author Damian Maria Rabe, learned his trade on the street. As a 16-year-old he toured Europe as a street musician.

Various band activities followed in the Ruhr area, later the founding of own groups: such as the Delta Mood Jazzband, Hot House, Ma Piroschka, Cannonball J., Hardbop Deluxe, Big Jazz.

With the establishment of his own recording studio, he produces jazz , klezmer , funk and audio book CDs. In Göttingen , Kiel and Hamburg , Ralf Böcker initiated, planned and moderated the radio program "JazzHausRadio", which is still broadcast successfully today. Ralf Böcker also works as a theater musician, e.g. B. at the Deutsches Theater Göttingen or at the Bad Hersfeld Cathedral Festival .

After founding the event and booking agency "magenta-music", Ralf Böcker u. a. Organizer of the 1st Göttingen Klezmer Festival in 1998 under the patronage of Rita Süssmuth (then President of the Bundestag). In 2009 and 2010 Ralf Böcker organized the “Hamburg International Klezmer Festival” in Hamburg. Magenta-music was appointed to the Hamburg State Music Council in 2010. Ralf Böcker established a jazz series at the Schillertheater Geesthacht in 2009, in which great musicians such as Ladi Geisler and Günter Fuhlisch performed. In 2010 he initiated another music series at the Cotton Club in Hamburg, supported by the City of Hamburg. Every two months in the Cotton Club under the name JazzPuls & Friends there are concert evenings with Hamburg jazz stars and up-and-coming talents.

Today Ralf Böcker is also a music teacher and pedagogue for saxophone , clarinet and flute , composer of many genres as well as band leader and freelancer for bands all over the republic, u. a. with Abi Wallenstein , Jessy Martens , Ladi Geisler , Abbi Hübner , Rocky Knauer , Jasper van't Hof , Trevor Richards , Torsten Zwingenberger , Peter "Banjo" Meyer , Brian Carrick, Günter Fuhlisch , Jo Bohnsack, Jan Fischer.

Publishing works

  • The Little Clarinet Book (Exclusive Sheet Music)
  • Easy spring and Christmas carols (exclusive sheet music)
  • "Perfect Start" - Six quartets for beginners (Chili Notes)
  • 30 duets for flute and clarinet (Heinrichshofen & Noetzel)

Discographic notes

  • Delta Mood Jazzband, Jelena, with Marc Budenz (1997)
  • Ma Piroschka, These Times, with Cabral Lobato, Anton Sjarov (1998)
  • Cannonball J., Night Light with Dietmar Hussong (1999)
  • Ma Piroschka, Wi ahin sol ichn gejn with Reah Avriel (2001)
  • Hot House, Stormy Monday with Karsten von Lüpke (2002)
  • Cannonball J., Quill with Christoph van Hal (2003)
  • Hardbop Deluxe, Sister Sadie with Peter Overbeck (2007)
  • Jessy Martens, That´s Why I´m Crying (2007)
  • Jan Fischer, Roadside Boogie, (2008)
  • Ma Piroschka, Naktike Music, with Paul Brody, Marc Kovnatski (2011)
  • Elastic Soap Jazz, Sweet Emma (2012)
  • Hot Reeds & Rhythm, Sweet Georgia Brown with Günther Liebetruth (2015)
  • Frederik Feindt- Ralf Böcker, Russian Lullaby (2015)
  • Vertiko, ball whispers with Nina Majer (2016)
  • as sideman: Blood on the Highway, live, with Ken Hensley

Web links

Commons : Ralf Böcker  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article107561746/Erstmals-Klezmerfest-im-GoldbekHaus.html
  2. ↑ The Little Clarinet Book. Retrieved April 10, 2019 .
  3. ↑ 3 clarinets - Exklusiv-Noten Musikverlag, owner: Bernd Frank. Retrieved April 10, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Perfect Start - Chili Notes. Retrieved April 10, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Jokester. In: Heinrichshofen's Verlag, Otto Heinrich Noetzel Verlag, Noetzel Edition. Accessed April 10, 2019 (German).
  6. ↑ http://www.laika-records.com/RECORDS/vertiko.html
  7. ↑ http://www.rocktimes.de/haben/h/ken_hensley/blood_on_the_highway_dvd.html
personal data
SURNAME Böcker, Ralf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rabe, Damian Maria (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist, composer and arranger
DATE OF BIRTH April 4th 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Hagen