Raoul Walton

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Raoul Walton (born June 25, 1959 in New York City , USA ) is an American musician , songwriter and record producer .

Life

Raoul Walton, born in Manhattan and raised in the Bronx , began studying art and painting at the Fiorello H. La Guardia High School for the Music and Arts in New York at the age of 13 . Through a mutual friend who was bassist at school, he got into playing bass. Then Walton decided to study music on the contrabass. At 19 he completed his first tour in Europe with the Swiss band Kjol . In 1982 Raoul Walton finally moved to Europe, to Lucerne . Between 1979 and 1984 he worked as a bass player with musicians such as Christy Doran , Dave Doran , Heinz Affolter , Brigeen Doran , Fredy Studer , Stefan Witwer and Wladislav Sedesky.

Over the years he developed into a sought-after bass player. In 1984 Walton moved to Düsseldorf and began working with producer Conny Plank . He recorded several record productions for him, including for Gabi Delgado , Arno Steffen , Belfegore , Gianna Nannini , La Düsseldorf , Bodo Steiger and Whoudini .

From 1985 to 1993 he played music productions for the producer René Tinner for The Jewelers , Julian Dawson , Mona Muir , Helmut Zerlett and several albums for Marius Müller-Westernhagen . In 1995 he began recording albums as a bassist for the Munich-based production team Milk & Sugar . From 1990 he played several tours and albums with the Rainbirds , as well as with Heinz-Rudolf Kunze and Twelve Drummers Drumming .

In 2004 he joined Andrew Roachford's band . He also plays for Julia Neigel . In 2018 he worked a. a. with Axel Kroell , Matthias Lindermayr and Valentin Preissler in the musician collective Evolution 8 .

According to his own statement, Stanley Clarke , Led Zeppelin , Miles Davis , Brian Eno and George Clinton are among his musical role models.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e biography on RaoulWalton.com. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b c Profile on HeinzRudolfKunze.de. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  3. ^ Andrian Kreye , jazz column . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of August 2, 2018, p. 10
personal data
SURNAME Walton, Raoul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician (bassist)
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , USA