Roger Janotta

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Roger Jannotta (left) with Marcos Davi (2014)

Roger Janotta , also Jannotta (born November 29, 1943 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American woodwind player (including oboe , flute ) who is active both as a composer and as an interpreter in the field of contemporary jazz.

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Janotta studied first at the University of New Mexico (Bachelor 1965), then at the New England Conservatory in Boston (Master 1976); at Berklee College of Music he was a lecturer. He has lived in Munich since 1978, where he became a member of the experimental group Between around Peter Michael Hamel ( Stille über der Zeit , 1980). In 1979 he performed with the Unique Munich Saxophone Choir ( Roman Schwaller , Frank St. Peter , Leszek Zadlo , Erica Lindsay , Thomas Faist and Joe Nay ) at the Donaueschinger Musiktage . He also worked with Tom van der Geld's Children at Play and was also involved in his solo album Path . Since the early 1990s he has been a member of Carla Bley's big band (including at the JazzFest Berlin in 1990 ). He also worked with Michael Mantler ( School of Understanding , Hide and Seek ) and with Thorsten Klentze . He also played improvisation music with the Munich ICI Ensemble , which also performs his compositions. Since 2007 he has led the Passau Jazz Orchestra .

As a theater musician he composed for Dieter Dorn at the Münchner Kammerspiele for many years ; in addition, he worked as a radio play composer for Bavarian Radio . He also arranged sheet metal damage for the hr big band and the Munich big band . In 1999 he became arranger of the musical course at the Bavarian Theater Academy ; he also teaches at the Neue Jazzschool in Munich.

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  1. ↑ a b composers lexicon
  2. ^ Andreas Kolb Lautwechsel: Guy and Janotta in the Gasteig . Jazz newspaper 3/2006
personal data
SURNAME Janotta, Roger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jannotta, Roger (alternative spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer and jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois