Rudi Mahall

Rudi Mahall at the Moers Festival 2018

Rudi Mahall (2014)

Rudi Mahall (born December 23, 1966 in Nuremberg ) is a German bass clarinet player who specializes in contemporary jazz. He is considered "one of the most popular international jazz musicians from Germany".

Live and act

Mahall started playing the clarinet when he was fourteen. While studying classical clarinet, he dealt with contemporary music and improvisation and switched to bass clarinet because of Eric Dolphy . In 1990 he became a professional musician.

The band contexts in which he was or is still involved include Der Rotebereich (initially with Frank Möbus , Marty Cook , Jim Black and Henning Sieverts) and Pro Susi , after moving to Berlin in 1993 then Die Enttränung (with a.o. Axel Dörner , Jan Roder ) as well as Fossile3 (with Sebastian Gramss ) and Fusk (with Kasper Tom Christiansen , Philipp Gropper , Andreas Lang).

He has been involved in several projects and CDs with Aki Takase (including music by Eric Dolphy and Fats Waller ) and has contributed to Alexander von Schlippenbach's complete recording of the work of Thelonious Monk and the Globe Unity Orchestra . He has also given concerts with Conny Bauer , Lee Konitz , Barry Guy , Karl Berger , Paul Lovens , Sven-Åke Johansson , Radu Malfatti , Ed Schuller , Ray Anderson , Kenny Wheeler , Hannes Bauer and many others. Since 1999 he has been working on a number of projects with the Saarland jazz trombonist Christof Thewes .

Mahall has performed at the Jazz à Mulhouse Festival , the Moers Festival , the JazzFest Berlin , the Leverkusen Jazz Days and at jazz festivals in New York City, Amsterdam, Munich, Würzburg and Nuremberg. He has u. a. Toured Portugal, South and East Africa.

Rudi Mahall received the SWR Jazz Prize in 2011 .

Discographic notes

Solo. Psi Records, 2006.
with Juergen Wuchner et al
- Trio in Treptow. Rudi Mahall, Juergen Wuchner, Uli Jennessen. not dated.
- Chamber music. With Jürgen Wuchner Group, 1996
with Aki Takase
- Quartet. Aki Takase, Johannes Bauer, Tony Buck, Rudi Mahall. Jazz Workshop 019, 2007.
- The dessert. Duo, 2004.
- Plays Fats Waller : Aki Takase, Eugene Chadbourne , Nils Wogram , Rudi Mahall, Thomas Heberer, Paul Lovens. Enja 2003.
The red area: Rudi Mahall, Frank Moebus & John Schröder
- Live in Montreux , ACT, 2004
Günter Adler : Rudi Mahall, Daniel Erdmann , Johannes Fink , Heinrich Köbberling
- On Schönhauser Allee, Jazzwerkstatt, 2009
The disappointment : Rudi Mahall, Axel Doerner, Jan Roder , Uli Jennessen
- Five, Intakt Records 2009
Monk's Casino. With Alexander Schlippenbach, Axel Doerner, Rudi Mahall, Jan Roder, Uli Jennessen, Aki Takase. Intakt records, 2005
Quartetto Pazzo: Rudi Mahall, Christof Thewes u. a.
- Melancholera JazzHausMusik , 2007.
Markus Schieferdecker Quartet Stereo Society with Bill Stewart , Kevin Hays , Lutz Häfner , Jazz4Ever Records

Lexical entries

Jürgen Wölfer : Jazz in Germany. The encyclopedia. All musicians and record companies from 1920 until today. Hannibal, Höfen 2008, ISBN 978-3-85445-274-4 .