Sam Burckhardt
Samuel Balthasar "Sam" Burckhardt (born July 7, 1957 in Sursee ) is a Chicago- based Swiss jazz and blues saxophonist .
Career
Burckhardt grew up in the patrician Burckhardt family in Basel , where he initially worked at the Music Academy . a. was tutored by Chester Gill ; He received classical singing training in the Knabenkantorei Basel . In 1971 he giggged at a concert by blues musician Eddie Boyd ; In 1975 he accompanied the blues musician Sunnyland Slim on drums at two concerts in Grenzach . From 1976 to 1978 Burckhardt played the saxophone in the Black Cat Bone Blues Band , which emerged from his brother's school band, and gained stage experience at smaller festival appearances in Switzerland.
After graduating from the Gymnasium am Münsterplatz Burckhardt moved to Zurich , where he attended the University of Zurich an anthropology began -Studies, through which he fieldwork in Burundi operation. In 1981 Burckhardt broke off his studies and emigrated to the USA . From 1982 until Sunnyland Slim's death in 1995, he was a member of his band and produced the album Chicago Jump with him . In 1994 Burckhardt founded the neoswing band Mighty Blue Kings with other blues musicians . From 1996 to 1998 he toured Europe and the USA with the ten-piece band The Big Swing .
In 1999 he founded his Sam Burckhardt Nonett and recorded the Chicago Swing record, whose style is a mixture of jazz, jump blues and swing . The band first appeared in Chicago in renowned clubs such as the Green Mill and was seen at the 2000 Jazz Fair of the Chicago Jazz Institute. The band still exists today and tours Europe every year. The albums A Walk in Time and Once Forever followed in 2002 and 2006 . Together with Zora Young , Burckhardt recorded the CD Sunnyland in 2009 , which is dedicated to the memory of Sunnyland Slim. Burckhardt also makes use of his classical training as an occasional singer in his own pieces and as a duo partner of the Basel church organist Stephan Grieder.
In 2008 Burckhardt won the Swiss Blues Award , which is given for great services to the blues life in Switzerland. In addition to his work as a musician, Burckhardt is a board member of the Swiss-American Business Council in Chicago.
Discographic notes
- 1975 Sunnyland Slim: Live in Europe
- 1996 The Mighty Blue Kings: Meet Me in Uptown ; MBK
- 1999 Sam Burckhardt: Chicago Swing ; Airwave Records
- 2002 Sam Burckhardt: A Walk in Time ; Airwave Records
- 2006 Sam Burckhardt: Once Forever with Oliver Friedli (piano), Dominik Schürmann (double bass) and Stephan Felber (drums); Airwave Records
- 2009 Zora Young: Sunnyland ; Airwave Records
- 2009 Stephan Grieder & Sam Burckhardt: night walkers
Literature (selection)
- Michael Rauhut / Reinhard Lorenz (eds.): I've had the blues a little longer: Traces of a music in Germany , Ch. Links Verlag, 2008, p. 215 ISBN 978-3-86153-495-2
- Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra et al: All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues , 3rd ed., P. 529, Backbeat Books, 2003, p. 138 ISBN 978-0-87930-736-3
- Will Romano: Incurable Blues: The Troubles & Triumph of Blues Legend Hubert Sumlin , Backbeat Books, 2005, p. 138 ISBN 978-0-87930-833-9
Web links
- Homepage of Sam Burckhardt
- Susann Sitzler: A happy man. In: swiss Magazine (Swiss Air Lines in- flight magazine ), April 2009
- Lilli Binzegger: People & Spaces - Sam Burckhardt's childhood dream. In: NZZ Folio . May 2001
Individual evidence
- ↑ Newcity 11 April 1999
- ^ Jazz review, Sam Burckhardt at the Green Mill . Chicago Tribune, May 12, 2002
- ↑ Swiss swings . Chicago Sun-Times, Jan. 17, 2000
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burckhardt, Sam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burckhardt, Samuel Balthasar (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sursee |