Sebastian Gramss
Sebastian Gramss (born July 13, 1966 in Wilhelmshaven ) is a German double bass player , cellist and composer of contemporary music and jazz . He is the ECHO prize winner in the double bass category 2013 + 2018.
Live and act
Gramss had lessons in the class of Professor Ulrich Lau (Stuttgart); he then studied double bass and composition at the Amsterdam Conservatory and the Cologne University of Music . Since 1988 he has also worked as a composer for various ensembles. In addition, he wrote numerous radio plays, films and drama music. Since May 2009 he has been a lecturer for ensemble / improvisation and double bass at the Cologne University of Music and at the Institute for Music Osnabrück .
In 1993, Gramss with guitarist Frank Wingold , saxophonist Lömsch Lehmann , drummer Dirk-Peter Kölsch and trombonist Nils Wogram the group Underkarl . He is also u. a. Regular member of the following ensembles: OIRTRIO (with Frank Gratkowski and Tatsuya Nakatani), Fossile3 (with Rudi Mahall ), Multiple Joy (ce) Orchestra , Scott Fields Freetett , in the Multibass Orchestra , Knom.T and Das mollsche Gesetz . As an instrumentalist, he works with musicians from the fields of new music, improvised music and jazz. a. Marilyn Crispell , Fred Frith , Tom Cora , Elliott Sharp , Peter Kowald , Taylor Ho Bynum , Zeena Parkins , Peter Brötzmann , Robert Dick , Karl Berger , Axel Dörner , Hannes Bauer , Heinz von Cramer , Terry Jenoure , Philip Zoubek , Hayden Chisholm and Marjana Sadowska . In recent years he has also initiated several double bass ensembles (in memory of Peter Kowald and Stefano Scodanibbio ) and the 50-piece bass orchestra bass crowd . He forms a double bass duo with Joëlle Léandre .
As a solo cellist, Gramss took part in the productions Klara's proportions (directed by Beat Fäh ) and Picasso (directed by Hans Kresnik ) at the Bonn theater . He wrote u. a. Music for Pina Bausch .
Prizes and awards
Gramss was a prizewinner at Jugend musiziert and received the ECHO Jazz in 2013 and 2018 in the jazz double bass category
Discography (selection)
- The Remedy , with Tom Cora , Peter Kowald , Axel Dörner and others ( JazzHausMusik , 1993)
- Underkarl - 20th Century Jazz Cover ( TCB , 1996)
- Underkarl - Jazzessence (TCB, 1999)
- Underkarl - Second Brain and Freemix (Second Brain Revisited) ( Enja , 2003)
- Terry Jenoure / Helios String Quartet / Sebastian Gramss - Looks Like Me (Free Elephant, 2006)
- Underkarl - Goldberg (Enja, 2007)
- oirTrio - Kanata (Nottwo, 2008, with Frank Gratkowski and Tatsuya Nakatani )
- Moll's Law - Catalog of Improvisation ( WERGO , 2008)
- Fossile3 - Chomics ( Konnex , 2010, with Rudi Mahall , Etienne Nillesen )
- Sebastian Gramss / Frank Gratkowski / Alexei Lapin / Helen Bledsoe - Unplugged Mind ( Leo , 2009)
- Leonhard Huhn / Sebastian Gramss - Duke Ellington's Far East Suite ( fixcel , 2011)
- Marilyn Crispell / Erwin Ditzner / Sebastian Gramss - Free Flight (fixcel, 2011)
- Underkarl - Homo Ludens (Rent a Dog, 2012)
- Atopy , solo (JazzHausMusik, 2012)
- 78 RPM , Fossil 3 ( gligg records 2013)
- Bass crowd / swarm , double bass orchestra (gligg records 2013)
- Tetsu Saitoh , Sebastian Gramss - Raku: Double the Double Bass # 3 In Germany 2013 (Travesia 2014)
- Slowfox - Gentle Giants (Traumton 2017, with Hayden Chisholm , Philip Zoubek )
- States of Play - Out & About - Nonett (Rent a dog 2018)
Radio play and film music (selection)
- Gods First Draft , radio play, 1989
- Thoreau , radio play, 1991
- Elvis , radio play, 1994
- Underkarls Travels , radio play, 1999
- 040 , film music, (Arte) 2000
- Himmelsbraut , film music, (SWR) 2000
- Ladies choice , radio play (Director: Heinz von Cramer ), 2001
- Foam of the days , radio play, 2002
- Agony , radio play, 2006
- Belli , (Director: Heinz von Cramer), 2007
- Hebdomeros , radio play (Director: Heinz von Cramer), 2007
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gramss, Sebastian |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician (double bass) and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1966 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wilhelmshaven , Germany |