Sigi Finkel

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Sigi Finkel (born October 13, 1960 in Günzburg ) is a German saxophonist and flautist of fusion - and modern jazz , who is also increasingly active as a composer.

Sigi Finkel (2004 in Birdland, Vienna )

Live and act

Finkel had classical clarinet lessons and later took private lessons from Bobby Stern . In 1982 he moved to Vienna , where he played with various bands. In 1986, after a long stay in India, he founded the group Powerstation , which released its first album in 1988 (“Nil” with Wolfgang Puschnig ) and in 1989 appeared at the Montreux Jazz Festival . A second recording by the band followed with Enrico Rava and Wolfgang Reisinger as guest musicians. In 1991 Finkel founded the Caoma group with Tomasz Stańko , Ed Schuller and Billy Elgart , to which Herb Robertson , Mike Richmond and Wolfgang Reisinger later belonged. The group opened the “Wien modern” festival in 1993 with a performance of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's “Requiem for a dead poet”. Finkel also worked with Marty Cook , Lew Soloff , Wayne Darling , Tim Richards, and John Abercrombie . In the late 1990s he performed with his group African Heart , which included West African musicians, at European festivals and in African countries; he also played with Joseph Bowie and Kelvyn Bell , with Christoph Spendel , with Jarek Śmietana and with Milan Svobodas Contraband . Since 2005 he has performed in a duo with Mamadou Diabate ; since 2006 he has been a member of Antonio Andrade's flamenco ensemble . He continues to play with the Vienna Rai Orchestra and performs with a solo program.

As a composer he wrote music in the border area to classical art music on behalf of very different ensembles, such as "SAX" for the Vienna Saxophone Quartet or "Satoon" for the Austrian Chamber Symphony Orchestra. In 2000 he was voted “Austrian Jazz Musician of the Year” by the readers of Concerto magazine .

Discographic notes

  • Caoma (1991)
  • Sweet Sue (with Enrico Rava, John Abercrombie, Ed Schuller, Wolfgang Reisinger, 1993)
  • Doop Troop Don't Tell Me (with Joseph Bowie and Kelvyn Bell, 1999)
  • African Heart African Echos (2001)
  • scenes & places (2007)
  • Yala (2010)

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SURNAME Finkel, Sigi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German saxophonist and flautist of fusion and modern jazz
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Gunzburg