Stephan Diez

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Stephan Diez (born January 6, 1954 in Berlin ; † February 5, 2017 in Hamburg ) was a German jazz and fusion musician (guitar). He lived in Munich in the 1980s, then in Hamburg.

Live and act

Diez, who grew up in Berlin-Zehlendorf and attended the summer jazz course in Remscheid in 1969, played with the Krautrock band Agitation Free in 1973 , but also performed with a jazz track . In 1974 he became a member of Harald Banter's Media Band . In 1975 and 1976 he played in the Chris Hinze Combination . In 1978 he founded his own formation Mirrors with Ack van Rooyen , Gary Todd , Todd Canedy , later Johannes Faber , Heiri Känzig and Lala Kovačev . He also played with Zbigniew Seifert in the band Variospheres . In the following years he performed with various bands across Europe, including Dieter Reith , and has worked as a studio musician, composer and arranger in Munich since 1980. From 1987 he accompanied Konstantin Wecker for three years , but also went on tour with Mercedes Sosa and Joan Baez .

Since 1990 he has been a member of the NDR Big Band . At the same time he was appointed professor for jazz guitar at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater . In January 2016, Diez retired for health reasons. He died on February 5, 2017 after a long illness.

The guitarist Frank Diez is his older brother.

Discographic notes

  • Agitation Free: Second (1973)
  • Mirrors: Mirrors (1980)
  • Konstantin Wecker: Live (1990)
  • The Diez Brothers - Frank & Stephan Diez: Close Up (1990)
  • Mirrors: Lost in a Dream (1993)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Axel Dürr: Stephan Diez: The guitar was his life. NDR , February 7, 2017, accessed February 10, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Diez, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz and fusion guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 5th February 2017
Place of death Hamburg