Sven Decker
Sven Decker (* 1979 in Merzig ) is a German jazz musician ( tenor and soprano saxophone , clarinet , bass clarinet , composition).
Live and act
As a student, Decker was a member of the LandesSchülerBigband and the LandesJugendJazzOrchester des Saarlandes. From 2000 to 2005 he studied jazz saxophone at the Folkwang Hochschule Essen with Hugo Read and Wollie Kaiser . He was also a member of Christof Thewes ' avant-garde big band Little Bigband and Gunter Hampel's New Next Generation (2002-2004). By Katrin Scherer , he founded from 2003 Jazzthetik vaunted trio Without 4 played three (with Bernd Oezsevim ), 2005, the little big band UFO unidentified flying orchestra with musicians from the Ruhr. In the same year his own quartet Feinkost Decker was formed . He also belongs to Jan Klares The Dorf , André Nendzas A. Tronic and Katrin Scherer's The Bliss . Together with Scherer, he composed in 2010 for a joint program with the Grubenklangorchester reloaded.
Prizes and awards
With blank horror , he received the second prize in the 2001 university competition in Rostock. He received the jazzwerkruhr sponsorship award with both Ohne 4 played 3 (2005) and UFO (2008). In 2013 he came with no 4 played three to second place in the final of the New German Jazz Prize .
Discographic notes
- Without 4 played three debuts ( JazzHausMusik )
- Feinkost Decker (GDM 01, 2007, with Katrin Scherer, Jochen Kraemer, Christoph Hillmann and Stefan Scheib )
- UFO unidentified flying orchestra (GDM 02, 2008)
- André Nendza ´s A.Tronic Spectacles (Jazzsick / 2008) with André Nendza, Christoph Hillmann, Stephan Meinberg , Celine Rudolph , Inga Lühning
- Katrin Scherer's The Bliss (GDM 04, 2010) with u. a. Katrin Scherer, Sebastian Raether, Christian Thomé
- Feinkost Decker Second Crack (GDM 06, 2013) with Katrin Scherer, Stefan Scheib and Christoph Hillmann
- Sven Decker's Transparency Sepia (GDM 07, 2014) with Matthias Akeo Nowak and Etienne Nillesen
- Filippa Gojo & Sven Decker at home (GDM 09, 2016)
- Sven Decker's JULY quartet Lost in Poll (GDM 11, 2018) with Heidi Bayer , Conrad Noll and Jo Beyer
literature
- Dietrich Schlegel: Katrin Scherer and Sven Decker , Jazz Podium 6/2010, pp. 10–11.
- Dietrich Schlegel: CD review: Filippa Gojo and Sven Decker - at home , Jazzzeitung 1/2016.
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Decker, Sven |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician (tenor and soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Merzig |