Thomas Heidepriem
Thomas Heidepriem (born December 30, 1953 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) is a German jazz musician ( double bass , electric bass ).
Live and act
Heidepriem grew up in a musical family. His father Waldi Heidepriem was a modern jazz pianist from Freiburg; Thomas Heidepriem has been trained on the piano since 1961. From the age of 16 he began to play the electric bass autodidactically, and the double bass at the age of 19. He initially studied at the Freiburg University of Education and performed with local bands. In the mid-1970s he decided to become a professional musician and worked in the following years a. a. with George Gruntz , Franco Ambrosetti , Manfred Schoof , Clark Terry , Christoph Spendel , Carla Bley , Toots Thielemans , Kenny Wheeler , Jiggs Whigham , Ernie Watts , Maria João , Albert Mangelsdorff , Benny Golson , Roy Haynes and Christof Lauer . He played with Wolfgang Dauner , Tomasz Stańko , Joachim Kühn and Richie Beirach at festivals, but also recorded with the Frankfurt band Voices , Ralf Hübner and Michael Sagmeister . From 1991 to 2017 he was a member of the hr big band . Before his retirement, a farewell concert in his honor took place in January 2017 at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts , under the direction of Jim McNeely .
Heidepriem was awarded the Jazz Prize Baden-Württemberg 1987. He was a lecturer at the University of Music in Stuttgart (since 1987), and since 1993 also in Frankfurt.
Discographic notes
- Brooklyn Shuffle (1992–93) with Tony Lakatos , Jim Beard and Terri Lyne Carrington
As a sideman
- with Michael Sagmeister: Waiting for Better Days
- With Ralf Hübner: pearl boat
- With Christoph Spendel: Limousine
- With Friedemann: Aquamarine
- With Martin Schrack Quintett: Reflections
- With John Schröder : Deep Well
- With Südpool : Time Is a Tango
- With Infinity feat. Alphonse Mouzon : Now
- With Peter Giger : Family Jewels
- With Kühn-Heidepriem-Stefanski-Rössler: Colored
- With Hasler - Read - Willers - Schipper - Heidepriem: THE PROJECT
- With Bernd Konrad : Who the gods love ...
- With Klaus Weiland : Listen to the Sky
- With Klaus Göbel : Finally Back Home
Lexigraphic entries
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz music. 1700 artists and bands from the beginning until today. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584-X .
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon . Reinbek, Rowohlt, 1988.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ hr-BigBand
- ↑ HfMDK ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heidepriem, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg in Breisgau |