Thomas Stelzer (musician)

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Thomas Stelzer at an appearance at the Dresden City Festival 2009

Thomas Stelzer (born January 19, 1964 in Dresden ) is a German musician , lyricist and songwriter . Stelzer is a blues and boogie pianist.

Musical development

Stelzer completed a five-year piano course and found blues music at an early age. His musical role models include Professor Longhair , Dr. John , Buddy Guy and Vince Weber . He wrote his first own blues songs during his apprenticeship.

In 1990 he founded the Thomas Stelzer Trio . The founding line-up included Stelzer (piano, vocals), Matthias Peuker (drums) and the saxophonist Burkhard Schmidt. After Schmidt left the formation in 1998, Stelzer and Peuker were accompanied by various guest musicians. The Thomas Stelzer Trio now includes Bernd Kleinow ( blues harp ) and Christoph Dehne (drums).

The Thomas Stelzer Superband , founded in 1994, is another current band project. The band includes the four-piece wind section with Rainer Bemmann, Jürgen Heinzmann, Ive Kanew and Michael Winkler. The guitarist is Georg Hammer, the bass is played by Tim Schröder and Matthias Peuker is on the drums.

Further projects are the Bloody Rhythm Fingers with Bernd Kleinow and Lutz Kowalewski , the bands The Burnes and The Farmer's Breakfast Country Band and, until 2013, the choir The Gospel Passengers .

Stelzer traveled to many European countries for guest performances. A stay in the US took him to New Orleans , where he and Buddy Guy, Dr. John and Levon Helm performed. In addition, Stelzer took part in renowned festivals at home and abroad, including in Dresden , Bellinzona and Notodden . His latest album is called Jahresringe . It only contains previously unreleased songs from 1980 to 1989.

Thomas Stelzer heads the Saxon department of the German Rock and Pop Musicians Association .

Discography

LP

  • 1990: Take Up My Mind

CDs

  • 1992: Me And My Boogie Shoes
  • 1994: Sweat, Sweat, Sweat
  • 1994: The First Four (Superband)
  • 1994: Stormy Monday (Superband)
  • 1995: Sixpack (The Burnes)
  • 1996: news (The Burnes)
  • 1997: All Night Long
  • 1999: Li'l Liza Jane (Bloody Rhythm Fingers)
  • 2000: That's My Solution (The Gospel Passengers)
  • 2000: Best of
  • 2001: The Gospel Train Is Comin ' (The Gospel Passengers)
  • 2002: Dirty (Bloody Rhythm Fingers)
  • 2003: Cajun Moon
  • 2004: Deep Inside
  • 2005: Train Train
  • 2005: Tell Me How Long Is The Train To God (The Gospel Passengers)
  • 2006: New Orleans brainstorming
  • 2006: The Burnes: Retros & Demos (The Burnes)
  • 2006: Songs Of Mine
  • 2008: annual rings
  • 2008: I'm On My Way Now (The Gospel Passengers)
  • 2009: Thomas Stelzer & The Farmer's Breakfast Country Band Live in Concert
  • 2009: 10 Years - The Gospel Passengers - LIVE (The Gospel Passengers)
  • 2010: Dreams - The New Orleans Session 2010
  • 2011: Higher & Higher (Thomas Stelzer & The Gospel Passengers)

Sampler

  • 2002: Listen to Dresden. August 2002
  • 2007: Dixie. Boogie. Swing. The best Dresden bands on one CD

DVDs

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Stelzer. In: jazztage-dresden.de. Retrieved May 15, 2013 .
  2. ↑ The long night of Thomas Stelzer. (No longer available online.) In: jazz-in-town-berlin.de. Archived from the original on July 23, 2010 ; Retrieved May 15, 2013 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jazz-in-town-berlin.de
  3. ↑ Thomas Stelzer Trio. In: musik-dresden.de. Retrieved May 15, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Stelzer, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German blues and boogie pianist
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden