Torsten Zwingenberger
Torsten Zwingenberger (born January 12, 1959 in Hamburg ) is a German jazz and blues drummer.
Life
Torsten Zwingenberger grew up in Hamburg and earned his first musical merits as a washboard player . He started playing drums when he was 15 . In the beginning he concentrated on New Orleans Jazz , and over time he developed into the all-round drummer of Modern Jazz . He lives in Berlin and Hamburg.
He became known to the general public at the end of the 1970s as an accompanist to rhythm and blues and boogie-woogie musicians, among other things with various record productions, e.g. B. with his brother, the boogie-woogie pianist Axel Zwingenberger and the singer Big Joe Turner .
In 1981 Zwingenberger published his first jazz album. In 1983 he began to produce sound carriers that document his work and development as a jazz drummer. B. with Buddy Tate (1983), Harry "Sweets" Edison (1986) and Plas Johnson (1989). He has also played on numerous concerts and tours with musicians such as Joe Pass , Jay McShann , Buddy DeFranco , Benny Bailey , Joe Newman , Ray Bryant , Leo Wright , Champion Jack Dupree , Charlie Musselwhite , Katie Webster and Red Holloway . In 1992 Zwingenberger appeared as the only German jazz musician to date at a concert from the "Highlights in Jazz" series in New York City, where he played with trumpeters Jon Faddis and Doc Cheatham and guitarist Peter Bernstein .
Together with his brother Axel Zwingenberger he went on concert tours in Europe as well as in North, West and Central Africa and the Middle East. From 2001 to 2006 Zwingenberger was the drummer and manager of " Lyambiko " with performances in Germany , the USA , France , Switzerland , Austria , Poland and the Czech Republic ; he produced four successful CD albums with this band. Since then he has appeared with various jazz groups, e. B. with his quartet "BERLIN 21" (Tim Seier (guit), Lionel Haas (p), Martin Lillich (basselo)) and with the "New Orleans Shakers" ( Thomas l'Etienne (cl / sax / voc), Jan -Hendrik Ehlers (p), Oliver Karstens (b)). Furthermore, he appears with his brother Axel in the formation as “Boogie-Woogie-Brothers” and in other projects, for example with Jan Luley or Georg Schroeter and Marc Breitfelder.
Zwingenberger developed a very virtuoso and demanding drum technique that he calls "Drumming 5.1": He plays with at least five pedals - at times simultaneously, as he also uses his heels. He plays "open-handed" with both hands and uses both ends of the drumsticks with the "twin-effect technique", which enables extremely fast beats. For this purpose, different percussion instruments are struck and thus different closely interwoven rhythm lines are generated.
Lexical entries
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 2: M – Z (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16513). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16513-9 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zwingenberger, Torsten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz and blues drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |