Ueli Staub
Ueli Staub (born January 1, 1934 in Zurich ; † April 9, 2012 in Thun ) was a Swiss journalist , photographer and jazz musician .
Life
Staub learned the vibraphone as an autodidact . During his dental studies, he played since 1953 in the Metronome Quartet , which in 1957 by Bruno Spoerri for Metronome Quintet was expanded and consisted in a changed line-up in 2013, was an international tour, and from 1979 to 2001 with Gert Westphal programs with poetry and jazz presented . He has also played in the Robi Weber Quartet since 1965 , continuing with the Five Blazers and the Swiss All Stars . He also recorded an album with Dennis Armitage .
Staub worked as a freelance journalist, including for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung , mainly on the topics of music and tourism. He is the editor of the book “Jazzstadt Zürich”, published in 2003 by NZZ Verlag. In 1978 he married the television presenter and journalist Margrit Hadorn .
Discographic notes
- Metronome Quintet: At the EXPO (Columbia, 1970)
- Robi Weber Quartet: Soulness (1971)
- Metronome Quintet: Kling out into the distance (Jecklin, 1993) with Gert Westphal
- Metronome Quartet: The Metronome Story (Promedia, 2003)
Lexigraphic entry
- Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): Biographical Lexicon of Swiss Jazz. CD supplement to: Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): Jazz in Switzerland. History and stories. Chronos-Verlag, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0739-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ueli Staub in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography & info jazz book (City of Zurich)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ueli Staub died In: jazzorama.ch, accessed on August 29, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dust, Ueli |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss journalist, photographer and jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 2012 |
| Place of death | Tuna |