Werner Acker
Werner Acker (born July 1, 1955 in Neufra ) is a German musician ( guitarist ), university lecturer and band leader in Stuttgart.
Live and act
Acker began to play the electric guitar autodidactically at the age of eleven , and initially also the electric bass. At the age of 15 he made his first radio recordings for Südwestfunk Baden-Baden as an electric bass player in the Gerhard Wenzel Trio. During this time he also began as a guitarist with regular appearances in cover bands . He obtained his Abitur in Balingen in 1975 with a major in music. Werner Acker studied music and mathematics at the PH Ludwigsburg and passed the state examination in 1979 .
From 1980 to 1983 he took lessons from John Abercrombie , Steve Erquiaga, Bill Dobbins and Dave Liebman . In 1984 he was studying at the Summer Clinic at Berklee College of Music in Boston . He has lived in the Stuttgart area since 1975. His activities went and go in diverse musical styles such as jazz , blues , rock , soul , gospel and pop .
Since 1983 Acker has been a lecturer at the State University for Music and Performing Arts in the subjects of guitar, jazz / pop, jazz harmonics and ensemble management. He is also a guest lecturer in the Baden-Württemberg State Youth Jazz Orchestra and at the Stuttgart Student Jazz Days. Over the years Acker has been involved in a number of musical productions in southern Germany. In the late 1980s he worked several times at the Stuttgart State Theater , for example in Bye Bye Showbiz , in line 1 (both with Ute Lemper and Michael Mendel) and in Cole Porter's Vodka Cola . In 2002 he played in Cats - a production performed at the SI-Centrum Musical Theater Stuttgart.
In 2006 Werner Acker was overall musical director of the production Three Angels for Dylan at the Stuttgart State Theater. Since 2015 he has also been on the road with his own band with the line-up Werner Acker - guitar, Andreas Francke - alto sax, Uli Gutscher - trombone, Matthias Dörsam - tenor sax / barisax, Rainer Scheithauer - pno / keys, Hansi Schuller - e-bass / double bass and Herbert Wachter - drums.
Werner Acker lives with his wife Sabine in Obergruppenbach near Heilbronn and has a daughter who is studying.
Bands
- Uli Gutscher Quartet / Quintet (since 1979)
- Hot Club Quartet
- Swinging Guitars (since 1986)
- Karl Frierson Soulprint Band (since 2004)
- Stuttgart Jazz Orchestra
- The Sawubona Band (since 2009)
- Franziska Bold and band
- Werner Acker Band (since 2015)
Cooperation
Appearances (selection)
International Jazz Festival Murcia (Spain); Cologne round sports hall; Geodesic Dome in George Town (Malaysia); Arena AufSchalke; Jazz Festival in Vienne (France); Budapest Alcatraz; Brandenburg Jazz Festival; Jazz Festival in Bologna (Italy); Bonn Old Bundestag; Burghausen Jazz Festival; Gaffenberg Festival Heilbronn; Music Hall Worpswede; Landesjazzfestival Esslingen; 50 years of Baden-Württemberg Schlossplatz Stuttgart; Vienna Hofburg; Aalen Jazz Festival; Munich Bayerischer Hof; Travemünde Culture Week; Aachen Open Air; Jazz Open Stuttgart; Ludwigsburg Palace Festival
Discography
- Sergio Vesely - Personas , with Joerg Reiter , Uli Gutscher and Manfred Kniel . Messidor 1984
- Vodka Cola with Thomas Stabenow , Walter Norris , Erich Bachträgl , Claus Stötter , Joe Gallardo (directed by Dieter Glawischnig ). Bayer Records 1987
- Uli Gutscher Quintet - inspiration , with Martin Schrack, Thomas Krisch and Herbert Wachter. Edition Collage, 1993
- All That Jazz & Helena Paul, with Stephan Zimmermann, Matthias Erlewein, Ludwig Nuss , Jürgen Dollman, Johannes Killinger and Michael Kersting . Satin Doll Productions 1999
- The Union - enjoy , feat. David Hanselmann , Cherry Gehring, Katrin Haug. stormy monday records 2004
- Gisela Hafner & Werner Acker Trio - Ballads And More , feat. Uli Gutscher and Ekkehard Rössle. sunny moon 2001
- Martin Schrack String Quartet - Squeezin ' with Rainer Hagmann and Veit Hübner. Edition Musikat 2004
- Uli Gutscher / Werner Acker - Duo Conceptions , Edition Musikat 2004
- Hot Club Quartet - Live at Köngen Castle. Edition Auenwald 2006
- Gisela Hafner - Why Not , with Eckhart Stromer and Mini Schulz . Satin Doll Productions 2008
- The Sawubona Band - Songs Of Good Hope , with Rainer Scheithauer, Capo Mayer, Hansi Schuller, Herbert Wachter, Frank Dapper, Verena Nübel, Annette Kienzle, Ekkehard Rössle , Donovan Copley, Ronan Skillen, Lucky Thobela and guests. IBM 2010
- Werner Acker Band - Roots , Personality Records, 2016
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ mh-stuttgart.de ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2010 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. Acker in the teaching staff of the Stuttgart University of Music, seen on www.mh-stuttgart on September 23, 2010
- ↑ swinging-guitars.de ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Field at the Swinging Guitars, seen on www.singing-guitars.de on September 23, 2010
- ↑ karlfrierson.com Acker bei Frierson, seen on www.karlfrierson.com on September 23, 2010
- ↑ stuttgartjazzorchestra.de 'Acker in der Rhythmusgruppe', on stuttgartjazzorchestra.de, accessed on September 23, 2010
- ↑ sawubona-musicjam.com Field in the Sawubona project, seen on September 23 at www.sawubona-musicjam.com
- ^ Website of Bold and Band with Acker
- ↑ Strong voice, touching songs. Sylter Spiegel, August 25, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
- ↑ Werner Acker , biography of the Stuttgart University of Music, accessed on February 20, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Acker, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician (guitarist) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neufra (Hohenzollern) |