Wolfgang Köhler (pianist)

Wolfgang Köhler (born October 15, 1960 in Hofgeismar ) is a German professor of jazz and jazz pianist .

Wolfgang Köhler 2010

Career

As a piano player in the group “ Just Friends ”, Köhler undertook several tours from 1978 to 1991 through the German-speaking countries. From 1980 he studied at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin with Walter Norris and others.

Since then he has played with numerous well-known artists such as Jiggs Whigham , Randy Brecker , Herb Geller , Benny Bailey , Gitte Hænning , Nigel Kennedy , John Marshall and Ack van Rooyen . From 1982 to 1986 he was a member of the RIAS dance orchestra and later also a pianist in several talk shows. He is repeatedly invited to productions as a soloist in the successor orchestra, the RIAS Big Band .

Wolfgang Köhler composed two theater revues (in collaboration with the playwright Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg ) and several film scores, including for the ZDF children's series “Karfunkel”.

Since 1999 he has been professor for jazz piano at the Hanns Eisler Music Academy in Berlin . Since 2005 he has been playing with Tahsin İncirci in the “Duo Divan” alongside his professional activity. Since 2000 he has been a band leader with the “Allan Praskin Wolfgang Köhler Quartet”.

Works (selection)

• Just Friends Just Jazz , Mannheim 1979
• Red Onions New Orleans Jazz Band Mad Dog , Stomp Off Rec. 1984
• Mark Nightingale + RIAS Big Band Destiny , Mons Records 1996
• Ralf Rothkegel Quartet Songs from My Heart 1996
• RIAS Big Band presents Helmut Brandt , BIT 1997
• Wolfgang Köhler quintet Faces A Records 1998
• Benny Bailey Quartet Firm Roots 1998
• Max Greger and the RIAS Big Band Swingtime 1999 Polydor
• Max Greger and the RIAS Big Band Big Band Hits 2000 Polydor
• RIAS Big Band German Folk Songs ... Our Way Mons Rec. 2000
• RIAS Big Band Weill arr. By Jörg Achim Keller Mons Rec. 2001
• Around Jazz (with Allan Praskin , Christian Ramond and Felix Astor 2001)
• Songs (and Stories) (with Ralf Rothkegel, Robert Doehring, Kay Bussenius), ernstblau, 2005
• Jiggs Whigham - Wolfgang Köhler Duo Two - Too Summit Records, 2006
• Martin Kern Quartet: Visions , yvp music , 2007
• Marianne Rosenberg: I´ma Woman ( musical direction and arr .: W.Köhler), Alive Rec., 2008
• Herb Geller - Wolfgang Köhler: Moon Mist , Phonector, 2009

Web links

Commons : Wolfgang Kohler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Biographical data with photo ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Wolfgang Köhler at Discogs (English)