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Wolfram "Woofy" Abt (born August 1, 1969 in Graz ; † February 1, 2008 ) was an Austrian musician who was best known as a jazz bassist .

life and career

Wolfram Abt was born on August 1st, 1969 in the Styrian capital Graz and, as a member of a musical family, received violin and harmony lessons at the Johann Joseph Fux Conservatory in Graz from the age of seven . Later he also took piano lessons, but from the age of twelve he devoted himself increasingly to the electric bass and jazz and pop music . At the age of 16 he switched from the violin to the double bass at the conservatory , whereby his musical knowledge was expanded through private lessons and contacts with the jazz department of the Graz University of Music . He completed his studies in instrumental (vocal) education (IGP) for jazz and pop music at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz from 1993 with distinction. He then began a master's degree at the Vienna University of Music, but dropped out after three years for family reasons.

In the course of his life he played for various bands and was featured on various albums and other CD productions. He was a member of the band Opus from 1990 until his early death in 2008. For a longer period of time he was also the electric bass player at STS , to which he belonged from 1996 to 2008. He had other larger collaborations with Papermoon , Gerd Schuller , Armenian Spirit , the backing band of Rainhard Fendrich and various other bands and musicians. There were also joint concerts with Mark Murphy and Karl Ratzer . He also worked on his own projects such as Absolutely Red , Die Geilen Schwein and Quinteto Caribe , where he was responsible for compositions and arrangements .

He also appeared as a teacher at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz and at the Johann-Joseph-Fux-Conservatory Graz and was among other things a teacher for the electric bass at the music school of Bärnbach from 1992 to 2001 . He also worked at the private school "Studio Percussion" and from March 2004 taught electric bass at the Jazz Institute of the Graz University of Art. At this very institution he also directed the popular music ensemble. In February 2008, Abbot committed at the age of 38 years suicide and was on 8 February 2008 at the Protestant cemetery of St. Peter in the 8th Grazer district St. Peter buried.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ After his death, he was replaced by Mischa Krausz and later by Erich Buchebner on bass.
  2. ^ Mark Murphy Jazz & Fusion (Porgy & Bess 2001)
  3. ↑ Former teachers of the Bärnbach Music School , accessed on October 15, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Abbot, Wolfram
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Woofy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1st August 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz , Austria
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 2008