Wolfram Derschmidt
Wolfram Derschmidt (* 1964 in Wels ) is an Austrian jazz musician ( double bass ).
Live and act
As a child, Derschmidt received cello and clarinet lessons . At the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz he studied double bass with Wayne Darling , Adelhard Roidinger and Ewald Oberleitner . Then he belonged to bands like LandLuft, Blue Brass, Hollotrio, Ars Futura and the Stafford James String Project. He played with musicians as diverse as Karlheinz Miklin , Ines Reiger , Toots Thielemans , Peter O'Mara , Boško Petrović , Ack van Rooyen , Terje Rypdal , Woody Schabata , Wolfgang Puschnig , Toninho Horta , Oliver Lake , Kirk Lightsey , Irina Karamarković , Shantel or Azar Lawrence . Stylistically, his spectrum ranges from jazz and classical music to folk music (as catering absorbers with Martin Moro and Martin Burböck). As a companion he has worked on around two dozen records and has appeared at festivals in Europe, North America and Asia. With Klaus Dickbauer , Daniel Oman, Wolfgang Heiler and Thomas Wall, he is part of the Austrian Art Gang quintet , which released an album in 2017 with cross-genre improvisations on Bach's art of fugue .
Discographic notes
- Bigband Süd, feat. Art Farmer : Remember (1995)
- LandLuft: Übers See ( Extraplatte 2002)
- Paul Zauner's Blue Brass Soil (PAO 2006)
- Hollotrio: Togu (Pad Rec. 2011)
- Gregory Porter , Donald Smith , Mansur Scott & Paul Zauners Blues Brass: Great Voices of Harlem (PAO 2014)
- Michael Kahr : Jazz & the City and Me (Alessa 2016)
- Wolfram Derschmidt, Thomas Wall, Paul Zauner: Ars Futura (PAO 2016)
- Austrian Art Gang: The Art of Fugue and Improvisation (Gramola 2017)
Web links
- Web presence
- Wolfram Derschmidt at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Derschmidt, Wolfram |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian jazz musician (double bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wels (city) |