David Giesel

David Giesel is a German drummer, composer and bandleader from Basel who works mainly in the fields of jazz, pop and improvised music. The unmistakable characteristics of his sound are the clarity, the dynamic spectrum, followed by the urge to constantly rediscover himself without losing the focus on the music.

David Giesel grew up near Freiburg and completed his bachelor's degree in 2023 at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts. He studied with Eckhard Stromer, Fabian Arends, Rainer Tempel and Alexander "Sandi" Kuhn.

David Giesel released his first albums as a sideman with the "Lukas Wögler Quartett" (Alba, Plastic Jazz), the "Simon Bremen Quartett" (Reflections on Predictability, Unit Records) and others. In 2021 he received the "BMBF Deutschlandstipendium" and found the band "Larceny" with which he released the EP "Shapes" 2022 and the album "Crosscurrent" (2023) on "XJAZZ!MUSIC" Berlin.

In 2023 he began his Master's degree in performance and music education at the "Jazzcampus Basel" and receives lessons from Jeff Ballard, Jorge Rossy, Larry Grenadier and others. 

As a sought-after sideman, he has already gained a lot of concert experience at home and abroad (Denmark, Switzerland, Romania, Finland,...) and has already shared the stage with musicians such as Volker Engelbert, Fola Dada, Christoph Neuhaus, Arne Huber, Stefan Karl Schmid and Achim Kaufmann. He has also performed at JazzOpen Stuttgart, Jazzweek Regensburg, the Freiburg Jazz Festival and the Stuttgart Winterjazz Festival. 

David Giesel has taken lessons from musicians such as Jochen Rueckert, John Riley, Ari Hoenig, Gregory Hutchinson, Ofri Nehemya, James Maddren, Kweku Sumbry, Kendrick Scott.

Gear

Gretsch / Canopus Drums, Istanbul Cymbals, Vater Drum-Sticks.

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