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Wolfgang Schlüter
Later he was considered the most important Jazzvibraphonist of Europe - a position that is not seriously in dispute until today.
Schlüter had already played together in sessions with great jazz musicians, but he became a professional only with the Naura Quintet, which belonged until 1963 to the trend-formations in Germany. Monthly club engagements followed, with rehearsals in the afternoons. "A tough, but educational time," says Schlüter. "And a beautiful time."
After seven years engagements as soloist with the orchestras of Kurt Edelhagen, Erwin Lehn and Paul Kuhn followed. In 1965 Wolfgang Schlüter until 1995 joined the NDR Tanzorchester of which the NDR Big Band evolved from. Wolfgang played the first concert of the NDR Big Band, and on July 1st, 2012 also their 1000th concert during Jazz Baltica.
For 18 years he was additionally a professor at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre. Many of his students are now well-known musicians. For example the Hammer Klavier Trio members Boris Netsvetaev, Phil Steen and Kai Bussenius with whom he builds the Wolfgang Schlüter Quartet and plays concerts and festivals although he is nearly blind since 2004 due to an eye-stroke. But this didn't stop him in playing an active role in today's German jazz scene. Proof is his latest recording in 2012 with his quartet and the NDR Big Band together with the live performance at Jazz Baltica.
Awards
2001 - German Jazz Price (Albert Mangelsdorff-Preis)
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Wolfgang Schlüter Quartet & NDR Bigband: Visionen
by Dan Bilawsky
Visionen may be the best big band recording that went largely unheard in 2012. The music itself was hiding in plain sight, available for purchase from the usual on-line mega-stores (i.e. Amazon.com) and download sights (i.e. iTunes), but the record received scant attention in jazz circles, and the majority of the attention it did receive came from sources fairly close to home for this Hamburg-based project. Wolfgang Schlüter--Germany's elder statesman of the vibraphone--and his highly interactive band, ...
read moreA Jazz Piano Celebration, April 4, 2013: Alan Broadbent, Ayako Shirasaki, Boris Netsvetaev, Wolfgang Schlüter Quartet, Hammer Klavier Trio
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Jan Matthies Music Management
Jan Matthies Music Management is celebrating its 5th birthday, dedicating the evening to Solo Jazz Piano and Trio. The artists of Jan Matthies Music Management all come together at the prestigious Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Germany. 20.00 – 20.30 Alan Broadbent, solo & trio one of the greatest living jazz pianists" – The Los Angeles Times about the 2-time Grammy winner. In 2010 he received another Grammy nomination alongside Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis und Hank Jones for »Best Improvised ...
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"The now 78-year-old musician was to be experienced with his Bigband program at the Jazz Baltica line-up and wowed the audience with his lively style of play, his daringly fast passages and his lyrical style." - Jazzthetik, Sept. 2012
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson