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Günter "Baby" Sommer (born 25 August 1943) is a German jazz drummer.
Günter Sommer | |
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 Sommer at Moers Festival, 2020 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Günter "Baby" Sommer |
| Born | August 25, 1943 Dresden, Germany |
| Genres | Avant-garde jazz, Free jazz, Free improvisation |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Drums |
| Years active | 1960s–present |
| Labels | Intakt Records, FMP, Moers Music, ILK Music, Euphorium Records, JazzHausMusik, Splasc(h) |
Career
editSommer was born in Dresden on 25 August 1943.[1] His first instrument was the trumpet, which he studied at school.[1] He started playing the drums aged 15 or 16.[1] He studied music at Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden.[2] A solo percussion album, Hormusik, was released by FMP in 1979.[2] In the same year, FMP also released a trio album recorded with Peter Kowald and Wadada Leo Smith.[2] He has worked with Smith intermittently throughout his career.[2] During the 1980s he also worked with Peter Brötzmann, Irene Schweizer, Cecil Taylor, and with the writer Gunter Grass.[2] In the early 1990s he began leading a trio with Didier Levallet, then with Theo Jörgensmann, and joined in 1995 for 13 years as drums professor the faculty at Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber.[2] His usual nickname Baby is due to a comparison, homage to the multifaceted US drummer Baby Dodds.[3]
Discography
edit- Gruppe Synopsis with Synopsis (Amiga, 1974)
- Hormusik (FMP, 1979)
- Touch the Earth with Wadada Leo Smith (FMP, 1980)
- Dedication with Hans-Günther Wauer (FMP, 1982)
- Hormusik Zwei (Nato, 1983)
- If You Want the Kernels You Have to Break the Shells with Peter Kowald (FMP, 1983)
- Pica Pica with Peter Brotzmann and Albert Mangelsdorff (FMP, 1984)
- Percussion Summit with John Purcell, Urszula Dudziak (Moers Music, 1984)
- Verschrankte Konstruktion with Hans-Günther Wauer (Amiga, 1986)
- Live at Taktlos with Irène Schweizer and Maggie Nicols (Intakt, 1986)
- Irène Schweizer & Günter Sommer (Intakt, 1988)
- The Storming of the Winter Palace with Irene Schweizer (Intakt, 1988)
- Reserve with Peter Brotzmann (FMP, 1989)
- In East Berlin with Cecil Taylor (FMP, 1989)
- Riobec with Cecil Taylor (FMP, 1989)
- Cordes Sur Ciel with Didier Levallet (European Music/Sud-Ouest, 1990)
- Camino Fatal with Ekkehard Jost (Fish Music, 1990)
- Cappuccini Klang with Peter Kowald (Splasc(h), 1992)
- Sachsische Schatulle: Hormusik III (Intakt, 1993)
- Merseburger Begegnung with Hans-Günther Wauer (Kip, 1994)
- BIB with Sylvain Kassap, Didier Levallet (FMP, 2002)
- Wokonda with Achim Jaroschek (Konnex, 2003)
- Between Heaven and Earth with Conny Bauer and Peter Kowald (Intakt, 2003)
- Hic Sunt Leones with Frank Paul Schubert (Jazz Haus, 2007)
- Delphinius & Lyra with Raymond MacDonald (Clean Feed, 2007)
- Wisdom in Time with Wadada Leo Smith (Intakt, 2007)
- Abbara with Rafik Schami (Intakt, 2008)
- Peitzer Grand Mit Vieren (Jazzwerkstatt, 2009)
- Live in Jerusalem (Kadima Collective, 2009)
- Songs for Kommeno (Intakt, 2012)
- Jesper Lovdal Gunter Sommer (ILK Music, 2012)
- Dry Swing & Tandem Spaces with Oliver Schwerdt (Euphorium, 2013)
- Three Seasons (HGBS, 2014)
- Sources with Johannes Enders (Moderntunemusic, 2016)
- Fundstuecke with Gabriele Hasler (Laika, 2016)
- Le Piccole Cose (Intuition, 2017)
- Baby's Party (Intakt, 2018)
- Grande Casino with EUPHORIUM_freakestra (Euphorium, 2018)
- One For My Baby And One More For The Bass with Barry Guy and Oliver Schwerdt (Euphorium, 2020)
- Karawane with The Lucaciu 3 (Intakt, 2022)
References
editExternal links
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- Official site
- Günter Sommer discography at Discogs