Buschi Niebergall

John " Buschi " Niebergall, actually Hans -Helmut Niebergall ( born July 18, 1938 in Marburg, † January 9, 1990 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German musician.

Niebergall was bassist and co-founder of several significant free-jazz formations of Germany in the mid -1960s who dared the first steps towards an independent European free jazz. He also was one of the first bass players in Europe, who played free improvised music. Niebergall studied in Cologne music. He appeared in 1964 in Gunter Hampel's plate " Heartplants " and Manfred Schoof "Voices" with. He also worked with many of the major free improvisers of his generation, including with Peter Brötzmann, Don Cherry, Alfred Harth, Evan Parker, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Irène Schweizer, John Tchicai and since its founding in 1966 with the Globe Unity Orchestra. In the first half of the 1970s he belonged to a quintet or quartet of Albert Mangelsdorff. From about 1980 he lived in retirement in Frankfurt aM and only worked in the jazz & poetry projects.

Discography (excerpt)

  • With Gunter Hampel: Heartplants ( Gunter Hampel ( saxes, bcl, fl, vibes ), Manfred Schoof (tp, flh ), Alexander von Schlippenbach ( p), Buschi Niebergall ( b ), Pierre Courbois (dr ) 1964 MPS 10526. )
  • Manfred Schoof Quintet with Voices ( Manfred Schoof (tp, cornet ), Gerd Dudek (ts ); Alexander von Schlippenbach (p); Buschi Niebergall ( b); Jacki Liebezeit ( d) 1966)
  • Manfred Schoof Quintet with: The Early Quintet ( Manfred Schoof (tp ), Gerd Dudek (ts ); Alexander von Schlippenbach (p); Buschi Niebergall ( b); Jacki Liebezeit ( d) 1966 FMP 0540. )
  • Peter Brötzmann: Machine Gun (Peter Brötzmann (ts, bs ), Willem Breuker (ts ); Evan Parker ( ts); Fred Van Hove ( p); Peter Kowald ( b); Buschi Niebergall ( b ), Han Bennink ( d ), Sven -Åke Johansson ( d) 1968, FMP 0090).
  • Manfred Schoof with the Orchestra: European Echoes ( Enrico Rava (tp ); Manfred Schoof (tp ), Hugh Steinmetz ( tp ), Peter Brötzmann (ts ); Gerd Dudek (ts ); Evan Parker ( ss ), Paul Rutherford ( tb ), Derek Bailey ( g); Fred Van Hove ( p); Alexander von Schlippenbach (p); Irène Schweizer ( p); Arjen Gorter ( b ), Peter Kowald ( b); Buschi Niebergall ( b ), Han Bennink ( d ). . Pierre Favre ( d) in June 1969, Bremen FMP 0010)
  • With the Albert Mangelsdorff Quintet: Birds Of Underground ( Albert Mangelsdorff (tb ); Heinz Sauer ( as, ts), Gerd Dudek (ts, ss, fl ); Buschi Niebergall ( b ), Peter Giger ( d ), 1972, MPS).
  • Mushroom / Niebergall / Schmitt: Celeste ( Michel Pilz ( bcl ), Buschi Niebergall ( b ), Uwe Schmitt ( d) 1978, Trion )
  • By Michael Sell Contemporary Music Ensemble: Innovations for 10 instruments ( Manfred Niehaus ( viola ); Bernd Konrad ( bcl, CBCL, sax), Willem van Manen (tb ), Michael Sell (tp ); Hans Peter Jahn ( cello ); Theo Jörgensmann ( cl ); Buschi Niebergall ( b); Georg Strüber ( b); Hildegard Butscher ( viol ); Frank Köllges (dr ), 1980 Cologne, MISP records 506)
  • With the Globe Unity Orchestra: Pearls ( Manfred Schoof (tp ), Enrico Rava (tp ), Kenny Wheeler (tp ), Anthony Braxton ( as, cl ), Peter Brötzmann ( reeds ); Rüdiger Carl ( as, ts), Gerd Dudek (ss, ts), Evan Parker ( ss, ts); Michel Pilz ( bcl ); Günter Christmann (tb ), Albert Mangelsdorff (tb ), Paul Rutherford ( tb ), Alexander von Schlippenbach (p ) Peter Kowald (b, tuba ); Buschi Niebergall ( b ), Paul Lovens ( d) 25 to 26 November, 1975, Southwest Radio Studios, Baden -Baden 0380 FMP ).
Don Cherry (trumpeter) Alfred 23 Harth Jaki Liebezeit FMP/Free Music Production Machine Gun (Peter Brötzmann album) Paul Rutherford (trombone player) Derek Bailey (guitarist) Neue Deutsche Biographie Integrated Authority File
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