Michael Sagmeister

Michael Werner Sagmeister ( born July 27, 1959 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a jazz and fusion guitarist. He is regarded as one of the leading contemporary musicians of his profession in Europe. From 1993 to 1997 he was a lecturer at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1999 he was appointed full professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main.

Sagmeister formed his first group in 1975 and had with her ​​a moderate success as a newcomer at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival. Although he played Rock Jazz, are its stylistic roots in hard bop; his early role models were Pat Martino and Wes Montgomery. A tour with the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble in the early 1980s as the opening act Sagmeister made ​​to a wider audience. This is followed by tours throughout Southeast Asia and North Africa, most recently by West Africa.

To his trio heard about for many years the drummer Michael Kuttner; currently in place of his longtime bass guitarist Udo Kistner plays Martin Gjakonovski bass. He also occurs in the quintet with Klaus Göbel, Götz Ommert and Antonella D' Orio. Sagmeister also worked with Pat Martino, Larry Coryell, Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Samuels, Randy Brecker, Miroslav Vitous, Albert Mangelsdorff, Wolfgang Dauner, Volker Kriegel, Christoph Spendel, Christof Lauer, Attila Zoller, Emil Mangelsdorff, the hr -Bigband, William Kennedy, Gerry Brown, and others. He can also be heard in solo concerts and in a duo with the singer Britta Medeiros. His playing style is based today on Neobop and fusion, but also on the blues.

Michael Sagmeister has released nearly 20 records / CDs and three textbooks.

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