Wolfgang Dauner
Wolfgang Dauner ( born December 30, 1935 in Stuttgart ) is a German keyboard player, a jazz pianist and film composer.
Life
Wolfgang Dauner had piano lessons as a child and studied briefly in 1958 trumpet and composition at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart. As a jazz musician, he is largely self-taught. After shooting in Joki friend and in a studio trio with, inter alia, Kurt Bong 1963 he founded his own piano trio with bassist Eberhard Weber and drummer Fred Braceful, which existed until the early 1970s. Dauner was so in European polls among the permanent winners and present at all the major festivals (some with bizarre happenings ). In 1971 this trio from the band Et Cetera, in which the musicians - explored in 1972, together with Larry Coryell and Jon Hiseman the transitions between free and Rock Jazz - Dauner on the Moog synthesizer.
1969 Dauner was appointed Head of Radio Jazz Group Stuttgart, which, inter alia, with Terje Rypdal, Zbigniew Seifert, Jean -Luc Ponty and Chick Corea produced considerable radio recordings for 15 years. In 1975, Dauner, from his work for television out with other European jazz musicians, the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble. Also available in other formations ( duo, quintet, all-star groups such as Old Friends ), he often appeared with Albert Mangelsdorff. In 1976 he played with Peter Herbolzheimer on the ZDF Jazz Gala. In addition, he also appeared with Charlie Mariano, partly also in a trio together with Dino Saluzzi on.
Dauner was in the 1960 companion important North American jazz musicians (such as Benny Bailey, Leo Wright and Robin Kenyatta ) and supported Marika Rokk, Zarah Leander and Lale Andersen on their tours. Since 1986, he was repeatedly producer and musical director Konstantin Wecker. Since the 1970s he worked on children's and youth programs for television, such as the program with the mouse, Päng and 1974 Series goggle Music, " a wonderfully witty and poetic introduction to the music, which earned him the title of Mozart's Children's Music ' has "(to quote jazz pages ). He also composes for film, television and radio. Together with Albert Mangelsdorff he was in the artistic advisory board of the Union of German jazz musician.
He is regarded as a creative keyboardist and composer, who is cross-border activities. With him there is no separation between classical and popular music, between new and old world. His influences include Bill Evans, Lennie Tristano, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins.
Dauner is married to Randi Bubat. His son Florian Dauner plays the drums, among others in the Fantastic Four.
Works
In 1968, his " Psalmus memory " for the church choir and jazz ensemble. His jazz opera " The Primal Scream " ( for symphony orchestra, soprano, jazz quartet and quadraphonic ) was premiered at the 1976 Berlin Jazz Festival. "When in Trouble Travel", a symphonic poem for orchestra and soloists was established in 1992 Dauner has written film music for many television productions.; as outstanding productions of the new scoring Friedrich Murnau's "Faust " and the music for Eugène Ionesco's " La vase " and Harold Pinter's " Romeo and Juliet " apply.