Yesterday I had the opportunity..
Yesterday I had the opportunity to play a solo concert – something I don’t do very often. I never seem to be able to prepare…
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Free Jazz Blog’s Sunday interview
Although I did my very best to answer the questions in this week’s edition of the Free Jazz Blog’s Sunday interview as honestly as possible,…
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I feel more than honored
I feel more than honored; after 40 years in this music, this is the first time I made it on the cover of a magazine,…
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Griener Roder : Be Our Guest
I’ve been playing with Jan Roder for over 30 years, and if I look over at the bassist at one of my concerts, there’s a…
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The liner notes of the 1995 album Butch Morris Conducts Berlin Skyscraper incorrectly stated that I had played with Irène Schweizer.
This was because the author had confused her in my then short biography with the underrated but less well-known saxophonist Thomas Schweizer. I was a…
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Exactly thirty years ago today…
I played my first concert in Berlin, at the Stakkato Festival at Kato in the Schlesisches Tor train station. It was supposed to be a…
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The first time I met Ernst-Ludwig “Luten” Petrowsky was in 1983
The first time I met Ernst-Ludwig “Luten” Petrowsky was in 1983, when I was 15 and went together with Rudi Mahall to a concert at…
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Today is the 69th birthday of Gerold Genssler.
Today is the 69th birthday of Gerold Genssler. Most people know him as the maker of excellent strings, mostly for double bass (I think they…
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Today is the 80th birthday of Günter Christmann.
Today is the 80th birthday of Günter Christmann. I can honestly say that without him I would not be the musician I am today.I will be…
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Exactly 20 years ago today
Exactly 20 years ago today, I traveled to Dresden for the first time to teach drum students in my new role as adjunct professor of…