Last Friday I played my last concert with Die Enttäuschung.
Leaving the band was not an easy decision for me, but a necessary one. I am proud of what we have achieved in our time…
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The Simon Rummel Ensemble
The Simon Rummel Ensemble is one of the ensembles I am particularly fond of and have been a part of since its inception 12 years…
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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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Tristan
When I was a teenager, this record was by far the strangest music in my already considerable collection of strange music. I used to put…
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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…