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…
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I have been lucky
Forty years ago today, I got my first drum set. The first time I sat down to play, I knew immediately that this was what…
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Apprenticeship
In the dark ages before the Internet, I could occasionally catch the tail end of a long-gone practice: Accompanying musicians on the road as part…
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I learned how to tune a drum through Paul Lovens
I first heard Paul when I was fifteen years old. He played with Günter Christmann, who often invited him to Hannover for his vario projects.…