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Günter Sommer | |
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Also known as | Günter "Baby" Sommer |
Born | Dresden, Germany | August 25, 1943
Genres | Avant-garde jazz, Free jazz, Free improvisation |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Drums |
Years active | 1960s–present |
Labels | Intakt Records, FMP, Moers Music, ILK Music, Euphorium Records, JazzHausMusik, Splasc(h) |
Günter "Baby" Sommer (born 25 August 1943) is a German jazz drummer.
Sommer was born in Dresden on 25 August 1943. [1] His first instrument was the trumpet, which he studied at school. [1] He started playing the drums aged 15 or 16. [1] He studied music at Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden. [2] A solo percussion album, Hormusik, was released by FMP in 1979. [2] In the same year, FMP also released a trio album recorded with Peter Kowald and Wadada Leo Smith. [2] He has worked with Smith intermittently throughout his career. [2] During the 1980s he also worked with Peter Brötzmann, Irene Schweizer, Cecil Taylor, and with the writer Gunter Grass. [2] In the early 1990s he began leading a trio with Didier Levallet, then with Theo Jörgensmann, and joined in 1995 for 13 years as drums professor the faculty at Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber. [2] His usual nickname Baby is due to a comparison, homage to the multifaceted US drummer Baby Dodds. [3]
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Günter Sommer | |
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![]() Sommer at Moers Festival, 2020 | |
Background information | |
Also known as | Günter "Baby" Sommer |
Born | Dresden, Germany | August 25, 1943
Genres | Avant-garde jazz, Free jazz, Free improvisation |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Drums |
Years active | 1960s–present |
Labels | Intakt Records, FMP, Moers Music, ILK Music, Euphorium Records, JazzHausMusik, Splasc(h) |
Günter "Baby" Sommer (born 25 August 1943) is a German jazz drummer.
Sommer was born in Dresden on 25 August 1943. [1] His first instrument was the trumpet, which he studied at school. [1] He started playing the drums aged 15 or 16. [1] He studied music at Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden. [2] A solo percussion album, Hormusik, was released by FMP in 1979. [2] In the same year, FMP also released a trio album recorded with Peter Kowald and Wadada Leo Smith. [2] He has worked with Smith intermittently throughout his career. [2] During the 1980s he also worked with Peter Brötzmann, Irene Schweizer, Cecil Taylor, and with the writer Gunter Grass. [2] In the early 1990s he began leading a trio with Didier Levallet, then with Theo Jörgensmann, and joined in 1995 for 13 years as drums professor the faculty at Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber. [2] His usual nickname Baby is due to a comparison, homage to the multifaceted US drummer Baby Dodds. [3]