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Album: Weidner Home
Released: Jul 20, 2006
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  • Genre: Alternative / Lyrical / Progressive

    Location DE

    Profile Views: 37808

    Last Login: 9/29/2010

    Member Since 7/20/2006

    Website www.christianweidner.de

    Record Label www.pirouetrecords.com

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    ..Born 1976 in Kassel, Christian Weidner studied saxophone in Hamburg, Stockholm and Berlin, enjoying lessons with John Ruocco, Joakim Milder, Kamalesh Maitra, Charlie Mariano, Kenny Werner.......Since 1999 Weidner is living in Berlin. His current projects as a leader are the "Christian Weidner Quartett" with Colin Vallon (p), Henning Sieverts (b) and Samuel Rohrer (dr), the “Weidner Palesano Schröteler” trio with Antonio Palesano (p) and Daniel Schröteler (dr) and the “Royce” formations with Simon Stockhausen (electr). ....In addition he is plays in several formations: in Rainer Tempel´s (p) "Tempelektrisch" with Axel Schlosser (tp), Nils Wogram (tb), Frank Möbus (git), Wolfgang Zwiauer (b) and Jim Black (dr), in Chris Dahlgren`s (b) ensemble "Lexicon" with Gebhard Ullmann (ts,bcl), Antonis Anissegos (p) and Eric Schäfer (dr), in the band "Morf" with Johannes Lauer (tb), Oli Potratz (b) and Moritz Baumgärtner (dr) and in the "John Schröder (p) Quartett" with Oli Potratz (b) and Olli Steidle(dr) or Christian Lillinger (dr). He also works with the altosaxophone quartett ”Fo(u)r Alto“ with Frank Gratkowski, Benjamin Weidekamp and Florian Bergmann. Since 2006 he also subs in the islandic jazzfusionband Mezzoforte. In the past he experienced intense collaborations with Albert Mangelsdorff in the German- French-Jazzensemble and with Gunter Hampel in his various groups, playing with Perry Robinson, Willem Breuker a.o. ....With these bands he played concerts and festivals throughout Europe, Southeast Asia and Northamerica, recorded various CDs and did various productions for Radio and TV stations.....You can find the latest CD releases THE INWARD SONG (to be released in nov 2010) and CHORAL on www.pirouetrecords.com .....More info, music examples and photos at www.christianweidner.de .
  • Members

    Colin Vallon (p) Henning Sieverts (b) and Samuel Rohrer (dr) Antonio Palesano (p/electr) Daniel Schröteler (dr) Simon Stockhausen (synth/electr) and many more
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Bio:

Born 1976 in Kassel, Christian Weidner studied saxophone in Hamburg, Stockholm and Berlin, enjoying lessons with John Ruocco, Joakim Milder, Kamalesh Maitra, Charlie Mariano, Kenny Werner...

Since 1999 Weidner is living in Berlin. His current projects as a leader are the "Christian Weidner Quartett" with Colin Vallon (p), Henning Sieverts (b) and Samuel Rohrer (dr), the “Weidner Palesano Schröteler” trio with Antonio Palesano (p) and Daniel Schröteler (dr) and the “Royce” formations with Simon Stockhausen (electr).

In addition he is plays in several formations: in Rainer Tempel´s (p) "Tempelektrisch" with Axel Schlosser (tp), Nils Wogram (tb), Frank Möbus (git), Wolfgang Zwiauer (b) and Jim Black (dr), in Chris Dahlgren`s (b) ensemble "Lexicon" with Gebhard Ullmann (ts,bcl), Antonis Anissegos (p) and Eric Schäfer (dr), in the band "Morf" with Johannes Lauer (tb), Oli Potratz (b) and Moritz Baumgärtner (dr) and in the "John Schröder (p) Quartett" with Oli Potratz (b) and Olli Steidle(dr) or Christian Lillinger (dr). He also works with the altosaxophone quartett ”Fo(u)r Alto“ with Frank Gratkowski, Benjamin Weidekamp and Florian Bergmann. Since 2006 he also subs in the islandic jazzfusionband Mezzoforte. In the past he experienced intense collaborations with Albert Mangelsdorff in the German- French-Jazzensemble and with Gunter Hampel in his various groups, playing with Perry Robinson, Willem Breuker a.o.

With these bands he played concerts and festivals throughout Europe, Southeast Asia and Northamerica, recorded various CDs and did various productions for Radio and TV stations.

You can find the latest CD releases THE INWARD SONG (to be released in nov 2010) and CHORAL on www.pirouetrecords.com .

More info, music examples and photos at www.christianweidner.de .

Member Since:

July 20, 2006

Members:

Colin Vallon (p) Henning Sieverts (b) and Samuel Rohrer (dr) Antonio Palesano (p/electr) Daniel Schröteler (dr) Simon Stockhausen (synth/electr) and many more

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