"Oriente" feat. Lucas v. Merwijk, Alberto Caicedo
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¡GRACIAS ARTURO SANDOVAL!
Cuban-, Jazz-, Latin-, Brazilian, African- & World music in general...
NILS PERFORMED WITH
Armando Peraza
Orestes Vilató
Dave Valentin
Issac Delgado
Paquito de Rivera
Michel Camilo
Giovanni Hidalgo
Luis Conte
Alfredo “Chocolate” Armentéros
Claudio Rodíti
Andy Gonzalez
Alain Pérez
Ali B
José Espinosa
Larry Harlow
Bobby Sanabria
Edy Martínez
Nelson Gonzáles
John Benitez
Eveline Carels
John Santos
Brian Lynch
Karl Perazzo
Raúl Rekow
Rebeca Mauleón
Luis Morais(Cesaria Evora)
Denise Jannah
Laura Fygi
Manuel d’Novas (Cesaria Evora)
Ildo Lobo
Michael Stuart (...sitting in)
Ralph Irizarry
Tito De Gracia
Roberto Quintero
Frankie Vazquez
Bana
Alberto “Molote” Muñoz
Sello LA (...sitting in)
Yolandita Rivera
Meñique
Chando Graciosa
Ramón Valle
Doble Jugada
Jugando a Enamorar(2008 Walboomers Latina)
Nils Fischer & Timbazo
¡Gracias Joe Cuba! (2007 Walboomers Latina)
Elsa Valle & Rumba Caliente
Salsa y Picante (2007 TomTom)
Drums United
World of Rhythm CD (2005 TamTam)
World of Rhythm DVD (2006 TamTam)
Nueva Manteca
Porgy and Bess (1993 Lucho)
In Concert at Nick Vollebrecht’s Café (1994 Wereldomroep)
Let’s Face the Music and Dance (1995 Blue Note)
Afro Cuban Sanctus (1997 EMI)
Night People (1998 EMI)
Congo Square (2002 Munich)
The Westside Story (2003 Munich)
The Cubop City Big Band
The Machito Project (1995 Lucho)
Moré and More (1998 Tam Tam)
Live In The Hague (2000 Tam Tam)
Tribute to Arsenio Rodriguez (2002 TamTam)
Let's Dance! Tribute To Tadashi Yoshida (2005 JVC JAPAN)
Lucas van Merwijk & his Cubopcity Bigband Latin Vocal ExplosionTamtam 2006
Fabian Nodarse
Renacer (2004 Munich)
Rumbatá
Patria y Bandera (with Issac Delgado) (2001 Camina Records)
Leslie Lopez
Bomba Moderna (1999 Buitenkunst)
Carlos Matos
Caboverdeanisimo
Matos Music 2006
Tumbao
Sigue, vas bien ( 2003 Spinnin' Records)
Boy Gé Mendes
Surúru (1996 Atlantic Music)
Orquesta Tipica
Contradanzas & Danzónes (1996 Nimbus)
Charanga (1997 Nimbus)
The Groove Movement
Eveline and the Groove Movement (1995 Clubtone)
Herman FinkersVan Jonge Leu en Oale GrondCNR Music 2005
Manuel Di Candinho
Alma & Son
Casa Caboverdeana 2002
Tote Zabelinha
Aventura
TZ Productions 1999
Tote Zabelinha
Amigos de Hoje en Dia
TZ Productions 2002
Beto Dias
Nós 2
Casa Caboverdeana 1998
Alberto “Molote” Muñoz
Non Stop Descarga
Carons Choice 2005
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS
The Caribbean
Heineken Jazz Puerto Rico 2003
Barranquijazz Colombia 2006
Bonaire Jazzfestival 2006
Curaçao Jazzfestival 2006
Jazz Festival Sint Maarten 1997, 1999
Curaçao International KLM Jazz Festival 1994, 1997
Free Winds Jazzclub Aruba 1999
International Festival Bonaire1999
Pan Jazz Festival VIII Trinidad & Tobago 1996
The Netherlands
North Sea Jazzfestival 1994, 1996, 1999,2000, 2003, 2006
Pure Jazz 2006
Euro Jazz Night 1994
Latin Dance Beats 2001
Euro Radio Big Band Meeting 2001
Croatia Spancirfest Varazdin 2006
USA
S.O.B.’s New York City 1995
Congress of Jazz, Anaheim 1995
Catalinas, Los Angeles 1995
City Theater, San Diego 1995
Joshi’s, Oakland 1997
San José Jazzfestival 1997
Canada
Festival International de Montreal 1995
Toronto Jazz Festival 1995
Denmark
Jazzhouse, Kopenhagen 1995, 1997
Århus Jazzfestival 1997
UK
Leeds International Music Festival 1994
Germany
Jazz Behind The Dikes 1995
Finland
Jazzfestival Kouvola 1996, 2000
Latin Jazz Festival Iväskyla 1996, 2000
Copacabana Helsinki 2000
Imatra Big Band Festival 2000
Salsa Festival Turku 1998
France
Toros y Salsa Festival Dax 2000, 2001
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2008 TIMBAZO Dutch tour “¡Gracias Joe Cuba!”
2008 North Sea Jazzfestival with TIMBAZO, main stage. Featuring Brian Lynch & José “Pepe” Espinosa
2008 Cubop City Bigband tour Colombia, Aruba, Curaçao, Suriname
2008 Nueva Manteca Mexico
2008 Drums United Cyprus
2008 Nueva Manteca tour featuring Dave Valentín
2008 Cubop City Bigband tour featuring Andy Gonzalez
2008 Founding of CABOCUBAJAZZ; tour The Netherlands
2008 Metropole Orchestra tour “Memorias De Cuba”
2008 Drums United tour "Rhythms Of The World
2008 Various recording sessions: Cubop City Bigband, Metropole Orchestra,
Nueva Manteca, Drums United, Armando Vidal, Latin Roma.
2007 Cd release party Timbazo's Cd "¡Gracias Joe Cuba!"
2007 Cubop City Bigband tour "Latin Divas"
2007 Bulgaria/ Serbia tour Drums United
2007 Drums United tour "Ritmo Inferno"
2007 Recording session Doble Jugada
2007 Nueva Manteca tour "Motown Mambo"
2006 Nueva Manteca tour Colombia
2006 Drums United tour "Ritmo Inferno"
2006 Recording session with Ramón & Elsa Valle in Budapest, Hungary
2006 Pure Jazz Festival Cubop City Big Band
2006 writing articles for Dutch Magazine "Slagwerkkrant"
2006 recording sessions in Madrid and in The Netherlands for solo cd
2006 Nueva Manteca tour "My Fair Lady"
2006 Nueva Manteca Croatia
2006 North Sea Jazz Festival Cubop City Big Band
2006 Fabian Nodarse tour Belgium
2006 Drums United tour "World of Rhythm"
2006 Cubop City Big Band tour Bonaire & Curaçao
2006 Cubop City Big Band tour "Latin Vocal Explosion"
2005 Nueva Manteca tour "My Fair Lady"
2005 Drums United tour "World of Rhythm"
2005 Cubop City Big Band tour "Tribute to Afro Cuba"
2005 Cubop City Big Band tour "Latin Guitar Explosion"
2005 Buena Vista Social Club concert in Brussels with a.o. Pio Leiva, El Nene & Cotó
2004 Nueva Manteca tour with Orestes Vilató
2004 North Sea Jazz Festival
2004 Drums United tour "World of Rhythm"
2003 Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Festival with Nueva Manteca
2003 Nueva Manteca tour "The Westside Story" with Jeroen van Merwijk
2003 Cubop City Big Band Tour "The Mambo Kings"
2002 Trip to Puerto Rico, playing with Michael Stuart (supported by Dutch Ministry of Arts)
2002 till present with FABIAN NODARSE
2002 Nueva Manteca tour with Ralph Irrizarry
2002 Drums United tour "HIT"
2001 Trip to Cuba, playing & recording with members of "Charanga Habanera" (supported by Dutch Ministry of Arts)
2001 Rumbata tour Greece
2001 Gerardo Rosales y su Trabucombo tour with Frankie Vazquez & Roberto Quintero
2001 Euro Radio Big Band Meeting for EBU
2001 Descarga Amsterdam tour with Brian Lynch
2001 Cubop City Big Band tour with tresero Nelson Gonzales
2001 Cubop City Big Band France
2000 till present joins percussiongroup DRUMS UNITED
2000 Nueva Manteca tour Israel
2000 North Sea Jazz Festival
2000 La Banda Iré in Imatra Finland
2000 Carlos Matos tour
2000 Bomba Moderna France
1999 Trip to New York (supported by Dutch Ministry of Arts)
1999 Tour Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Curaçao & Aruba with the Cubop City Big Band
1999 Rumbata in Cape Verde
1999 Recording concert video with "Combinaçao Malta Dumee" starring Carlos Malta
1999 North Sea Jazz Festival
1999 Cubop City Big Band tour with percussionist Armando Peraza
1999 Carlos Matos tour Cape Verde with Luis Morais and Ildu Lobo
1998 till present percussion teacher at Rotterdams Conservatory (CODARTS)
1998 Nueva Manteca tour with Luis Conte
1998 Nueva Manteca at Salsa Festival Turku Finland
1998 Carlos Matos tour with Titina
1997 till 2001 with LA BANDA IRÉ, houseband in clubs: Amsterdam's "Meander"
1997 Nueva Manteca tour USA & Canada
1997 Nueva Manteca tour Denmark & Finland
1997 Cubop City Big Band tour with Edy Martinez
1996 Nueva Manteca on Trinidad & Tobago
1996 Nueva Manteca Jazzfestival Kouvola Finland
1996 North Sea Jazz Festival
1996 Cubop City Big Band tour with Chocolate Armenteros
1995 till present with CUBOP CITY BIG BAND
1995 Nueva Manteca tour with Claudio Roditi
1995 Nueva Manteca tour with Bobby Sanabria
1995 Nueva Manteca tour USA
1995 Nueva Manteca tour Germany
1995 Nueva Manteca tour Denmark
1995 “Award for outstanding service to jazz education” in Los Angeles
1994 till present with CARLOS MATOS
1994 Nueva Manteca tour with Orestes Vilató
1994 Nueva Manteca Leeds International Music Festival
1994 North Sea Jazz Festival
1994 Euro Jazz Night TV show
1993 till present teacher at the PENTATON PERCUSSION SCHOOL
1993 Nueva Manteca tour with Armando Peraza
1993 Nueva Manteca tour Porgy & Bess
1992 till present concerts at Dutch concert halls and tv shows such as Van Barend & Dorp,
VARA Laat, Reiziger, Klokhuis, Bert Visser.
1992 till present with NUEVA MANTECA
1992 Nueva Manteca with Giovanni Hidalgo
1991 until today playing in the dutch jazz, worldmusic and Latin scene
1991 till 1996 studies at Rotterdams Conservatory, graduating Cum Laude
1988 tour in California, USA with highschool band
1988 extensive studies in Santiago de Cuba and Havana
1986 till 1991 busy in local jazz, worldmusic and Latin scene
1983 starts playing percussion
BIOGRAPHY - TEXT VERSION
Nils Fischer is one of the top percussionists in Europe, touring and recording with Nueva Manteca, Cubop City Big Band, Drums United, with his own groups Timbazo and CaboCubaJazz as well as with many others. He has shared the stage with such legendary figures as Giovanni Hidalgo, Pío Leiva, Orestes Vilató, Armando Peraza, Paquito D'Rivera and Chocolate Armenteros.
He studied in Cuba, Brazil, Puerto Rico and at the Rotterdam Conservatory where he obtained his “Masters Degree Percussion” in 1996 cum laude. His teachers include Giovanni Hidalgo, Jerry Gonzalez, L. van Merwijk, Orestes Vilató, Roberto Vizcaíno, Panga and Anthony Carillo.
Nils’ interest in music started at an early age, growing up in a musical family in Bremen, Germany. One of his earliest memories from childhood is his father practicing guitar before gigs at night. His own instrumental experience started when he began to attend piano lessons at the age of ten. He remembers: “One day my sister brought home a Paquito D’Rivera record with Daniel Ponce on congas - this changed my life, all I wanted from then on was to play percussion.” At that time, he would have never imagined that 20 years later he would find himself performing with Paquito in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Nils has appeared on more than 40 albums as a recording artist.
In 2007 he released a CD with his own group TIMBAZO. It is entitled ¡Gracias Joe Cuba! and serves as a tribute to veteran percussionist Joe Cuba. Top artists including Brian Lynch, Alain Pérez , José “Pepe” Espinosa and Alberto “Molote” Muñoz contributed to its making. The album – mixed by Jon Fausty - received rave reviews both at home and abroad (see reviews below).
It was pre-nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards 2008 in four categories. TIMBAZO is nominated for the Mixed Magazine Worldmusic Award 2009.
In 2008, Nils founded the group CaboCubaJazz. “CaboCubaJazz melts two different cultures without any effort - sensational!” Volkskrant [national Dutch newspaper]
Nils currently teaches at the World Music Department of Codarts [Rotterdam Conservatory] and at the Pentaton Percussion School in Germany. He gave workshops in Finland and Austria. In 1995 he received the award for “outstanding service to Jazz education” in Los Angeles.
Nils Fischer endorses Pearl Percussion and Regal Tip drumsticks.
Olá !!! Muito obrigado por fazer parte dos meus amigos aqui em meu espaço e muito boa sorte pra você!!! Fique a vontade pra ouvir todas as canções do meu terceiro CD: Ebulição de Idéias, ver os vídeos de shows e tudo que quiser, ta bom?! O CD tem a participação do Zé Geraldo na música (S.O.S) e tem também uma canção em homenagem ao Maluco Beleza, Raul Seixas (Um Canto Para Raul), Além da música "Essência Oculta" que foi trilha Sonora de um filme(TV Cultura) do Grande Cineasta Hermano Penna. Grande abraço do César Di.
Olá !!! Muito obrigado por fazer parte dos meus amigos aqui em meu espaço e muito boa sorte pra você!!! Fique a vontade pra ouvir todas as canções do meu terceiro CD: Ebulição de Idéias, ver os vídeos de shows e tudo que quiser, ta bom?! O CD tem a participação do Zé Geraldo na música (S.O.S) e tem também uma canção em homenagem ao Maluco Beleza, Raul Seixas (Um Canto Para Raul), Além da música "Essência Oculta" que foi trilha Sonora de um filme(TV Cultura) do Grande Cineasta Hermano Penna. Grande abraço do César Di.
Gracias por la Amistad - Thanks for the friendship. Un placer contar contigo - Nice to meet you . Salud - Bienestar - Inspiracion y Mucha Musica. Regards - Viele Grüße aus Elbenberg – Bendiciones. .......Never stop the beat....... Alvaro.
Gracias por tu mensaje en nuestro guestbook. Bueno, la mezcla del nuevo disco "Me lo gané" la hicimos nosotros en Suecia. Creo que te refieres a otra banda. De todas maneras, saludos.
Hello Nils..hope this finds u well and gigging a lot!...
New CD "Breaking Skin/Rompiendo el Cuero" is now available at http://cdbaby.com/cd/congajohnny and at Descarga.com(see review)..Thank you all in advance for purchasing my music!..Volcano Percussion Artist-"JC" JOHNNY CONGA
hey Nils!!! como va todo?, espero bien...que bueno estubo drums united man!!, pero..cuando viene el timbazo a mexico??!!!, que sabor!! muy bueno!, un abrazo desde Mexico !!
Hello Nils, We will be at the Music Meeting in Nijmegen on June 1 and at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam on June 3....Hope to see you sometime! Take care, Jovino
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