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Released: Sep 26, 2010

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Green
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Genre: Experimental / Funk / Jazz
Location Bitte Bundesland/Region auswählen, De
Profile Views: 71905
Last Login: 2/1/2012
Member Since 9/12/2006
Website www.sebastian-merk.de
Record Label Several
Type of Label Indie
Bio
Sebastian (b.1977 Frankfurt/Main, Germany) has quickly made a name for himself throughout Germany as drummer and pianist. While living in Frankfurt he was awarded a scholarship from the city of Frankfurt to attend workshops in New York City. Sebastian's teachers were Keith Copeland and Jo Thoenes at the Fransz-Lizt School of Music in Weimar after which he moved to study at the Hans Eisler Conservatory in Berlin. Since then he became a important Voice in the Berlin Jazzscene. Sebastian has played with a long list of great players including Lee Konitz, Till Broenner, Ack van Rooyen, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Eddie Henderson, Mark Murphy, Johannes Enders and Ernie Watts. He toured to different Countrys like Italy, Spain, Portugal, Southamerica, Norway, Sweden, Japan, Malaysia, Turkey, U.K., U.S. and Russia. He appears on over 20 CD Recordings and played on several international Festivals (German Jazzfestival, Jazzfest Berlin, Jazzbaltica, Gexto Jazzfestival in Spanien, Stuttgart Jazz Open ,Neuer Deutscher Jazzpreis, u.v.a.. Presently he is working with such different groups as „MERKUR“, Studnitzky Trio, Johannes Enders Trio, Poetry Clan, Spaniol4, Walter Lang Trio, Kai Brueckners "Micro Bazaar" and Mark Wyand Quartett. In Berlin Sebastian worked together with Kalle Kalima, Carsten Daerr, Pepe Berns, Johannes Fink, Michael Wollny, Tilman Ehrhorn, Silke Eberhard, Daniel Erdmann, John Schroeder, Uli Kempendorff, Benedikt Reidenbach, Christian Weidner and many more. Since 2006 he is composing for is own Band „MERKUR“ which streches the Elbow from Contemporary Jazz to Psychedelic Rock. From Oktober 2010 Sebastian will teach drums at the HfM „Carl Maria von Weber“ in Dresden.
Members
Merkur:.. Christian Weidner -Sax.. Andreas Edelmann -Bass.. Sebastian Merk -Drums/Keys/Guit.. Kalle Kalima - Guit..
Influences
Music, Movies, Life....... Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Keith Jarrett, Bill Frisell, Herbie Hancock.. Thelonious Monk, Brad Mehldau, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Doors, The Beatles,.. Björk, Radiohead, James Brown, D'Angelo, Police,.. Roisin Murphy, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Nirvana.. Squarepusher,Steve Reich, Igor Strawinsky, György Ligeti, Jerry Goldsmith,......... ...Stanley Kubrick, Michel Gondry, Martin Scorcese, Ray Harryhausen,.....
Sounds Like
.. .. .. .. .. .. ......MERKUR feat: Kurt Rosenwinkel.. from ..Sebastian Merk.. on ..Vimeo..... .. .. .. .. .. .. ......Studnitzky Trio "Egis".. from ..Sebastian Merk.. on ..Vimeo..... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......MERKUR plays "Kugel".. from ..Sebastian Merk.. on ..Vimeo... .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

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Bio

Sebastian Merk (b.1977 Frankfurt/Main, Germany) has quickly made a name for himself throughout Germany as drummer and pianist.
While living in Frankfurt he was awarded a scholarship from the city of Frankfurt to attend workshops in New York City.Sebastian's teachers were Keith Copeland and Jo Thönes
at the Fransz-Lizt School of Music in Weimar after which he moved to study at the Hans Eisler Conservatory in Berlin.
Sebastian has played with a long list of great players including Lee Konitz, Till Brönner, Ack van Rooyen, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Eddie Henderson, Mark Murphy (on the latest Album "Love is what stays"on Verve), Johannes Enders, Kevin Spacey and Ernie Watts.
He toured to different Countrys like Italy, Spain, Portugal, Southamerica, Norway, Sweden, Japan, Malaysia, Turkey, U.K., U.S. and Russia

Presently he is working with such different groups as Studnitzky Trio, Johannes Enders Trio, Andreas Schnermanns "W.H.Auden" Project feat. Inga Luehning, Spaniol4, Walter Lang Trio, Kai Brückners "Micro Bazaar"and Mark Wyand Quartett.
In Berlin Sebastian works together with Kalle Kalima, Johann Leijonhufvud, Carsten Daerr, Pepe Berns, Tilman Ehrhorn,Silke Eberhard, Benedikt Reidenbach, Christian Weidner and many more.

Sebastian has his own Band "MERKUR" which stretches the elbow from Jazz up to Psychedelic Rock and still far beyond that.