Wolfgang Schmid

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.. Wolfgang Schmid zählt zu den bekanntesten und erfolgreichsten Bassisten Europas. Er verewigte seinen guten Namen und seine Talente auch als Produzent, Komponist und musical director auf bislang 400 Alben. In den siebziger Jahren war er eine zentrale Figur in Klaus Doldingers legendärer Jazzrock-Gruppe PASSPORT. Es folgten eigene Bands, wie Wolfhound, Kick und PARADOX mit Billy Cobham(dr). Seine furiose Spielweise und seine stilistische Vielfalt brachten ihm diverse Pollgewinne in USA und Deutschland, weltweite Tourneen und Auftritte bei vielen großen Festivals. Von seiner neuen, hochkarätig besetzten Band erschienen seit 2001 drei CDs: WOLFGANG SCHMID KICK - let the groove begin ... (Skiprecords/Soulfood SKP 9070-2) Wolfgang Schmid A SWIFT KICK (Skiprecords/Soulfood SKP9053-2) Wolfgang Schmid SPECIAL KICK (Skiprecords/Soulfood SKP9030-2) ----------------------------------------------------------- Mehr Info unter: http://www.wolfgangschmid.com http://www.myspace.com/wolfgangschmidkick -----------------------------------------------------------BIOGRAPHY WOLFGANG SCHMID bassist, composer, producer born nov. 11, 1948 in Stuttgart/Germany 1959 -the first guitar.......lessons & more - 1962 -1970 guitarist, singer & leader -The Dynamites! 1968 -1972 bassplayer with "Seelow" & studies in recording-engineer at Jankowski-Studio in Stuttgart and then played: from ..72 -..77 bassist with Klaus Doldinger's Passport & since 2001 as "Classic Passport", feat. Klaus Doldinger, Kristian Schultze, Curt Cress & Wolfgang Schmid. ---------------------------------------------------------- as a bandleader: ..78 -..80 Head, Heart & Hands ..81 -..86 WOLFHOUND since ..87 WOLFGANG SCHMID's KICK since 1996 PARADOX with Bill Bickford & Billy Cobham composed & produced more than 50 CDs/Lps honored as artist of the year by the phonoacademy/Germany winner of several polls in Germany and US. bassplayer on over 400 LPs/CDs. ------------------------------------------------------------ Tours: Scandinavia, Benelux, France, England, Italy, South-Eastern Europe, USA, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Australia, Japan, Hongkong, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Dutch Antilles, Austria, Switzerland & all over Germany. ------------------------------------------------------------ Festival-appearances: Ankara, Amsterdam, Belgrad, Brecon, Cannes, Lisboa, Montreux, Saalfelden, St.Louis, Stavanger, Wien, Zürich, München, Burghausen, Vilshofen, Leverkusen, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Aetna, Havanna, Budapest and......... ----------------------------------------------------------- TV-activities: Superdrumming (12 shows / ARD) - Musical Director, feat. Louis Bellson, Billy Cobham, Simon Phillips, Gerry Brown, Cozy Powell, Nippy Noya ,Bill Bruford, Nicko McBrain, Brian Auger, Ian Paice & John Lord "Ohne Filter "(ARD) with Wolfgang Schmid ..s KICK feat. Billy Cobham, Dieter Falk & Nippy Noya. "Zeltfestival" for German TV (ZDF/3SAT) "Jazz Open" festivals (ARD) Musikkanal ZDF/3Sat - IFA Berlin mit Wolfgang Schmid KICK, "25 years of Passport" (ZDF) "Jazz In" - Swiss TV(SRG) feat. Alex Acuna, Tom Scott & Joe Sample. Talking Jazz (NBC) feat. Billy Cobham "Musikladen" (ARD) mit PASSPORT " 35 years of PASSPORT" (ZDF). Bayerischer Fernsehpreis 2009 (ZDF/3Sat ---------------------------------------------------------- Latest CDs: 2007 - WOLFGANG SCHMID KICK ”let the groove begin...” (Skiprecords/Soulfood) 2007 - LANGER/SCHMID/MESSINA "the beat goes on" 2006 - OLAF KÜBLER: So war's - voll daneben ! http://www.actmusic.com 2005 A SWIFT KICK produced by Wolfgang Schmid 2003 "Shame on you Mr. Bush" Wolfgang Schmid feat. Michael Moore's Statement 2002 Wolfgang Schmid Special Kick - with Joo Kraus, Libor Shima, Peter Wölpl, Marco Minnemann. -------------------------------------------------- Wolfgang Schmid - selected discography 1968/69 first recordings with Seelow: "Soul-in" (single), Mr. Dynamite (Lp) 1971 several records with Horst Jankowski 1975 1. Solo Album "WOLFHOUND" on Atlantic Records (WEA) ---------------------------------------------------------- with Klaus Doldinger & PASSPORT: 1972 second passport - with John Mealing (keys), Brian Spring (dr) 1973 Handmade - with Curt Cress (dr), Frank Roberts (keys) 1973 Doldinger Jubilee (several artists) 1973 Jubilee ..73 "live" -feat. Brian Auger, Volker Kriegel, Alexis Korner, Pete York and Johnny Griffin. 1974 Cross Collateral - with Kristian Schultze (keys), Curt Cress (dr) 1975 Looking thru 1975 - Jubilee Concert 75 - feat. Buddy Guy, Les McCann, Phillip Catherine, Johnny Griffin 1976 Infinity Machine 1977 Iguacu, recorded in Rio de Janeiro and Munich - feat. brazilian musicians, Roy Louis, Elmer Louis 1996 Spirit of continuity...................... 2001 Passport RMX all on ATLANTIC Records (WEA) ------------------------------------------------------- with Head, Heart & Hands: 1978 head, heart & hands (metronome) 1980 Flor di anglo (mood rec) 1985 best of HHH (blue flame) -feat. Bobby Stern (sax), Geoff Stradling (keys), Roy Louis (git), Elmer Louis (perc) & Guillermo Marchena (dr) Best of Head, Heart and Hands Best of Head, Heart and Hands ----------------------------------------------------------- as "Wolfhound" for Jeton Records: 1981 "LIVE" -feat. Alex Grünwald (keys) & Bodo Schopf (dr) 1982 "HALLELUJA" -feat. Anne Haigis (voc), Gerry Brown (dr), Geoff Stradling (keys), Bobby Stern (sax), Alex Grünwald (keys) 1983 "TRUTH" aka "the never ending story" - feat. Anne Haigis, Adzik Sendecki & Klaus Wagenleiter (keys), Olaf Kübler (sax) & Gerry Brown (dr) 1985 "AnotherMoonSong" -feat. Olaf Kübler, Peter Wölpl (guit), Gerd Wilden jun. & Todd Canedy (dr) 1987 Wolfhound..s KICK -feat. Rick Keller (saxes) & Wolfgang Haffner (dr) .............all Jeton-albums are re-released on Bell-Records. ---------------------- 1988 Wolfgang Schmid -feat. the Kick & friends - with Peter Wölpl (guit), Wolfgang Haffner (dr), Dieter Falk (keys), Bea Gebauer (voc), Nippy Noya (perc), Rick Keller (sax) 1989 JubileeConcert LIVE (Global/Satellite/BM feat. Gitte Haenning, Billy Cobham, Joe Sample, Nippy Noya, Peter Wölpl, Rick Keller & Nippy Noya,Joe Sample,Billy Cobham, Gitte Haenning, Wolfgang Haffner. ---------------------------------------------- 1989-1991 several "Superdrumming"-CDs (Global/BMG ) -feat. Ian Paice, Simon Phillips, Nippy Noya, Billy Cobham, Bill Bruford, Louis Bellson, Nicko McBrain, Gerry Brown, Brian Auger & John Lord 1992 "NO FILTERS" (Enja/Tiptoe) -feat. Peter Wölpl (guit), Rick Keller (sax), Kay Richter (dr), Bill Cobham (dr), Dieter Falk (keys), Nippy Noya (perc), Zakir Hussein (tabla), Gitte Haenning (voc) 1993 "MANAUS" (Bell-Records) 1993 Joy Fleming "sentimental journey" (Global/BMG) -feat. Billy Cobham (dr), Wolfgang Dauner, Dieter Falk, Adzik Sendecki (keys), Peter Wölpl, Nippy Noya & Rick Keller 1994 Peter Wölpl "Mr.Wölpl & Dr.Fudge" (Blue Flame) 1995 Olaf Kübler "Round the Outside" -feat. Dr. Lonnie Smith 1995 "Spirit of the sea" as "Martin Grandy " 1996 PARADOX (Enja) with Bill Bickford & Billy Cobham 1997 ZONE X (Global/Satellite/BMG) -feat. Lisa Cash (voc), Alex Grünwald, Peter Wölpl, Olaf Kübler, Thomas Zoller & Werner K 1998 PARADOX - "the first second" (Enja/Edel contraire) -with Billy Cobham & Bill Bickford (guit) The 1999 Wolfgang Schmid..s KICK - ”kick off" (Hotwire/EFA) -with Peter Wölpl & Guido May (dr) 2003 Marco Minnemann "extreme interdependance" DVD 2004 Marco Minnemann "Broken Orange" 2004 Klaus Lage "Die Welt ist schön" 2007 Gitte Haenning - ”Misty“ -------------------------------------------------------- Workshops & Masterclasses at: since1990 Schorndorfer Gitarrentage, Bayr.Musikakademie Marktoberdorf, Staatl.Musikschule Dinkelsbühl, Goethe-Institut Rio de Janeiro, Strings-Schule Frankfurt/ Main, Konservatorium Zwickau, Konservatorium Plauen, Musikhochschule Stuttgart, Musikhochschule Dresden. ----------------------------------------- Specials: 1991 arranged and performed Igor Stravinsky..s "the firebird" with Luluk Purwanto (violin,voc), Peter Wölpl (guit), Rick Keller (Flute/saxes) & Kay Richter (dr). 1992 composed, performed and recorded the musical "MANAUS" feat. Andrea Barker (voc), Charles Campbell, HHBiswurm, brass and choir, rhytm-section and many more.... released on Bell-records. -------- 1995 arranged and performed Ravel..s BOLERO with Jazz-orchestra, feat. Thomas Zoller, Klaus Kreuzeder, Rudi Mahall, Marco Minnemann, Werner Klausnitzer, choir, brass, strings, Mani Guru Neumeier & things..... 1996 - composed, arranged & performed "THE DEEP" for Bcl, Bs, Tuba, Sousaphon, Contrabass, Bass & Percussion. --------------------------------------------------------- 2008 - Stuttgart , Gustav-Siegle-Haus, Projekt ”RAP-Sody” - Wolfgang Schmid KICK & Stgt. Philharmoniker, plus 20“kids“. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 2009 THE-HANG-ALL-STARS” with Don Grusin - Keyboards, Dave Grusin - Piano, Lee Ritenour - Guitar, Nils Wülker - Trumpet, Wolfgang Schmid – Bass, Will Kennedy – Drums, ______________________________________________________________________________________