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Friedemann Witecka
Friedemann Witecka (born August 31, 1951, in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and music producer Life and work Friedemann made his first appearances in his native town, at the former Southwest Radio and Talentschuppen TV between 1967 and 1970. In 1979 he released his first album The Beginning of Hope in which musicians such as Wolfgang Dauner, Lenny MacDowell, Thomas Heidepriem and singer Anne Haigis participated. His albums Indian Summer (1987) and Aquamarine (1990) reached six-digit sales figures and were also successful in the United States. With around 550,000 records sold, he heard claims to be the most successful musicians of his genre. The acoustic quality of his albums (CD and SACD) is often used for testing of systems engineering. In 1997 the readers of Audio (magazine) chose the CD Aquamarine as the "best audiophile CD of all times". For more than 10,000 copies sold of the album The Concert (2012) he received a German J ...
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Freiburg Im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as of 31 December 2018), Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim, and Karlsruhe. The population of the Freiburg metropolitan area was 656,753 in 2018. In the Southern Germany, south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg (Freiburg), Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain. A famous old German university town, and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freiburg, archiepiscopal seat, Freiburg was incorporated in the early twelfth century and developed into a major commercial, intellectual, an ...
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German Jazz Award
The Deutsche Jazzpreis, also known as the Albert Mangelsdorff-Preis, is, together with the Hans Koller Preis, the most important jazz award in the German-speaking region. Since 1994, it has been awarded every two years by the Union Deutscher Jazzmusiker. Named after Albert Mangelsdorff, the European jazz scene's best-known trombonist, it is endowed with 15,000 Euro by the GEMA foundation. The ''Deutsche Jazzpreis'' was awarded for the eleventh time at the JazzFest Berlin '09. Recipients * 1994 Alexander von Schlippenbach * 1995 Peter Kowald * 1997 Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky * 1999 Heinz Sauer * 2001 Wolfgang Schlüter * 2003 Ulrike Haage * 2005 Ulrich Gumpert * 2007 Gunter Hampel * 2009 Eberhard Weber * 2011 Peter Brötzmann * 2013 Nils Wogram * 2015 Achim Kaufmann * 2017 Angelika Niescier * 2019 Paul Lovens * 2021 Aki Takase (born January 26, 1948) is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer. Biography Takase was born in Osaka and started to play piano at age 3. Raise ...
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Biber Records
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Indian Summer (Friedemann Album)
''Indian Summer'' is the fifth solo album and North American debut by Friedemann, released in 1987. Track listing Musicians * Friedemann: Bass, Electric Bass, Composer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Harp, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, Voices *Johannes Wohlleben: Dulcimer, Hammer Dulcimer, Keyboards, Piano *Philippe Geiss: Soprano Saxophone, Shaker *Detlef Engelhard: Trumpets *Büdi Siebert: Alto Saxophone, Chinese Flute, Zamponas, Tambourine *Emmanuel Séjourné: Vibraphone, Marimba, Castanets *Simon Pomaret: Darbouka, Handclaps *Anne Haigis: Voices *John Seydewitz: Percussion *David Arkenstone: Emulator II Production * Friedemann: Producer *Johannes Wohlleben: Producer, Engineer *Eric Lindert: Executive Producer, Design *Dave Vartanian: Additional Engineering *R. Hamilton Smith: Cover insert photo *Shinzo Maeda: Cover background photo *Pohlman Studios: Artist photo *James Wagner: Design *Jerry Munley: Design *John Morey: Design All track information and credit ...
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Voyager In Expanse (Friedemann Album)
Musicians Information for Musicians taken from Liner NotesFriedemann, Witecka. “Voyager in Expanse”. in-akustik. 1995. Track 1: "Voyager Without Passport" *Friedemann: Electric guitar, vocals *Capo Mayer: Bass *Reinhold Hirth: Drums *Johannes Wohlleben: Synthesizer Track 2: "Take Off" *Friedemann: Acoustic guitar Track 3: "Air Borne" *Friedemann: Electric & acoustic guitar *Bubi Siebert: Sopran Sax *Jo Koinzer: Percussion *Capo Mayer: Bass *Reinhold Hirth: Drums Track 4: "Dämon All-Ein" *Friedemann: Vocals and synthesizer *Anne Haigis: Vocals *Jo Koinzer: Percussion *Johannes Wohlleben: Percussion *Capo Mayer: Bass *Reinhold Hirth: Drums *Turo: Synthesizer Track 5: "Ich Kann Nicht Bleiben" *Friedemann: Vocals, Electric & acoustic guitar *Martin Kolbe: Acoustic guitar *Ralph Illenberger: Acoustic guitar *Helmut Grab: Mini moog *Thomas Heidepriem: Frettless bass *Anne Haigis: Vocals Track 6: "Gigolo" *Friedemann: Electric & acoustic guitar *Matthias Thurow: Bass *Reinhold H ...
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1951 Births
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel '' Journey Through ...
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German Guitarists
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