Charly Antolini (born 24 May 1937) is a

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drummer.

Career

Born in

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, Antolini started playing the traditional Swiss

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. In 1956, he went to Paris, where he played with

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and Bill Coleman. He joined the Tremble Kids with trumpeter

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and clarinettist Werner Keller. In 1962 he lived in Stuttgart, Germany, where he spent five years playing with bassist Peter Witte and pianist

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in the SWR Big Band led by

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. With Witte, between 1965 and 1967, he recorded five albums for the Romanian pianist

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, who combined classical music with jazz. He also played in big bands with

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, and

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in the NDR Bigband. In 1976 he formed Charly Antolini's Jazz Power with Steve Hooks (tenor sax),

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(trumpet), David Gazarov (keyboards). and Rocky Knauer (bass). Later members were

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and

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. In the 1980s he toured Germany, Italy, and Denmark with

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,''Drummer World''
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, and Baden Powell. In the late 1980s-early 1990s he recorded four albums with British tenor saxophonist

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, three of which were live, and in 1994 he started the Super Trio with pianist Dirk Raufeisen and bassist

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Discography

As leader

* ''Drum Beat'' (SABA, 1966) * ''Soul Beat'' (MPS, 1968) * ''In the Groove'' (MPS/BASF, 1972) * ''Atomic Drums'' (Columbia, 1972) * ''Jazz Power/Live'' (Plane, 1978) * ''Knock Out'' (Jeton, 1979) * ''Special Delivery'' (MPS, 1980) * ''Countdown'' (Jeton, 1980) * ''Crash'' (Jeton, 1981) * ''Menue'' (Jeton, 1982) * ''Bop Dance'' (Jazz Publications, 1982) * ''Finale'' (Jeton, 1983) * ''Caravan'' (Extra, 1985) * ''Wow!!!'' (Verve, 1987) * ''A Swinging Affair'' (Ariola, 1989) * ''Live On Tour!'' with

(BEBAB, 1989) * ''Cookin'' (L+R, 1990) * ''Recorded at the BBC Studio London'' (Bell, 1991) * ''Charly Antolini Meets Dick Morrissey'' (Bell, 1992) * ''On the Beat'' (Bell, 1993) * ''Chicago Dixieland Swiss Made'' (Downtown, 1994) * ''Swing Explosion'' with Gerry Hayes (Bell, 1994) * ''Right On!'' (Bell, 1995) * ''Knock Out 2000'' (Inak, 1999) * ''Swing Kings'' (ACT, 2001) * ''Love to Play!'' (Skinfire, 2001) * ''Live in Concert'' (Skinfire, 2003) * ''The Jubilee 2006 Mixing Stuff'' (Skinfire, 2006) * ''Good Time Together'' (Skinfire, 2013) * ''Groove Merchant'' (Skinfire, 2015)

As sideman

With

* ''Rokoko Jazz'' (SABA, 1965) * ''In Town'' (SABA, 1965) * ''Swinging Tschaikowsky'' (SABA, 1966) * ''Cicero's Chopin'' (SABA, 1966) * ''Romantic Swing'' (SABA, 1968) * ''Balkan Rhapsody'' (MPS, 1970) * ''Klavierspielereien'' (MPS/BASF, 1971) * ''Swinging Classics'' (MPS, 1972) * ''Highlights'' (MPS/BASF, 1976) * ''Presenting Eugen Cicero'' (MPS, 1978) * ''Classics in Rhythm'' (MPS, 1986) With

* ''Traumklang und Rhythmus mit Horst Jankowski'' (Mercury, 1965) * ''Horst Jankowski Quartet/Horst Jankowski with Bernie's Swing Five'' (Orix, 1978) * ''Piano Interlude'' (Intersound, 1994) With

* ''Art van Damme'' (SR, 1967) * ''The Gentle Art of Art'' (SABA, 1967) * ''Ecstasy'' (SABA, 1967) * ''Art in the Black Forest'' (MPS, 1968) * ''Lullaby in Rhythm'' (MPS, 1968) * ''Art and Four Brothers'' (MPS, 1969) * ''On the Road'' (MPS, 1969) * ''The Many Moods of Art'' (BASF 1972) * ''Invitation'' (MPS/BASF, 1974) * ''With Strings'' (MPS, 1979) With others *

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, ''Jazz Fiddlin' Around'' (Murbo, 1967) * Francis Coppieters, ''Rosen fur Dich'' (Cornet Special, 1968) *

Fatty George Franz Georg Pressler (24 April 1927 – 29 March 1982), known by the stage name Fatty George was an Austrian jazz clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a fla ...

, ''Fatty '78'' (MPS, 1978) * Jack Hammer, ''Jack Hammer Presents: This Is My Song'' (Bellaphon, 1978) *

, ''Berlin 1980'' (TCB, 1996) *

George Gruntz George Gruntz (24 June 1932 – 10 January 2013) was a Swiss jazz pianist, organist, harpsichordist, keyboardist, and composer known for the George Gruntz Concert Big Band and his work with Phil Woods, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Don Cherry, Chet Baker, ...

, ''Drums and Folklore: From Sticksland with Love'' (SABA, 1967) *

Danny Moss Dennis Moss (16 August 1927 – 28 May 2008) was a British jazz tenor saxophonist. He performed with many figures in British jazz, including Vic Lewis, Ted Heath, John Dankworth, Alex Welsh, and Humphrey Lyttelton. Biography The son of a toolm ...

, ''Steamers!'' (Nagel Heyer, 1999) * Danny Moss, ''Steam Power!'' (Nagel Heyer, 2002) * Baden Powell, ''Poema on Guitar'' (MPS/SABA, 1967) *

Dieter Reith Dieter Reith (25 February 1938 – 1 April 2020) was a German organist and pianist. Biography Reith began taking piano lessons in 1945. In 1956, he played with the jazz club "Katakombe" in Mainz. After he earned his Abitur in 1958, he studied mu ...

, ''A Happy Afternoon'' (SABA, 1966) *

Kristian Schultze Kristian Schultze (21 January 1945 – 22 November 2011) was one-half of the German new-age band Cusco. Schultze partnered with Michael Holm and the two produced numerous new-age albums. The two met in late 1970s, when they discovered th ...

, ''Jazz Rock Made in Germany'' (Kick/OBH, 2010) *

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, ''Feelings'' (MPS/Universal, 2007) *

, ''Black Violin'' (SABA, 1967) * Joe Turner &

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, ''Joe & Nick + Two'' (Columbia, 1958)

References

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