Dieter Ulrich (12 October 1958 in Zurich) is a

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jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

and

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musician (

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

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) and art historian.

Life and works

Ulrich had

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

lessons from Irma Schaichet from 1965 to 1980. He learned also playing percussion by

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from 1972. He played at first in several bands with Harald Haerter. In 1988, he played with his own quintet in the Jazz Festival Zurich. He participated also in Daniel Mouthon's projects. He was a member of the trio ''AfroGarage'' with Christoph Baumann and Jacques Siron and appeared in many international festivals.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ulrich, Dieter Swiss jazz drummers Swiss jazz composers Swiss art historians 1958 births Living people Intakt Records artists