Hans-Jürgen "Jäcki" Reznicek is a German

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Biography

Reznicek was born in

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and started playing bass in the 1970s. His role model was

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. His first band was not allowed to play in

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, so he took music lessons. His teacher recommended him to study music and he was accepted at the

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in Dresden. During his studies, he played in various jazz and pop bands until he joined the ''Klaus Lenz Big Band''. In 1979 he met the musicians with whom he founded the band

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in 1981. Reznicek was also often booked as a studio musician. Being one of only a few

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players in the GDR, he was asked by Silly to record a fretless version of their successful song ''Bataillon d'amour'' in 1986. Soon afterward he became a permanent member of the band. Reznicek also played with ''Gitarreros'', ''

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'', ''East Blues Experience,'' and in the band of

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. Since 2003, he has been performing with ''Pankow'' again and accompanies them on tour. With Silly he has performed regularly again since 2007. Rezniceks' son Sebastian has been playing drums with Silly since 2005. Reznicek has written several bass textbooksDer Bassist als Professor (The bassist as professor)
on tagesspiegel.de (in German) and has been a lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber since 1991. He lives in Berlin-Rahnsdorf.

Discography (selection)

*With ''Pankow'': ** Kille Kille (1983) ** Hans im Glück (1985) ** Keine Stars (1986) ** Paule Panke (1989) ** Viererpack (1994) ** Am Rande vom Wahnsinn (1997) ** Nur aus Spaß (2006) *With ''Silly'': ** Bataillon d’Amour (1986) ** Februar (1989) ** Hurensöhne (1993) ** Paradies (1996) ** Silly & Gäste (2006) ** Alles Rot (2010) ** Kopf an Kopf (2013) *With ''Klaus Lenz Big Band'': ** Klaus Lenz Band *With ''King Køng'': ** General Theory (1991) ** Life itself is sweet, sweet, sweet! (1992) *With ''WITT'': ** Live At Secret Garden (2005) ** Bayreuth 3 (2006) ** Auf ewig (2007) *With

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: ** Einsame Spitze (1992) ** Silly + Gundermann & Seilschaft Unplugged (1999) *With '' Alphaville'': ** Prostitute (1994) *With ''City'': ** Rauchzeichen (1997) *With ''Lesiem'': ** Mystic Spirit Voices (2000) ** Chapter 2 (2001) ** Times (2002) *With ''East Blues Experience'': ** East Blues Experience *With ''Tanzwut'': ** Labyrinth der Sinne (2000) *With ''Rauschhardt'': ** Free Falling (2010) *With ''Driftwood Holly'': ** Aura Borealis (2015) ** Casanova (2018)

References

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