Søren Reiff (born October 22, 1962, in

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, producer, composer and author, and son of painter Tove Reiff and potter Erik Reiff.

Career

Reiff has since the mid-eighties been guitarist in house bands on Danish National television, which has led him to play with artists like

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and others. During the nineties Reiff started working as Musical Director on Danish National TV. He has worked as Musical Director for

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, Mark King, and many others on these shows. As an author Reiff has published five books: ''Reiffs riffs'' (2004), ''Reiffs rytmer'' (2005), ''Reiffs riffs II'' (2008), ''Reiffs rytmer II'' (2011) and ''Gode Råd ... er guld værd'' (2008). Reiff has released three albums as a recording artist. In 2003 the first album: ''Reiff jr Funky Flavas'' – this album also features

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. In 2010 the second album was released: ''Soren Reiff – Miss you'' – which features David Garfield (keyboards), Will Lee (bass), Steve Ferrone (drums), Ricky Lawson (drums), John Peña (bass) Veronica Mortensen (vocals) and Michito Sanchez (percussion). In 2015 his third album was released: ''Soren Reiff – Gratitude'' – which features

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(drums), David Garfield (keyboards), Alexx Daye (Vocals), Kim S. Hansen (keyboards), Michito Sanchez (percussion), Christina Boelskifte (vocals) Reiff has played on several shows of the American television program ''Studiojams'', among others with violinist

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. Reiff has also been co-host on the show ''The Color of Jazz''. Reiff plays all guitar samples, and was a part of the team developing the sample library: "Scarbee Funk guitarist" which was released in 2011. Founder of Den Rytmiske Højskole's course for Songwriters and Producers. In 1998, Reiff was included in ''

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'', Volume Two, Popular Music.

Discography

* ''Who would you be'' (EP) (1999) (with Christina Boelskifte) * ''Funky Flavas'' (album) (2003) * ''Miss you'' (album) (2010) * ''Gratitude'' (album) (2015)

Books

* ''Reiffs riffs'' (2004, Dansk Sang) * ''Reiffs rytmer'' (2005, Dansk Sang) * ''Reiffs riffs II'' (2008, Dansk Sang) * ''Gode råd ... er guld værd'' (2008, DaRoof) * ''Reiffs rytmer II'' (2011, Dansk Sang)

Awards and honors

* Most Inspiring Guitarist 2017 Studio Jams International Inspiration Award, 2018

Memberships

* Danish Musicians Union * Danish Songwriters Guild * KODA

References

External links

Soren Reiff Official Website
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