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Volker Kriegel (24 December 1943 – 15 June 2003) was a German jazz guitarist and composer who also an author and drew cartoons. He was a founding member of the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble.

Volker Kriegel
Background information
Born(1943-12-24)24 December 1943
Darmstadt, Germany
Died15 June 2003(2003-06-15) (aged 59)
Spain
GenresJazz, Jazz rock, jazz fusion
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, author, cartoonist
Instrument(s)Guitar
Years active1962–2003
LabelsMPS, Mood

Biography


Volker Kriegel performing with United Jazz and Rock Ensemble in 1992
Volker Kriegel performing with United Jazz and Rock Ensemble in 1992

Kriegel was born in Darmstadt on 24 December 1943.[1] He began to play the guitar at the age of 15.[1]

Kriegel studied sociology with Theodor Adorno, but in 1962 was already playing in a band with Albert and Emil Mangelsdorff in Frankfurt, and abandoned his studies.[1][2] He was then in a fusion band led by an American expatriate, vibraphonist Dave Pike, and recorded the album Noisy Silence – Gentle Noise (1969).[2] Simultaneously, Kriegel started the Mild Maniac Orchestra.[2] He recorded the album Keep on Driving (MPS, 1970) with Don "Sugarcane" Harris, then signed with MPS and released the jazz-rock album Spectrum (1971).[2] Five years later he started the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble, a shifting collective which at various times included Charlie Mariano, Albert Mangelsdorff, Ack van Rooyen, and Barbara Thompson.[2] In 1977 Kriegel co-founded the label Mood Records, which released his own music and that of the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble.[1]

Kriegel drifted from music and started writing children's books.[2] "During the 1990s, he ceased his activities as a leader and concentrated instead on working as a composer and on his longstanding second career as a cartoonist; his illustrations appeared in newspapers, magazines, books, and animated films."[1] Manchmal ist es besser, man sagt gar nix, a book containing some of his cartoons and writings on jazz and other topics, was published in 1998.[1] He reunited the Ensemble for a tour in 2002.[2] He died of cancer[2] in Spain on 15 June 2003.[1]


Discography



As leader


With United Jazz + Rock Ensemble


As sideman


With Klaus Doldinger

With Don "Sugarcane" Harris

With Dave Pike

With others


Sources



References


  1. Boulton, Heidi; Gammel, Marcus; Kernfeld, Barry (2003), Kriegel, Volker, Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, retrieved 2 May 2020
  2. Ankeny, Jason. "Volker Kriegel". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  3. "Volker Kriegel | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 November 2018.



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[de] Volker Kriegel

Volker Kriegel (* 24. Dezember 1943 in Darmstadt; † 14. Juni 2003 in San Sebastián) war ein deutscher Jazzmusiker, Zeichner und Schriftsteller. Er gilt als einer der Protagonisten des Jazzrock in Deutschland und war entscheidend an der Etablierung und Entwicklung dieser Stilrichtung in Europa beteiligt.
- [en] Volker Kriegel



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