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Christof Lauer - Wikipedia

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Christof Lauer

Background information
Born	(1953-05-25) 25 May 1953 (age 71) Melsungen, Germany
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Tenor and soprano saxophone
Labels	CMP, ACT

Christof Lauer (born 25 May 1953)^[1] is a German jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist,^[2] born in Melsungen, Germany, perhaps most well known in Europe where he has done projects with various musicians, such as Palle Danielsson, Carla Bley,^[3] Anthony Cox, Michel Godard and Gary Husband,^[4] Vince Mendoza's Jazzpaña, Michel Portal, Maria João, Alphonse Mouzon,^[2] and Peter Erskine.^[5]

Since 1979 he is member of the Jazzensemble des Hessischen Rundfunks led by Albert Mangelsdorff. In 1994 Lauer joined the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble and replaced Charlie Mariano,^[6] and is also a member of the Hamburg NDR Radio Orchestra.^[4]

Discography

Perlboot (L+R Records, 1987), quartet with Ralf R. Hübner
Christof Lauer (CMP, 1989), quartet with Joachim Kühn, Palle Danielsson and Peter Erskine
Moabiter Blues (L+R Records, 1991), duo with Ralf R. Hübner
Bluebells (CMP, 1992) with Wolfgang Puschnig, Bob Stewart and Thomas Alkier
Evidence (CMP, 1995), trio featuring Anthony Cox and Daniel Humair
Mondspinner (Free Flow Music, 1996), quartet with Ralf R. Hübner
Fragile Network (ACT, 1999), quintet featuring Michel Godard, Marc Ducret, Anthony Cox and Gene Jackson
Shadows in the Rain (ACT, 2001), duo with pianist Jens Thomas plus strings featuring Sidsel Endresen, tribute to Sting
Pure Joy (ACT, 2003), duo with pianist Jens Thomas
Heaven (ACT, 2003) with Norwegian Brass featuring Sondre Bratland, Rebekka Bakken and Geir Lysne
Blues in Mind (ACT, 2007) with Michel Godard and Gary Husband
Play Sidney Bechet Petite Fleur (ACT, 2014) with the NDR BigBand

References

^ "Christof Lauer Archived 2009-05-03 at the Wayback Machine", fild.de, retrieved 2010-02-12
^ ^a ^b Shand, John (2005), allaboutjazz.com, September 25, 2004, retrieved 2010-02-12
^ "Selected Recordings Archived 2013-10-19 at the Wayback Machine", ECM, retrieved 2010-02-12
^ ^a ^b Fordham, John (2007) "Christof Lauer, Blues in Mind", The Guardian, 9 February 2007, retrieved 2010-02-12
^ Karlovits, Bob (1990) "Brief disc-cussions", Pittsburgh Press, 29 April 1990, retrieved 2010-02-12
^ Huey, Steve "The United Jazz + Rock Ensemble Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-02-12

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