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Günter Christmann
12+ albums
cellogermanimprovtrombonefree improvisation
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Günter Christmann (* 29 November 1942 in Schrimm) is a German free jazz trombonist, bassist, cellist as well as composer and multimedia dramaturge. Christmann has played in the international free jazz scene since the late 1960s, was a member of Rüdiger Carl's and Peter Kowald's ensembles as a trombonist, among others, worked for a long time in a duo with the drummer Detlef Schönenberg and from 1973 to 1986 in the Globe Unity Orchestra. In the early 1970s, he made his first recordings for the free jazz label FMP. Later he also played with Maarten Altena and Michel Waisvisz. In 1979 he founded the Vario project, which still exists today, an improvisation ensemble with varying line-ups, including Phil Minton, Maggie Nicols, Sven-Åke Johansson, Christian Munthe, Thomas Lehn, Alexander Frangenheim and Axel Dörner. From 1987 to 1994 he was a member of Wolfgang Fuchs' King Übü Orchestra. Under the name Carte Blanche he performed with bassist Torsten Müller. Christmann is also active as a dramaturge in the field of music theatre, especially dance theatre, (with Pina Bausch and Elisabeth Clark, among others), with multimedia forms of presentation and with experimental music films. German jazz performer (trombone, cello) and composer. Born : 1942 in Srem, Poland. Lives in Langenhagen, Germany. Günter Christmann (* 29. November 1942 in Schrimm) ist ein deutscher Free Jazz-Posaunist, Bassist, Cellist sowie Komponist und Multimedia-Dramaturg. Christmann spielte seit Ende der 1960
