Willi Langer

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Born in 1960, Willi Langer begins to teach himself electric bass in 1976. Shortly thereafter he starts up the legendary jazz-rock band „Zenit“, with which he plays numerous domestic and international concerts in the following years (including supporting acts for Stanley Clarke and Level 42) and produces 3 LP’s. At the same time he is asked to join the band „Bluespumpm“ in the early 80’s. In 1984, still entirely self-taught and musically illiterate, Willi decides to learn to read music. He begins to study (with Prof. Hansen) in the jazz department of the Vienna Conservatory and graduates with a diploma in jazz bass. In the mid-80’s he joins the most important Austrian jazz-rock and fusion bands – „Ostinato“, „Harri Stojka Express“ and „Incognito“. In 1987 Willi plays a 4-month European tour of the Webber musical „Song & Dance“, which introduces him to the world of theater. In the same year he becomes a member of the „Orchestra of the United Stages of Vienna“, where he is active for a total of 7 years („Cats“, „Phantom of the Opera“, „Freudiana“, „The Rocky Horror Show“, „Elisabeth“, „Dance of the Vampires“, „Hair“...). In addition, Willi plays dozens of productions over the years in other theaters (State Theater of Linz, City Theater of Klagenfurt, Akzent Theater, Schauspielhaus) as well as various summer festivals (Amstetten, Stockerau, Klagenfurt). He gets established in the rock and pop scene in 1989 by joining the band of rock singer Wilfried. (Collaborations with Boris Bu

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