Günter Sommer

Günter "Baby" Sommer (born 25 August 1943) is a German jazz drummer.

Günter Sommer
Sommer at Moers Festival, 2020
Background information
Also known asGünter "Baby" Sommer
Born (1943-08-25) August 25, 1943
Dresden, Germany
GenresFree jazz, avant-garde jazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsDrums
Years active1960s–present
LabelsFMP
Günter Sommer in Aarhus, Denmark 2010

Career

Sommer was born in Dresden on 25 August 1943.[1] His first instrument was the trumpet, which he studied at school.[1] He started playing the drums aged 15 or 16.[1] He studied music at Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden.[2] A solo percussion album, Hormusik, was released by FMP in 1979.[2] In the same year, FMP also released a trio album recorded with Peter Kowald and Wadada Leo Smith.[2] He has worked with Smith intermittently throughout his career.[2] During the 1980s he also worked with Peter Brötzmann, Irene Schweizer, Cecil Taylor, and with the writer Gunter Grass.[2] In the early 1990s he began leading a trio with Didier Levallet, then with Theo Jörgensmann, and joined the faculty at Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber.[2]

Discography
  • Gruppe Synopsis with Synopsis (Amiga, 1974)
  • Hormusik (FMP, 1979)
  • Touch the Earth with Wadada Leo Smith (FMP, 1980)
  • Dedication with Hans-Günther Wauer (FMP, 1982)
  • Hormusik Zwei (Nato, 1983)
  • If You Want the Kernels You Have to Break the Shells with Peter Kowald (FMP, 1983)
  • Pica Pica with Peter Brotzmann (FMP, 1984)
  • Percussion Summit with John Purcell, Urszula Dudziak (Moers Music, 1984)
  • Verschrankte Konstruktion with Hans-Günther Wauer (Amiga, 1986)
  • Irene Schweizer & Gunter Sommer (Intakt, 1988)
  • The Storming of the Winter Palace with Irene Schweizer (Intakt, 1988)
  • Reserve with Peter Brotzmann (FMP, 1989)
  • In East-Berlin with Cecil Taylor (FMP, 1989)
  • Riobec with Cecil Taylor (FMP, 1989)
  • Cordes Sur Ciel with Didier Levallet (European Music/Sud-Ouest, 1990)
  • Camino Fatal with Ekkehard Jost (Fish Music, 1990)
  • Cappuccini Klang with Peter Kowald (Splasc(h), 1992)
  • Sachsische Schatulle: Hormusik III (Intakt, 1993)
  • Merseburger Begegnung with Hans-Günther Wauer (Kip, 1994)
  • BIB with Sylvain Kassap, Didier Levallet (FMP, 2002)
  • Wokonda with Achim Jaroschek (Konnex, 2003)
  • Between Heaven and Earth with Conny Bauer (Intakt, 2003)
  • Hic Sunt Leones with Frank Paul Schubert (Jazz Haus, 2007)
  • Delphinius & Lyra with Raymond MacDonald (Clean Feed, 2007)
  • Wisdom in Time with Wadada Leo Smith (Intakt, 2007)
  • Abbara with Rafik Schami (Intakt, 2008)
  • Peitzer Grand Mit Vieren (Jazzwerkstatt, 2009)
  • Live in Jerusalem (Kadima Collective, 2009)
  • Songs for Kommeno (Intakt, 2012)
  • Jesper Lovdal Gunter Sommer (ILK Music, 2012)
  • Dry Swing & Tandem Spaces with Oliver Schwerdt (Euphorium, 2013)
  • Three Seasons (HGBS, 2014)
  • Sources with Johannes Enders (Moderntunemusic, 2016)
  • Fundstuecke with Gabriele Hasler (Laika, 2016)
  • Le Piccole Cose (Intuition, 2017)
  • Baby's Party (Intakt, 2018)

References
  1. Noglik, Bert (2003), Sommer, Günter ("Baby"), Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, retrieved 20 May 2020
  2. Collar, Matt. "Günter Sommer". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 May 2020.


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