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Volker Kriegel (24 December 1943 – 14 June 2003)[1] was a German jazz guitarist and composer who was a founding member of the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble. He was also an author and a cartoonist.
Volker Kriegel | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 24 December 1943 Darmstadt, Germany |
| Died | 14 June 2003 (aged 59) Spain |
| Genres | Jazz, Jazz rock, jazz fusion |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, author, cartoonist |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1962–2003 |
| Labels | MPS, Mood |
| Formerly of | Mild Maniac Orchestra, United Jazz + Rock Ensemble |
Kriegel was born in Darmstadt on 24 December 1943.[2] He began to play the guitar at the age of 15.[2]
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.[2][3] He was then in a fusion band led by an American expatriate, vibraphonist Dave Pike, and recorded the album Noisy Silence – Gentle Noise (1969).[3] Concurrent with his work with Pike, Kriegel started Spectrum, and in 1975 also formed the Mild Maniac Orchestra.[3] He recorded with Don "Sugarcane" Harris on the album Keep on Driving (MPS, 1970), then signed with MPS and released the jazz-rock album Spectrum (1971).[3] Five years later he started the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble, a shifting collective that at various times included Charlie Mariano, Albert Mangelsdorff, Ack van Rooyen, and Barbara Thompson.[3] In 1977 Kriegel co-founded the label Mood Records, which released his own music and that of the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble.[2]
Kriegel drifted from music and started writing children's books.[3] "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."[2] 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.[2] He reunited the Ensemble for a tour in 2002.[3] He died of cancer[3] in Spain on 15 June 2003.[2]
With United Jazz + Rock Ensemble
With Klaus Doldinger
With Dave Pike
With others
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