Michael Griener
Born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1968, began playing drums in 1982, lives in Berlin since 1994. Under the influence of the HOHE-UFER-concerts initiated by Günter Christmann he became involved early on in the various forms of Jazztradition, Free Improvisation and New Music, which led to a longer collaboration with Christmann in his Vario-projects (a.o. C.I.M.-Festival Den Haag 1990, Moers-Festival 1992, Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik1993, Interplay FMP 2006).
His current projects include a.o.:
SQUAKK, Lacy Pool, TGW, Ulrich Gumpert Quartett, a Duo with Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky and Carl-Ludwig Hübsch' Primordial Soup
Played a.o. with
Tal Farlow, Herb Ellis, Mal Waldron, Evan Parker, Dave Liebman, John Zorn, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky , Barry Guy, Paul Lovens, Zeena Parkins, Keith Tippett, Butch Morris, Uli Gumpert, Aki Takase, Mats Gustafsson, Alexander v. Schlippenbach, Joelle Leandre, Günter Christmann, Conny Bauer, Johannes Bauer, Frank Gratkowski, Phil Minton, Tony Buck, Matthias Schubert, David Moss, Axel Dörner, Lu Hübsch, Claudio Puntin, Sirone, Joachim Kühn, John Butcher
CD-releases a.o. on Intakt, Moers Music, FMP, Ayler records, between the lines, Mons Records, Laika Records, Konnex, Hybrid
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Album Review
- Auge by Dan McClenaghan
- Willisau & Berlin by John Sharpe
- Lacy Pool by Glenn Astarita
- Lacy Pool by Mark Corroto
Eric Mandel for the program of JazzFest Berlin
Primary Instrument
Drums
Willing to teach
Advanced only
Credentials/Background
Teaches jazz drumming at the University for Music “Carl Maria v. Weber” in Dresden.
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